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Corrupt, inefficient AEEs, XEns ruin PMGSY scheme; Centre declines second installment Would someone fix responsibility? 9/7/2016 11:27:17 PM Syed Junaid Hashmi Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 7: Executive Engineers (XEns) and Assistant Executive Engineers (AEEs) of Roads and Buildings Department who use all their influence to get a prize posting are in for trouble for having failed to execute centrally sponsored Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) and fudging records to show expenditure when the work for the same has not been done on ground. An assessment report of the union ministry for rural development has put a question mark on the efficiency and honesty of the XEns and AEEs who have served in the PMGSY wing of the Roads and Buildings Department. If the report is any indicator, state government has no option but to crack whip on the inefficient and corrupt AEEs and XEns. There may be delay in cracking the whip due to ongoing unrest but the report has cast aspirations on the work and conduct of the officials of Roads and Buildings department, deserving immediate action by the state government. According to the report, such has been callousness and inefficiency of officials of Roads and Buildings department tha...   READ MORE

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Shame! BJP henchman cheats Gods at Sunderbani shrine ET reporter offered 'chai-paani' to hide the news 9/7/2016 11:27:04 PM AB Sharma Early Times Report RAJOURI, Sept 7: The ruling BJP takes great pride in calling itself the guardian of Hinduism, but the people affiliated with the party leave no stone unturned to loot even temples and shrines. For example, the government has released payment for construction of wall at the shrine of Baba Mehi Mal at Sunderbani here, though the work was never executed. Under the MGNREGA sponsored works, the BDO Sunderbani has released payment to the tune of Rs 1.5 lakhs for construction of the wall and other civil works at the shrine of the Baba Mehi Mal. Though no such work has been executed on the ground, the money has been released in favour of the Gram Sevak or Block Lev...   READ MORE   Kashmir unrest: BJP high command unhappy with its JK ministers 9/7/2016 11:26:52 PM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Sept 7: As the BJP's central leadership discussed Kashmir situation in New Delhi on Tuesday, it is learnt that most of the leaders were not happy with the role played by the party ministers in Kashmir during the ongoing unrest. Highly placed sources told Early Times that BJP chief Amit Shah, Home Minister Rajnath Singh and some other top leaders of the party strongly feel that the JK leadership especially the BJP ministers have not done enough during the last two months in the Valley. "The top BJP leadership is not at all happy. The party president expressed dissatisfaction about the functioning of BJP ministers, saying their performance was n...   READ MORE   Mehbooba gives go-ahead to crack down on protestors 9/7/2016 11:26:46 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 7: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has approved the plan of the central government to go all out against the troublemakers in the Valley. The CM had made it clear that even if it will cost her politically she is ready to end the senseless and now seemingly recurring cycle of violence. "The Home Ministry, after a detailed meeting with the Prime Minister and also with the top officials of the security agencies had communicated to the CM that time has come to take a tough call. The CM gave her consent and the directions have been issued to the state police in this regard," said an official. Source said the Home Ministry has communicated to the CM that not only ...   READ MORE   After ruining tourist season, separatists out to spoil Eid celebrations 9/7/2016 11:26:39 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 7: Separatists issuing a yet another protest calendar and calling for UN chalo on Eid-day has left the people in Kashmir high and dry. Sources told Early Times miscreants backed by separatists are threatening shopkeepers and traders not to make any preparations for the forthcoming Eid-ul-Adha, likely to be observed on September 13next week. "Miscreants have threatened the bakery shop owners, mutton and chicken sellers not to sell these items before the Eid festival," sources said, adding that shopkeepers have been threatened of dire consequences if they dare to defy the diktat. A businessman, who wished not to be named, said, "I don't know where are we he...   READ MORE   Social media used to fuel trouble in Valley: MHA report 9/7/2016 11:26:33 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Sept 7: The government of India (GoI) is scrutinising social media in restive Kashmir valley as it has reports that the ongoing unrest is being remote controlled by disruptive elements via the social media. A recent ground report prepared by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has mentioned how the social media including Facebook and Twitter is being used by the separatists to instigate people to take to streets and hold anti-India protests. The MHA report says that provocative pictures and videos are uploaded and circulated on the social media to fan the fires. Furthermore, there are scores of fake accounts operational on Facebook and Twitter which are han...   READ MORE   Separatist prevents PDD from meter installation 9/7/2016 11:26:22 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Sept 7: What could be seen as hijacking the working of state administration, the Power Development Department is reluctant to install metres in old city Srinagar as a separatist leader has been creating hurdles in the working of the government. The PDD has been facing hurdles in installing metres in several areas especially in old city Srinagar which is considered a bastion of senior separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. "We are not able to install metres in old city Srinagar as many separatists are creating obstacles in doing so. Many of our employees were also beaten up in the past when they had gone to old city Srinagar for installation of metres," an o...   READ MORE   WITHERING LEGACIES: Extinct, shrinking water bodies adding woes to Jammu's water needs 9/7/2016 11:26:04 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 7: The fast dawning of the globalization, leading to rapid deterioration of vital components of plant, animal and human life may be the major concern for the global scientists, but what remedial or the immediate blanket steps have been mooted at different levels- it has not been specified yet. While the reciprocating effect of the damage to nature by manmade catastrophic ventures have started yielding harrowing results, the same are seen pronouncing at various l...   READ MORE   Caution! Sale of counterfeit food supplements on unchecked Administration in deep slumber 9/7/2016 11:25:31 PM Abodh Sharma ET Report JAMMU, Sept 7: Unauthentic and uncertified food supplements are being sold without any check or regulation to the city youth openly at exorbitant prices and the administration is in deep slumber despite a stringent Food Safety Act in place. Attractive cartons of all sizes are put on display outside chemist shops, general stores and shops selling sports and fitness equipment, which are on sale for weight gain, muscle gain and also for weight loss and are being sold at astronomical prices to youth who aspire to have good physique. It is pity that they are not been prescribed by any physician or a qualified dietician, but most of the time, young boys and girls decide ...   READ MORE   SVO sleuths visit DC office 9/7/2016 11:25:21 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 7: A team of State Vigilance Organizations (SVOs) officers including three Deputy Superintendents of police (DySPs) today conducted a surprise visit to the DC office Jammu to extract the record having evidentiary value in the investigations pertaining to various revenue cases that have been registered in the recent past. Sources informed the sleuth of Vigilance Organization tried to collect the evidence. "If the required record is not provided by the Revenue officials, the Vigilance Organization may find it difficult to carry on with the investigations," they added. Meanwhile, Shabir Ahmad Malik, SSP Vigilance Jammu when contacted confirmed the visit of ...   READ MORE   CM directs traffic cops to stop challans in Kashmir BJP ministers indifferent towards traffic scenario in Jammu, cops obsessed with challans 9/7/2016 11:25:13 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 7: Taking cognizance of difficulties and trouble people faced at the hands of traffic cops and police in challan procedures and frisking at check points, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today showed concern and directed the Traffic Police to stop such exercise and focus on regulating the traffic in Srinagar until ensuing Eid festival is over. This is contrary to the chaotic scenario in Jammu where no one, including the BJP ministers have ever tried to take a look, leave alone directions to regulate the traffic which is the least priority of the cops over fixing challans entire day. Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's directive to Traffic Police and Police depar...   READ MORE   Is BJP going to follow Vajpayee-Musharraf formula on Kashmir….? Using expressions like Chenab Valley, Pir Panchal profusely …! 9/7/2016 10:44:42 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 7: Is BJP going to follow Vajpayee -Musharraf formula on Kashmir …? If the language and expressions in the statement issued on Monday has any credence, the party might be thinking on these lines. The expressions like Pir Panchal range and Chenab Valley which were irritants for BJP until two years back have been used freely and profusely by the party leadership , none other than the state president Sat Sharma . It was in the meeting held in Srinagar on Monday that BJP state president Sat Sharma that expressions like Pir Panchal and Chenab Valley were used while referring to the Kashmir unrest and attempts to disturb certain areas in Jammu province. "There...   READ MORE   Doctors refrain from newly constructed building of IGGDC Seek modifications for better professional maneuverability 9/7/2016 10:44:29 PM Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 7: Despite its formal inauguration by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti with great fanfare on Aug 30, the multi crore newly constructed building of Indira Gandhi Government Dental College (IGGDC) Jammu continues to be disowned and disclaimed. According to some sources within IGGDC administration, the senior faculty members have not shifted to the new block as they alleged that the newly constructed block is highly congested and there is little space to maneuver. Pertinently, the new block of the Indira Gandhi Dental College Hospital has been constructed by the Jammu Kashmir Projects Construction Corporation at a cost of Rs 37.81 crore and...   READ MORE   'No passports to Hurriyat leaders' 9/7/2016 10:44:20 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 7: After cutting funding lines of the separatist leaders, the Centre is now seriously thinking to curtail foreign trips of Hurriyat leaders, who have been enjoying VIP treatment since inception of terrorism in the State. For the last one month, Centre has taken very serious step to block funding of Hurriyat leaders. After successfully blocking funding of these leaders, Centre has now decided to take one more step. As relatives of most of the Hurriyat leaders are enjoying luxuries lives at abroad, Centre has decided to curtail these leaders'foreign trips by not issuing them passports. As most of the Hurriyat leaders are claimed that they are not Indian citi...   READ MORE   No move to withdraw security from separatists for now 9/7/2016 10:44:14 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 7: Though a huge amount over Rs 500 crore is being spent on the security of separatist leaders in Valley, there is no move to withdraw the security of the separatist leaders and the speculations made in this regard were unfounded. According to official sources there is no move to withdraw the security of the separatist leaders including Hurriyat hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani the mastermind of present unrest in Kashmir. The withdrawal of security to the separatist leaders will amount to inviting more trouble which the government is not going to do at this juncture, sources added. Sources said acting tough against the separatists and Hurriyat leadership...   READ MORE   Supplementary exams approaching, rechecking result yet to be declared 9/7/2016 10:44:02 PM Akshay Azad Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 7: The University of Jammu has reportedly failed to start the process of rechecking the answer scripts of 1st semester of Engineering students, after lapse of nearly one and half months. Thee unsatisfied students, are in a dilemma as supplementary exams are approaching but there is no word from administration over the result. Parents of some students, who were declared as reappear in one or two subjects of 1st semester course, by University of Jammu informed Early Times that a large number of students were declared as re-appear in one or two subjects. "The margin of re-appear is very less, which varies from one to five marks. Many student...   READ MORE   Militants attack army convoy at Langate 2 soldiers wounded, one critical 9/7/2016 10:43:56 PM S Tahir-ul Haq Early Times Report Kupwara, Sept 7: Three Jawans were injured in a militant attack on an army convoy today in Ganapora village of Langate of Kupwara district in north Kashmir. According to reports, the army convoy was coming from Kupwara to Srinagar and on its way they were attacked by militants at around 8'o clock in the morning in Ganpora village of Langate area. " The militants opened indiscriminate fire on the convoy. However a senior police official said that, today morning army convoy was attacked by militants in Langate area in which three jawans received injuries among which one is said to be critical. " Heavy contingent of army and SOG cordoned off the...   READ MORE   Key PDP leaders avoid APD 9/7/2016 10:43:47 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 7: Even as Mehbooba Mufti-led government is struggling to restore normalcy in Kashmir, it appears that all is not well in the ruling PDP. Sources said during the recent visit of the all-party delegation to Kashmir, the PDP leadership avoided consultation with some of the senior leaders from the party and that only a "close-group" was asked to meet the visiting delegates at the SKICC here. Sources said ahead of the meeting with the all party delegation, two of the senior leaders, who happen to be Member Parliament, were not invited for consultation on as to what all needs to be discussed with the visiting delegates, on behalf of the party. Interesting...   READ MORE   Mob sets rest house, school building on fire Kulgam man dies of cardiac arrest amid clashes 9/7/2016 10:43:39 PM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Kulgam, Sept 7: A 70-year-old man died of cardiac arrest on Wednesday during clashes between protesters and security forces in Kulgam district of south Kashmir.As per the locals, Abdul Gani Wani, of Chawalgam died of cardiac arrest after forces fired shells at the protesters. With his death the number of civilian deaths during the ongoing agitation has gone to 77. "A rally was scheduled to be held in nearby Mirhama village which forces apparently wanted to foil. They fired tear smoke shells in the village as well to disperse the people assembled in the village," sources said. They said that action of forces against people in the village ensued clash...   READ MORE

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