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| All seniors sidelined, half a dozen leaders running show in J&K BJP | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 2: Repeated meetings of some selective BJP leaders with Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chander Murmu has authenticated the allegations that party has decided to sideline all senior leaders in important activities.
Since formation of J&K as UT, those at the helm of the affairs in BJP have completely sidelined senior leaders who have played very important role in expansion of the party in J&K. Instead of taking all senior leaders on the board, some selective leaders have been projected and only they have been allowed to hold meeting with important persons.
Credible sources said that those who have captured BJP these leaders have decided to cut all senior leaders to size because they wanted only to project junior leaders to tighten grip on the party.
Sources said that all senior leaders have been sidelined in the functioning of the party in J&K and only half a dozen persons within party were taking all important decisions. Apart from managing day today activities of the party, finace of the party is also controlled by this coterie of half a dozen leade... | |
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| New Army Chief keeps options open | | Policy of hot pursuit to continue, terror camps in PoK could be next target | |  EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Jan 2: The new Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane issuing a stern warning to Pakistan soon after assuming the charge is a clear indication that policy of “hot pursuit” against the terrorists would continue.
An analyst while talking to Early Times said, “All out efforts of Pakistan army to push in terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir post August 5, 2019, have been thwarted by the robust counter infiltration grid along the Line of Control (LoC) and International ... | |
| | | | Proposal of Medical Universities in J&K still lingers on | | | | Nitesh Sangral
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 2: With the establishment of the newly established Medical Colleges in the Jammu and Kashmir has increased the work load of Jammu University and Kashmir University too but unfortunately the proposal of the establishment of two Medical Universities in Jammu as well as Kashmir is still hanged in the balance.
However, one more district (Udhampur) got approval from Government of India for establishing Medical College which will also put more burden on already overburden University of Jammu.
Senior doctors told that the five Medical Colleges, three Medical Colleges for Jammu and two for Srinagar Province have been made functional and one... | |
| | | | RDD Rajouri embezzles lakhs released for maintenance of FCI Store | | |  RAJESH TANDON
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Jan 2: Rural Development Department (RDD) Rajouri has allegedly siphoned off lakhs of rupees which were released for the maintenance of store of Food Corporation of India (FCI) nearly three years ago.
Sources told Early Times that the FCI godown, which is situated in Panchayat Prodi of tehsil Kotranka of district Rajouri was constructed around 10-15 years ago for storage of the grains for further distribution to the dealers. However, the FCI godow... | |
| | | | Healthcare in rural Kashmir goes to dogs as Director appoints doctors as nodal officers | | Leaves for home early pretending to attend meetings | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early times report
SRINAGAR, Jan 2: The healthcare system in the rural and far flung areas of Kashmir valley has gone to dogs since there is no accountability. The head of the department has no time to visit the hospitals and other health centres in the valley.
Sources told Early Times that matters have been made worse due to the placement of some medical officers as nodal officers at the Directorate of Health Services, Kashmir. Due to the placement of nodal officers the functioning of the health institutions being looked after by them has been severely affected.
“It is no less than a shame that some of the female doctors working in the health department have been ap... | |
| | | | To cover past blunders, SMC out on brand rebuilding process | | Comedy of errors! | | | Jammu, Jan 2: Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) known for its erratic mode of functioning is, in order to hide its past failures, come to with a news rabbit- to aware people about the ills and bad effects of un-segregated waste and use of polythene.
As per the sources, the corporation is about to spend plethora of funds out of the state exchequer to aware people through road shows and other media the ill effect of polythene and how it is proving hazardous for the society at large.
As per the reports, the corporation has hired services of an advertsing company that will carry out SMC’s message to the masses.
What however, the corporation is outrightly forgetting is the fact that has... | |
| | | | Local political parties under scanner for torching of shops in Kashmir | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Jan 2: In a shocking development, some of the regional political parties of Kashmir from the mainstream have come under scanner for allegedly being involved in torching of shops in valley since the abrogation of the special status on August 5.
Sources said the Jammu and Kashmir Police have credible inputs that the incidents of burning of shops which had defied hartal call in the summer capital of Srinagar and other districts were linked to some local parties.
“Those who are believed to be behind such anti-national activities are linked to some such political parties. We have credible evidence on this front,” said a senior official on the condition of anon... | |
| | | | Students’ face wrath for raising allegations of corruption in Gujjar Bakerwal hostels’ admin | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 2: The students of Gujjar Bakerwal Hostel have to face wrath of hostile administration for raising allegations of corruption in hostel’s functioning as six of the students have been rusticated for some unknown complaints.
According to the students of Gujjar Bakerwal PG hostel behind Commerce College, they had started raising voice against the hostel’s menue in the first week of November. The students were of the view that the Tribal Ministry has been sending Rs. 100 per day for each student but the food provided to them was not good and had alleged large scale corruption in the affairs of hostels.
In the third week of November, one of student was rust... | |
| | | | Home department officials under CBI scanner for issuing arm licenses to non-resident of J&K | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Jan 2: The Central Bureau of Investigation, which is probing the IAS officials for their alleged involvement in issuing arms licenses fraudulently in Jammu and Kashmir, has expanded its investigation to include a few senior home department officials under the scanner. Sources claim that apart from the then district-level officials, senior home department officials (2012-16) of the J&K government are now being probed by the CBI.
Agency sources claim that the racket operated at two levels - district level and also at home department level. A few officials of the home department have been called in for questioning by the CBI.
According to the probe agency, using a loop... | |
| | | | LoC residents irked over absence of telecom services | | | | Ankit kessar
Early Times Report
Noshwera, Jan 2: The residents of Line of Control villages in Rajouri district are irked over absence of telecommunication services in the area. A number of LoC villages including in Beri Pattan, Sunderbani, Nowshera, Qila Darhal, Rajouri and Manjakote Tehsils are without telecommunication services since long.
Thousands of villagers live in these villages who brave cross border firing and shelling on almost every day basis and face immense hardships. The villagers including Sham Lal, Krishan Lal, Surjeet Parkash, Ramesh Choudary, Vinod Sharma, Kuldeep Choudary, Meentu Kumar.
Arpat Kumar, Sandeep Singh, Shahzad Ahmed and others said that telecommunic... | |
| | | | Govt orders transfers, postings in administration | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 2: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday ordered transfers and postings in the administration. According to Government Order No.06-JK(GAD) of 2020, issued by the General Administration Department (GAD, .Navin Kumar Choudhary, Principal Secretary to the Government, Industries and Commerce Department, holding additional charge of Administrative Secretary, Tourism Department, is transferred and posted as Principal Secretary to the Government, Education Department with charge of Administrative Secretary, Technical Education Department relieving Zubair Ahmad, KAS, Secretary to the Government, Culture Department of the additional charge of the post.
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