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Oops! Busy promoting Kashmir tourism, Govt ‘forgets’ Jammu 1/5/2020 11:07:23 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 5: Busy to promote tourism in restive Kashmir even during harsh winters by wooing Bollywood, the government of Jammu and Kashmir seems to have forgotten to promote Jammu on much-needed similar lines. Sources said the Tourism Department Kashmir in league with other departments organized special Christmas and New Year functions in militancy infested Kashmir region but no such “hi profile” event was held in Jammu. It was reliably learnt that the government of Jammu and Kashmir had invited several production houses from the Bollywood to celebrate the New Year at Gulmarg. Sources said those who were given invites include Yashraj Films, Dharma Productions, Sony Films Productions, Reliance Film Productions and Rohit Shetty Films. A senior official in the Civil Secretariat told Early Times that no such invite was made to the Bollywood to visit Jammu province which is “equally blessed with natural beauty and cinematic locations.” Sources said apart from inviting Bollywood to Gulmarg, the Jammu and Kashmir government also spend millions to host a cultu...   READ MORE

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Hr. Edu Dept keeps fate of hundreds of APs in limbo Probation completion file shelved, incumbents cry foul 1/5/2020 11:07:16 PM Early times report Jammu, Jan 5: Jammu and Kashmir government’s higher education department has kept the fate of hundreds of Assistant Professors of various steams in limbo with no forward movement being witnessed vis-à-vis issuing orders pertaining to the completion of probation. Insiders in the Jammu and Kashmir dispensation divulged that the higher educating department has kept the probation completion order of hundreds of Assistant Professors appointed in the year 2016 and 2017 in limbo without any reason. Even after the submission of all the requisite documents which include Annual Performance Reports (APRs) duly attested by the college heads, there has been no forward movement in...   READ MORE   GDCs administration make mockery of Skill Enhancement Course exam Exam dates changed frequently, some faculty show question papers in advance to students 1/5/2020 11:06:47 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 5: The administrations of several Government Degree Colleges (GDCs) have made mockery of much touted skill enhancement/vocational courses as exams are not conducted a some fixed dates, while students are in possession of question papers in advance, while some faculty members gave marks to students, even without taking the exams. Sources informed Early Times that the Higher Education department had started skill enhancement/vocational courses nearly three years back. The course was started with an aim to produce professionally qualified graduates with sound knowledge of their core discipline and expertise in their skills, so that the qualified youth woul...   READ MORE   Take cue from US; eliminate Hafiz Saaed, Masood Azhar’ 1/5/2020 11:06:38 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Jan 5: United States of America carrying out an airstrike in Iraq to kill an Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards, is a big step towards eliminating the people who target nationals of any country through bombings and other acts of terror. An analyst while talking to Early Times said, “India should take a cue from the action carried out by the army of United States and should target people like Hafiz Saeed, Masood Azhar and others who have been bleeding our country by sending in terrorists and targeting our nationals.” He said, “If America can carry out such a dare devil strike what’s stopping our leaders from...   READ MORE   Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar to be Advisor to Lt. Governor 1/5/2020 11:06:23 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Jan 5: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) today accorded sanction to the appointment of Mr. Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar retired IPS officer as Advisor to Lt. Governor. The Advisor, according to communication from MHA, shall assist the Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in effective discharge of his functions. The appointment will be effective from the date from which he assumes charge....   READ MORE   IB residents yet to get full benefits of Centre’s move 1/5/2020 11:06:17 PM Jammu, Jan 5: Almost six months have been passed after Centre announced reservations for the people living on International Border (IB) but border residents have yet to take benefit of the reservation announced for them. Credible sources said that those at the helm of the affairs were not taking this issue seriously and no specific programme for the socio-economic growth of border residents has started so far in Jammu region. On June 28, a bill was passed to give reservation benefits to over 3.5 lakh International Border (IB) dwellers living in 435 villages of the plains of Jammu province. This Bill was aimed to provide reservations in educational institutions and government jobs to th...   READ MORE   Temporary JE becomes XEn in RDD, complaint landed LG’s Secretariat ‘Regularised on forged documents’ 1/5/2020 11:06:12 PM Avinash Azad Early times report Jammu, Jan 5: Regularised on the basis of alleged forged documents in connivance of higher authority of department, a temporary junior engineer (JE) of the Rural Development Department became Executive Engineer (XEn). During his stay in Poonch district, he embezzled huge funds on the basis of fake bills. A complaint, comprising of copies of his service book received through RTI Act has been submitted to Lieutenant Governor, J&K for appropriate actions. “The Govt. vide cabinet decision 367 dated 22-09-1985 imposed a complete ban for the appointments of Engineers in Non-Engineering wings including the Rural Development Department. But violating same ord...   READ MORE   After quitting Kashmir politics, former JNU leader goes for makeover! 1/5/2020 11:06:03 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 5: After resigning from a political party in her homeland Kashmir, a former student leader of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has gone for “image makeover.” Witnesses said the leader from Kashmir has gone for a hair -cut and prefers wearing designer attires instead of routine Shalwar-Kameez traditionally common in the valley. “Even though during her stint in Kashmir she would try to look dressed in conservative style now she looks a changed woman,” said a source privy to her. Sources said the activist nowadays largely hobnobs with rights activist and some of the former leaders of the JNU. “She is also close to some pressure groups,” said a source. Sh...   READ MORE   Physically challenged lot rues official apathy, demands special awareness camps 1/5/2020 11:01:25 PM MS Nazki Early Times Report Poonch, Jan 5: Lambasting the lackadaisical of social welfare department the physically challenged and mentally related people of Poonch, Mandi, Surankote and Mendhar subdivisions have rued that they have been neglected for one reasons or the other since long sources said here today. They alleged that Social Welfare Department has failed to take stock of their problems they have been facing as they have no knowledge about the schemes framed by the Government of India for their benefits but unfortunately no awareness camps have been organized for them in the district and no one from district administration have been so far came to know about their plight they...   READ MORE

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