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| As BDO Khour, tainted ADC Udhampur caused huge liabilities | | Ambulances go missing, material dumped in block office since 2012 | | | Avinash Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 23: The tainted Assistant Development Commissioner (ADC) Udhampur, Noor Alam, who has been booked by the State Vigilance Organisation (SVO) for misappropriation of funds, created huge liabilities during his tenure as Block Development Officer (BDO) Khour.
Sources informed Early Times that keeping detailed project report (DPR) of proposed model villages in Block Khour, the then BDO placed orders for purchased materials and ambulances raising liabilities to several crores.
"Three proposed model villages including Paragwal, Saith and Palanwalla were to be developed by Khour Block, but the BDO manipulating the DPRs, purchased material including tiles, crates and other items to earn more and more commission from the suppliers", sources said and added that unabated orders placed by the Noor Alam as BDO also raised liabilities 10 times more than the allocated budget.
"Presently dozens of finished passenger shed, each worth over Rs 5 lacs, are getting rusted in the Block", they said and added that the scandalous purchased done by the BDO could... | |
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| Mainstream leader camps in UAE for 'secret talks' | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 23: A senior leader of a regional party is camping in the United Arab Emirates for some allegedly "secret talks" which he hopes will strengthen his position as a more "powerful politician" in Jammu and Kashmir state.
Sources said the PDP leader has been camping in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah for the last few days and held a series of talks of with some of the "prominent Kashmiri settled in the Middle East as also with their contacts."
Sources said the leader has been in touch with "Kashmiris from both the sides of the LoC." Sources said the leader has been calling his close aides in Kashmir, after every few hours to update them about the progress made in ... | |
| | | | Strange, BJP is celebrating its defeat to 'entertain' people | | Civic poll results | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 23: Urban Local Bodies (ULB) elections were held in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh State on October 8, 10, 13 and 16. Results were declared on October 20. Ever since then, J&K BJP leadership has been celebrating the poll outcome suggesting that it performed exceedingly well and defeated all their political foes. The manner in which the BJP has been celebrating what it terms as a very good performance in the ULB polls has only amused the J&K-watchers and those who keep a watch on the BJP activities and their impact.
The J&K-watchers and those who analyze polls and the nature of the mandate are simply laughing at the BJP leadership. They are asking "what is BJP cele... | |
| | | | ACD Kishtwar orders mass scale transfers under garb of elections | | 123 GRS, 29 JEs, VLWs, MPWs, 5 Technical assistants among those transferred | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
srinagar, Oct 23: In a blatant misuse of official position under the garb of Panchayat elections, the controversial Assistant Commissioner Development (ACD) Kishtwar Anil Kumar Chandial issued mass scale transfers of employees in Rural Development Department which was made public today after keeping the same under carpet for two days.
As per the details available with "Early Times" ACD Kishtwar whose office was facing the allegations of mass scale corruption in terms of releasing of funds to various blocks under MGNREGA and other centrally sponsored schemes vide order No. 64 of ACDK of 2018 dated 21-10-2018 with endorsement No. ACDK/Estt/2018-19/9222-93... | |
| | | | No Govt order yet on 1-month additional salary for poll duty | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 23: Even as a week has passed since the last phase of the ULB polls, the state government employees who were deputed for the poll duty have begun to smell rat over the promise made to them about one month additional salary.
On September 25, the Governor’s administration had announced the incentive to its employees discharging election duties. One month’s salary was announced by Chief Secretary B.V.R. Subrahmanyam as incentive to employees deputed for election duty.
However, as the last phase of the polls was held on October 17 with results announced on October 20, the Finance department is yet to issue any order related to the disbursement of one-month ad... | |
| | | | DHS alleges JDA demolish PHC forcefully without intimation | | 'Centre was functioning at Muthi Phase 1 since 1993' | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 23: The 25 years old Primary Health Centre at Muthi Phase 1 was demolished forcefully by the officials of the Jammu Development Authority (JDA) Tuesday's morning without intimation of the drive, says Directorate of Health Services Jammu, adding all medicines, equipment and dead stock were destroyed, scattered and lying in open under debris including records of the health centre and some are missing.
In a press statement issued by DHS Jammu, it has been said that ... | |
| | | | People demand property audit of SHOs/SDPOs | | After operation clean up in SVO | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 23: The latest move of the Governor's administration to reshuffle several officers of the State Vigilance Organization the previous day has been welcomed by all and sundry and is being seen as a step to bring back accountability and transparency in the working of the anti- graft body.
In the order of the Governor administration, several Dy SPs and Inspectors who had overstayed in the SVO and made fortunes misusing their positions had been shuffled, knocking down the nexus that had been operating in the organization, which was otherwise mandated to be an organization to curb the menace of corruption in the government departments. "The credit goes to the Direct... | |
| | | | PDP, NC hypocrisy exposed in ULB elections through proxy candidates | | |  Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
srinagar, Oct 23: Hypocrisy of two local main stream political parties viz Peoples Democratic Party and National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir has come to the fore with the surfacing of the photographs and videos of jubilation of their proxy candidates win in Urban Local Bodies (ULB) elections after they announced to boycott the ULB and Panchayat elections over the issue of non committal of New Delhi towards safe guarding the Article 370 and Article 35-A o... | |
| | | | Revolt in JK unit of Youth Congress wide open | | Jammu leaders boycott meet to protest Kashmiri leaders' dictatorship | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 23: The office bearers of Indian Youth Congress from Jammu have openly revolted against the alleged dictatorial attitude of Kashmir-based leaders by boycotting the executive committee meeting.
The boycott by Jammu-based leaders of the Youth Congress led to the cancellation of visit of National President of Youth Congress, Keshav Chand Yadav, and his deputy BV Shrinivas to Srinagar.
Moreover, to avoid further embarrassment in front of the national leadership, the executive committee meeting was converted into introductory meeting of newly elected Congress councillors of the Valley at the residence of a senior Congress leader in Srinagar.
Sources informed Ear... | |
| | | | Mehbooba again attacks PM Modi, says PDP-BJP alliance failed | | PDP for Pak, separatists | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 23: Former J&K CM and PDP chief Mehbboba Mufti has again attacked PM Narendra Modi and said that the alliance between the PDP and the BJP was an utter failure. Her grouse against the PM is that he has abandoned the Vajpayee's Kashmir line and adopted a hard approach towards Pakistan and Kashmir.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has failed to follow Vajpayee's message of dealing with the Kashmir problem with 'insaniyat, jamhooriyat, Kashmiriyat' (humanity, democracy and Kashmiri-ness). The PDP thought that with such a huge mandate, Modiji was in a position to do that, as he had time and again said he would follow Vajpayeeji's policy of insaniyat on Kashmir. Bu... | |
| | | | Pak stooges trying to save terrorists by giving shutdown, chalo calls | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 23: Security forces intensifying the operations against the militants active in the Valley have frustrated their handlers sitting across the Line of Control and Pakistan stooges.
To divert the attention from anti-counterinsurgency operations, the so-called Joint Resistance leadership comprising Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Hurriyat dove Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and so-called JKLF chief Yasin Malik have started giving shutdown and chalo calls. "During the past few weeks the security forces have been zeroing in on the militants and killing them. This has frustrated their handlers. They have apparently passed on the instructions to the separatists to activa... | |
| | | | Omar creates hurdle in introducing Bhagavad Gita, Ramayana in libraries ! | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 23: The state government on Tuesday withdrew an order asking educational institutions to purchase copies of the Bhagavad Gita and Ramayana for their libraries. The order was due to strong opposition by "secular" Omar Abdullah who had reacted strongly when this decision was taken on Monday evening.
An order issued by the state Chief Secretary here said: "Circular issued by the Education Department regarding the introduction of some religious books stands withdrawn"
The state government had issued the circular Monday, directing the Director of School Education for the Jammu and Kashmir divisions to purchase these religious books.
The circular had asked t... | |
| | | | Ghulam Nabi Azad welcomes govt move to withdraw order | | | | Jammu, Oct 23: Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad had said that Kashmir is the one place in India where there has been no communalism. If the government introduced religious books in education and then realised their mistake and revoked it, it is good. The government should not get involved in such matters, Azad also said.... | |
| | | | Emergency vaccine not supplied even to district hospitals | | J&K 'Free Drug Policy' merely a joke | | | Bijay Charak
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 23: Despite launching 'Free Drug Policy' in state, the Health and Medical Education department has not supplied emergency vaccines even to the district hospitals since the policy framed.
Sources in Health Department told Early Times that government aims to benefit poor people of state by providing some free drugs to patients in government run hospitals but the reports from hospitals tell a different story.
"The government as per order no.142-HME of 2016, Dated 14-03-2016 has launched 'Free Drug Policy' in state. Through this policy government had selected set of free essential medicines and are planned to be supplied under such policy for ... | |
| | | | Home Minister Rajnath Singh asks Pakistan to stop sponsoring terrorism | | Says talks, terror cannot go on at same time | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 23: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said that talks and terror cannot go hand in hand and that dialogue with Pakistan is not possible unless and until the neighbouring country does not stop in sponsoring terrorism.
Addressing a press conference at the culmination of his one day visit to Kashmir valley, the Home Minister said that India is the fastest growing economy in the world adding that in near future the country would figure in the five top economies across the globe. He announced a compensation of five lakh each for the seven families whose members were killed in a blast near the encounter site at Laroo-Kulgam some days back.... | |
| | | | State property under illegal occupation outside JK | | H&P Deptt a silent spectator | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 23: The two previous coalition governments often claimed to have retrieved the encroached property outside the state, but the truth is that the Hospitality and Protocol department has failed to retrieve major chunk of property situated outside the state.
A document available with Early Times reveals that in Amritsar city of Punjab, nearly 32 kanals and 09 marlas of J&K state situated at Daim Ganj, Tapai Road is under the illegal possession of descendants of the original lessees-Beli Ram, Sardar Gurbax Singh and Hari Parkash.
"After repeated communiqué sent by the department concerned to vacate land, the encroachers refused", said sources.
The document r... | |
| | | | Despite directions, no accommodation for BOSE sub office | | | | Mohammad Sarfaraz
Early Times Report
BARAMULLA, Oct 23: The board examinations are about to start in Kashmir valley and other parts of Jammu and Kashmir, but the higher authorities of State Board of School Education (BOSE) and other concerned departments have failed to open sub board office at Pattan town in this north Kashmir district.
Almost five months have passed since the Under Secretary to government School Education Department directed the BOSE to make necessary office accommodations in Pattan town. The Under Secretary had written a letter to the Secretary, J&K State Board of School Education, Srinagar vide no: Edu/BOSE/38/2018 dated 11/06/2018.
The letter read: "I am directe... | |
| | | | Patients suffer as CDF money withheld in JK | | DCs, CPOs misinterpreting MCC | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 23: As government officials particularly the District Development Commissioners (DDCs) and Chief Planning Officers (CPOs) are misinterpreting the Model Code of Conduct (MCC), hundreds of patients across J&K are suffering as they are unable to get financial aid out of Constituency Development Fund (CDF) of various MLAs and MLCs.
Not a single penny has been disbursed to any patient from last 1 ½ month as the DCs say the MCC was in place. But on the other hand election authorities in J&K had made it clear that MCC was area specific only.
Details available with Early Times reveal that the MCC was imposed around September 4 in J&K for holding of Urban Lo... | |
| | | | Revenue complex Mendhar without washrooms | | |  M S Nazki
Early Times Report
Poonch, Oct 23: Revenue complex in Mendhar which houses the offices of Tehsildar, Naib Tehsildar and Sub Divisional Magistrate sans the important facility of washroom /toilet for the last one year, a source said.
Early Times learnt that for the last one year toilet /washroom block under construction near the main gate of Revenue complex in Mendhar the construction work had been stalled for reasons best known to the concerned authorities. One fails to underst... | |
| | | | Traffic jams continue to irk commuters on Sgr-Jmu highway | | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 23: Frequent traffic jams on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway are taking a heavy toll on the commuters.
On an average daily 5000 to 6000 vehicles ply on the national highway that connects Kashmir with the rest of the country.
However, the highway, which is prone to landslides often witnesses traffic jams due to blockade of the road.
"Whether it is winter or summer, this road always witnesses traffic jams," said Shabir Ahmad, a sumo driver.
Shabir said there seems no mechanism for the traffic department to avoid the traffic jams.
Traffic jams are problematic, especially to patients and old aged commuters.
During winters the roa... | |
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