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Hopes of over lakh of government employees dashed to ground
SRO-202 to continue in Union Territory of JK, Ladakh
10/28/2019 10:59:27 PM
Akshay Azad Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 28: The Jammu and Kashmir Special Recruitment Rules-2015 commonly known as SRO-202, which has drawn much flak from the government employees ,will continue to hold in the upcoming Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir as well as Ladakh. Taking to Early Times, Secretary to Government, General Administration Department (GAD) Farooq Ahmed Lone said that the SRO-202 has been protected in the new carved Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir as well as Ladakh. "SRO-202 has been protected and the employees engaged under the SRO will continue to work as per the previous terms", Secretary to GAD said. The new recruitment policy in Jammu and Kashmir was initially introduced by Omar Abdullah led coalition government but during their last days of stay in power they had abolished the same. The BJP-PDP led coalition government in 2015 had reintroduced the policy under SRO-202, according to which the employees including non-gazetted even gazetted services including 10+2 lecturers and other officers were engaged and were entitled to get minimum o...
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Kashmir-centric leaders in dilemma, sign or not to sign?
10/28/2019 10:59:14 PM
Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 28: Nearly 30 to 35 Kashmir-centric leaders presently lodged at posh Centaur Hotel on the banks of Dal Lake in Srinagar may have to spend some more time behind the four walls. According to the media reports, the politicians, who were detained on August 5- when centre reorganized erstwhile state of Jammu Kashmir into two union territories J&K and Ladakh- would continue to remain under detention till normalcy returns to Kashmir. In a related move the J&K administration is likely to shift these political detainees to MLA Hostel in Srinagar as the temperatures are plummeting in the Valley. According to the media reports, most of the Kashmir-centric leaders wh...
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Centaur Hotel sub -jail hub of Tu Tu Mein Mein!
10/28/2019 10:59:04 PM
Early Times Report srinagar, Oct 28: Around three dozen politicians under detention at the Centaur Hotel sub-jail on the banks of Dal Lake in Srinagar here are understood to have been resorting to altercations making the detention center turn into hub of "Tu Tu Mein Mein". Sources said the detention of the senior leaders from parties including National Conference, Peoples Democratic Party and Peoples Conference at the sub-jail has been witnessing some awkward moments when these politicians locked horns with each other over one reason or the other. Sources said each of them was accusing those from other parties for having been "responsible for the abrogation of the special status of Jamm...
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Alarming signals for BJP: OBCs, SCs Panchayat members ensure defeat of party candidates in BDC elections
10/28/2019 10:58:56 PM
Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 28: Although 'over-smart' BJP leadership is giving wrong figures to be-fool own party cadre, Panchayat members belong to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Scheduled Castes (SCs) played dominant role in ensuring defeat of BJP candidates in the Block Development Council (BDC) elections. Anger of OBCs and SCs against BJP especially after abrogation of Article 370 is an alarming signal for the party because these communities had played very important role in BJP's victories in 2014 and 2019 elections in J&K. There is feeling among OBCs and SCs that state BJP leadership has cheated weaker sections after abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of J&K into two ...
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Rs 1.21 cr financial embezzlement surfaces in MC Kishtwar, audit team seizes record
10/28/2019 10:58:49 PM
Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 28: A major scandal has been reportedly surfaced in Municipal Committee (MC) Kishtwar with regard to the implementation of Individual House Hold Latrine (IHHL) under Swatch Bharat Abhiyan. According to reliable information, more than Rs 1.21 crore has been shown withdrawn for the construction of the IHHL @ Rs 17490 per unit construction cost through the NGO Human and Rehabilitation Service (HARS) owned by one Zahoor Ahmed Wani, son of Mohammad Khalil Wani of Kashmir at present Chatroo, but in actual, the money never reached to the beneficiaries and was swindled with the active nexus between the officials of the MC, Kishtwar and the propriet...
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Hoteliers enjoy official patronage, out to destroy resort's ecological balance
PDA fails to apply Court directives to illegal constructions in Patnitop
10/28/2019 10:58:24 PM
Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 28: In sheer violation of the Court directions not to carry any construction activity in and around ecologically sensitive hill resort of Patnitop, the illegal constructions are going at full swing at one of the most famous tourist spots of Jammu region. Though the Apex Court as well as the J&K High Court has passed on directions from time to time not to allow any further construction in Patnitop, the governing body Patnitop Development Authority (PDA) has miser...
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Central grant of crores of rupees mysteriously sank into Dal lake for years
Govt's Fact Finding Committees shocked
10/28/2019 10:57:40 PM
Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 28: In a startling revelation, the government has found out how the central government grants sanctioned otherwise for the preservation of Dal Lake were going down the drain with probabilities of a major corruption not be outrightly rejected. As per the official sources, the government through the fact finding committee has found how the mismanagement and non seriousness was marring the efforts for the conservation of the world famed water body- Dal Lake and how hundreds of crores were going down the drain- thanks to the inefficient administration being handled by the past regimes in Jammu and Kashmir. As per the reports, private land mass at present in D...
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Reprimand from successive governors fails to stop accidents in JK, officials not ready to listen
10/28/2019 10:57:23 PM
Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report srinagar, Oct 28: Despite the continuous reprimand by successive governors of the state over the recurring road accidents the people at helm are taking things for granted and as such precious lives continue to be lost in these accidents. Former Governor Narendra Nath Vohra and his successor Satya Pal Malik have time and again asked the concerned officials to pull up their socks so that there is an end to the road accidents in the state especially Jammu division. However, the concerned officials have failed to do their bit in this regard and the road accidents continue to take place on frequent basis. Since most of the areas in the Chenab valley and ...
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ICDS ruins festivity for 60 thousand Anganwari Workers, Helpers
Salary for 11 months denied'
10/28/2019 10:57:16 PM
Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 28: Jammu and Kashmir government is patting its back over sanctioning of 7th pay commission benefits to state employees following the state bifurcation into two Union territories but has ruined the festivity of nearly 60 thousand Anganwari workers and helpers for deny 11 month salaries who were engaged under Integrated Child Development Scheme. Atleast 60 thousand Anganwari Workers and Helpers engaged in rural child care of state, themselves are on the verge of starvation, and their wages for last 11 months have not been paid yet. Members of Jammu and Kashmir Anganwari Workers and Helpers' Union (JKAWHU) alleged that due to bureaucratic apathy and importan...
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Govt orders continuation of officials in UTs of JK, Ladakh
10/28/2019 10:57:02 PM
Early Times Report srinagar, Oct 28: Government today ordered the continuation of the officers and officials in the Union Territories (UTs) of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. The General Administration Department, (GAD) order reads that all Administrative Secretaries, Heads of Departments, Deputy Commissioners, other officers & officials serving in the State of Jammu and Kashmir were invited to Section 91 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019 which reads as: "9.1 Provisions as to continuance of officers in same post. Every person who, immediately before the appointed day, is holding or discharging the duties of any post or Office in connection with the affairs of the existin...
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Another truck driver shot dead by militants in Kashmir, toll reaches 6
10/28/2019 10:56:49 PM
Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 28: In yet another attack on a non-local trucker in the Kashmir Valley, a driver from Udhampur region was allegedly shot dead by militants in Bijbehara in Anantnag on Monday. The latest attack in south Kashmir takes the death toll of non-locals killed by militants in the Valley to six in the last two weeks. The attack comes a day after the police asked the truckers and labourers to leave south Kashmir's Shopian after four militant attacks over the last few weeks. Two truckers were killed and their apple-laden vehicles set ablaze after suspected militants fired at them on October 24 in Chitargam village of Shopian. On October 14, militants killed a tr...
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Encroachment of Cremation Ground at Lower Barnai
ADC Jammu issues directions to take necessary action
10/28/2019 10:56:44 PM
Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 28: Taking cognizance of a public representation submitted by the inhabitants of Village Lower Barnai with regard to the alleged illegal encroachment of land of Cremation Ground before the Deputy Commissioner Jammu, the Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC), Jammu today directed the SDM Jammu North for taking appropriate necessary action under law against the offenders. It is in place to mention here that the inhabitants of the village are pursuing the matter of...
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Among 20 six people seriously injured, referred to Srinagar: Officials
20 people injured in grenade attack at Sopore
10/28/2019 10:56:00 PM
Wajahat Shabir Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 28: At least, 20 people were injured when militants lobbed a grenade at the busy market at New Colony Sopore in north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Monday. Among 20, the condition of 6 is said to be critical and they have been referred to a hospital in Srinagar. The others are undergoing treatment at a local hospital, officials said. However, Jammu and Kashmir police on Twitter said "Six people sustained injuries in the attack while as many others sustained mild splinter injuries". While as eye-witness, said that at least 20 people were injured of which six including a woman, were shifted to Srinagar hospital for treatment. "The c...
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Non-locals killings: Fruit growers fear further losses as truckers refuse to export apple from Kashmir
10/28/2019 9:04:21 PM
Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Oct 28: The fruit growers in Kashmir fear for heavy losses as the non-local truckers are refusing to export apple from the valley fearing for their lives in view of recent killings. For the last two weeks, the non-local drivers were targeted four times by the militants in south Kashmir. This has created a fear among non-local truck drivers. On Saturday the Jaipur Transport Operators Association (JTOA) has issued an advisory to truck companies asking them to not send their vehicles and drivers to Kashmir till the central government ensures security. Transport companies and drivers of the state have panicked after two truck drivers and a he...
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J-K admin invites experts to identify locations for adventure tourism in Jammu
Vishwakarma Day celebrated
EU delegation to visit Kashmir today
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Admin shifts security forces from exam centre in valley, as annual board exam commence
PDP Leaders seek Fresh permission to meet detained Party chief Mehbooba Mufti
Senior citizens club celebrates Diwali
Athletics, Yoga, Cycling competitions conclude
BSF-89 Battalion celebrates Diwali
Natrang to stage Sevasadan in Delhi on 30th of October
Gymnastic & Yoga competitions get underway
Corporator celebrates Diwali with employees
Div Com reviews progress on languishing projects
Shops open in some area of Srinagar
Karvan-e-Aman bus for state subjects of J&K become history
Written test for posts of Supervisor, Work Supervisor, Driver for Kargil to be conducted on today
AIKS seeks dismissal of writ petition challenging Article-370 revocation
Power shut down
120 Kg of poppy straw seized Toll Post Lakhanpur
HC direct State to appoint petitioner as SI in RBA
Students asked to contact authorities for transport facility
Pakistan violates ceasefire along LoC
Mayor JMC listens to grievances of SASP' committee members
DDC finalizes arrangements for National Unity Day
JKTF felicitates Kulbir Singh on taking charge of CEO Jammu
DDC reviews work on Devika project
2000 kanals of land encroached; illegal constructions come up in Srinagar
Airfare from Srinagar increases many folds, travel agents suffer due to internet gag
Absconder arrested
Two killed, five injured in road accident
3 drug peddlers arrested with 100 gms of heroin
NPP appeals President to make J&K UT state again
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