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Early Times Report
jammu, Nov 24: A group of about 40 distinguished citizens on Monday met at an isolated place to discuss the problems being faced by the people of Jammu region and discuss ways and means aimed at ending the Kashmiri domination over the region.
Significantly, without any exception, they spoke in one voice and asserted that division of the State is the only option left for the people of Jammu region and that the time has come to make the authorities do the needful at the earliest.
The most significant feature of the composition of the meeting was the presence of a large number of distinguished persons of the region, including two retired Major Generals, some retired p... | |
| | | | Differences between Nirmal Singh, PDP minister come to fore | | | | Muhammad Mukaram
ET Report
SRINAGAR, Nov 24: For the first time differences between PDP and BJP ministers have come out in the open. This became evident during the review meeting of District Development Board (DDB) decisions for district Srinagar held here on Tuesday.
Deputy Chief Minister, Dr. Nirmal Singh chose to stay away from this meeting which was presided over by Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. Dr Singh decided to boycott the meeting owing to serious differences with a senior PDP Minister.
BJP sources told Early Times that differences came to fore out between Singh and the PDP minister after the PDP Minister released about Rs 10 crores grant for workshops repairing transfo... | |
| | | | CM directs release of State share to access funding under CSS’ | | | |
Early Times Report
srinagar, Nov 24: Asking Deputy Commissioners not to lose focus on the kitty of funds allocated under Centrally-Sponsored Schemes (CSS’), Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, on Tuesday issued instructions to ensure release of State share to the districts, enabling the Deputy Commissioners to access the Central share of funding for achieving both physical and financial targets fixed during the District Development Board (DDB) meetings.
Since 50 per cent of the Rs. 6000 crore kitty under CSS’ has been earmarked for education sector alone, he also passed instructions for approaching MHRD to convene its meeting of the Project Approval Board (PAB) so that funds under R... | |
| | | | Geelani-Mirwaiz tussle in open | | One campaigns against hartals, other calls them without remorse | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Nov 24: At a time when deliberations about the relevance of hartals are held by one faction of the Huriyat led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the rival group headed by Syed Ali Geelani is apparently snubbing him in open issuing a sudden and a surprising strike call for Tuesday.
With many within the separatist camp wondering over all of a sudden strike call, there are many who term it an open challenge to Mirwaiz Umar Farooq who earlier had pitched for restrain within the separatist camp while issuing frequent strikes.
On the other hand, the 86-year-old Geelani is terming strikes as an only way to protest in Kashmir. Besides that the rivalries between the two facti... | |
| | | | Omar's taunt becomes food for thought for PDP | | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Nov 24: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi providing Rs 80,000 crore development package to the State, why doesn't PDP break alliance with the right wing BJP and join hands with Congress? Former Chief Minister and National Conference working President Omar Abdullah is curious to know if this signal of his has any takers in the rival PDP. Interestingly this hint is being seen a blessing in disguise for the PDP.
Omar has created ripples in the political circles for the hint he posted on micro blogging website Twitter with regard to PDP's prospects of alliance with Congress, as he feels Modi's role is over after having given the development package on November 7 ... | |
| | | | JU's VC seeks HRA for living in his private house | | | | Early Times Report
jammu, Nov 24: The Vice Chancellor of Jammu University is demanding House Rent Allowance (HRA) for staying in his own house in place of the palatial VC's lodge.
"Such a demand coming from the Vice Chancellor, which is highly celebrated and revered position, has lowered the esteem of the post" said a senior officer of the Jammu University pleading anonymity. The demand has mused senior officers in the civil Secretariat also.
JU VC had chosen to stay in his private house in a posh locality of the city rather than shifting to VC's lodge situated on the campus. The move has come under sharp censure from within the university as presence of the Vice Chancellor on the camp... | |
| | | | Probe into Super Gas Company fraud in final stage | | Prop, 10 ors booked for criminal conspiracy, cheating | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
srinagar, Nov 24: The Crime Branch of police on Tuesday said its probe in the criminal conspiracy case against the proprietor of Super Gas Company and 10 others for cheating the HPCL, a Government of India undertaking, is in its final stage and the report will be released soon.
A top officer of the Crime Branch told Early Times, "I can tell you with full responsibility that within a short period of time we will complete the probe."
According to the officer, it had been alleged that Hemanat Kumar Batra, proprietor of M/s Super Gas Service, Durganag, Dalgate was allotted a LPG distribution by HPCL. "The said gas agency had authorized Abdul Reham Nath, ma... | |
| | | | Lecturer faces forcible retirement for erratic evaluation | | Suicide by 'failed' student | | | “After the original answer sheet was reassessed
by Enquiry Officer through a subject expert Adnan
had obtained 70.04 percent marks,”
Majid Nabi
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 24: Following erroneous assessment of answer sheet by a Lecturer which forced an engineering student to commit suicide, the state government besides declaring him as 'deadwood' on Tuesday directed the authorities to ensure his compulsory retirement from service.
Pertinently, the negligence on the part of the Lecturer who had assessed the marks sheet of Adnan Hilal Gilkar and declared him as failed in Physics subject forced the aspiring engineering student to commit suicide.
Addressing media persons at his Qa... | |
| | | | Census operations rebuts UIDAI, puts Omar before Mufti | | Aadhaar data jumble! | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
Early Times Report
jammu, Nov 24: Numbers don't up! Aadhaar card data available on the website of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) updated upto November 14, 2015 is being strongly rebutted data compiled by Census Operations (CO) Jammu.
An official of the Census Operations (CO) Jammu who for reasons best known to him preferred keeping his identity secret rang up Early Times and in an angry tone sought to dispute all the figures quoted by the newspaper in its story titled "J&K 'Aadhaar' woes, ranks 6th from bottom". He mailed as well as faxed the data available with his office while stressing that whatever data is available on the website of Unique Identi... | |
| | | | Rank discrimination: Of 2 same batch IPS officers, one is IG, other DIG at Centre | | | | Early Times Report
jammu, Nov 24: In a case of rank discrimination with the two J&K cadre IPS officers of the same batch in Central services, one is posted as IG while the other is posted as DIG in a different wing.
Mukesh Singh and MK Sinha are both 1996 IPS batch IPS officers. While Sinha is posted as IG in CBI, Mukesh is DIG in NIA. Sinha, who has held various important assignments in the State, had proceeded on Central deputation some time back. He was also given a foreign posting, according to police sources.
However, Mukesh, who too was on deputation to NIA (National Investigation Agency), had rejoined the State police a few months back, following the expiry of his tenure of Centr... | |
| | | | AIIMS divides people of south Kashmir | | |  Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
srinagar, Nov 24: Minister for Health and Medical Education has stirred a major controversy by pitting people of two areas in south Kashmir over the construction of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the Kashmir valley.
People of the saffron rich town of Pampore are at loggerheads with their counterparts of Awantipora town over the construction of AIIMS. The people of the two towns have become enemies over the past one week or so and the pr... | |
| | | | Prevent BJP from committing suicide: Hari Om | | | | To
Shri Amit Shah
National President
Bhartiya Janata Party
11 Ashoka Road
New Delhi - 110001
Dear Amit Ji,
This response has become necessary not because of your decision to expel me from Bharatiya Janta Party but because of the serious situation which is developing in the state involving critical issues of national security and social resistance against separatism and the ongoing Jihadi war in the state.
I have come to know through press that my explanations have been found as unsatisfactory and that I have been found consistently indulging in anti-Party activities.
In your leadership there was a huge expectation that BJP will become more transparent and more democratic in its po... | |
| | | | PSI allegedly struck Rs 13 lakh deal to allow construction on State land | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 24: An alleged Rs 13 lakh deal between a PSI, who was then incharge of a police post on the city outskirts, and a property dealer to allow the latter to raise construction on the state land, that fell under his jurisdiction, has become talk of the town.
The alleged deal was finalised by the PSI with the help of a constable. As per sources, a property dealer had a piece of land on city outskirts but the lane connecting it was very narrow thus reducing the rates of the land.
The property dealer, sources alleged, approached then in-charge police post and tried to influence him to allow construction of lane on the state land so that value of his land would incre... | |
| | | | Rural students suffer as HED fails to post faculty in peripheral Colleges | | Exams start from Dec 1, most of syllabus untouched | | |
Akshay Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 24: The failure of Higher Education department to transfer influential permanent lecturers from overstaffed colleges of capital cities to those of rural areas, has put future of hundreds of students in these colleges into darkness as exams are approaching but most of syllabus is still untouched.
In the last few years, students from several rural area colleges including Billawar Degree College, Basohli Degree College, Kathua Degree College, Anantnag Degree College beside others, have been staging protest demanding postponing of the exams but so far there is no word from officials of either University of Jammu or Higher Education department.... | |
| | | | Major scholarship "scam" surfaces at Balakote | | Involvement of former ZEOs suspected | | |
MS Nazki
Early Times Report
Mendhar, Nov 24: A major scholarship scam has allegedly surfaced in Zonal Education Office Balakote after police took cognizance of the complaint against the alleged involvement of some former ZEOs and officials in the Education Department.
Sources told Early Times that the scholarship meant for Pahari students was not distributed by the ZEO Balakote to the beneficiates from 2007-2013. "During the tenure of Mohammad Ahmad Khan as incharge ZEPO/ZEO from 2013-2014 no scholarship was given to students," they alleged, adding that after the retirement of Mohammad Khan, Abdul Shakoor Chourdhary took charge of ZEPO/ ZEO Balakote.
Alleged violating the norms o... | |
| | | | Scores of Doda villages yet to get safe drinking water | | | | Bijay Charak
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 24: Despite ample funding by union government for providing safe drinking water to rural areas, many villages in Doda district still struggle to get it. The uncovered habitations are hugely impacted by the unavailability of safe drinking water. Take for example the village Shiva of Block Ghat of district Doda where hundreds of households in two panchyats are still without safe drinking water. Anil Sharma, a local resident said that previous year state government had a target to provide safe drinking water to 804 habitations but unfortunately it could cover only 379 habitations under National Rural Drinking Water Programme.
Criticizing the pr... | |
| | | | Consensus over district headships eludes BJP | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 24: Due to infighting and insistence of the party ministers favouring their blue eyed candidates instead of adopting a consensual approach, the election of new district presidents of ruling Bhartiya Janta Party is getting delayed.
Even as only a few days are left for the election of State president, the party has so far failed to conduct election of all the district presidents, who will formally elect the new BJP chief in Jammu and Kashmir for the next three years, replacing the incumbent Jugal Kishore Sharma.
Except in a few districts like Udhampur, the issue of elections has exposed the tall claims of BJP, which pretends to be most disciplined party wi... | |
| | | | Pak flag hoisted on Mufti's ancestral house | | |  Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
Anantnag, Nov 24: Irate over the killing of three local Hizb militants, protestors hoisted a Pakistani flag on Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Syed's ancestral house at Baba Mohalla in Bijbehara on Tuesday.
Witnesses told Early Times that the youth mostly teenagers who were part of the funeral procession, climbed a pole erected near the house of Chief Minister and fixed a Pakistani flag.
They said that angry protesters also stoned the house, when people pa... | |
| | | | 20 kanal meadow land encroached | | `Revenue officials back grab' | |  Arun Trisal
Early Times Report
Kathua, Nov 24: Despite official claims of retrieving land from encroachers, land grab continues unabated across the state. In District Kathua Panchayat bodies have allegedly sold 20 Kanals of land meant for pasture allegedly encroached by a panchayat member of Hamirpur but no action has been taken against him.
Naresh Khajuria of Hamirpur Panchayat alleged that the panchayat member sold the said meadow land bearing Khasra number 471 but no action has been t... | |
| | | | BJP workers greet Er Rashid with black flags | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Kishtwar, Nov 24: : BJP workers greeted MLA Langat, Er Rashid with black flags on his arrival here Tuesday.
The BJP workers raised slogans against him terming him pro-militant, pro-Pakistan and anti-national.
They urged the district administration to cancel his permission for holding a rally in ITI ground.
Reports said the BJP workers led by youth president Asish Sharma tried to force their entry into the Dak Banglow but he police whisked him away to safety, Talking to Early Times Ashish said the party was not aware of the decision of the district administration granting permission for the rally. Sharma said the visit of the `controversial' MLA ... | |
| | | | SMG's Dy Dir plays prince in luxury Govt vehicle | | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 23: Putting a huge burden on the state exchequer, State Motor Garage's princely life styled Deputy Director Kashmir is continuously misusing luxury government vehicle.
As per the government rules, entitlement of government vehicles is limited to the ministers and the administrative secretaries.
Sources said that there is wanton misuse of government vehicle bearing registration No JK01S, 0009, meant for high dignitaries, by this officer with excessive fuel consumption of at least 10 Ltrs of fuel every day.
Earlier the Deputy Director without any government order was misusing the luxury Scorpio, bearing registration No JK02U-6666.
Sources ... | |
| | | | Edu Deptt's officials fail to attend meeting of Capex budget | | | | Akshay Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 23: The officials of Jammu and Kashmir Higher Education department have reportedly disregarded Chief Secretary BR Sharma by not turning up for a meeting called by him to finalize revised estimates of Capex budget 2015-16 and draft Capex budget 2016-17.
Sources in Planning and Development Department (P&DD) informed Early Times that the meetings for finalization of Capex Budget of all government departments have been going on and on 19th of November, Technical Education and Higher Education department were called for meeting to be chaired by Chief Secretary BR Sharma.
The meeting of Higher Education department was scheduled to be held at 11 AM but... | |
| | | | Organizational structure of PDP getting 'weak' despite in power | | 3 general secretaries changed within one year | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 23: Notwithstanding the party being in power, the organizational structure of PDP is not showing healthy growth and strength, a trend that has become more conspicuous in Jammu province where party changed three general secretaries within one year. In Kashmir region too, things are not smooth in terms of organizational strength where at least two senior leaders have raised revolt openly for the last few months
Two days back when the PDP leadership suddenly nominated Ved Mahajan as general secretary, it came as a surprise for the rank and file of the party, said the sources adding that there was no whisper nor any indication from the high command that a new ge... | |
| | | | Empty treasury to delay key projects in Srinagar | | | | Muhammad Mukaram
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov: 23:Fresh troubles are in the offing for cash-strapped Jammu and Kashmir government with various ongoing infrastructureprojects in the Srinagar city likely to miss deadlines due tonon-availability of funds.
Be it the construction of district court complex in Tengpora orMedical sub-center in Khimber, or the community hall in Hazratbal locality-many such key projects have already missed their date ofcompletion as the state treasury is running dry. The documentsprocured by Early Times furnish important details with regards tothese projects.
Faced with hurdles such as land acquisition, clearances and approvalsfrom government agencies like La... | |
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