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| Heating arrangement funds 'swindled' as students shiver in Kashmir exam halls | | Students, parents appeal LG | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 24: Even as millions of rupees were meant for heating arrangements during the recently held exams for various board and university level examinations s in Kashmir province, the students complained of having shivered in cold.
The government recently held the board exams for the matriculation and class 12th. But despite heavy snowfall and sub-zero conditions, the exam centers, as per the students, had no heating arrangements in place.
Official sources said as per rough estimates around Rs one crore are kept aside for providing heating arrangements in exam centers during winters.
But the students complained that due to extreme cold in the exam centers they couldn't write the exams properly. "We had to spend most of the time to rub our hands to keep warm as a result of which our speed of writing remained affected," said a delegation of students.
Apart from absence of heating arrangements in exams centers for the exams held by the JK State Board of School Education, the students of Kashmir University had to face similar situation.
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| Authorities yet to check safety of bunkers constructed on IB, LoC | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 24: Making a mockery of system, authorities have yet to start campaign to check safety of the bunkers constructed on Line of Control (LoC) and International Border (IB)
After getting reports that the ill designed safety bunkers constructed by the Public Works Department (PWD) of J&K are posing threat to border dwellers, J&K government in the month of Febrary this year had appointed committee for conducting physical and financial audit in respect of construction of bunkers under Security Related Expenditure (SRE) within one month but nothing has been done so far.
Reports said that not only contractors are compromising with quality of the bunkers, construct... | |
| | | | Self style service-provider claims to be felicitator for various govt works | | "Tout" at DC office Kathua premises becomes talk of town | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 24: A "tout", who claims to be a self-style service provider at Deputy Commissioner Office Kathua's premises, has become the talk of town for being a major felicitator of various works before the general public visiting the office for doing different government works
Sources informed Early Times that for the last few years, the "tout" who has been earning fortunes, has won notoriety among the government employees posted at Deputy Commissioner Office Kathua while he has also become famous among the common masses within the premises of the DC office Kathua, claiming himself to be a felicitator for different types of works, being done at various offices of diff... | |
| | | | Supplier alleges use of sub-standard material in 102/108 ambulances, JKMSC denies | | | | Nitesh Sangral
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 24: Supplier of medical instruments has alleged that the company, which got tender to supply 102/108 ambulances, is violating the rules of tender and supplying sub-standard the material in the upcoming ambulances and supplier also registered a complaint in various concerned quarters.
However, the officials of the Jammu and Kashmir Medical Supplies Corporation Limited (JKMSCL) has denied the allegation and claiming that the matter pertains to the company is supplying and not to the Corporation.
Here need to mention that the JKMSCL flouted a tender of outsourcing and operational of 102/108 ambulances services in the year 2018 and in which mo... | |
| | | | 'Muster courage to tell the world who is responsible for crisis' | | Yashwant Sinha led panel's Kashmir visit | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 24: Members of Concerned Citizens Group led by the former BJP leader and Union Minister Yashwant Sinha who are in Kashmir since Friday have claimed that situation in the Valley is far from normal.
An analyst while talking to Early Times said, "We cannot brush aside the claims of Sinha led panel as criticism for the sake of criticism but Sinha cannot blame New Delhi for situation in Kashmir being volatile as the Government of India is making all the possible attempts to restore normalcy in the Valley."
He said, "Sinha led 5-member panel should try to find out the reasons for normalcy not returning to the Valley rather than reaching to the preconceived conclu... | |
| | | | Officials give damn to Chief Secretary's directions, make people to suffer | | Trees, branches of trees continue to run close to power transmission lines | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Nov 24: The officers and officials of erstwhile state of Jammu & Kashmir had a habit of overlooking the directions of their seniors including those who hold top positions in bureaucracy and these people are carrying this habit in the union territory as well.
The inaction or the laidback attitude of these officials makes the people to suffer and at the end of the day there is no accountability. The situation becomes worse when the common masses are hit by the vagaries of weather and the same is happening with the people of Kashmir these days.
When Kashmir was hit by untimely and unexpected snowfall in the first week of November 2018, Chief Sec... | |
| | | | Flouting rules, Retired JE re-engaged in Division-I of ULB Jammu | | | |
Rajesh Tandon
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 24: Defeating the purpose of transparency and accountability in the functioning of government department, a retired official is still working in the office of Division-I of Urban Local Bodies (ULB) Jammu and holding crucial assignment of Junior Engineer for two sub-divisions of district Rajouri.
According to sources the official retired as Junior Engineer (JE) in 2013, but being blue eyed of the former Director ULB Jammu ensured that the official managed to get extension in violation of rules.
"His services were reengaged in April 2019 after a gap of around six years of his retirement that too without any notification and astonishingly he i... | |
| | | | Detained Kashmiri leaders allowed to visit home, some may be released soon | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Nov 24: Some of the Kashmiri political leaders who have been under detention since August 5 may be released soon, with the Union Territory administration already easing restrictions on their movement, officials said on Sunday.
As many as four leaders belonging to various political parties were allowed to visit their houses for few hours on Saturday after they requested for it, they said.
Some of the political leaders who are detained in their houses may be allowed to move out of the valley on health grounds, the officials said.
There was a possibility of some of the detainees being released from the MLA hostel but a final plan will be worked out by the Union... | |
| | | | JK reports 1700 cases annually | | Domestic violence on rise | | |
Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Nov 24: As Jammu and Kashmir witnesses over five cases of domestic violence on an average daily, the absence of commission has hit these cases in the new union territory.
Sources said State Women Commission would receive around 1700 domestic violence cases every year. This indicates JK witnesses over five cases of domestic cases on an average daily. The actual number of such cases could be much higher.
"As State Women Commission no more exists in Jammu and Kashmir, no one is resolving domestic violence cases in the new union territory. There has been steep rise in domestic violence cases for last few years from 1200 to 1700 cases annually," ... | |
| | | | Special Army, Navy and Airforce troops deployed to counter terrorism in Kashmir valley | | | | Agencies
MUMBAI, Nov 24: In a major step towards enhancing jointness among the three services, the special forces of Army, Navy and Air Force have been deployed in the Kashmir valley to carry out combined counter-terrorist operations.
The three special forces, namely, the Army's Para (Special Forces), Navy's Marine Commandos (MARCOS) and Indian Air Force's Garud Special Forces are being deployed in the Kashmir valley under the Defence Ministry's newly-raised Armed Forces Special Operations Division (AFSOD), senior Defence sources told news agency.
The induction of the joint special troops of the three forces has already started as the Army Para (SF) elements have already been inducted i... | |
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