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| BJP's objections valid, but it itself trifurcated Jammu on March 1, 2015 | | Artificial Chenab Valley | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 22: J&K BJP Friday raised very valid objections against the National Conference's sinister move to present Jammu province in a manner that creates an impression that it consists of three distinct regions - plains of Jammu or Kathua, Samba, Jammu and parts of Udhampur and Reasi districts; Chenab Valley consisting of Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban districts; and Pir Panchal region comprising Poonch and Rajouri districts.
"By giving artificial names like the Chenab Valley or Pir Panchal region, the Kashmir-based political groups intend to divide Jammu with their sinister communal plan. Time and again such demands are raised either by these leaders r their stooges wor... | |
| | | | Widow 'victimized' by a tehsildar | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 22: In a glaring example of victimization, a widow has been running pillar to post to get income certificate from Revenue Department to seek pension benefit but concerned tehsildar is making her run.
Sources told Early Times that Kunti Devi wife of Nirdesh Kumar, who lost her husband in October 2018, had moved an application for issuance of income certificate to concerned Tehsildar office to apply for widow pension.
"Whenever I visit the tehsildar's office, he sends me back by giving lame excuses by saying that he is busy and can't sign and asks me to visit some other day," she alleged saying that she was made to wait for hours together to meet the Tehsil... | |
| | | | NC promises to stop anti-terrorists operations if voted to power | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 22: While as security forces are giving supreme sacrifices to make Kashmir Valley clean from terrorists, National Conference (NC) today made it clear that party will stop anti-militancy operations if voted to power in the next assembly elections.
NC's law-maker Bashir Ahmed Veeri was today 'very annoyed' over elimination of six dreaded terrorists of Awantipura who belonged Zakir Mussa gang of terrorists. Veeri's could not control his love for the killed terrorists including Deputy of Zakir Mussa and publically announced that anti-militancy operations launched by the security forces against terrorists would be stopped if NC voted to power.
"These gun yielding... | |
| | | | Pakistan, Hurriyat are stakeholders in J&K, Jammu and Ladakh are not | | Wah Re Mehbooba! | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 22: Fearing extinction and humiliating defeat in the next elections, Mehbooba Mufti has unleashed a no-holds-barred campaign calculated to winning over Pakistan and Pakistani stooges in Kashmir like Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik and restoring the space she has lost to others in Kashmir, including the National Conference. She, like Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah, Saif-Ud-Din Soz and GA Mir, to mention only a few, has been taking recourse to politics of communalism and secessionism in a most brazen manner. Not just this, she, like Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah, Saif-ud-din Soz and GA Mir, has been giving those who matter in New Delh... | |
| | | | PDP rival group gets 'third front' support | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 22: While a senior leader of the Peoples Democratic Party is set to float a "rival faction" of the PDP, he is getting support from some "third front quarters", who were previously loyal to the Mufti family.
Sources said the PDP leader in question who is also a businessman has allegedly been in constant touch with two senior politicians from Tangmarg and Khan Sahib, Budgam. Both the leaders have their own parties and have been ministers in the past.
Sources said at the meetings held between the two groups it was unanimously decided that the rival faction of the PDP would be given external support by these two politicians.
It was reliably learnt that besides ... | |
| | | | School Education Deptt fails CCS | | | | Vijay Charak
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 22:The School Education department of state has failed to utilize Central Sponsored Scheme(CSS) as Central Government has been approved a total of 52 percent civil work under RMSA since inception if the scheme but astoundingly till date the department has completed only 23 percent works.
Reliable sources from SED informed Early Times the overall completion of the approved civil work in the state is only 52 percent where as 28 percent civil works are in progress while 20 percent works have not yet started. Due to delay in starting the works initially and later, the progress in construction work is very slow.
Sources further said that the po... | |
| | | | Kishtwar police registered FIR in IGNOU's BEd exam gate scandal | | ET Impact | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Kishtwar, Dec 22: A day after "Early Times" highlighted the mass copying scandal at various examination centers of IGNOU across the state, Kishtwar police on Saturday registered an FIR against two persons after prewritten answer sheets were recovered from them while appearing in the BEd examination at Government Degree College Kishtwar.
As per the details available with "Early Times", Kishtwar Police on the basis of the complaint lodged by Superintendent TEE Dec 2018, SC 1267 (GDC Kishtwar) addressed to SHO Police Station Kishtwar, Kishtwar Police registered an FIR NO. 316 of 2018 Under Section 420 RPC & 2/5 Prevention of Unfair means examination ac... | |
| | | | SIC seeks list of contractual lecturers from CEO Baramulla | | | | Early Times Report
Baramulla, Dec 22: State Information Commission (SIC) has directed the Chief Education Officer (CEO) Baramulla to provide the list of contractual lecturers engaged in various Government run Higher Secondary Schools of the district recently. The information was earlier denied by CEO when the same was sought under Right to Information Act (RTI) by an information seeker.
Details available with Early Times reveal that RTI application dated 12.05.2018 was filed by one Sheikh Irshad Rashid an advocate by profession seeking information from Public Information Officer (PIO) / CEO Baramulla relating to amount recovered/received from candidates who applied for engagement as c... | |
| | | | No takers of Govt directives: Deptts fail to submit monthly progress reports | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Dec 21: Despite repeated directives by the government, the departments are not submitting monthly progress reports to the Governor's office. As per a government circular, departments have to submit the details regarding major developmental activities and achievements to the Governor Secretariat every month. "It is further requested that the hence forth monthly information on the subject be furnished to the Principal Secretary to the Government Planning and Development for consolidation and its onward submission to the Principal Secretary to Governor by 3rd of every month," the circular recently issued reads. However, a source said that government departments... | |
| | | | Six militants belonging to Zakir Musa group killed in encounter at Arampora-Tral | | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Dec 22: In a major offensive against the militants and militancy in Kashmir police and security forces killed six militants at Arampora in Tral area in South Kashmir's Pulwama district. The slain militants owed allegiance to Ansar Gazwat-ul-Hind led by Zakir Musa.
Reports reaching here said that militants were killed when a joint party of police and security forces fired towards a militant hideout located in an orchard at Arampora in the Tral area. The forces carried out the operation after receiving inputs about the presence of militants in the Arampora area.
Reports said the gunfight broke out after a joint team of 42 Rashtriya Rifles ... | |
| | | | In a bid to stay relevant, Kashmir's political parties make admin a punching bag | | Bizarre statements, uncalled for jibes becomes new norm | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 22: In a bid to stay relevant and hoodwink people, Kashmir's mainstream political parties have been making the Governor's administration a punching back by leveling baseless allegations.
This is perhaps for the first time in state's recent history that such bizarre statements are publicly being issued against the state governor that too without any remorse and regret.
Recently, the PDP stated that the Governor's administration is creating problems even in those areas of the state where there are none.
It even accused of functioning without taking public sentiment into consideration or assessment of requirements is causing tensions and sowing seeds ... | |
| | | | After cutting wings of PDP in Kmr NC trying to erode base of BJP, Cong in Jammu | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 22: National Conference (NC) is all set to erode the base of BJP in Jammu by wooing the weaker sections of society to join the party.
According to source NC leadership after getting emboldened in denting it's arch rival PDP in Kashmir which has disintegrated totally after many of it's senior leaders and former ministers deserted it by joining People's Conference of Sajjad Lone and National Conference led by Dr Farooq Abdullah, N C is eyeing Jammu and influencing leaders of weaker sections to join it's fold to decrease BJP's chances of emerging as a force in next Assembly poll.
Sources said some leaders of BJP and Congress who already joined the party in Ja... | |
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