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Students term current situation trying and troublesome, ask authorities to act Present internet gag plagues Jammu's civil service aspirants 12/2/2019 10:46:27 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Dec 2: The constant internet shutdown in Jammu is taking a heavy toll upon region's civil service aspirants who term the gag as a biggest impudent in their learning process, leaving them at the mercy of a dreadful situation. The mobile internet in Jammu region, besides Kashmir continues to remain blocked since August 5 this year when the government revoked Article 370 and Article 35-A. In Jammu, though in October, the low speed mobile internet was restored for a day, it was however blocked again due to unknown reasons. Now, when four months have passed since the imposition of the internet gag, thousands of aspirants appearing in civil services like IAS or IPS say the primary source information like current affairs and online journals, come to them via internet only and with the mobile data snapped in entirety, these ill- fated students term the current situation most trying and troublesome. According to them, they cannot watch the online videos of experts of various fields who upload their weekly lessons on social networking sites like YouTube and ...   READ MORE

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BJP playing dubious role in deporting Rohangiyas from Jammu? 12/2/2019 10:46:14 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Dec 2: After abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of J&K into two Union Territories (UTs), residents of Jammu are hoping deportation of Rohangiyas but BJP leaders appeared to be playing politics on this issue. Instead of taking a clear stand to deport Rohangiyas, living illegally in Jammu city and its outskirts, BJP leaders are playing dubious role and they are rather helping these foreigners to settle in Jammu. People of Jammu are now blaming Saffron Party with adopting double standard on deporting Rohanigyas and Bangladeshi from Jammu. People have reasons to blame BJP for playing politics on this emotive issue because was during Atal Behari Vajpayee l...   READ MORE   Former BJP leader's delegation to Kashmir draws flak from people 'They were only interested in talking to NC, PDP and their relatives' 12/2/2019 10:46:05 PM Early Times Report srinagar, Dec 2: Even as recently a high level team of delegates led by a former Bharatiya Janta Party leader recently visited Kashmir, the people of Kashmir have accused the group of being "politically motivated and having come to the valley with a pre-meditated plan." Many of the common people who wanted to get audience from the delegates who were on a 4-day visit, were denied the meeting. "We went to the hotel where they(delegates) were putting up and kept waiting for several hours to get a chance to put forth our views before them but they (delegates) denied meeting us," a group of aggrieved people told Early Times. The people said the visiting delegates told the...   READ MORE   Amid internet blackout, KU's recruitment of 7 Assistant Registrars comes under scanner Applicants smell rat in speedy recruitment process, demands more time 12/2/2019 10:45:52 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Dec 2: At a time the new Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has been witnessing complete mobile internet blackout, the initiation of the process of recruiting seven Assistant Registrars by Kashmir University has come under scanner as applicants have been alleging something fishy in entire process. The Jammu and Kashmir has been witnessing total mobile internet shutdown since August 5 and most of the recruitment agencies have stalled the recruitment process but the University of Kashmir has initiated the recruitment process on October 25, for the seven posts of Assistant Registrars/Assistant Controller of Examination in pay level 10 (Rs. 56100-177500) in main as...   READ MORE   Asks it to act against terror networks posing threat to regional security Japan reminds Pak about FATF's Feb 2020 deadline 12/2/2019 10:45:42 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Dec 2: India has once again left the Pakistan red faced as Japan has asked Islamabad to act against the terror outfits operating in the country. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met their counterparts Kono Taro and Motegi Toshimitsu in New Delhi recently. A joint statement issued after the meeting noted the threat posed to regional security by terrorist networks operating out of Pakistan and asked it to take resolute and irreversible action against them and fully comply with its commitments including to FATF. An analyst while talking to Early Times said, "Japan till date had maintained silence over the issue of Pak-sponsor...   READ MORE   Thousands appointed on temporary arrangement in JK await regularization for years Future bleak as no concept of temporary jobs in UT 12/2/2019 10:45:29 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report srinagar, Dec 2: Thousands of youth appointed on different arrangements in the erstwhile state of Jammu & Kashmir have been pushed to the wall since despite promises their services were not regularized by the successive governments in the past. Sources told Early Times that since the state of Jammu & Kashmir has been bifurcated into two union territories Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh it would be difficult for these youth to get absorbed as permanent employees in different government departments. "There is no concept of daily wagers, contingent employees, consolidated employees and casual employees in a union territory. People are appointed on permanent ba...   READ MORE   Mini Stadium Bhour Camp becomes victim of State's apathy Despite spending lakhs, work lying incomplete even after 8 years 12/2/2019 10:45:07 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Dec 2: The much ambitious demand of the locals of Bhour Camp of Gandhi Nagar constituency for construction of Mini Stadium Bhour Camp has to be realized despite spending lakhs on it even after the lapse of eight years, which speaks volume of apathy of the previous governments, which failed to fulfil the promise. The foundation stone was laid down by previous governments with much fanfare which remained confined to only ceremonies and nothing much was done on ground ...   READ MORE   J-K: All appeals, complaints under RTI will now be dealt by CIC 12/2/2019 10:44:33 PM Agencies NEW DELHI, Dec 2: All second appeals and complaints pending with the Jammu and Kashmir State Information Commission under the erstwhile state's Right to Information (RTI) Act will be dealt with by the Central Information Commission (CIC), according to official documents. The move comes as Jammu and Kashmir state was divided into two union territories, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh with effect from October 31, 2019. A large number of applications and appeals filed under the Jammu and Kashmir Right to Information Act, 2009, would have been pending on the date of bifurcation. Since the two new UTs were formed, citizens and transparency activists have been approaching RTI advocat...   READ MORE   Avoid duplication of procedures to facilitate the beneficiaries: Lt Governor to officers 12/2/2019 10:44:14 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Dec 2: Lieutenant Governor, Governor Girish Chandra Murmu directed for streamlining the simplification of the procedures and called for avoiding its duplication to facilitate the eligible beneficiaries under various Social Welfare Schemes. The Lt. Governor passed these directions while taking a comprehensive review of the implementation of various Social Welfare Schemes across J&K in a meeting here today at the Civil Secretariat. BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary; A...   READ MORE   3 IAS officers transferred 12/2/2019 10:43:39 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Dec 2: The Government today ordered transfer and postings of three IAS officers.Pandurang Kondbarao Pole, Secretary to the Government, Department of Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction, holding additional charge of Secretary to the Government, Department of Food, Civil, Supplies and Consumer Affairs, is transferred and posted as Secretary to the Government, Department of Food, Civil, Supplies and Consumer Affairs. Simrandeep Singh Chief Executive Officer, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, is transferred and posted as Special Secretary to the Government, Department of Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstru...   READ MORE   3 years on, Girls' Hostel remains a distant dream for female students 12/2/2019 10:42:03 PM Arun Jasrotia Early Times Report UDHAMPUR, Dec 2: With an aim to provide the lodging facility to girl students hailing from far-flung and remotest corners of Chowki-Jandrore area of Block Ghordi in district Udhampur, the foundation stone for a 100-bedded Girls' Hostel building was laid by then MLA Ramnagar in the year 2016 but till date nothing beyond that ritual has been initiated. The Hostel was proposed to be set up in the premises of Government Higher Secondary School Chowki -Jandrore ...   READ MORE

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