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| Ousted PDP leader hosts multiple celebrations in Dubai! | | 'Lavish parties hosted at costliest hotels' | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 5: The senior politician who was ousted from the Peoples Democratic Party has recently hosted multiple celebration parties in Dubai.
Sources said the leader, who camped in the United Arab Emirates for a month, was there with some of his "family members and friends for celebrations".
Sources said the politician hosted lavish parties, mainly at 5-star hotels in Dubai. "Separate party was hosted for separate kind of guests. Relatives invited on separate day at separate venue, friends invited on a separate day at a different venue, business contacts invited on a separate day at a separate venue and political contacts including those from other countries were invited separately at some of the costliest venues," said a source privy to the details of the partying.
Sources said the politician was trying to cash the opportunity to host some of his "old contacts from a neighboring country as well only to strengthen his political position in Kashmir."
It is pertinent to mention that a few months ago, his brother was reportedly summoned by the National Investi... | |
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| No light at end of tunnel for former J&K CMs | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 5: The Ministry of Home Affairs has remained non-committal about release of Kashmir-centric leaders, who have been under detention since August 5 when J&K was bifurcated into two Union Territories.
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy told Parliament that it's not possible for the government to give any timeline for release of politicians, who were detained on and after August 5.
An analyst while talking to Early Times said, "Few leaders are trying to link the return of normalcy in the Valley with the release of Kashmir-centric leaders, including three former Chief Ministers - Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti but the last... | |
| | | | Amid confusion over payment of TA, SRO-202 employees unlikely to get it | | Another shocker for SRO-202 employees | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 5: Despite tall claims made by Union government that the employees of Jammu and Kashmir Ladakh would be getting the benefits under the 7th Pay Commission as granted to the employees of other Union Territories, the employees engaged under SRO-202 are unlikely to get the benefits.
It would be second shocker for the employees engaged under SRO-202 as the first shocker came for them, when the newly created Union Territory administration had protected the SRO-202, which had despite came into being under the Jammu and Kashmir's Constitution.
Sources in the Finance department informed Early Times that though the Union government had made announcements for the payme... | |
| | | | Officers facilitate illegal constructions in Kashmir, yet to face music | | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
srinagar, Dec 5: Administration of the union territory of Jammu & Kashmir has been found wanting when it comes to acting against its own corrupt officers and officials. This is despite the fact that 'guilt' has been established in most of the cases.
Early Times has learnt from sources that after August 4 officers and officials of various departments and agencies have amassed huge wealth while resorting to unfair practices. Instead of acting against such public servants the axe has fallen on the common masses.
"Over the past few weeks departments and agencies entrusted with the responsibility of looking after affairs of Srinagar and other parts of Kashm... | |
| | | | December 5, 2019 the last holiday to mark Sheikh Abdullah's birthday | | Govt in next year's list of holidays set to omit the date out forever | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 5: The December 5 holiday of the year 2019 is perhaps going to be the last holiday being observed to mark the birth Anniversary of NC fonder and staunch opponent of Dogra Rule- Sheikh Abdullah.
Highly placed official sources divulged to Early Times that the government is cancelling the December 5 holiday observed every year as a birth anniversary of NC founder and JK's former Chief Minister Sheikh Abdullah. "Believe me, it is going to be the last holiday of Sheikh Abdullah's birthday. You will not have any such thing in future. There was no fun of keeping the holiday intact in the newly created union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and therefore in the new li... | |
| | | | Creates hurdle in Career Advancement of Prog Assists working in KVKs | | SKUAST Jammu Admin throws Govt' order to wind | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 5: Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) Jammu has been receiving severe criticism for its adamant attitude for not implementing Order No.71 (SECY) of 2018, which has blocked the career advancement of Programme Assistants working in various Krishi Vigyan Kentra.
Sources told Early Times that the promotions of Programme Assistants / Senior Technical Assistants / Technical Assistants and equivalents against the available posts of Subject Matter Specialists (SMSs) as mentioned in point No. 5 of University Order No.71 (SECY) of 2018 dated 11.07.2018 have not been done so far despite order issued by the then Governor SP Malik.
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| | | | GOI anguished over non-submission of UCs | | | |
Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
srinagar, Dec 5: Centre has taken on Jammu and Kashmir government for not submitting utilization certification of developmental works in the new Union Territory.
An official of the Finance Department said that it was mandatory for departments to submit utilization certification so that government knows where the money has been utilised.
But various departments are not submitting utilization certificates to the concerned ministry. The Centre has already stopped funds to various schemes resulting hampering of growth to JK,î the official said.
The departmental heads have been directed to submit utilization certification to the government for transpare... | |
| | | | Exercise right to franchise judiciously: Munish to people | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 5: Editor, Early Times, Munish Gupta, on Thursday said that times are changing fast and Jammu people cannot afford to lag behind.
Carrying forward his mass contact programme in Chatha, Munish said, "All of us are witnessing rapid transformations which are taking place around us. The Jammuites should also stay alert to the happenings around them and focus on building a new Jammu."
"During the past six months, I have visited several areas of Gandhi Nagar Assembly ... | |
| | | | Will distribute my salary among needy' | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu: Editor Early Times, Munish Gupta, has said that if he wins the forthcoming Assembly elections from Gandhi Nagar constituency he would distribute his monthly salary among the needy people in his constituency. "It's my promise to you people that besides carrying out development work, I would distribute my salary among the needy people. I assure you that I would not take any money from anyone, nor would I remain inaccessible. Whenever you need me I will be available," Munish said. ... | |
| | | | PWD (R&B) Poonch shuns responsibility of substandard road work | | Focuses only on inaugurations of new works | |  Rajesh Tandon
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 5: The Public Works (Road and Building) Department Poonch has been receiving huge criticism from the local people for its poor execution of road work in the district. The local alleged that the execution of blacktopping by the contractors never taken care by the concerned for its specified time period.
Sources told Early Times that Public Works Department Poonch has come into action due to upcoming visit of Commissioner Secretary PWD R&B Khurshid A... | |
| | | | Cong 'demonizes' Nehru by 'glorifying' Sheikh | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 5: Groping in the dark to retrieve its lost position in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh, Congress today crossed all limits of duplicity by lavishing all praise on former chief minister Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah. Congress said that it was Sheikh Abdullah who had "forced" Maharaja Hari Singh to accede to the Indian Union.
Ironically it Congress party which had jailed Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah for eleven long years after dismissing him from the position of 'Prime Ministership' on 8 August 1953. Sheikh Abdullah was arrested on the direction of first prime minister of the country Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru for allegedly hatching a conspiracy against the State in the infamou... | |
| | | | Cong, NC suffix Jinnah with 'respectable' title! | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 5: Keeping separatist constituency of Kashmir Valley in the mind, both National Conference and Congress today suffixed created of Pakistan Mohammad Ali Jinnah with the respectable title of "Mr". Both the parties, in the official handouts issued on the birth anniversary of former chief minister Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, repeatedly called created of Pakistan as Mr Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
Jinnah was not only responsible for creation of Pakistan but he was solely responsible for killing of thousands and thousands of innocent people during holocaust of 1947.
Interestingly Congress leadership always used derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ... | |
| | | | Tourist footfall rises in Udhampur's Mansar as 8.96 lakh visits till Nov | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 5: The tourist footfall has increased manifold to one of the fast emerging destinations Mansar Lake situated in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, some 55-kilometres from here as around 8.96 lakh tourists from within the Union Territory and other parts of the country visited till November this year.
In 2018, as many as 10.92 lakh tourists visited Mansar.
According to official sources, Mansar has become one of the most favourite destinations for the tourists and not only locals but also the outsiders are reaching in large number to the place having mythological belief that it is a ''devsthan'' of ''naag devta''.
As per official data, in the month of... | |
| | | | People demand transparency in recruitment of SPOs | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 5: People of Rajouri-Poonch range demanded transparency in recruitment of Special Police Officer SPOs and accused a former Additional Superintendent of Police, who was run fake job racket in above said range and duped many.
People of the area appealed Higher ups of the Jammu and Kashmir Police Department to keep vigil on the upcoming SPO recruitment and efforts would be made to select aspirants merit wise so that fake job provider would not able to dupe the innocent by giving false assurances to them.
It is pertinent to mention here that the former Additional SP of foresaid range had duped many aspirants in the last recruitment drive and succeed to mang... | |
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