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| Stone pelters, not nationalists are dear to Government | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Feb 13: It seems that government goes soft against anti-nationals and stone pelters by preferring them over nationalistic forces.
This could be gauged that government has initiated several programmes where the stone pelters and anti-nationals have been given preferences over other youth.
Take for instance, Government has constituted 'district level task forces' for engagement of youth in sports to stop them from diverting towards other activities.
An official document of divisional commissioner Kashmir office reveals that task forces would identify the gaps with regard to sports, cultural, and infrastructure.
They have to "prepare calendar of the activities for purpose of youth engagement/sports that could bring out a change on the ground to make them useful instruments of change and also to ensure furtherance of sports/cultural activities".
The documents say that district development commissioner Srinagar has recommended that "special focus needs to be placed on the down town where majority of the population lives, which has been adversely affecte... | |
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| Was changing names of places in Kashmir not an assault on Indian culture? | | Mehbooba doesn't know what she says | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 13: Reacting to the UP government changing names of places, including Mughalserai and Faizabad, former BJP-made J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti has said that "name changing is an attempt to demolish the idea of India we grew up wit; it's an assault on the country's Ganga Jamuna culture and trying to tell Muslims they don't belong here, and but be sure it is as much my country as yours".
It's obvious that she conveniently overlooked what happened under the nose of her father late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and under her own nose. After throwing out the miniscule minority of Kashmiri Hindus out of the Valley, the fanatics and had changed the names of many places, including th... | |
| | | | For Mehbooba interests of Pak farmers more important than farmers of Jammu | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 13: By strongly opposing proposal of the government to block 531 Million Cubic Meters (MCM) water to Pakistan, former chief minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti's anti-Jammu face has been exposed. Instead of protecting interests of the residents of Kathua, Samba and Jammu, who would be benefitted from Ujh multipurpose project, Mehbooba Mufti is worried over farmers of Pakistan who is getting undue water from river Ujh on which farmers of Kathua, Samba and Jammu have first right.
Addressing a press conference at Srinagar Mehbooba Mufti opposed stopping water of Ujh river to Pakistan and opposed divert the spare water to Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan.
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| | | | Hurriyat hawk tries to give communal colour to highway closure | | Forgets Jammu has become second home for Kashmiris due to Valley being in mess | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 13: Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani tried to give communal twist to the Kashmiri passengers getting stranded in Jammu due to the closure of the national highway.
In a statement Geelani said, "Stranded passengers are financially exhausted and instead of providing them food and shelter, the government has left them to the mercy of the sick-minded Hindutva preachers, who thrashed and stoned these helpless people and made them to run for their life."
An analyst while talking to Early Times said that Hurriyat hawk seems "ill-informed about the incident. The clashes between the stranded passengers and the students had erupted after a few miscreants raised pro... | |
| | | | DSEJ, DC loggerhead over transfers of teachers | | CEO caught between devil and deep sea | |  Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 13: Director School Education Jammu and Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar are at loggerhead over the transfers of teachers in the district as both the officers have directed the CEO to submit the proposal of transfers to them for final approval, leaving him in a fix.
As per the details available with ET, DC Kishtwar Angrez Singh Rana who has repeatedly been accused of his allegiance with BJP, vide order No. DDCK/Edu-47/FY19/17350-55 Dated 6-2-2019 con... | |
| | | | One month additional salary file goes missing! | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 13: Forty days on, the government issued an order sanctioning one month additional salary to the employees who performed election duty last year. But, to their dismay, the file carrying the order and the recommendations has gone missing mysteriously.
Employees have termed it as a reflection of how government orders are made to gather dust and how mis-governance is taking a toll in the conflict ridden state. On December 20, last year, the Jammu and Kashmir Government ordered the release of one month salary for the employees who were deployed for conduct of Municipal and Panchayat polls this year.
An order issued by the General Administration Department ... | |
| | | | Hurriyat ka naya business, Do Ke Saath, Do Free! | | Now separatists fuel shortage of essentials in Kashmir | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 13: Even as Kashmir has allegedly been facing shortage of essentials in the wake of frequent closure of the Srinagar-Jammu national highway due to bad weather, the frequent strike calls by the separatists have only compounded the public woes.
As if the previous two days of hartals on February 9 and 11 were not enough, the so called Joint Resistance Leadership gave two more days of hartal within a week drawing flak from people.
The JRL called for the hartal when the trucks stranded on the highway were supposed to reach Srinagar markets. The hartal has drawn flak from traders and common people.
The JRL called for shutdown on February 13 and 14 to "protest and... | |
| | | | Refuses to join new place of posting for six months | | Law Officer trashes transfer order | | | K Koushal
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 13: Trashing with impunity the transfer order issued by the Department of Law, Justice and Parliamentary and further directions for his immediate relieving, a Law officer has not bothered to comply even after lapse of around six months.
As per order no 4637-LD (ESTT) of 2018 dated 21-08-2018 issued by the Department of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs which is also in possession of Early Times, 25 law officers were transferred.
"The transferred officers/officials shall be deemed to have been relieved from the date of issuance of this order" further reads the order.
However, a Law officer Showkat Ahmad Mir who was posted in Jammu and Kashmi... | |
| | | | Assistant Prof is DSW SMVDU since 2012 | | 'Harasses hostel mess caterer' | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 13: Despite having sufficient number of senior professors, the administration of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU) Katra, has been extending tenure of Inchrarge Dean Students Welfare (DSW) since 2012.
According to documents available with Early Times, Assistant Professor in School of Physics, SMVDU Katra has been made in-charge DSW, since 2012.
"He was appointed as I/C DSW initially on October 5, 2012 for period of one academic session and his tenure is being periodically extended ever since. His latest tenure as I/C DSW was extended on 3rd of October 2018 vide order no. SMVDU/Adm/Estt./18/7595-99 for the period with effect from 5th of October 2018 t... | |
| | | | No end to mess at University of Kashmir as contractual teachers receive salary during winter vacation | | Vested interests want their continuation for next session as well | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Feb 13: Despite the fact that winter vacation is suspended at University of Kashmir on account of winter vacation some of the people having vested interests want to extend the engagement of 'blue-eyed' contractual teachers beyond the previous academic session.
These vested elements are enjoying the full support of the academic section of the varsity with the said section issuing at least two orders in this regard. The orders have been issued as a cover up for the contractual teachers so that they get in at the varsity and then make a claim on the permanent positions.
Assistant Registrar, Administration TW, University of Kashmir issued a cir... | |
| | | | Revenue officials give a damn to office in Surankote | | | | M S Nazki
Early Times Report
Poonch, Feb 13: Busy in settling their personal scores in government provided accommodations, revenue officials including tehsildar and his sub ordinates give a damn to their offices leaving poor people in the lurch who come from for and near places for their different works in Revenue complex Surankote, sources said here today.
They said people from far off places, and some people covering even several kilometres on foot to reach the Revenue office get disappointed when they found that the Tehsildar was not present in his office. When someone asks where is the officer, he is out for some important work his peon replies. But some privy to Revenue office ... | |
| | | | Health Department indifferent to Samba people | | |  Early Times Report
SAMBA, Feb 13: Even as the Samba hospital got the district hospital status but the patients and even staffers are made to drink contaminated water.
It has come to fore that the authorities seldom clean the water tank. And to add insult to injury, the water purifier installed in the hospital is not working,
The Medical Superintendent said that the tank was cleaned recently and a new tank was also installed but reports said the tank is full of dirt and water in it is not... | |
| | | | JK's anti-graft bodies yield no results | | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Jan 14: Last year, the Governor administration set up the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for tackling of increasing corruption in Jammu and Kashmir despite so many anti-graft bodies already in place without bearing any results.
There are already many anti-graft bodies like State Vigilance Organisation, State Vigilance Commiss-ion, State Accountability Commission, Crime Branch, whose role have always been under question. Besides there is State Information Commission aimed to make the transparency in the governance.
However, there is rarely any visible change on the ground. This could be gauged that the state is considered among most corrupt stat... | |
| | | | HC grants GDA one more opportunity to clear stand on lease land in Gulmarg | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 13: The state high court today granted officials of Gulmarg Development Authority one more opportunity regarding decision on those Hotels and other buildings whose leases have expired.
Taking serious view on the approach of GDA, the division bench reiterated its earlier directions in this connection and observed that the property worth crores of rupees is being squandered by the GDA authorities by not taking care of the property.
The High Court had earlier also directed government to clear stand with regard to the recovery of the possession of the property where leases and licenses have expired in Gulmarg.
"It is trite that public property is held in pub... | |
| | | | Save future of our children, demand parents | | | |
Early Times Report
M S Nazki
Poonch, Feb 13: The locals of Mendhar Sub division seem have urged the Education department to safeguard the future of their children.
They alleged that most of the schools remain usually closed as the teachers have settled in Jammu and pay a visit to the place of their posting when they get a little time from their engagements. Doing a job for them was not so important feel the parents whose wards are reading in these schools. The parents are embarrassed and express their concern about the future of their children.
While talking to Early Times some parents that request the government to save the future of their children whose education was suffering at th... | |
| | | | After over seven decades of independence, no policy to compensate wild animals' attack victims | | Wild animals attacking livestock another worry for farmers, nomads | | | Akshay Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 13: The successive state governments have so far failed to legislate any policy in the last over seven decades, to compensate thousands of farmers and nomads, who lost their livestock in the wild animals' attack.
The Wildlife department provides compensation for the human loss but there is no policy to compensate for the loss of livestock in attack of wild animals.
Mohammad Shrief of village Chakka of Ramban had lost over 20 sheep and goats on January 5 when leopard barged into his cowshed at around 12 of night.
"After listening cries, I along with some other members reached the cowshed but till then the beast had killed over 20 livestock"... | |
| | | | Electricity in Doda likely to be restored by midnight | | `Kishtwar restoration in 2 days' | |  Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 13: The power woes of Doda people are likely to end tomorrow while restoration to Kishtwar may take two more days.
Speaking to Early Times, a senior PDD offical said that the electricity to Doda town and its adjoining areas will be restored by today midnight or early in the morning.
He said that the efforts are on to connect Kishtwar's 33 KV grid at Katarsamna from Thatri which ensure that Kishtwar will get electricity from Khelani receiving s... | |
| | | | 3 months baby girl died due to medical negligence, allege family members | | |  Mohammad Sarfaraz
Early Times Report
BANDIPORA, Feb 13: : A three months old baby died at Bandipora hospital while she was at the hospital for routine vaccination; however parents of the child have accused para medical staff of negligence.
Sources that the family members of the deceased child have alleged that there three months old baby, Umaiya Muzaffar D/O Muzaffar Ahmad R/O Gundpora Rampora died due to the negligence of hospital staff.
After the incident the parents told the police off... | |
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