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| After Mansoor’s resignation Mehbooba puts all her close-aides under scanner | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 17: Stunned over resignation of Peerzada Mansoor Hussain from the primary membership of the party, PDP president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti is now suspecting all her close-aides because Mansoor was his close-confident.
Wishing anonymity, a senior PDP leader told The Early Times that Mehbooba Mufti had decided to give an important position to Mansoor Hussain in the party after her own ‘election’ as president of the party. “After resignation of Mansoor from the party, Mehbooba Mufti has lost all faith on her close-aides who are solely responsible for creating differences between Mehbooba Mufti and those who were loyalists to late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed”, sources said and added, “one the one hand Mansoor was pretending to be well-wisher of Mehbooba Mufti while on the other hand he was in touch other groups also”.
Highly placed sources said that during his detention after August 5, 2019, Mansoor had reportedly opened a channel of communications with ‘other groups’.
In the month of June, 2020, Mansoor was released from the detention and... | |
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| Modi’s appreciation brings Azad to PAGD spotlight for statehood | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 17: Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s emotional farewell to Leader of Opposition, Ghulam Nabi Azad on February 9, has come as a blessing for the Congress leader as he is back to spotlight on Kashmir politics.
Sources also said the leaders from the so called Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration or PAGD, look ahead to hold talks with him over the future of the alliance in “achieving its goals especially with regard to restoration of statehood.”
While the Congress is not the member of the PAGD, some of the leaders from the regional parties like National Conference and the Peoples Democratic Party are of the opinion that the alliance should discuss the d... | |
| | | | Notification to conduct KAS exams issued, amendments in SRO-103 still required | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Feb 17: Though Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC) has already advertised 187 posts to conduct Combined Competitive (Preliminary) Examination but necessary amendments in the SRO-103 are still required to formally start the process, which will pave the way to fill forms by the aspiring candidates.
Pertinently, JKPSC had issued a general notification on January 8 about availability of 257 posts for Combined Competitive (Preliminary) Examination 2021 forwarded by government but later 70 posts of J&K Police (G) Service were reduced by the GAD, leaving only 187 posts to be filled by the Commission. According to sources, as per communiqué forwarded ... | |
| | | | Humiliating defeat for Saffron Party: Jammu based BJP leaders proved ominous for party in Punjab | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 17: Jammu based BJP leaders proved ominous for the party in civic bodies polls in Punjab because Saffron Party has suffered humiliating defeat in the areas where these leaders have campaigned.
First time in the history, BJP received humiliating defeat in Gurdaspur, Pathankot, Dinanagar, Batala and others areas which are near to Jammu province. These areas are considered as strongholds of the party in Punjab and Jammu based leaders were assigned the job to campaign in these areas. Instead of improving its earlier position in civic bodies of these areas, BJP performed as badly as party even failed to open its account in most of the civic bodies.
As a str... | |
| | | | Its official now: NC MPs dissociate from proceedings of Delimitation Commission | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 17: National Conference (NC) on Wednesday decided not to associate with proceedings of the Delimitation Commission set up by the Union Government to redraw Assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies in the newly carved UT of J&K.
All the three Lok Sabha members of NC namely Dr Farooq Abdullah, Akbar Lone and Hasnain Masoodi, have written a letter to Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, chairperson Delimitation Commission on Wednesday expressing their inability to associate with the commission proceedings.
The MPs have requested Justice Desai not to go ahead with the process of delimitation of union territory constituencies as the J&K Reorganisation Act 2019 was ... | |
| | | | PW (R&B) department Poonch makes double entry of community bunkers in tenders | | | | Rajesh Tandon
Early Times Report
Poonch, Feb 17: The Public Works (Road and Building) Department Poonch has allegedly made double entry in tendering of a community bunker in tehsil Balakote of the district.
Sources told Early Times that the first time when the department tendered around 200 community bunkers for in the border areas of the district, the around 45 beneficiaries, which were shown at that time, were again used in next tendering.
As per documents the PWD repeated serial numbers of beneficiaries, which can be gauged from documents that from S. No. 37 to 68 has been repeated at S. No. 110-141 in Dharati, from S. No. 69 to 73 has been again in the list at S. No. 142-147 fo... | |
| | | | Criminals misuse ET Editor’s personal details to get SIM card, harass people | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 17: In a shocking case of fraud, the personal details of Managing Editor of the daily Early Times, Sanjay Pandita, have been misused by some criminals to get a SIM card, which they are using to harass people and to circulate objectionable content including porn.
The personal details of Pandita have been used to draw SIM card number 7006105467.
The same number is being used to circulate objectionable content on Whatsapp.
Pandita got alerted when some people known to him informed him that someone was sending objectionable content in his name.
It is pertinent to mention that Pandita has never owned or used that phone number.
Meanwhile police have fi... | |
| | | | JKCA asks complainants to record statements | | Allegations against Parvez Rasool | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Feb 17: A day after active cricketers from Jammu and Kashmir leveled grave allegations against their fellow cricketer Parvez Rasool, the Jammu Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) in this regard has sent a notice to all 13 players to record their statement at Jammu.
Pertinently, 13 active cricket players in a memorandum to Chief Executive Officer JKCA had alleged that cricketer Parvez Rasool has been acting as a dictator who according to them has poisoned the atmosphere and has become all powerful, overruling fellow cricketers, coach, manager and other staffers.
Sources said Chief Executive Officer issued has issued notices to all the aggrieved players in thi... | |
| | | | We have come to J&K with a purpose: Envoys | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 17: Foreign envoys who are on 2-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday met journalists here this evening.
The scribes, who represented various local media organizations, according to the sources, apprised them about the ground situation.
The envoys said that they have come to Jammu and Kashmir with a purpose and after collecting the feedback they will prepare a report about the situation. “We are here to see how J&K has changed after the scrapping of Article 370. It appears that things have changed and J&K is moving ahead,” they said.
They discussed freedom of the press in J&K with the scribes and the improvement in situation. “Decrease in numb... | |
| | | | Water logging outside Vijaypur hospital irks commuters, MC unmoved | | |  GURDAS KUMAR
Early Times Report
VIJAYPUR, Feb 17: On the one hand, Prime Minister Modi is making people aware of cleanliness by raising slogans of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA), on the one hand, the municipality is leaving no stone unturned to prove this campaign a failure.
Blockage of drain at main gate Vijayapar Emergency Hospital is enough to expose what Vijaypur Municipality is doing, the filthy water and effluent of the drain is splitting on the road, due to which the patients coming to t... | |
| | | | 4 severed heads of peacock found in a week, Dept unmoved | | National bird in danger in Rajouri | |  ANKIT KESSAR
Early Times Report
RAJOURI, Feb 17: The recent incident of killing of peacocks- the national bird of India in Nowshera Sub Division of Rajouri district has sent a shock wave among the people, who alleged that some group of hunters are active in poaching of this protected bird.
But shockingly despite repeated complaints to the wildlife control office by the locals of village Bareri about the incident in their area, the department has failed to take action against the poachers.
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| | | | Officials leave station on non-sanctioned leaves in Rajouri | | | | Early Times Report
RAJOURI, Feb 17: A number of government officials in Rajouri district are yet not adhering to the guidelines of work culture and civil services rules and are leaving station on unsanctioned leaves with concerned officers also allowing them to leave staff without prior sanction of leave.
The fresh case that came to fore is of Integrated Child Development Scheme in Kotranka block wherein a Junior Assistant ranked official left his office for three days without any sanctioned leave. The official kept a leave application in office requesting leave from 17 February to 19 February but leave was not sanctioned by the competent authority who is CDPO Kotranka, official sources ... | |
| | | | Travelers give a push to fresh COVID-19 cases in JK; 84 new cases with 37 being travelers | | Positive cases 125547, active positive 657, recovered 122939, casualties 1951 | | | JEHANGIR RASHID
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Feb 17: Travelers continue to contribute in a great number with respect to fresh COVID-19 positive cases in the union territory of Jammu & Kashmir. The union territory reported 84 new cases among which 37 were travelers. The total number of positive cases reached 1, 25,547.
Srinagar reported 42 fresh cases of Corona Virus followed by Jammu district 11 cases, Budgam and Anantnag districts nine cases each, Pulwama district six cases, Shopian district three cases, Baramulla district two cases and Kupwara & Bandipora districts one case each. No case was reported from Udhampur, Rajouri, Doda, Kathua, Samba, Kishtwar, Poonch, Ramban, Reasi, Ganderba... | |
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