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Crackdown on JeI worries Mehbooba 2/23/2019 11:52:47 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Feb 23: The crackdown on Jamiat-e-Islami leaders by the police has worried the Peoples Democratic Party as the former had reportedly supported the latter in the earlier elections. Nearly 150 people, mainly from the Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir including its chief Abdul Hamid Fayaz, were detained during the intervening night of Saturday. In a statement, a JeI spokesman said the police and other forces launched a "mass arrest drive" during the intervening night of February 22 and 23 and arrested dozens of its central and district-level leaders. "Those detained include Ameer Jama'at Dr Abdul Hamid Fayaz, Advocate Zahid Ali (Spokesperson), Ghulam Qadir Lone (Former Secretary General), Abdur Rouf (Ameer Zila Islamabad), Mudasir Ahmad (Ameer Tehsil Pahalgam), Abdul Salam (Dialgam), Bakhtawar Ahmad (Dialgam), Mohammad Amin Wani (Tral), Bilal Ahmad (Chadoora), Ghulam Mohammad Dar (Chak Sangran) and dozens more," said the spokesman. While their arrests have not gone well within the PDP despite the Jamiat-e-Islami has been affiliated with separatist gro...   READ MORE

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Former mantri's 'irresponsible' tweet creates panic in Kashmir at midnight 2/23/2019 11:52:39 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 23: An alleged irresponsible tweet by a former minister "created panic" in Kashmir last night.The former senior minister who is also leader of a regional party had allegedly tweeted last night a sensational post that created "atmosphere of chaos and confusion" in the state. Netizens said the former minister posted that "Srinagar is agog with rumours & speculations tonight," later he deleted the tweet. Though the said leader is understood to have removed the tweet after a while, the content seems to have fueled rumor mills. Sources in police said the tweet was seen as irresponsible by the government as it created an undue air of chaos in the Valley. "That ti...   READ MORE   Farooq Abdullah says he wants autonomy within India, not within China or Pakistan Autonomy means Azadi 2/23/2019 11:52:31 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 23: Kashmir-based "mainstream" leaders are all out to keep the Kashmir pot boiling and create confusion in the minds of the Kashmiri Muslims to promote their own selfish interests and retain control over their constituency in the Valley and broaden it, if possible. On Friday, former J&K CM and NC president Farooq Abdullah said that his party was not demanding "Azadi"; it was demanding "autonomy within India". "Let me clarify what I think our Azadi would be like. Our Azadi is our autonomy. Where do you think we will go after getting Azadi? Should we go with Pakistan or with China after getting Azadi from India? I believe that we need autonomy within the Con...   READ MORE   Teaching, non-teaching employees violate Govt order 2/23/2019 11:52:02 PM Ashwani Sharma Early Times Report Udhampur, Feb 23: Employees of Education Department including teaching and non-teaching staff here are openly violating the orders of Under Secretary of school education department Jammu / Srinagar regarding detachment. Sources informed that the Under Secretary of school education department issued order that all the attached employees of school education department should be detached within a week but surprisingly even after half a month none has h...   READ MORE   JKIDFC slow on raising funds for languishing projects 2/23/2019 11:48:06 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 23: Although the State Government had shown serious concern over languishing projects across the State and had set up Jammu and Kashmir Infrastructure Development Fund Corporation to assist the departments to complete the projects by providing financial support but the snail pace adopted by the later to raise the loans has been diminishing the sole purpose. Sources told Early Times that the Jammu and Kashmir Infrastructure Development Fund Corporation was established around five months ago and had fixed the target to raise Rs 8000 crore so that the incomplete, abandoned projects in thousands due to lack of funds be completed so that the people may be...   READ MORE   SIC directs PSC to provide copies of answer scripts Selection of +2 Lecturers in Political Science 2/23/2019 11:47:59 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 23: State Information Commission (SIC) has directed the J&K Public Service Commission (PSC) to provide copies of answer scripts of shortlisted candidates for the post of lecturer +2 (political science) to an aggrieved information seeker under J&K Right to Information Act (RTI). The sought information was denied earlier by the PIO of JKPSC Jammu citing it was a 3rd party information. Details available with Early Times reveal that one Priya Kant Sharma an aggrieved candidate filed an RTI application with the PIO, J&K Public Service Commission on 27.06.2018, seeking answer key of the examination held for the post of Lecturer Political Science and photocop...   READ MORE   As people suffered due to weather fury, administration missing from ground 2/23/2019 11:47:48 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 23: The continuous rain and snowfall in Doda and Kishtwar districts in the ongoing month has put the poor people in hardships as they suffered damages to their houses and orchards and in some cases the people suffered agricultural losses due to land erosion and landslides. People from different areas of Kishtwar and Doda districts while speaking to "Early Times" complained about non-availability of essential commodities including LPG, Kerosene Oil, medicines and ration. District Secretary National Conference Kishtwar Shabir Ahmed Kamal said that several people from Nagnisi, Padder and far flung areas of Marwah, Warwan and Dachhan are comp...   READ MORE   Unidentified protesters set Abdul Gani Vakil's vehicle on fire in Rafiabad 2/23/2019 11:47:34 PM S Tahir-ul Haq Early Times Report BARAMULLA, Feb 23: Vehicle of senior vice president, People's Conference, Abdul Gani Vakil was set ablaze by unidentified protesters in Shutloo Rafiabad area of this north Kashmir district today. Sources said that Vakil had gone to attend the condolence meet in Rafiabad area, after returning from the area, his vehicle was attacked by unidentified youth, who abused the leader and later set ablaze his vehicle. However the leader escaped unhurt and was s...   READ MORE   Fear grips Urusa village along LoC 2/23/2019 11:46:41 PM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, Feb 23: With tension brewing up, people of Urusa in north Kashmir' Baramulla district, the last village of this part of Kashmir, are worried over shelling by the Pakistani troopers. Urusa village is one of the villages in Uri on the heels of the LoC that was devastated by the 2005 earth quake. The basic infrastructure has been built by the Army and the air force over the years. Life returned to normal in the border village, which was deserted for years following the truce between India and Pakistan in 2003. According to locals, the truce between India and Pakistan has brought cheers on the faces of people. The last time Uri actually made ...   READ MORE   Public found PHC locked, doctors absent from duties 2/23/2019 11:46:32 PM Tahir Mushtaq Early Times Report Ramban, Feb 23: Local populace of Chanderkot on Saturday morning found the new type PHC locked and doctors absent from their duties and failed to provide healthcare facilities. The public expressed anger over the situation and alleged that Chanderkot is merely 10 kilometers from district headquarters but doctors seldom reached there. They further said that the New Type PHC cater the needs of five panchayats, national highway and its importance could not ...   READ MORE   Asks CEO Doda to relieve all attached teachers working in his office Director School Jammu cancels transfer orders issued by outgoing CEO Doda 2/23/2019 11:45:01 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 23: Taking strong note of mass scale transfer scandal that hit Doda Education Department wherein outgoing Chief Education Officer Doda Mohammad Sharief Chowhan ordered back dated transfer of teachers and other allied staff in the District, Director School Education Jammu Anuradha Gupta order the immediate roll back of all the orders issued by outgoing controversial CEO Doda from 1-12-2108 to 18-02-2019. The Director Education also directed incumbent CEO Doda Tariq Hussain to relieve all teaching staff working in his office with immediate effect and furnish compliance report in this regard either by fax or email. Early Times had carried ...   READ MORE   Irregularities in transfer of headmasters, favourites get choicest postings 2/23/2019 11:44:49 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 23: Following his predecessors, the incumbent Directorate of School Education Jammu (DSEJ) has once again not touched the influential headmasters in recent transfer order and has offered them plum posting in their home districts. Sources informed that DSEJ wide order No. 912 DSEJ of 2019 dated 15/02/2019 transferred nearly 101 headmasters and equivalents but ironically most of them have once again managed posting within district limits. " Some of them have been posted within 10 Kms of their native places due to their close proximity with the power corridors ", they added. The order reveals that from serial number one to 10, the Directorate of Scho...   READ MORE

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