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Backdoor appointments in LA: Will CM be real action 'hero' here too.....? 3/18/2015 12:45:34 AM Early Times Report jammu, Mar 17: In keeping with his commitment of having a neat, transparent and corruption free government, the Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed continued streak of steps he has been taking with yet another stroke ordering with immediate effect termination of all the employees who were granted re-employment by government departments during previous regimes.The order has termed as a decision to rid the state from the scourge of nepotism and rejuvenate administration has been lauded in all quarters. The moot question remains that will this decision have reflection of action the state Assembly where nepotism and favoritism have come to stay and backdoor appointments have become order of functioning for years, thanks to erstwhile rulers who allowed it happen for their own convenience. Today's order also makes it clear that engagements, arrangements made by the different departments, PSUs, Boards and even autonomous bodies under any scheme against any sanctioned posts without any selection procedure, even on contractual basis, shall also cease to exist with imme...   READ MORE

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CM takes oath as elected Member of 12th Legislative Assembly 3/18/2015 12:45:07 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 17: Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was today administered oath as elected Member of the 12th J&K Legislative Assembly by the Pro-tem Speaker Mohammad Shafi. The Chief Minister was the first to take oath, followed by the other Members who have been elected to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu & Kashmir State. ...   READ MORE   Mufti disengages re- employed employees 3/18/2015 12:42:52 AM Asif Iqbal Naik ET Report JAMMU, Mar 17: As a part of major initiative taken by the government of Jammu and Kashmir, the General Administrative Department today ordered disengagement of all those employees who were either given the extension or re-employed in previous National Conference-Congress government. As per the GAD Order No. 384-GAD of 2015 Dated 17-03-2015 titled as "Termination of re-employment/re-engagement in the Government Departments/Public Sector Undertakings/Boards/Autonomous Bodies", Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed ordered for immediate implementation of the termination of all those employees granted re-employment by various government departments. "All the re-emp...   READ MORE   Kiran Wattal: Officer who saved Jammu in 1992 JMC has touched new heights during his tenure 3/18/2015 12:42:45 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 17: An engineer by profession and a dedicated officer, Commissioner, Jammu Municipal Corporation, Kiran Wattal has been instrumental in taking the JMC to new heights during his tenure as head of the corporation. Wattal, BE (Civil) besides serving JMC has served as Managing Director, J&K Housing Board, Chief Engineer, UEED, Secretary, J&K State Sports Council. He started his career in August, 1978 as site engineer in "GAMMON INDIA LTD." and was put on the job of specialized bridge construction. He joined the government service in JK in 1980. Initially, he independently handled the ob of construction of lined canals, cross drainage works, roads and buildings....   READ MORE   Why Not Dress Code for Politicians? 3/18/2015 12:42:28 AM Raman Sharma Early Times Report jammu, Mar 17: Without any personal prejudice to the ongoing debate and issue of alleged harassment caused by the Health Minister to a Lady Doctor in Jammu, the allegations by the doctor and counter reply by the minister, the debate and moot question here is about the apron, the minister alleges the lady doctor wasn't wearing the apron, whereas the doctor says she was in social gathering so did not felt the need to wear it and the minister was rude. There are different statements from different people about the issue, some supporting the doctor others standing with the ministers justifying his action. Therefore without having any proof that who is econom...   READ MORE   Spends 31 Cr on publicity of pilgrim places TD ignores new tourist destinations 3/18/2015 12:41:59 AM Arun Singh Early Times Report jammu, Mar 17: The tourism department, it seems is in no mood to publicise new tourist destinations. A whooping amount of rs 31.01 Cr has been spent on already popular places in five years. Sources in the Tourism Department told Early Times that the Department, in past had developed a number of new tourist destinations like Rajouri, Poonch, Kishtwar, Bani, Basohli, Sarthal etc and had created enormous tourist infrastructure under Central and State sponsored schemes at these new locations. "But the Department incurred an expenditure of Rs 31.01 crore during the period 2008-13 on publicity and advertisement which had mainly remained confined to Vaishno Devi,...   READ MORE   Rs 300 cr scam in JAKFED: Will new regime implement recommendations of House panel? 3/18/2015 12:41:46 AM Early Times Report jammu, Mar 17: Formation of new regime headed by Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has rekindled a hope that recommendations of House Committee on Rs 300 crore JAKFED scam would be implemented and action will be taken against those who had swindled crores and crores of rupees. The House Committee has recommended CBI probe into huge financial irregularities in the JAKFED. The new government headed by Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has promised to control corruption and to bring transparency in the government. The House Committee constituted to look into the alleged bungling and embezzlement of public money in JAKFED had presented its report on August 30, 2014. The Committee comprised of Kha...   READ MORE   Govt indecisive on Sagheer Committee on centre-state relations 3/18/2015 12:41:37 AM Akshay Azad Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 17: The Bhartiya Janta Party-Peoples Democratic Party coalition government is reportedly indecisive to take any decision on studying the recommendations of Justice Sagheer Committee on Center-State relations. The term of CSC appointed by previous Congress-National Conference coalition government ended in August 2014. "In the meantime the government machinery remained busy in assembly election process and had virtually pushed the issues into backburner" sources said. They added that new government of People's Democratic Party (PDP) - Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) has yet to take decision over the re-constitution of the committee. Secretary Law Depa...   READ MORE   Dr Pampori, others couldn't muster courage to take on Lal Singh Hats off to Dr Gurmeet Kour 3/18/2015 12:41:29 AM Fazal Khan Early Times Report Srinagar, Mar 17: Many doctors who were reprimanded by the Health Minister Chaudary Lal Singh failed to muster courage to take on the minister but a lady doctor, Gurmeet Kour, who was humiliated for not wearing an apron by the Health Minister Chaurdary Lal Singh, despite being a lady has shown the guts to take on the powerful minister. Dr Gurmeet Kour is not the only doctor who faced humiliation at the hands of the Health Minister. Many doctors, including the Principal of the Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar Dr Rafiq Pampori, had to face the wrath of the minister but most doctors kept quiet allowing minister to get away with his dictatorial approa...   READ MORE   Junior employee signs on behalf of 2 offices Alleged lawlessness in JU 3/18/2015 12:41:18 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 17: Even if the high hopes from the PDP-led regime, which had fought elections over the issues of corruption free and clean governance, come true or not, the alleged 'favouritism and nepotism,' still continues in the government establishments which is evident from a junior employee 'Irfan Goni' signing the official letters from Officer Offsite Campuses Development. Believe it or not a letter from the Officer Offsite Campuses Development of Jammu University surprised the university authorities when they themselves saw a letter duly signed by one Irfan Goni, a junior employee. The documents in the possession of Early Times revealed that a letter from the offi...   READ MORE   Govt starts administrative cleansing of Pandits 3/18/2015 12:41:06 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 17: The anti Kashmir Pandit attitude of the coalition government has sent shock waves among the hapless community members across the globe and the community has viewed seriously the latest developments and the role of the coalition towards it. Taking serious view of attaching the three senior officers in Civil Secretariat, Jammu in the administrative reshuffle few days back the re is general opinion among the Kashmiri Pandits that after denying representation in council of ministers and legislature, the coalition has now started the administrative cleansing of the community to fulfill the dreams of the separatists. Soon after the attachment of three Pandit o...   READ MORE   Drubbed NC knocking separatists' door for survival Party pleading for halt to jibes, accusations, taunts 3/18/2015 12:40:58 AM Peerzada Ummer Early Times Report Srinagar, Mar 17: In a bid to save its face from further scolding and accusations, the National Conference has finally reached at the door steps of the separatists, requesting them not to open party's past files during its tenure as the opposition party. Several leaders of NC, privy to this development, confirmed that the party has established some contacts with the separatist groups, asking them not to pitch against the National Conference as the party no longer rules the state and that it should be allowed to raise 'peoples' issues'. NC, as per sources, is scared that the separatist groups might corner it over certain contentious issues including the k...   READ MORE   BJP decides to forget Alam for the time being 3/18/2015 12:40:48 AM ET Report JAMMU, Mar 17: The BJP has decided to go defensive on the issue of the Masarat Alam. The BJP legislators will not rake up the issue of either his release or re-arrest in the Assembly. The BJP sources said doesn't want to give an impression in the House that the two parties BJP and PDP are at variance and thus giving an opportunity to the opposition to strike at the Government. "The BJP has already made its reservation about the recent statements and actions of the government clear to the PDP. The statement disassociating with the actions of the CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had come directly from the Prime minister. So, there is no more point in raking up these issues," said a senio...   READ MORE   Conditions which no Govt can accept Geelani and Kashmir 3/18/2015 12:40:41 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 17: The Agenda of Alliance or the Common Minimum Programme (CMP) devised and adopted by the PDP and the BJP provides for a mechanism that seeks to involves all the "stakeholders" in the talks on the political future of state, notwithstanding the fact that the issue of Jammu and Kashmir was settled as per the constitutional law on the subject in 1947 itself. The CMP in this regard reads: "The earlier NDA government led by Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee had initiated a dialogue process with all political groups, including the Hurriyat Conference, in the spirit of 'Insaaniyat, Kashmiriyat aur Jamhooriyat'. Following the same principles, the coalition government will f...   READ MORE   After September floods, heavy rains wreak havoc in Mongri 3/17/2015 11:41:29 PM KUNAL SHRIVATSA Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 17: As if the devastation caused by September floods was not enough that the recent rainfall wreaked havoc yet again in Tehsil Mongri in Udhampur district destroying property worth crores. Last week's heavy rainfall has damaged scores of houses and road links in a number of villages in far off places in Tehsil Mongri located in vast and mountainous Bhamag area, part of which lies in Udhampur district while another portion falls in Reasi distr...   READ MORE   GAD appoints supportive staff for ministers 3/17/2015 11:40:52 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Jammu, Mar 17: The General Administrative Department today formally issued appointment orders of supportive staff including OSD/ Special Assistant/ Private Secretary/Additional Private Secretary with majority of the ministers who assumed office after taking oath on March 1,2015. As per the details available with Early Times out of 16 cabinet ministers, staff was posted with 13 cabinet ministers while the others including Deputy Chief Minister Dr. Nirmal Singh holding charge of Minister for Power Development & Housing and Urban Development, Chowdhary Zulfikar Ali Minister for Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution and Tribal Affairs & Sajad Gani Lone Minister for Science ...   READ MORE   Revenue official held on charges of torturing woman 3/17/2015 11:39:28 PM Saahil Suhail Anantnag, March 17: Continuing its drive against criminal especially those involved in crime against women, the Anantnag police arrested a revenue official -Patwari in Rekhibra area of Kuthar Kokernag on Thursday for allegedly torturing a married woman (his sister in law) by inflicting burn injuries to her. Police sources said, "The accused has been identified as Manzoor Ahmad who happens to be cousin of victim's husband Gulzar Ahmad."He was booked under section 498-A (enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married women) of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC) for torturing Safmia (name changed) at her residence Rekhbra Kuthar, police sources said, adding, "the...   READ MORE   PHC Hartryan crying for staff, medicines Awaits dental surgeon, two doctors for 3 yrs 3/17/2015 11:39:15 PM Bijay Charak Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 17: Even as the state government boasts of improving healthcare in primary health Centres across the state, the PHC Hartyan of Tikri district Udhampur is craving for staff and drugs. Rajinder Singh, a resident of Hartryan informed Early Times that the PHC was established 12 years back and then the state government has sanctioned manpower of three doctors including Dental surgeon but till date all the three posts have been lying vacant for the last three years. He further said that the health institution has no laboratory services and the medicines are also found missing. Even for a minor tooth ache, one has to cover several miles on foot ...   READ MORE   Bark of women's rights activists do not match their bite 3/17/2015 11:13:55 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 17: The Summer Capital City of J&K has an unending list of the women's rights activists whose bark actually do not match their bite. All of them have shied away from raising their voice against the alleged March 9 incident of Health Minister Lal Singh passing "derogatory" remarks on Dr Gurmeet Kour, a Registrar at government psychiatrist hospital here. He put the lady doctor to unnecessary harassment only because she was not wearing an apron. The medical fraternity of Jammu has termed the minister wrong, saying doctors don't wear aprons in psychiatrist hospital as these are psychological barrier between them and mental patients. Criticising him for his alle...   READ MORE   No female doctor is safe if Lal Singh is Health Minister: Dr Gurmeet Kour BJP to play safe on Masarat's release, Lal Singh's misconduct in Assembly 3/17/2015 11:12:02 PM Early Times Exclusive Jammu, Mar 17: As the assembly is all set to be in session tomorrow, the critical issues that have created great furor since the establishment of new coalition government in the state are likely to take the forefront leading to a stormy session. If sources are to be believed, Congress and National Conference may take straight on the government on 2010 Kashmir riots mastermind Masarat Alam's release along with the coalition's Health and Medical Education Minister Lal Singh 's alleged misbehaviour with the female medico that become the hot topic in Jammu. The much attention would be towards Bhartiya Janata Party in the House over both the issues as the party had li...   READ MORE   Doctors vouch to continue their protests against arrogant Health Minister Despite Principal GMC's coercion and BJP's Support 3/17/2015 11:11:46 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 17: Despite the state BJP coming in support of Arrogant minister for health and medical education Lal Singh and Principal GMC Jammu trying to coerce doctors into submission, the RDA GMC Jammu and Associated hospitals has decided to carry on the agitation against the Minister by taking out protest marches on alternate days till higher administration awakes from deep slumber. "We don't want to put the general public to hardships by going to strikes so we will hold the protest marches only after normal working hours. After 4 PM, all emergencies and routine wards will be manned by Residents as usual" said Dr Neeraj Sharma President RDA GMC and Associate...   READ MORE   Major issues before PDP-BJP Govt Budget session 3/17/2015 11:11:28 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 17: The crucial budget session will commence on Wednesday. It will be the first budget session under the PDP-BJP coalition government. The people of the state would want the new government to come out with a people-friendly budget - a budget that would accelerate developmental activities and create employment opportunities to overcome the acute unemployment problem. The opposition parties like the NC and the Congress, on the other hand, are likely to use the budget session as an opportunity to corner the new government. They are all set to rake up divisive and emotive issues during the session. They are also likely to use the floor of the Assembly and the ...   READ MORE   Hurriyat seeks FIR against Omar, Bukhari Hardliner 'G' files application with CJM 3/17/2015 11:10:53 PM Javaid Naikoo Early Times Report Srinagar, Mar 17: Days after former SSP, Ashiq Bukhari made startling revelations against former Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah regarding the arrest of separatist Leader, Masrat Alam in 2010, Separatists faction moved the court for action against the duo. Hardliner Separatist Faction led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani (G) of which recently released Separatist leader, Masrat Alam is also a member today submitted an application to the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Srinagar for filing an FIR against the former Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah and former SSP Srinagar Ashiq Bukhari with regard to the 2010 civilian killings and revelations made by Bukhari agains...   READ MORE   Stranded passengers rue administrative apathy Swine flu scare rides over food, water woes 3/17/2015 11:02:02 PM Bivek Mathur Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 17: With the only arterial link between Jammu and Kashmir-the NH1A closed for the vehicular traffic on the second day today, passengers stranded at different locations en-route Jammu-Srinagar are scared of Swine Flu and are anguished at absence of any government machinery despite the fact that hundreds of people are stranded on the highway in hostile conditions. Trapped passengers are mostly the labourers from Rajasthan, Gujarat, Delhi, Uttar P...   READ MORE

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