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| File to declare holiday on Maharaja Hari Singh's birthday shelved at GAD | | LC sent file on Jan 24, 2017 | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 21: More than a year has passed since the upper house of J&K legislature passed a resolution to declare state holiday on the birth anniversary of Maharaja Hari Singh, but the government has shelved the file at the General Administrative Department.
Sources within the dispensation said the helmsmen in the state are reluctant to pass a government order in this regard and that the issued has been sidelined deliberately.
It was informed further that on the day when the Legislative Council passed the resolution, the secretary Assembly sent its details to Secretary General Administrative Department, as per set precedent.
"The procedure in vogue is that wherever a resolution is passed in the LC, its details are forwarded to the GAD for further action. The resolution pertaining to declaring state holiday on Maharaja Hari Singh's birthday has also been sent to the GAD for further action thereof. I don't know what happened to it later on. From our end, it has been sent with full details," an official in the LC divulged.
On January 24, 2017, the LC adopted ... | |
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| Rs 10 cr spent on 'saving Dal' in 3 yrs, result = 0 | | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
srinagar, Apr 21: Even as more than Rs 10 crore has been spent on dredging, cleaning and deweeding of the Dal lake in the last three years, there's no visible improvement in the condition of the dying lake.
Giving details, sources told Early Times that an amount of Rs 4.06 cr was spent on cleaning, dredging and deweeding of the Dal during 2015-16 year; Rs 3.54 cr in 2016-17; and Rs 2.77 in 2017-18.
Sources said the government of India has also released Rs 273.85 cr for conservation of Dal and Nigeen lakes. "Out of the total package of Rs 356.30 cr, Rs 83.18 cr has been released under PMDP as well," sources maintained.
However, the condition of the Dal ... | |
| | | | Terrorised people of Hiranagar asking 10 questions | | Kathua Ka Sach | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 21: The demand of the people of Hiranagar is one and only one: CBI probe into the alleged Kathua rape and murder case. "We do not trust the Crime Branch," they are saying, and adding "hang the arrested 8 Hindus if the CBI found them guilty of committing the heinous crime".
The agitating people of Hiranagar, according to a report based on the situation on ground zero, are asking ten questions and all these questions are very relevant and crucial.
The ten questions are:
"As per the charge sheet, the body lay dumped in the forest till it was discovered on the morning of 17th. The villagers raise several questions.
First, how come the body emanated no fou... | |
| | | | Misuse of official position by Yasmeen Khan | | Govt to conduct 10 yrs audit | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Apr 21: After a sustained campaign by Early Times with documental proof , Government has finally taken action against the tainted Director of Sher e Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC). The Director has been sacked from her post along with engineering staff who have been involved in mass bungling and corruption from last several years. The officials according to reports have been attached with the Tourism Department which is SKICC's administrative department as well. Government has ordered for conducting a fresh audit for last 10 years as well.
Details available with Early Times reveal that on Thursday Government ordered attachment of Director She... | |
| | | | Proposal for privatization of power put on hold | | | |
Early Times Report
srinagar, Apr 21: The government has put the proposal for privatization of power in the state on hold after it faced criticism from various quarters.
The Power Development Department (PDD) had said that it had registered four power companies that will deal separately with transmission, distribution and trading of power in the state. However, the proposal has not gone well in the state.
"The proposal for privatization of electricity has been put on hold," an official of the Power Development Department said
The official said the privatization of electricity was under the consideration of the government for the last so many years. "No final decision has been taken in ... | |
| | | | 200 unauthorised ACs in GMC hostels | | | | Nitesh Sangral
Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 21: Around 200 air conditioners have been reportedly running illegally in the hostels of Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu for last four years, putting extra burden on the exchequer.
However, a warden of the hostel, wishing not to be named, said that Post Graduate (PG) and Under Graduate (UG) students are being charged more than Rs 5000 for the facility every year. Notably, the permission for installing new ACs has been restricted by the Hostel Committee.
Sources in the GMC told Early Times that the management has failed to stop power pilferage for last more than four years. Moreover, more than 200 unauthorized ACs have been running at h... | |
| | | | Renewable energy programmes a mere hoax | | JAKEDA's locked gate mocks at visitors | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 21: Jammu and Kashmir Energy Development Agency seems to have consumed all the energy and have locked the office at Jammu leaving the energy seekers high and dry.
Operating from a private rented building, the office office of Chief Executive Officer Jammu and Kashmir Energy Development Agency at Rehari was found locked today. The visitors had toreturn disappointed, reports said.
"No information notice about the closure of office was displayed on the office gat... | |
| | | | Failed in Law, Talib Hussain claiming himself as advocate! | | Another exposure in Rassana case | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 21: After facing allegation of swindling lakhs in rupees in the name of doing justice with Rassana murder and alleged rape victim, another issue exposing self-styled advocate and activist Talib Hussain came to the fore. According to media telecasted by a local TV Channel Talib Hussain has yet to complete his LLB from Law Department of Jammu University but he is claiming himself as Advocate of J&K High Court.
Shockingly Talib Hussain has yet not clear his examina... | |
| | | | Encroachment of forest land: People apprehend 'insider's' hand | | | | AB Sharma
Early Times Report
nowshera, Apr 21: Land mafia has encroached over 200 kanal land at Makol Mandir in Sunderbani area adjacent to a Forest Check post on Dharpur road just under the nose of the DFO, giving locals the reason to believe that the encroachers enjoy the patronage of the forest officials.
The people of the area allege that encroachers have built a kuchha house in the midst of the encroached land and are felling the wood illegally.
Failing to evoke any response from the DFO concerned over the encroachment, people have now decided to appear before the conservator of forests to seek his intervention.
"DFO Nowshera is deliberately avoiding calls or a meeting with the p... | |
| | | | Despite Central Govt's harsh anti-rape law, yet another rape incident comes to fore in Kathua | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 21: The central government today introduced a tougher law to deal with the growing incidents of minor girls being abused sexually.
Under the new law, an accused, who abuses a minor below the age of 12, will get the death penalty, however, such heinous crimes, it seems are unstoppable despite implementation of stringent laws. After the infamous Rassana rape and murder incident, an alleged case of rape with a minor girl living in Nagali village of tehsil Basohli i... | |
| | | | Doctor held after arms recovered from his vehicle on Srinagar-Jammu highway | | |  Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
Kulgam, Apr 21: Security forces in the evening today detained a government doctor after recovering an assault rifle and a pistol from his vehicle on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway in the Mir Bazar area in South Kashmir's Kulgam district.
Reports said that forces intercepted a vehicle in the Mir Bazar area and started searching the vehicle. During search one 9 mm pistol with one magazine and one AK 47 with two magazines were recovered from the vehicle.
T... | |
| | | | We are also responsible Indian citizens, say Jammu lawyers | | Rassana episode | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 21: The Jammu lawyers on Saturday explained away their position and stand vis-à-vis India and said that besides being lawyers, they are also responsible citizens of India and it is their fundamental duty to fight out forces inimical to India and those causing threat to Jammu's security and national security.
"It was a real threat to our own life and national security that the J&K HC Bar Association Jammu (JKHCBAJ) took the plunge. It was the recent attack on Army camp at Sunuwan that shook the nation and the society. The JKHCBAJ is not just a body of lawyers; it is also a body of responsible citizens whose duty it is to fight out the break-India forces and en... | |
| | | | Embarrassment for State Government as DDB meeting of Bandipora put off | | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Apr 21: In a major embarrassment for the state government the District Development Board (DDB) meeting of Bandipora district after it was found that officers of the district are not taking the legislators in confidence.
Reports said that as soon as the DDB meeting commenced the legislators belonging to opposition parties voiced their protest and said that they are being taken for granted by the officers at helm in the Bandipora district. The legislators said that it is better to hold the DDB meeting in their absence.
The legislators who raised a banner of revolt over the holding of DDB meeting were Mohammad Akbar Lone and Nazir Ahmad Gurezi ... | |
| | | | 'In interest of democracy', Imran Ansari endorses opposition MLA complaints | | Calls of District Board meet for Bandipora | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Apr 21: In a dramatic development, senior Peoples Democratic Party leader and Sport Minister Imran Raza Ansari on Saturday voluntarily called off midway, the District Development Board meeting 2018-19 for Bandipora District.
Officials said "it's for the first time in the history of Kashmir" that the chairperson of a board meeting willfully abandoned the meet "saying if the lawmakers are not satisfied, such a board meeting is sham."
Officials said as the meeting commenced at the Banquet Hall in the summer capital of Srinagar this morning, the lawmakers from three constituencies-Bandipora, Gurez and Sonawari questioned the draft of the district plan and said th... | |
| | | | Modi brushes aside Farooq's, Mehbooba's demand for resumption of Indo-Pak talks | | (Behind the veil) | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 21: Strained relations continue between India and Pakistan.The reason being that Pakistan has neither stopped exporting terror to India,particularly to Jammu and Kashmir,nor its troops have suspended ceasefire violations.And Dr Farooq Abdullah and the Chief Minister,Mehbooba Mufti, have had to face uneasy moments when their pending demand for resumption of India Pakistan dialogue has not been considered by New Delhi.
And Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, seems to be annoyed with Pakistan that he has not cherished a meeting with his Pakistan counterpart during the meeting of Commonwealth Heads of Government in London.Brushing aside the pending demand of Mehboo... | |
| | | | Govt orders 'rectification' of revenue records after 2 yrs | | Gudder land scam | | | Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
Kulgam, Apr 21: Nearly after two years the government has finally asked Assistant Settlement Officer (ASO) Kulgam to rectify the land revenue record of Gudder village of the south Kashmir district.
Revenue officials had tempered with the land revenue records of the village during settlement process to favour some 'blue-eyed' villagers and bureaucrats.
The issue was highlighted by Early Times in a series of reports.
Assistant Commissioner Kulgam, Shahnawaz Ahmad told Early Times that they have constituted a five-member team on the directions of government for 'Tarmeem-i-Bandobast' of village Gudder.
"During the process our team will rectify the errors ... | |
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