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In Guv rule, monopoly of corrupt officials continues at JKBOSE Blue-eyed shuttle within Central office 4/27/2019 11:43:39 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 27: The Governor led state government has so far failed to break the monopoly of some blue-eyed officials at Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE), who have been managing their stay at the central office for years together. These employees have become prone to transfers during the elected state governments but even during the governor rule, they have managed to keep their stay intact, due to reasons best known to the authorities. Sources said of over three dozen employees as well as officials deputed at the central office of JKBOSE, some have been staying there for five to ten years. "When an honest officer joined the Board as Chairman, he had taken action against this lobby of blue-eyed officials but they had retained their posts, once the officer had joined other department", sources said. These blue-eyed officials include two Deputy Secretaries, Head Assistants, Senior Assistants, Section-Officers beside others. "In the name of transfer, they have been shuttling from one section in the Central office to the other", sources said,...   READ MORE

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H&UDD employee promoted as AEE on fake certificate Inquiry finds him guilty, yet allowed to continue in service 4/27/2019 11:43:27 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 27: An employee in the Housing and Urban Development Department (H&UDD) got promoted as Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) by producing fake certificate, but what is more shocking is that despite establishing his fraud, the guilty employee was allowed to continue in the department. Sources told Early Times that first time the issue came into light in 2012 when the H&UDD came to know that an employee of the department, who was drawing migrant salary from the office of Director Urban Local Bodies Jammu and working in Relief Organization, had forged his promotion order and produced fake diploma certificate. "Accordingly, Joint Commissioner, Srinagar Municipal C...   READ MORE   Omar turns 'kid,' writes of all parties; wants to become CM in a hurry 4/27/2019 11:43:15 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 27: National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah seems desperate to grab the power again. He is the only one in Jammu and Kashmir, who wants Assembly elections to be held without any further delay. A day after Governor's administration suggested to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to hold Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir in November, Omar Abdullah reacted sharply. Taking to micro-blogging site twitter Omar said, "Most political parties in J&K were ready to take on the separatists & militants in Assembly elections by ignoring their threats of boycott of polls & violence. Unfortunately Modi ji & his handpicked team in J&K have decided to once agai...   READ MORE   Rs 6 cr spent on salaries in 18 yrs, revenue Rs 25 lakh! Horticulture in shambles- II 4/27/2019 11:43:08 PM Early Times Report budgam, Apr 27: The Horticulture department that claims to be providing lot of assistance, subsidy and support to orchardists across J&K has messed up its own assets, with the result the orchards and fruit plant nurseries of the department are turning out to be white elephants on the state exchequer. The orchards, which could have fetched crores of rupees as revenue to the state, are not even able to generate salaries of the officials manning these orchards. After exposing the messed up situation in horticulture sector in Jammu division, the situation in Kashmir valley is also not good. Sources say that officials of the department who are posted at various fruit orc...   READ MORE   Ram Madhav gives credit to Mehbooba Mufti for taking action against militants 4/27/2019 11:42:52 PM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report ANANTNAG, Apr 27: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National General Secretary, Ram Madhav today gave credit to former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister for taking action against militants and said that she was responsible for everything that happened in the state from 2016 to 2018. "Today she is telling you that she wasn't being allowed to do anything but let me tell she is responsible for everything that happened in state in year 2016, 2017 and 2018. Efforts initiated against militancy and militants were also started by her as she was the chairman of unfied High Command and we supported her all decisions," Madhav said while addressing a gathering in South Kas...   READ MORE   Land Mafia encroaches upon Forest Closure at Kanachak, Dept mum Rs 32 lakhs sanctioned for fencing last year, work yet to start 4/27/2019 11:42:35 PM Arun Singh Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 27: Delayed fencing of forest closure at has encouraged land mafia to encroach upon the land of the closure. Pertinently an amount of Rs 31.71 lakhs was sanctioned for fencing last year. However the work has not started to this day. Sources told Early Times that the Forest Department seems virtually has surrendered before the land mafia which has been illegally grabbing State land under the nose of department. The continuous delay on the part of department to start fencing work of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) Forest Closure at Kanachak, for which the funds to the tune of Rs 31, 74, 500 were sanctioned in January, 2018 has been giving every c...   READ MORE   Desperate Mehbooba makes erroneous statements, exposes her own party Is PDP clouded over by anxiety at last ? 4/27/2019 11:42:27 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 27: Besides being curt and speaking intemperate words, what PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti is saying these days is erroneous as well. In South Kashmir's Devsar while speaking to media, Mehbooba exposed none but her own party and also indirectly held her own father responsible for eroding Article 370 when he was the Congress Chief in Jammu and Kashmir. Ironically, Mehooba accused her party's former ally Ghulam Nabi Azad of eroding Article 370 when he was the chief minister by transferring thousands of Kannals of land to shine board. She perhaps forgot the fact that her party patron Muzaffar Hussain Beigh was the Deputy Chief Minister in Azad's government and l...   READ MORE   RSS leader's killing: Mob ransacks DC office Kishtwar 4/27/2019 11:31:53 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 27: Outraged at failure of the authorities to nab the killers RSS leader Chanderkant Sharma, his PSO Rajinder Kumar and Pahirhar brothers, the angry protesters on Saturday ransacked Deputy Commissioner's office here on Saturday. Thousands of people from different areas of Kishtwar town and its peripheral areas on the call given by Sanathan Dharam Sabha, a religious organization of minority Hindu community assembled at Char Chinar Kishtwar and s...   READ MORE   Not sure of her own victory from Anantnag, Mehbooba predicts BJP's debacle across country 4/27/2019 10:49:57 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 27: She is facing one of the toughest political battles of her life but the former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti is confident that BJP is not going to form next government at the Centre. Although her victory from Anantnag Parliamentary constituency is uncertain as per reports coming from first phase of polling yet she is busy in predicting voting held on first three phases of the Lok Sabha elections across the country. "Na nau mann tel hoga Aur na radha nachegi...   READ MORE   Anantnag poll: Mehbooba in serious trouble 4/27/2019 10:49:37 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Apr 27: Former J&K CM and president of the PDP Mehbooba Mufti is in serious trouble. She is being attacked by all from all sides and she is also being isolated. The Congress, the NC, the Peoples Conference, many civil society groups in the Valley are all targeting her and holding her responsible for all the troubles Kashmir has been face to face with post-Burhan Wani episode. They are also holding her and her alliance with the BJP squarely responsible for low voter turn out both in the Srinagar and Anantnag parliamentary constituencies. Srinagar witnessed a paltry 14% voter turnout and Anantnag just 13.60%. Mehbooba Mufti's own hometown Bijbehara witnessed the lo...   READ MORE   Raj Bhawan ends discrimination with Jammu, revives Summer Sectt in winter capital 4/27/2019 10:48:43 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 27: While the Peoples Democratic Party-Bharatiya Janta Party alliance had resorted to alleged discrimination with Jammu by having closed down the summer secretariat in the winter capital, the Raj Bhawan has finally revived the special office. In 2015, after taking over, the PDP-BJP government had shocked the Jammu city when the durbar move shifted to Srinagar in the summer of that year. The PDP government had closed the special secretariat office in Jammu that would usually provide succor to the residents of Jammu during the summers when the seat of government is in Srinagar. Despite a hue and cry over the alleged discrimination with the people of Jammu th...   READ MORE   Congress again ignores discriminated against Jammu Manifestos for Kashmir, Ladakh 4/27/2019 10:48:38 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Apr 27: The Congress continues to adopt step-motherly attitude towards the people of Jammu province with whole help it ruled J&K for years either on its own strength or in alliance with the Kashmir-based NC or the PDP. On April 2, the Congress released its election manifesto in New Delhi with all top Congress leaders, including AICC president Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and former PM Manmohan Singh speaking on the occasion. It promised many things to placate Kashmiri people, barring the internally-displaced Kashmiri Hindus. Among other things it said: "Engage in dialogue with people of Jammu and Kashmir to find an 'honourable solution' to their issues. Two prolong...   READ MORE   Roads enroute Secretariat get facelift ahead of Darbar Move Indifferent admin forgets city roads 4/27/2019 10:48:08 PM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 27: In connection with the bi-annual Darbar Move here in Srinagar next month, the authorities are busy in spending huge amount on renovation and painting of roads leading to the civil secretariat. However the general public here terms the practice as mere wastage of the money as they said that the R&B and other departments are just presenting a rosy picture of a particular area while majority of the roads in the valley are in dilapidated condition. The move offices closed in Jammu on April 26 and to reopen on May 6 here. Sources told early times that the government machinery, after virtual slumber for six months, seems to have woken up ...   READ MORE

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