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| Jammu seething with anger | | List of BJP betrayals is very long -- I | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 22: The people of Jammu voted for the BJP in the 2014 general and Assembly elections in large numbers and with great enthusiasm. As a result, the BJP won both the Lok Sabha seats and 25 assembly seats in Jammu with huge margin. The people of Jammu voted for it under the misguided notion that it would give Jammu the status it deserved in the polity, end discrimination with it, redress the grievances of refugees of all varieties and work religiously for the complete integration of the state into India. But nothing of this sort happened. Instead, it betrayed Jammu again, again and yet again in a most brazen manner. To be more exact, the story of the BJP's rule ... | |
| | | | Officials suspect backdated orders in JK Govt, Seek Raj Bhawan's intervention | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 22: Even as soon after the state of Jammu and Kashmir came under Governor's rule and NN Vohra asked the administration to revoke all orders by the Peoples Democratic Party -Bharatiya Janta Party government on June 19, when the alliance broke, there are reports of "mischief of issuance of backdated orders."
Sources said some of the senior PDP leaders, mainly ministers and others enjoying power, in league with some "yes minister officials" have got orders issued in backdate of June 18.
Sources said some of the officials in the civil secretariat and some of the DCs allegedly went by the dictations of their outgoing bosses and "issued some orders including tho... | |
| | | | 'JU illegally notifies tender worth Rs 30 lakh through e-mail' | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 21: Ignoring rules, bye-passing established norms, extending special to favour blue-eyed and corruption have become a culture in Jammu University.
Sources told Early Times that under the leadership of vice-chancellor Prof R D Sharma University authorities have clandestinely and illegally notified a tender through e-mail to selected advertisement agencies for publishing advertisements worth more than Rs 30 lakh in various national and local dailies.
Sources revealed that Media Officer on June 21, 2018 shot a tender notice through e-mail to three advertisement agencies of Jammu, out of which only one is INS approved, seeking quotations for publishing of B... | |
| | | | Why Information Deptt hires buses for journalist in every function? | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 21: Already facing allegation of corruption in distribution advertisement, another scam is surfaced in the Department of Information and Public Relations. The new scam is relatated to swindling money while taking journalists to cover events of VIPs.
Credible sources said that during the visit of VIPs in Jammu region, it has become a routine in the department to hire buses to take journalists to the venue of the programme of VIPs but main aim of hiring buses is to mint money.
Credible sources said that the Department is taking plea of security concern to hire buses for the journalists. At every venue of VIPs's functions frisking journalists is a routine affa... | |
| | | | Why did Mehbooba ignore Shujaat Bukhari's plea for more security? | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 21: The tears shed by former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti in front of the camera after the gruesome murder of senior journalist and daily Rising Kashmir's editor Shujaat Bukhari by militants in Srinagar last week was not out of sympathy. It was rather to hide her failure to protect him.
Bukhari's plea to have his existing security cover increased fell on Mehbooba's deaf ears after he approached her only a few days before his assassination along with his two guards in Srinagar's Press Enclave.
The government had given five Special Police Officers to Bukhari for his protection, but only two of them were accompanying him at the time of his brutal murder.
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| | | | Hypocrisy exposed! BJP, NC, PDP leaders missing at this year's Kheer Bhawani mela | | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, June 21: Mainstream political parties like Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), Indian National Congress (INC), National Conference (NC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have been boasting and claiming that they stand for the dignified return of Kashmiri Pandits to the valley, but when it comes to real 'action' all of them are found wanting.
Same was witnessed on June 20 (Wednesday) during the annual Kheer Bhawani mela at Tulmulla in Central Kashmir's Ganderbal district. Barring President of Jammu & Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (J&K PCC) Ghulam Ahmad Mir none of the mainstream leaders visited the mela where thousands of Kashmiri Pandits t... | |
| | | | GAD notifies Governor's orders with a wrong date | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, June 21: Just a day after the Governor's rule was imposed in Jammu and Kashmir, the General Administrative Department (GAD) has disseminated wrong information of its official website.
On Wednesday, the Governor house passed some important information to executive heads but the GAD wrongly updated its website by mentioning the date of decision taken by Governor in a meeting held on 26/06/2018 rather than 20/06/208.
The instruction passed by Governor in the meeting... | |
| | | | No separate residential colonies for displaced KP employees now | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 21: Displaced Kashmiri Pandits (KPs), who have got state government employment under the Prime Minister's Special Package, will now have to stay with the Darbar Move (Secretariat) employees, who shift as and when the Darbar moves to both the capital cities of Jammu and Srinagar viz a viz with the other workers (Move as well as Non-Move).
Now, the displaced Kashmiri Pandits will not get residential accommodation in colonies exclusively meant for them. For them, such residential colonies will be developed where residential quarters to the move as well as non-move employees of the state government will also be made available.
At present, the state governmen... | |
| | | | Govt's denial to set up 'Fast Track Courts' injustice to rape victims | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, June 21: Despite the fact that in order to provide speedy justice to the rape victims, setting up of Fast Track Courts across the State was proposed way back but the till date Government has miserably failed meet the demand.
Pardeep, an employee in private company said that the injustice with women begins right from the time when they step out of their houses and the court of law is the only place where they hope to get justice but humiliating questioning, and del... | |
| | | | Fall of Mehbooba Government | | HM Rajnath unhappy? | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 21: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh is not happy. The reason is that PM Narendra Modi and BJP national president Amit Shah didn't reportedly took him into confidence before taking a decision on withdrawal of support to the Mehbooba Mufti-led coalition government. As Home Minister, he should have been privy to the decision to bring down the coalition government in Jammu & Kashmir. But, significantly, he was kept in the dark and picked up the 'breaking news' on television, after reaching home for lunch.
A report in this regard said: "At the time PM Modi was taking a call on the BJP's pull-out, Rajnath was busy in his office discussing with senior officials... | |
| | | | Script of BJP pullout was written on May 29 | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 21: The BJP move to pullout from the coalition Government in Jammu and Kashmir was not abrupt but a well thought decision, script of which was
written a month ago during Amit Shah's meeting with Choudhary Lal Singh and Ravinder Raina. Even as former minister and MLA Choudhary Lal Singh along with State BJP president Ravinder Raina played a major role in influencing Amit Shah to decide the pullout, both of them as well as top leadership of the party at Centre and State were unaware of the action so early till last moment.
According to the sources in the BJP circles, script of the pullout was written on May 29 when former minister and MLA Choudhary Lal S... | |
| | | | For National Health Mission Deptt, Mehbooba is still CM | | |  Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 21: Despite ending of the PDP-BJP alliance in Jammu and Kashmir, the National Health Mission Department in its banners had put on display on Thursday mentioning Mehbooba Mufti as Chief Minister and Devinder Kumar Manyal and Asiea Naqash as Minister for Health and State, respectively.
The 4th International Yoga Day is being celebrated globally on June 21. While at Shar-I-Kashmir Indoor Stadium Srinagar, the National Health Mission JK on its... | |
| | | | Akbar Lone spends CDF in full, surprises colleagues | | | | Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, June 21: National Conference legislator from Sonawari constituency, Mohammad Akbar Lone, is set to bag the 'smart legislator' award this year.
Lone, who often hogs headlines for wrong reasons, has this time done a wonder. Among the 87 members of J&K Assembly, Lone is the only MLA who has managed to spend the constituency development fund (CDF) in full this year.
The information submitted by District Development Commissioner Bandipora to Principal Secretary Planning and Monitoring Department reveals that Lone has left Rs 0.00 unspent while as Congress MLA Usman Majeed has spent just Rs 10 thousand out of Rs 3 crore which every legislator get... | |
| | | | Selection of plus two Urdu Lecturers | | CIC directs PSC to provide info under RTI | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 21: State Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) has directed the Public Service Commission (PSC) to reveal information / details to an aggrieved job aspirant regarding selection of 10 + 2 Urdu lecturers. The information was earlier denied by the PSC which prompted the aggrieved to file an appeal before State Information Commission.
Details available with Early Times reveal that an aggrieved job aspirant namely Heena Hanief Mir filed an RTI application dated 28-11-2017 with the Public Information Officer (PIO) of J&K Public Service Commission (PSC) , seeking details of marks obtained by the applicant in the written test for the post of 10+2 lecturer in... | |
| | | | Shopkeepers occupy C&D hospital's footpath | | A cause for concern | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 21: With the concerned authority in deep slumber, street vendors have occupied footpath of Chest and Disease Hospital Jammu illegally for last many years, forcing pedestrians to walk on roads thus endangering their lives. It has also hit the city beautification works.
According to officials, traders, hawkers, vegetable and fruit sellers have occupied footpath in busy streets especially opposite the Medical College and Hospital Jammu and near Chest and Diseases... | |
| | | | HEM hails fall of PDP-BJP Govt, welcomes Guv’s rule | | |  Early Times Report
KATHUA, June 21: Hailing the fall of PDP-BJP coalition government, the Hindu Ekta Manch (HEM) said that the Manch welcomes Mehbooba Mufti led government's collapse and at the same time also hails the imposition of the Governor's rule in the state.
Addressing a press conference here today, Kant Kumar general secretary of the Manch said that the people will never give their votes to BJP and PDP as they have only played with the sentiments of the people of Jammu and Kashmir... | |
| | | | Street, mast lights remain on in Udhampur during the day | | |  Ashwani Sharma
Early Times Report
Udhampur, June 21: Udhampur Municipality keeps lights on during the day.
The passersby at Gole Market here told this reporter that the street lights are never switched off during day time.
"While the State is already facing power crisis, the Municipality should not do so," Gulshan Kumar, a retired army man said.
He further said that this is putting the State to losses.
Mohit Sharma, a social activist said that while there are many places in our State... | |
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