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| Horticulture appoints junior officer in violation of HC directions | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 24: The Jammu and Kashmir Horticulture department has given additional charge of the post of Chief Horticulture Officer (CHO) Jammu to a junior officer in utter disregard to the directions of High Court.
According to sources the Horticulture department has failed to conduct Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) for the last many years, due to which the posts of various cadres have been filled on interim arrangement basis, on pick and choose basis ignoring the seniority list.
Perturbed over the maladministration, some of aggrieved officers had knocked the doors of the court. In one such contempt petition filed by some aggrieved officers of Horticulture de... | |
| | | | BJP sends invitation for media coverage, then asks scribes to leave | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, June 24: The journalists on Monday staged a protest against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) outside the BJP head office at Trikuta Nagar here.
The journalists said that they were asked to leave from party office bearers meeting by party national general secretary (org).
Taking serious exception to the same, the journalists entered into heated arguments with BJP leadership and left the venue in protest.
The even warned to boycott BJP functions and party programmes in future and left the hall.
Some journalists said if they were not to be allowed to enter the office bearers meeting then why invitations were sent to them.
They alleged this way they were harassed b... | |
| | | | Fresh recruitment of militants puts forces on tenterhooks | | Governor apprised, Home Minister to be informed | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, June 24: Even as the police claim to have brought situation under control in Kashmir, militant recruitment is “gaining momentum” putting the security forces on tenterhooks.
Sources said after the Balakote airstrike on Pakistan in February, around 50 Kashmiri youth have joined militancy.
Sources said the matter was brought to the notice of Governor SP Malik at the recently held high command meeting chaired by him.
Sources said the Governor looks ahead to evolve a strategy to prevent youth from joining militancy.
It was reliably learnt that the matter would be brought to the notice of Home Minister Amit Shah during his scheduled visit to Kashmir next week.
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| | | | Rafting deaths at Pahalgam: Questions remain unanswered | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 24: The Tourism Department's decision to ban rafting in river Lidder at Pahalgam in South Kashmir district of Anantnag and river Sindh at Sonamarg in central Kashmir district of Ganderbal has given place to many new questions.
The people of state in general and kin of two dead rafters in particular have raised some questions which need answers from the department to clear the doubts surfacing the three deaths in rafting at Pahalgam during two successive weeks.
The relatives of two rafters who died during rafting at Pahalgam on Wednesday last said if the department is accepting that it has no expertise in rafting then how it allowed people to go ahead wit... | |
| | | | Learn from your mistakes, reject non- performers: Munish to people | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 24: Editor Early Times, Munish Gupta, on Monday said that people in Jammu are suffering due to the lackadaisical attitude of the former MLAs and the leaders.
Carrying forward his mass contact programme in different areas, Munish told the people that “We need to learn from our mistakes. The biggest mistake which we have committed during all these years is that we just closed our eyes and followed the politicians blindly,” said Munish, who would be contesting the ... | |
| | | | Will distribute my salary among needy' | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu: Editor Early Times, Munish Gupta, has said that if he wins the forthcoming Assembly elections from Gandhi Nagar constituency he would distribute his monthly salary among the needy people in his constituency. "It's my promise to you people that besides carrying out development work, I would distribute my salary among the needy people. I assure you that I would not take any money from anyone, nor would I remain inaccessible. Whenever you need me I will be available," Munish said. ... | |
| | | | Disgruntled tourists criticize SMC’s pathetic functioning | | No toilet for tourists in Srinagar | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, June 24: For all wrong reasons, the infamous Srinagar Municipal Corporation is in news once again; this time for miserably failing to provide toilet facility to tourists in the summer capital.
Thanks to SMC as Srinagar continues to remain a hub of garbage and filth, there is also one more reason why SMC is receiving brickbats from people. There is not even a single public toilet facility provided by the Corporation- neither for general public nor for the tourists who in droves are visiting the famous Mughal gardens and other sites of interest in Srinagar.
Several tourists could be seen complaining about the lack of toilet and washroom facilities in Srinaga... | |
| | | | Damaged in 2017, Ramban school awaits repair | | |  S Tahir-ul Haq
Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 24: Students of Government Primary School Tralley in tehsil Rajgrah of education zone Batote (Ramban district) are compelled to attend thei rclasses under the open sky after the school building got damaged in strong winds two years ago.
In 2017, strong winds damaged the government school, but since then the building has not been repaired, which is a matter of worry for the parents and the students as well.
Residents of the area told Early Times ... | |
| | | | Sagar calls Burhan, Zakir Musa martyrs; says BJP didn’t get votes in Tral | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, June 24: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) general secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar on Monday called the killing of terrorists like Burhan Wani and Zakir Musa martyrdom and indirectly sought votes in their name during a public address in Pulwama.
While speaking at a worker’s conventions of Pulwama and Rajpura assembly segments at Pulwama, the JKNC general secretary said, “BJP got votes in Tral, it’s an irony. It’s a place where Burhan Wani and Zakir Musa were martyred. It shouldn’t have happened.”
Sagar is a very senior leader of the National Conference and he has served as a minister in the Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet in the past. The JKNC had lost over... | |
| | | | 5 months on, order regarding regularization of incharge officers, lecturers not implemented | | School Education Deptt undermines SAC decision | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 24: Although it has been more than five months since the State Administrative Council sought regularization of all the incharge officers, lecturers but the School Education Department has failed to implement the order till date.
Sources told Early Times that honoring the long pending demand of incharge officers, lecturers in School Education Deaprtment, the SAC had issued an order in the beginning of current year for their regularization as the incharge headmasters, ZEOs and lecturers have not been regularized since 2011and incharge Principals, CEOs and Joint directors since 2007-08.
“The SAC had taken decision in this connection and issued an order (No:... | |
| | | | Sanitation major issue for residents of Rampura area of Gandhinagar | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, June 23: The well known proverb that 'Cleanliness is next to Godliness' seems nowhere in sight in Rampura area of Gandhinagar where residents are up in arms against the local leaders for ignoring their areas regarding sanitation. Drains remain dirty, blocked while the garbage is scattered in the lanes which continue to create nuisance for them all the time but the concerned authority never pay heed to their grievances.
The residents of Rampura, which has hundreds o... | |
| | | | Munish Gupta's mass contact prog completes 1 month | | Poor civic amenities leave residents of Shanker, Deep Nagar at God's mercy | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, June 24: Although Jammu city has entered the 'smart city' league, basic civic amenities such as dilapidated roads, lanes and by lanes, scarcity of water and electricity remain a distant dream in Shanker and Deep Nagar of Kunjwani, that too, when Jammu's so-called crusaders (BJP) were in power in more than three years with coalition partner PDP.
Editor Early Times, Munish Gupta who would be contesting upcoming Assembly election from Gandhi Nagar constituency as indep... | |
| | | | `Unplanned works give a vandalised look to Qasim Nagar' | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, June 24: Unplanned developmental works, chocked drains and construction material scattered here and there give a somewhat vandalized look to Qasim Nagar of ward 47.
The residents of the area informed Early Times team during visit at Qasim Nagar on Monday, that they are facing water and electricity problems in the area. "Contaminated water is being supplied in the area for a long time, we have repeatedly informed PHE authorities, but our genuine concern remained un... | |
| | | | Reveal details of quake, flood relief receivers: SIC to DC Kupwara | | | | Early Times Report
KUPWARA, June 24: The State Information Commission (SIC) has taken cognizance of an appeal filed by a Kupwara resident and directed the office of Deputy Commissioner office Kupwara to reveal details of relief provided to affected people in 2005 earthquake and 2014 floods.
The information was denied to the information seeker by the office of DC Kupwara which prompted him to move an appeal before the SIC. The initial RTI application was filed in Divisional Commissioner's office who forwarded it to DC office Kupwara.
Details available with Early Times reveal that an RTI application dated 30-10-2018 was filed by one Irfan Bashir Malik, of Hampora, Qaziabad in Kupwara wit... | |
| | | | Budgam playground: Few lakhs denied for footbridge | | |  Early Times Report
BUDGAM, June 24: The lush green 115 kanal playground at Wathoora, Chadoora in Budgam district could have been developed as an international stadium, but authorities at the helm of affairs neglected this village so much that not even Rs 5 to 6 lakhs were made available for constructing a foot bridge that would make easy access to the playfield as the same surrounded by water from all the four sides.
Notwithstanding the fact that three boys have drowned to death while attem... | |
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