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Parties keep guessing over Govt formation in JK Backdoor talks on for horse-trading 7/3/2018 10:58:31 PM Early Times Report srinagar, July 3: In politics, there are no permanent foes and enemies. These words fit on political parties in Jammu and Kashmir who are making all efforts to form government in the state. These parties keep everyone guessing by holding backdoor talks with leaders of other parties to ensure formation of government in the state. Sources said all political parties are these days busy trying to lure disgruntled MLAs of other parties to reach to the target of 44 seats required for government formation. Two former ministers of the previous Mehbooba Mufti-led government, according to sources, are trying to bring together the disgruntled lot from the PDP, few Congress and NC MLAs, and independent MLAs to ensure BJP government in the state. "If they manage to do so, then BJP will form the government in the state," a BJP leader said. Both these former ministers, Imran Ansari and Sajad Lone are seen close to former finance minister Haseeb Drabu, the architect of the PDP-BJP government. However, Mehbooba removed him as the finance minister after his speech in New De...   READ MORE

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Congress resorts to kite flying to keep flock together 7/3/2018 10:58:21 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, July 3: To keep the flock together, Congress has now resorted to kite flying on Government formation in Jammu and Kashmir, which was brought under the Governor's rule last month following BJP pullout from the PDP-led Coalition regime. Despite opposition within the party, sources said the Congress is creating an impression that it was not averse to the Government formation and return to power in alliance with other than BJP. This is being done to keep the party relevant in the politics of Jammu and Kashmir, where several Congress law makers are purportedly mulling to shift loyalties, sources added. While elaborating, sources said that a number of Congress lead...   READ MORE   'PDP rebel group likely to spring a surprise soon' 7/3/2018 10:58:15 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 3: Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party raising the banner of revolt against the party president and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti have brought the party on the crossroads. Sources told Early Times that PDP is heading for the split and in coming days a group of PDP MLAs would spring a surprise by floating a rebel group. "Since the day BJP has pulled out from the government the disgruntled PDP leaders are holding deliberations about how to go ahead with their plan," they added. An analyst said that if the PDP MLAs leave the party in a group and the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly recognizes that group they need not resign as MLAs and they ca...   READ MORE   Once very powerful, 15 ex-OSDs idling in GAD 7/3/2018 10:58:06 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 3: Being officers on special duty (OSDs) in past and very powerful among KAS officers' fraternity, at least 15 officers are nowadays waiting for General Administration Department's 'verdict' regarding their new place of posting. However, several are desperate to go the departments they have served as OSDs. Since, June 22, 2018, two days after collapse of PDP-BJP government in state, these officers have been attached with GAD. "Some of them had made fortune in couple of years and became millionaires during their posting as OSD", said a KAS officer, seeking anonymity and added that some of them (OSD) even disregarded their seniors from parent departments. "Ap...   READ MORE   Corruption 'legalised' in Poonch For how long will be poor masses looted? 7/3/2018 10:57:59 PM K Koushal Early Times Report Jammu, July 3: In the wake of numerous scams unearthed in Poonch over the past decade, the enforcement agencies have played mute spectators in terms of monitoring complaints under relevant corruption and bribery cases. For instance, in 2005 operation "Sarpvinash", also known as Hill Kaka scam, FIR number 14 of 2005 was registered on October 21, 2005 in the Police Station Vigilance Organization Jammu (VOJ). It was said that Hill Kaka area is a remote village of district Poonch and in order to eliminate militants and to destroy the militant hideouts, the security forces launched operation. To avoid civilian casualty, the people living in the area were evacuate...   READ MORE   List of erring officers to be sent to Guv: GAD Submission of property statements 7/3/2018 10:57:47 PM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report srinagar, July 3: With Governor NN Vohara seeking names of bureaucrats who have not submitted their annual property return statement to the government, the General Administration Department (GAD) Tuesday claimed that the list of officers not submitting property statements will be soon forwarded to the Governors secretariat. "Yes Governor NN Vohara has sought list of officers who have not submitted property statements. We are working on the directions. The list is being prepared and soon will be forward to the Governor's secretariat," Commissioner Secretary GAD told this early times correspondent here in the civil secretariat. As per Jammu and Kashmir Pu...   READ MORE   Contractors lament as Police Housing Corporation reduced to 'dummy' entity Accuse some police officers of giving lion's share to Police Construction Division 7/3/2018 10:57:35 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, July 3: Created to take up mega development projects for the Jammu & Kashmir Police, the Police Housing Corporation (PHC) has been reduced to a small entity entrusted with the responsibility of carrying out menial projects in the state. On the other side the Police Construction Division (PCD) is getting the big projects of the department. This is despite the fact that the PCD has not been authorized to carry out big tasks in the department. A group of contractors working in PHC while sharing their views with Early Times said that the Corporation has been reduced to a dummy so as to shower benefits to a lobby of contractors which is yet to co...   READ MORE   Delay in setting up of FTCs denies speedy trial to rape victims 7/3/2018 10:57:09 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 3: A society where dignity of women is no priority, is surely a stigma on the social order which is totally unacceptable. Rising cases of rape is one such disgrace on our society which requires to be dealt with iron hands. Not only stringent laws should be framed to curb the menace of rape but speedy trials related to such cases must be ensured so that the victims could get rid of the pain of heinous crime committed on them. The concept of Fast Track Courts (FTCs...   READ MORE   Does JKPDC have a Latin connection? 7/3/2018 10:56:54 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 3: The Jammu and Kashmir State Power Development Corporation (JKSPDC) could have some connection with erstwhile "Roman empire" and "Latin" language and keeping the tradition, it has updated their website with information in Latin, reader of which might be remotely available across India. It could be incomprehensible for whom the Corporation authorities have updated the information. A cursory glance at the website of JKSPDC, www.jkspdc.nic.in, if one clicked at t...   READ MORE   We will stake claim to form Govt in J&K, says BJP Horse-trading 7/3/2018 10:43:35 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, July 3: J&K BJP is out of the government but it continues to toy with the idea of forming a coalition government with the help of a breakaway faction of the PDP and the Congress. This is what reports from New Delhi are suggesting. "The BJP may make a major political announcement in Jammu & Kashmir after the Amarnath Yatra wraps up," sources close to the party leadership said, adding that "a big breakaway faction of the PDP is ready to join the saffron party". "If and when the switch happens, the BJP may stake claim to form the government in the state, with similar breakaway MLAs from the Congress and the National Conference providing the remaining numbers," th...   READ MORE   NHAI not respecting HC stay order Axing of fruit trees on Ring Road 7/3/2018 10:43:26 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, July 3: In-spite of clear cut directions from the High Court to maintain the existing position of fruit trees which come under Srinagar Ring Road alignment, the officials of NHAI along with Revenue department officials in Budgam are allegedly working in contempt of the said order. The farmers had prayed before the High Court that compensation paid in lieu of fruit trees was inadequate and had prayed for reassessment before the High Court at Srinagar. As reported already the affected farmers of Budgam and Srinagar whose land is going to be acquired for Semi Ring Road had got a great relief from High Court on June 26th after said Court directed the Government t...   READ MORE   2014 mandate was for reorganization of J&K Ending regional tensions 7/3/2018 10:42:17 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, July 3: Now that the BJP has withdrawn its support to the Mehbooba Mufti-led coalition government and the state has been under the Governor's Rule since June 19, it is time for the BJP-led NDA Government at the Centre to appreciate the 2014 mandate in J&K. The 2014 mandate was clearly for the reorganization of the state and ending the 66-year-old inter-regional tensions between Jammu province and Kashmir and between Kashmir and Ladakh, the three disparate regions which became a state by a quirk of history in March 1846 under the Treaty of Amritsar, signed between Raja of Jammu, Gulab Singh, and the British Indian Government. The 2014 mandate was unique. The pe...   READ MORE   Zoor Ka Jhatka: 2 more leaders to bid farewell to PDP soon 7/3/2018 10:42:10 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 3: With the Ansari family having taken lead to rebel against the Mufti family, which heads the Peoples Democratic Party two more senior PDP leaders are likely to announce their separation from the party in the coming days. Sources said while one of the PDP leaders has already made up his mind to quit the party, the other one plans to approach her close relative who had left the party during 2016 unrest. Sources said one of these two PDP leaders, who hails from north Kashmir and was ousted from the council of ministers a few months ago, has already been rubbing shoulders with leaders of other parties including Congress and the Peoples Conference headed by ...   READ MORE   PHE Water-Point wastes water 7/3/2018 10:42:03 PM Ashwani Sharma Early Times Report Udhampur, July 3: As the state is suffering from water crisis, the precious resource is being wasted by the Public Health Engineering (PHE) authorities here without anyone to question them. The Bariyal (miya bag )Airforce Water-Point of PHE is habitual in wasting water. One can see water flowing from the said water-point and going down the drains. It is pertinent to mention here that every day we find people protesting at different places in our State d...   READ MORE   Karra skips crucial Cong meet in Srinagar Govt formation 7/3/2018 10:41:27 PM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Anantnag, July 3: Tariq Hameed Karra, a founding member of the PDP who revolted against the party in 2016 for allying with the BJP and then joined Congress, on Tuesday didn't turn up to attend a crucial meeting in Srinagar. "Our meeting is still going on. Tariq Karra didn't attend the meeting," Congress spokesperson Farooq Indrabi told Early Times. Indrabi said that Karra was also invited to attend the meeting conveyed by Congress state president Ghulam Ahmad Mir. In-charge Jammu and Kashmir Pardesh Congress Committee Amibak Soni chaired the meeting which was also attended by senior Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Saif-ud-Din Soz. Over hundred ...   READ MORE   For 20 years, gardener illegally works as Junior Assistant in Social Forestry Officials seek Raj Bhawan's intervention 7/3/2018 10:41:19 PM Early Times Report Rajouri, July 3: In brazen violation of norms, a Junior Maali or Junior Gardener, has been illegally elevated to work as Junior Assistant in the Social Welfare Department here. Sources said some twenty years ago, this "influential" employee was elevated as Junior Assistant and continues to be posted at the same chair though he is "technically misfit for the job." Officials said as per SRO the junior maali cannot be elevated as junior assistant but can be given posts like that of guard. "In his case however rules were brazenly flouted," the officials said. They said over the years the "influential employee" has been greasing the palms of some senior officials to be a...   READ MORE   Wants Guv to take call on dissolution of Assembly in order to stop horse trading Congress rules out formation of Government in JK 7/3/2018 10:41:09 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, July 3: Jammu & Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (J&K PCC) President Ghulam Ahmad Mir today demanded that Governor Narendra Nath Vohra should dissolve the assembly so that there is no horse trading in the state. He however did not set out any time frame for the same. Talking to media persons' midway during a meeting of Congress leaders here, Mir said that dissolution of assembly would ensure that credibility of Vohra is not hit and that people have faith in him. He said that prime responsibility of the stakeholders in the state should be to maintain peace and tranquility. "For an ideal democracy it is important that the Governor rule is ...   READ MORE   Girls in KGBV boarding school feel neglected 7/3/2018 10:40:49 PM Early Times Report Ramban, July 03: The government launched various schemes to provide quality education to the students especially to the females and huge funds are spent on the same, but the students are not getting any benefit. One such glaring example is the girl inmates studying in Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) boarding school in Chanderkote area of district Ramban which is totally neglected and deprivation of facilities as per the norms fixed by the union government unde...   READ MORE   Complaint against Forest officer gathers dust 7/3/2018 10:38:08 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 3: An in-charge Assistant Director of Forest Director against whom severe allegations have been levelled by his subordinates is allegedly harassing them while the complaint they had filed is gathering dust. According to sources, subordinates of the Satish Manhas (I/C AD-II) presently posted at FPF Gamma Unit J-2 Sidhra had filed complaint with the Director Forest Protection Force (FPF) against him for harassing them on December 7, 2017. But till date no action has been taken against Manhas who is now again harassing his subordinates and forcing them to take back the complaint lodged with the higher-ups. It is pertinent to mention here that a female subor...   READ MORE

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