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Info Deptt officials turn 'white elephants' distribute advts on 'give and take basis'
7/7/2018 12:29:05 AM
Early Times Report Jammu, July 6: The state run-Information department is leaving no stone unturned to crush Early Times by choking the advertisement flow. The officials, who were patronized by the politicians in the, have become stronger than the institution and are distributing the government advertisement as per their likings and disliking. Despite the fall of the PDP-BJP government Information department has not changed its tactics. It seems that people at the helm are still taking directions from their "political bosses" and are carrying forward the policy of discrimination with Early Times. From 28/06/2018 to 6/07/2018 Early Times received 455 cms as government advertisements from the Information department while Daily Excelsior during the same period got 9635centimeters, S...
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Wakf Board cancels fraudulent allotment order, intimates Mehbooba's cousin
7/7/2018 12:27:24 AM
Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Anantnag, July 6: Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Wakf Board Friday cancelled fraudulent allotment order of Former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's cousin a day after the documents related to fraud went viral. "The order issued vide order Number 15 of 2018 dated 23-06-2018 under endorsement No. MWB/R&E/225-58 dated 23-06-2018 is hereby withdrawn and treated as cancelled ab-initio," reads the order issued by the Muslim Wakf Board. A copy of order has been sent to beneficiary who is the daughter of MLA Dooru Syed Farooq Indrabi and is also the cousin of former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. Syed Farooq Indarbi was minister for Haj and Awqaf for over two year...
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Strong communication channels in MHA helps to accomplish goal
IPS officer all set to get deputation for native state
7/7/2018 12:27:15 AM
Early Times Report JAMMU, July 6: An Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of J&K cadre is all set to get a deputation for his native state as all the arrangements in this connection have been put in place while only an official communication in this regard is being awaited. Sources told Early Times that this officer has strong links in the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) which enabled him to get prize postings in J&K from time to time. Sources said that the IPS officer's deep rooted contacts in the MHA could be gauged from the fact that despite a complaint was received against him and the matter was also probed but still he was assigned the charge of head of one of the districts ...
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Additional secretary elevated to Director RDD Jammu
Will Govt rectify Mehbooba's wrong?
7/7/2018 12:27:05 AM
Early Times Report Jammu, July 6: The erstwhile PDP-BJP state government has committed a blunder by elevating an officer to rank of additional secretary to post of Director Rural Development Department Jammu. According to sources the incumbent director RDD Jammu, Mohammad Mumtaz Ali, number 152 in seniority list of KAS officer was elevated without cabinet approval. "Mumtaz Ali was elevated by director RDD and several other officers were reshuffled on June 6, 2018 vide order number 972-GAD 2018 on directions of the then Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti that too bypassing her cabinet colleagues", sources said. "The post of a director is equivalent to special secretary, and as per establi...
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PDP is party of uncles and aunts, says Imran Ansari
Revolt against Mehbooba
7/7/2018 12:24:56 AM
Early Times Report JAMMU, July 6: PDP, which was founded in 1999 by late Mufti Sayeed and his daughter and former CM Mehbooba Mufti, is in deep crisis. It can split anytime with at least 14 MLAs thinking in terms of quitting the party. The one man who has washed dirty linen in public is none other than a Shia leader and former minister in the Mufti Cabinet Imran Raza Ansari. He has described the PDP as a "party of uncle and aunts" and threatened that he, along with other PDP lawmakers, would tell the people of Kashmir what Mehbooba Mufti did or not did and that they can't keep the people of Kashmir in dark any longer. "I would like to clear the air. It is not that the government fell a...
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Jammu airport in shambles, Govt busy making Srinagar airport luxurious
Irony of sorts !
7/7/2018 12:21:52 AM
Early Times Report Jammu, July 6: The authorities are making arrangements for night landing at the Srinagar airport that too at a time when the dilapidated condition of the Jammu airport is becoming talk of the town. A video showing rain water leaking from the ceiling of the Jammu airport is making rounds on the social media. However, the authorities are busy projecting airport of Srinagar as the promising place in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ah...
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Fall of PDP-BJP Govt rattles Kashmir
Fate of 35-A
7/7/2018 12:21:29 AM
Early Times Report JAMMU, July 6: The Supreme Court of India is all set to hear several PILs against Article 35-A in the first week of August. But the fall of the PDP-BJP coalition government has, according to reports from Kashmir, "brought the focus back on legal battle for protection of Article 35-A, which empowers J&K legislature to define permanent residents and allows them exclusive right to buy land in the state". A report quoting senior PDP leader and former minister Naeem Akhtar has said: "All eyes will be on the defence the state mounts under Governor's rule when the case comes up for hearing in the Supreme Court next month. We expect the Governor to ask his government to fight...
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DySP continues to interfere in SHO’s work
Strikes deal with scarp dealer, books other in theft case
7/7/2018 12:21:16 AM
Early Times Report Jammu, July 6: A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) posted in one the Districts of Jammu-Kathua-Samba (JKS) Range is continuously interfering in the working of one of his subordinate who is Station House Officer (SHO) and struck a deal with scrap dealer who has allegedly purchased stolen inverter battery. According to sources, few days ago, a SHO who is subordinate to the DySP in question had arrested dozens of addicts who also indulge in peddling of heroin in the district. If sources are to be believed, after questioning two of the addicts involved in peddling of drugs in the district admitted the offense and said that they had also stolen two inverter batte...
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After shake-up at higher level, overhaul in middle-rung bureaucracy on cards
7/7/2018 12:21:00 AM
Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, July 6: After transfers of IAS and other top level officers of the state administration, the Governor N.N Vohra is likely to go for an overhaul in the state administration's middle- rung bureaucracy, ET has learnt. Official sources told ET that the Governor has sought a list of officers along with their tenure from the general administration department. "The state advisory council (SAC) headed by Governor N. N. Vohra want to make the state administration transparent and accountable at middle- rung also and is likely to go for a reshuffle in this regard," one of the top government officials insisting not to be named told. Sources said that...
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Junior docs' strike hits patient care
7/7/2018 12:20:48 AM
Early Times Report JAMMU, July 6: Due to junior doctors' strike at the Government Medical College and Hospital Jammu, the patients and their attendants are running from pillar to post for treatment without results. Following non-fulfilment of the demands, the Resident Doctors Association (RDA) GMC Jammu as well as Srinagar had called for an indefinite strike, affecting all hospital facilities, including emergency services, the working of the OPD as well as the IPD resulting in inconvenience to patients, many of whom had come from far off places for treatment. Sticking to their stand, RDA GMC Jammu said the strike will continue till all the residents terminated are reinstated. In a wr...
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Srinagar Semi Ring Road project: Affected farmers hold protest
7/7/2018 12:20:23 AM
Early Times Report Srinagar, July 6: To press for their demand of fair compensation for their land being acquired for Srinagar Semi Ring Road project, the affected farmers on Friday held a protest. The farmers threatened that if the government will acquire the land without giving them fair compensation (4 times more than the market value) they will shift to their fields along with their families and disallow any move to acquire the land. Many farmers from Budgam district assembled outside S...
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Officials drawing hefty salaries, close office on their whims
Red Cross Office Jammu turns a showpiece
7/7/2018 12:20:07 AM
K Koushal Early Times Report Jammu, July 6: It may sound bizarre but it is true that the main office of Indian Red Cross Society Jammu has become only showcase for visitors as the officials posted in the Red Cross office prefer to close the office during holidays. Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) is a voluntary humanitarian organization to protect human life and health of civilians. A group of people yesterday visited Jammu main office and found that the lone office was closed and the ...
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HC seeks response on plea alleging interference by PDP block president in MNREGA works
7/6/2018 11:32:58 PM
Early Times Report Srinagar, July 6: The state high court today sought response from Commissioner Secretary Rural Development Department, Director Rural Development Department, Assistant Commissioner Development Anantnag, Block Development Officer Srigufwara and Block President PDP Bijbehara regarding alleged unnecessary interference by Block President of ruling PDP in development works under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) in Anantnag district of the state. The Division Bench of acting Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice D S Thakur directed the State Counsel to file the response within a period of four weeks. Petitioner prayed that officials be refrain...
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MS of Govt Hospital in South Kashmir district tramples over order banning private practice
Carries out private practice without any fail
7/6/2018 11:32:44 PM
Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, July 6: Despite the Government Order imposing a blanket ban on private practice of doctors holding top notch position in the government sector head of a district hospital in South Kashmir is carrying out private practice in at least two health institutions in his home district. Although complaints have been lodged against this particular medico in the past as well, but no action whatsoever has been taken against him so far. The basic reason for the same is that he is close to Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) and enjoyed very close rapport with the echelons of power in the previous dispensation. One of the close relatives of this doctor continu...
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5 day All India Painters camp concludes at Bhadarwah Campus JU
Shiv Sena criticizes SASB for its failure to provide facilities to pilgrims
ReT Forum holds protest against autocratic attitude of DDO Ramnagar
Dilbag Singh assumes charge of Fire & Emergency services
Govt seeks status on AEBAS
State Govt orders cancellation of attachments
DB issues directives in PIL against illegal brick-kilns
BDO Kalakote forces MGNREGA workers to buy material from same shop
Massive plantation drive undertaken in Jammu Tawi Golf Course
PHE sets up grievance cell in Jammu
Various delegations call on Advisor Khurshid Ganai
Advisor Khurshid Ganai reviews flood protection works
Murder under trial accused dies in police custody
Power shut down
PIL seeking better care of old age home
Police constable kidnapped, killed by terrorists
Motor Vehicles Department shifts toe-allotment of registration numbers
Governor visits Camps, issues directions
BJP Govt hoodwinking displaced family: Ravinder
Dr Shayama Prashad Mukherji remembered on his 117th Birthday
Choudhary takes over as Director Technical of NHPC
Former DC Poonch owes explanation allege locals
Jamia Masjid again locked, Mirwaiz put under house arrest
Centre asks J&K admin to gear up for the Local Bodies Polls
NIA gets 10-day custody of separatist leader Asiya Andrabi, two of her associates
PDP MLC Yasir Reshi calls for alternative to family rule in J&K
Two drug peddlers held, over 400 kg poppy straw recovered
Niab Tehsildar Lassana recovers 17 bottles of liquor
JKPCC seeks implementation of minority commission
3 day long Murti Sthapna divas organised
ABVP installs help counter at JU
Muscle Villa Gym holds felicitation function
Lalita Gupta elected new IWC President
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