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| Top BJP leader under scanner for allegedly pocketing 'party fund' worth crores | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 20: A senior BJP leader, who was minister in the previous PDP-BJP government, has labelled serious allegations of pocketing funds worth crores. This amount was reportedly collected by party former ministers and leaders from through different "means" as "party fund".
Credible sources said after formation of PDP-BJP government in J&K, a senior party leader had directed all party ministers and leaders to start fund collection campaign to collect huge funds for the party for constructing offices at all districts and also for the next Parliamentary and Assembly elections. On the directions of this leader, who claimed to be most honest, all party ministers and leaders indulged into generating funds through "legal and illegal means". "These directions had given free hand to the leaders and ex-ministers to indulged into corrupt practices to generate party funds", sources said and added that in the name of party funds leaders and ex-ministers had collected huge amount and a portion of it was deposited with the party as per direction of the that so-called 'hone... | |
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| Jammu suffers from last 3yrs for want of CIC,IC | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 20: As State Information Commission (SIC) is once again headless and no Information Commissioner (IC) has been appointed for Jammu bench of SIC, RTI activists have appealed Governor to take notice of the issue and constitute the Information Commission by appointing Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) and one Information Commissioner (IC) for SIC's Jammu office.
J&K State Information Commission (JKSIC) which is constituted under section 12 of JK RTI Act 2009 became headless after Khurshid Ahmad Ganai resigned from the post of Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) few months back after he was appointed as advisor to Governor N N Vohra . Right now there is on... | |
| | | | GP fund scam in Health deptt: No action yet | | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
srinagar, Aug 20: The government is yet to take action on the report submitted by Health department Kashmir in the probe in G.P. fund scam in north Kashmir's Bandipora district.
In February this year, following the expose about generation of fake General Provident Fund numbers in the Health department Bandipora, the government had attached 20 officials including 16 Block Medical Officers (BMOs) who had served in Bandipora from 2007.
Sources said that following the expose, a committee was constituted to investigate the matter.
According to an order (No. 104/NG of 2018, dated 02-02-2018), "a committee is to be constituted separately that will investigat... | |
| | | | R&B engineers posted in RDD, SVO for decade | | Deputation 'disease' proves incurable | | | Avinash Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 20: Over two dozen engineers from PWD, R&B are enjoying deputation in other departments for a decade, with the higher ups appearing unbothered over calling them back.
There are several instances where JEs went on deputations in Rural Development Department (RDD) and have become AEs, AEE and Executive Engineers as well, insiders told Early Times.
"Sham Verma, JE, from PWD R&B went on deputation to State Vigilance Organization. He's there for last eight years now", sources in the said, adding that the JE in question, since being part of the SVO, has become very powerful. "Now he is running a parallel system in Vigilance", the sources said.
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| | | | Guv urged to probe misappropriation of funds in LAWDA | | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Aug 20: With Jammu and Kashmir under Governor rule, voices are brewing up demanding probe into spending of funds on Dal Lake over the years.
An official said that there are lots of complaints about misappropriation of funds in Lakes and Water Ways Development Authority (LAWDA) over the years.
"Even the Governor's Grievances cell has received complaints about misappropriation of funds in the LAWDA. Probe has to be ordered despite spending hundreds of crores on Dal Lake, there has been no visible change in the famed water body," the official said.
The official said that there are grievances that successive governments did nothing to check on misappropriation ... | |
| | | | Students' entry restricted during counselling by GCET Jammu | | | | Nitesh Sangral
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 20: Infighting between the Government College of Engineering and Government Polytechnical Jammu, and Jammu and Kashmir State Board of Technical Education is putting number of the students' future in jeopardy.
Despite students having confidential result cards, the management of the GCET Jammu didn't allow the students to take part in ongoing counselling and asked them to show original certificates.
A group of students, whose results withheld due to their backlog, have got confidential results sheets from the JKSBOTE a few days back for appearing in the counselling conducted by the officials of the GCET Jammu and students were asked to app... | |
| | | | ODF status for district only on papers as hundreds fall sick due to faecal-oral transmission | | Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin fails in Kupwara | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
srinagar, Aug 20: The tall claims of the people at helm that North Kashmir's Kupwara district has achieved Open Defecation Free (ODF) status have fallen flat following the recent outbreak of diarrhea and related diseases at a large scale in many areas of the district.
Sources told Early Times that the sample tests carried out by Department of Health show faecal, sewerage contamination in drinking water supplied to the people in the areas badly hit by diarrhea. The ODF status given under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin (SBM-G) is based on the parameter that there is termination of faecal-oral transmission.
The sources said that the tests pointed out ... | |
| | | | PDP gets negative feedback of 'show of power' on Vajpayee funeral | | PDP attendance at Vajpayee funeral | |  Early Times Report
srinagar, Aug 20: Even as the Peoples Democratic Party leadership attended the funeral of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in the national capital recently, the PDP has got negative feedback of the move.
Around two dozen PDP leaders, mainly MLAs led by party president Mehbooba Mufti had attended Vajpayee's funeral.
But the development, as per the insiders, failed to give desired results as were expected by the party.
Sources said the PDP leadership on return fro... | |
| | | | PHC doc refers patients to his Pvt clinic next door | | | | Early Times Report
Reasi, Aug 20: A government doctor posted at Primary Health Center, Pouni here is accused of referring the PHC patients to his private clinic next door for treatment and conduction of tests. A delegation of locals led by Balwinder Kumar said the doctor referred his ailing daughter for tests to his private clinic in the vicinity though the PHC was supposed to offer the facilities.
"These doctors are fleecing the patients for their personal gains. Though the matter was time and again brought to the notice of the concerned including BMO and CMO, no action was taken against the erring doctors," the locals said.
They said the doctors and paramedics were using the PHC for... | |
| | | | Dilapidated Awan-Choran road irks people | | |  Early Times Report
MENDHAR, Aug 20: Thousands of inhabitants of village Awan, Chowran and adjoining areas are suffering because of bad condition of the road for last many years.
Around five hundred villagers of Awan Choran use this road which is the only surface link for them to tehsil headquarters.
Alleging inaction by the PWD, locals of village Choran and adjoining areas also held a protest demonstration today and raised slogans against the district administration, PWD. They thre... | |
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