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| Guv irked over lapse of funds | | 'Corruption would not be tolerated' | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
srinagar, Aug 30: Governor Satya Pal Malik has expressed his displeasure over the lapse of funds and issued strict directions to the Chief Secretary and the Administrative Secretaries to fix the responsibility if funds were allowed to lapse.
Sources told Early Times that on Thursday Malik chaired a meeting of top officials of civil administration at the Civil Secretariat here and directed them to gear up the administrative machinery to function with speed, efficiency and accountability.
"The non-seriousness of the officials was resulting in lapse of funds. If funds are released, then the concerned officials will be responsible for it," sources quoted ... | |
| | | | Eye on polls, BJP, PDP turn into foes | | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Aug 30: Weeks after ending their alliance that led to the fall of the coalition government, the BJP and PDP have decided to take on each other over several issues on which they would earlier praise each other. In this regard, both parties have decided to raise these issues with Governor keeping an eye on the upcoming polls.
The state is likely to face a series of elections. Besides the Lok Sabha elections next year, the state is yet to conduct its urban local bodies elections, which haven't been held since 2011 and the panchayat elections, which could not be held since 2016.
Keeping an eye on these polls, the PDP and BJP, which few weeks before were praisi... | |
| | | | Favouritism mars transfer policy in JU | | Powerful officials manage choicest postings in campus | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 30: Nepotism and favouritism still prevail in Jammu University, with influential officials getting themselves transferred or retained at places of their choice in the campus.
As per the documents pertaining to the university, it is revealed that various transfer orders issued by the administration earlier this year (dated 2.4.2018, 27.4.18, 1.6.18 and 25.6.18) were modified with one stroke of pen vide order dated 20-8-18. The favourite officials were retained on their original place of postings as per their choice for unknown reasons.
Those who were retained on their original posts after a period of four to five months are Omesh Sharma, Head Assistant, Raj... | |
| | | | HC stays DC Kishtwar's order against ET scribe | | | | Early Times Report
kishtwar, Aug 30: In a snub to Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar, Angrez Singh Rana, who in order to 'punish' Early Times Correspondent Asif Iqbal Naik for not favouring him while reporting on various issues in the district, the J&K High Court on Thursday stayed the order issued by Rana banning the entry of Naik in government offices in Kishtwar.
The court issued a notice to the State through Commissioner Secretary to Government Revenue Department, Civil Secretariat Srinagar/Jammu, District Magistrate (DC, Kishtwar), Angrez Singh Rana, District Magistrate (DC, Kishtwar) and Davinder Singh, Deputy Superintendent of Police, CID SB Kishtwar.
The petitioner, Naik, through his... | |
| | | | NC likely go for PDP like reshuffle | | | |
Early Times Report
srinagar, Aug 30: Even as the Peoples Democratic Party recently reshuffled the party cadres, the move has unnerved its arch rival National Conference.
It was reliably learnt that the NC will soon be calling a meeting of its executive body at the party headquarters at Nawa-e-Subh here where the party's preparedness with regard to political developments will be discussed.
Sources said many of the NC leaders want the party to call a free and frank meeting where complaints of the leadership would not be discussed but addressed.
Sources said the NC leadership is "fed up of the growing lack of consensus in the party's first family", comprising mainly of the party patron... | |
| | | | Reasi school refuses to enrol students in Class 11th | | 'Bribe demanded from students' | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 30: Authorities of a government school in Reasi district have allegedly refused to enrol at least 20 students in Class 11th.
"For want of bribe," the administration of Government Higher Secondary School (GHSS) Bharakh in Tehsil Pouni of Reasi "refused to enrol us," said one of the aggrieved students wishing not to be named.
He said that for last more than one week the students are roaming in school premises with a hope that they will be enrolled in Class 11th "but no one is paying heed to us."
"We went to Kunal Bali Sir, incharge admission, many a time but he is just buying the time", said the student.
"We also requested Principal of School, Suraj Prakas... | |
| | | | Jammu peripheries await upgraded health infrastructure | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 30: Three health institutions including a maternity hospital at Gandhi Nagar, Jammu were announced with fanfare by Omar Abdullah led Government to reduce already over burdened GMC and its associated hospitals, but successors never bothered to complete these projects, even after missing several deadlines.
Presently three projects eagerly waiting their completion are 200 bedded Maternity Hospital Gandhi Nagar, Jammu, Community Health Centre, R S Pura and Sub District Hospital Bishnah. At present all of them crying for Government's attention.
"Construction works of CHC, R S Pura and SDH Bishnah is being executed by J&K Housing Board, and works begun long bac... | |
| | | | 4 yrs on, school building awaits repairs | | |  Ashwani Sharma
Early Times Report
Udhampur, Aug 30: The building of Government Primary School Plasa which was damaged in a landslide in 2014 is awaiting repairs.
The locals informed that education of their children is at stake and the department is paying no heed towards this.
"Time and again we visited the offices of education department and every-time we got fake assurances as no work on the ground started," Rumal Singh-a local informed.
Another local said that four years are ove... | |
| | | | 2 LeT militants killed in Hajin encounter | | | | Mohammad Sarafaraz
Early Times Report
BANDIPORA, Aug 30: A joint team of security forces eliminated two foreign militants of LeT outfit in Hajin area early Thursday morning.
A senior police official said that a joint team of security forces launched a search operation following the reports of presence of 2-3 militants in Par mohalla of Hajin area.
"Based on specific intelligence reports, our men had launched CASO in Par mohalla area and started door to door searches", the official said.
The police official said that during the searches, militants fired on police party that was retaliated leading to an encounter. In the ensuing encounter two militants were eliminated.
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| | | | BDO withholds NREGS payments | | Locals appeal for social audit | | | Early Times Report
Rajouri, Aug 30: The residents of Shahadra Sharief village in Thamandi block of Rajouri have appealed to the Advisor to Governor B B Vyas to come to their rescue as Block Development Officer (BDO) has withheld the payments for the works executed under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MG-NREGS) more than 2 years back. The locals alleged that officials in the BDO office Thanamandi were demanding bribe for release of the payment. Details available with Early Times reveal that in Shahadara Sharief Panchayat several works have been taken up during last 2 years but the officials in the BDO office were not ready to release the payments to the NREGS ... | |
| | | | Article 35-A cry reaches Kishtwar, Doda | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Kishtwar, Aug 30: Kishtwar and Doda districts observed a complete shutdown on Thursday over the issue of Article 35-A which is being heard by the Supreme Court on Friday.
A peaceful bandh was observed in Doda and its major towns including Bhaderwah and Gandoh while Kishtwar remained on the edge following a massive protest held by the people over the halting of the ongoing Machail Mata Yatra outside old DC Office Kishtwar. The angry people raised slogans against the Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar Angrez Singh Rana and SSP Kishtwar Rajinder Gupta for their failure in clearing the road which was blocked by the people at various places in Kishtwar town an... | |
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