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| No money, no ticket: Shokeen’s historic DUSU win puts Cong leadership in dock | | | | Sanjay Pandita
Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 21: Fresh questions have emerged over candidate selection within the National Students' Union of India (NSUI) after newly elected Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) Vice-President Deepanshu Shokeen alleged that he was denied the organisation’s ticket because of his modest economic background.
Shokeen, who scripted history by winning the vice-president’s post as an Independent candidate with a record margin, said his financial circumstances worked against him when the Congress-backed student wing was finalising candidates for the prestigious DUSU elections.
“Money and muscle power often dominate DUSU elections. My economic condition was one of the reasons the NSUI denied me the mandate for the vice-president’s post,” Shokeen said in an interview.
The son of a bus conductor and an Anganwadi worker, Shokeen had been associated with the NSUI for several years and had sought the organisation’s nomination for the vice-president's pos... | |
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| Assembly session begins with uproar as BJP, NC, Cong trade barbs | | | | Muskan Thakur
Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 21: The opening day of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly’s autumn session on Monday witnessed unprecedented scenes of disorder, with both Opposition and ruling party members disrupting proceedings over a range of political and public issues.
The House departed from long-standing parliamentary convention by continuing with regular business after paying tributes to departed former legislators and ministers, instead of adjourning for the day. However, proceedings soon descended into chaos as BJP legislators launched a protest over the hike in electricity tariffs, delayed regularisation of daily wagers and National Health Mission (NHM) ... | |
| | | | Speaker announces Panel of Chairmen | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 21: Speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Abdul Rahim Rather today announced the Panel of Chairmen for the Autumn session.
The Speaker nominated MLA Eidgah Mubarik Gul, MLA Samba Surjeet Singh Slathia and MLA Bandipora Nizam-ud-din Bhat as members of the panel.
The Panel of Chairmen will preside over the proceedings of the House in the absence of the Speaker.... | |
| | | | ‘Over 40,000 posts vacant in Govt departments’ | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Sept 21: Jammu and Kashmir has over 40,000 vacancies in various government departments, with the highest in the Health and Medical Education department, the assembly was informed on Monday In reply to questions from MLAs Sajad Lone and Irfan Hafeez Lone about recruitment and vacancies, the government said there were 40,672 vacancies across various government departments.
A total of 3,318 gazetted posts, 24,427 non-gazetted posts, and 12,927 multi-tasking staff (MTS) posts were lying vacant, the government said.
The highest number of vacancies was in the Health and Medical Education department with 2,125 gazetted posts, 8,064 non-gazetted posts and 2608 MTS... | |
| | | | Panel to examine grounds for regularising daily wagers | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 21: The Jammu and Kashmir government has told the Legislative Assembly that a dedicated committee has been tasked with examining humanitarian, legal and financial issues surrounding the regularisation of daily wagers, casual and other temporary workers employed across various government departments.
Responding in writing to a question raised by legislator Javiad Riyaz, the government said the panel has been constituted specifically to look into cases involving casual, seasonal, temporary, contractual and other categories of workers engaged in different departments across the Union Territory.
In reply to a separate question, the government disclosed that ... | |
| | | | Chatroo horror: Govt sacks accused headmaster | | | | Atul Sharma
Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 21: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has dismissed a government school teacher accused in the alleged rape and murder of a minor student in Kishtwar district, barely a month after his arrest in a case that sparked widespread outrage across the region.
According to an order issued by the School Education Department, Khalid Hussain, a Grade-II teacher posted at Government Middle School Bumalpora, Gurinalla, in Inderwal zone of Kishtwar district, has been removed from service under Article 311(2)(b) of the Constitution of India.
The dismissal was ordered through Government Order No. 3880-JK(Edu) of 2026, issued on September 21 and signed by Comm... | |
| | | | Millets were part of our agricultural memory for centuries: LG Sinha | | Says time has come to restore them to the consciousness of society | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 21: The Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today inaugurated the National Dialogue on Millets for Health: Building Healthy Ecosystems, Climate-Resilient Agriculture and Sustainable Food Systems at SKUAST, Jammu.
Expressing gratitude to Padma Shri Dr. Khadar Vali, popularly known as the “Millet Man of India" and Shri Umendra Dutt of Kheti Virasat Mission, the Lieutenant Governor lauded their efforts in creating a new awakening through the Millets Mission in UT of Jammu Kashmir. He emphasized that the occasion was not merely a seminar but a celebration of a revolution rooted in India's villages. The Lieutenant Governor said that the pioneering role of the Hon... | |
| | | | LG hands over appointment letter to PSI Sachin Verma’s wife | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 21: Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha handed over the appointment letter, on compassionate grounds, to Dr. Vaishali Misra, Wife of J&K Police Sub-Inspector Sachin Verma, today. The Lieutenant Governor assured all possible assistance and support from the Administration to the family. PSI Sachin Verma of 23 Bn IRP lost his life in an unfortunate road accident in the Nowgam area of Srinagar on August 11, 2025.
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| | | | Amit Shah to inaugurate ANTF Chiefs' Conference today | | | | Early Times Report
New Delhi, Sept 21: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate the third national conference of chiefs of Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) on Tuesday, which will focus on progress made on the Vision Document on Narcotics Control (2026-29) and efforts undertaken to combat the narcotics menace in the country, a government statement said.
The two-day conference will be attended by the heads of ANTFs from 36 states and Union Territories, along with representatives from other concerned government departments and stakeholders.
The meeting will also deliberate on the identification and adoption of strategies to strengthen the supply reduction, demand reduction and harm r... | |
| | | | ACB books former J&K Grameen Bank Branch Head | | Rs 41.17 lakh PMEGP subsidy irregularities | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Sept 21: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Jammu & Kashmir, has registered a case against a former Branch Head of J&K Grameen Bank, a Business Correspondent and others over alleged financial irregularities, misuse of official position and premature release of capital subsidy under the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP). According to an ACB statement, the case pertains to alleged violations committed during the period 2021–2023 in connection with PMEGP loans and capital subsidy at the J&K Grameen Bank Branch Office, Reban, Sopore, Baramulla.
The ACB has named Arvind Saini, the then Branch Head of J&K Grameen Bank, Reban Branch, and Firdo... | |
| | | | New CAT court complex inaugurated in Jammu: Centre tells SC | | | | Early Times Report
New Delhi, Sept 21: The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that a new office-and-court complex of the Central Administrative Tribunal has been inaugurated in Jammu.
Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, appearing for the Centre, told a bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana that the new complex of the Central Administrative Tribunal's (CAT) Jammu bench was inaugurated at Bahu Plaza on Sunday.
The top court took note of the submission and closed a 2020 PIL filed by Achal Sharma alleging lack of adequate space and staff for the functioning of the CAT bench in Jammu.
The apex court granted liberty to the petitio... | |
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