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| JK Govt fails yet again, puts SSA mission into jeopardy | | HRD Ministry withholds salary of 30,000 teachers | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Kishtwar, Nov 30: Thanks to failure of the state government to submit details of utilization of funds for the past 10 years, universalization of elementary education seems a distant dream in Jammu & Kashmir.
Taking strong exception to the lapse, the Ministry of Human Resources Development and Department
of School Education and Literacy, Government of India has withheld the pay of nearly 30000 teachers appointed un-der Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan in Jammu & Kashmir.
According to the details available with Early Times, the decision of withholding of salary comes in wake of state government failure to submit the details of last 10 years on account of utilization of funds by the state government provided by the Centre under SSA.
The sources informed the "Early Times" that the Ministry of HRD after finding some loop holes in implementation of SSA in trouble torn state has asked the state government for details on account of funds provided by the government of India which runs into several hundred cores every year.
"I haven't received any wages since last more than 5 mont... | |
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| Open loot of forest land in Shopian | | Land Mafia conniving with Revenue officials to change land records | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 30: High Profile people are turning out to be land Mafias in different forest compartments of District Shopian. The areas once considered as dense forests are turning out as residential and commercial colonies.
The issue even though highlighted by the media many a times and discussed in state legislative council as well, is still a matter of great concern for people of the state.
The data collected from the office of the District Forest Officer Shopian reveal that currently there are 773.22 hectares of forest land under the illegal occupation of land Mafia including some Sarpanchs and people backed by politicians in different jungle compartments of the ... | |
| | | | Omar calls protestors 'Idiots' | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 30: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had termed the protestors in Srinagar, where curfew has been imposed after violent clashes, as idiots.
In reply to a tweet terming Kashmir as curfew ridden place, Omar Abdullah replied back in on the twitter: " Blame the idiots who provoked the trouble. Restrictions are reactive not pro-active for any government."
Omar, wary of any repeat of 2010 violent su-mmer, was though defe-nding the administrative decision to take tough me-asure to pre-empt any trouble.
However, calling the protestors is not on demeaning but has the potential of further worsening the situation.'
Kashmir is tense after sectarian violence. Clashes ha... | |
| | | | Favouritism in selections puts question mark on SKIMS credibility | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 30: The favouritism, nepotism and undue interference by higher ups has ruined the post graduate and post doctorate trainings in Kashmir's lone super-speciality hospital Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences.
Sources told Early Times that post graduate and post doctorate trainings in the SKIMS were at its worst ever since the new Dean Dr. Khurshid Iqbal was entrusted the job of chairman Medicine and allied departments as well as Surgery. "In the process the powers and responsibilities of chairpersons in their departments were taken away making mess of the Institute. Both Director SKIMS Dr Showkat Zargar and the new Dean are busy in divisive politics... | |
| | | | Handshake with rebel BJP MLAs; Omar does what Sheikh, Farooq did | | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Nov 30: By shaking hands with seven rebel BJP MLAs, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has repeated what the tallest National Confe-rence (NC) late Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah and his son, Dr.Farooq Abdullah did during their respective tenures as heads of the government in Jammu and Kashmir.
According to newspaper reports, Omar had a few days back invited the seven BJP MLAs to his residence and asked them to support candidates put up by Congress-National Conference (NC) combine. Though Political Advisor to CM, Devinder Rana later denied these reports and stated that the seven MLAs had met Chief Minister Omar Abdullah but he had never asked them to extend support to candi... | |
| | | | Why did Azad stay away from functions despite official invitation….? | | 'Joint campaign' fever recedes as it comes to end today | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 30: The campaign for the four seats in the Upper House under Panchayati institution shall come to an end tomorrow evening , only to leave some points to ponder, at least for the 'joint campaign' buzz announced with much political fanfare by the two coalition partners NC and Congress. Wh-ile Omar Abd-ullah and Prof Saif-ud-Din Soz led the cart of joint campaign at various places, it rem-ained conspicuous with one more stalwart Ghulam Nabi Azad's continuous absence from the scene at both the places. Why did Union Health Minister , who normally is seen in the state every next week stayed away from the political activities related to polls, much so in the joint... | |
| | | | Ailing Kishtwar hospital needs immediate cureAiling Kishtwar hospital needs immediate cure | | | | Early Times Report
Kishtwar, Nov 30: Lack of doctors and infrastructure has adversely affected patient care in Kishtwar hospital. Long queues in the out patient department (OPD) have become a normal affair. The locals have sought adequate measures for `curing the ailing hospital.'
Data available with Early Times reveals that nearly two lakh patients from different parts of the district including Marwah, Warw-an, Dachhan, Chatroo, Pad-dar, Palmar, Drabshala, Bh-unzwah and Gandow, Bat-yas, Karra, and Thathri of Doda district visit the hospital annually.
Though the Hospital get District Hospital status in the year 2007 when Kishtwar got the District status, but the sanctioned stren... | |
| | | | Moves seem afoot to destroy Congress in J&K – V | | Pre Poll Alliance | | | Neha
JAMMU, Nov 30: What about Kashmir region? Can the NC afford to allow the Congress party to occupy political space more than what it at present occupies? The NC cannot? For, the min political rival of the NC in the Valley is the PDP, which already occupies equal, if not more, political space in the Valley. The constituency of the NC and the PDP in Kashmir is the same and both the parties are trying hard to not only strengthen their hold over their respective constituencies but also to expand further their areas of influence and activities because they believe, and very rightly, that if they are to remain at the helm of affairs in the state, they have no other option to capture as many ... | |
| | | | Kamaal for tactical reasons goes dormant | | LC Elections | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Nov 30: National Conference (NC) additional general secretary and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's uncle Sheikh Mustafa Kamaal, who was very vocal till Novem-ber 22, has suddenly gone dormant. That day, he had criticized Omar Abdullah for his Bandipora statement that the NC and the Congress should contest the 2014 assembly elections jointly to defeat the PDP. Kamaal had said that suggestion of Omar Abdu-llah was not the party view and that it was for the party to decide this way or that way. As a matter of fact, he had opposed the suggestion in his typical style. The message of Kamaal that day was loud and clear: His message was that the NC just could not depend on ... | |
| | | | SVO's pick-n-choose policy to prosecute tainted officers draws flak | | | | Bashir Assad
Jammu, Nov 30: Notwit-hstanding the Jammu and Kashmir Government's cla-ims of restoring public and providing clean administration, State Vigilance Or-ganization (SVO) is functioning on pick and choose basis while recommending prosecution of government employees in-volved in scams.
Though the Apex Court had earlier denounced the practice of pick and choose method, the functioning of the SVO particularly in recommending the cases for prosecution and returning some cases to the departments for instituting departmental inquiry, continues to invite public criticism due to lack of transparency.
It has been observed that while the SVO is putting a double edged sword of thr-eatening... | |
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