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| No bomb disposal squad for Jammu region's 72 police stations | | Alarm, alarm, alarm! | | | Peerzada Ummer
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 15: As the government is mulling to make the state Police a high tech force, equipping them with latest weaponry to deal with the present day militancy, records reveal that at present the police force has no bomb disposal equipments and the number of body protectors too is meagre.
Reports inform that Jammu and Kashmir Police has been procuring high tech and latest security appliances based on state-of-the-art technologies as a security measure against terror attacks, landmines and IED attacks by militants.
Meanwhile at present, there is a paucity of the basic equipments in police stations to combat anti- insurgency operations.
Survey conduc... | |
| | | | Higher Education Deptt goes soft on 'corrupt' Astt Prof | | | |
Akshay Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 15: The Jammu and Kashmir Higher Education department is reluctant to suspend an Assistant Professor who was caught red-handed while demanding and accepting bribe by Vigilance Organization Jammu nearly a week ago.
The softness of Department towards the Assistant Professor despite written directions in Civil Services recruitment rules to suspend the employee immediately is intriguing and signals towards something fishy.
According to the events unfolded in last few days, the Vigilance Organization Jammu had on December 9, caught Assistant Professor Ashu Jolly posted in College of Education, Canal Road Jamu, red handed while accepting bribe o... | |
| | | | Hafiz Saeed, Salah-ud-din dare New Dehi again | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 15: In another "drama" in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir(POK), the terrorist groups on Thursday yet again dared New Delhi, expressing "solidarity with people" of Kashmir, which has been on the boil since July.
The rally by the terrorist groups, pledging to "improve their presence" in Kashmir, has put the Valley yet again on alert with security analysts apprehending escalation in terrorist strikes in the coming days.
The reports said the terrorist groups held a rally in Muzaffarabad, The rally was hosted by Jamaat ud Dawa chief and 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, who is also the cofounder of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba outfit.
Saeed, shared the stage... | |
| | | | JKSSC spends money on luxurious offices, forgets ground maintenance | | Sports and Politics | |  Nitish Bhardwaj
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 15: J&K State Sports Council spends money on luxurious offices but does not have funds to maintain the main playground at Maulana Azad (MA) Stadium in Jammu district which is in wretched condition for last many years.
At the MA Stadium ground, the pavilion is full of grass and cracks; garbage is littered around the ground.
Sources told Early Times that the Centre has allotted a huge amount of money for the maintenance of MA Stadium, but still th... | |
| | | | Miffed over omission of his name from the invitation card, Sports Minister likely to keep away | | All India Police Hockey | | | Abodh Sharma
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 15: Peeved over the omission of his name from the invitation cards for the final match and the prize distribution ceremony of the All India Police Hockey tournament being hosted by the J&K Police at the KK Hakhu stadium scheduled for Friday, Minister for Sports, Imran Raza Ansari is likely to skip the function despite being in the town.
The closing ceremony of the tournament is to be witnessed by the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti as the chief guest while Minister for forest and environment, Lal Singh has been invited to preside over the function, but there is no mention of the Sports Minister on the card, despite the fact that it was a sports ev... | |
| | | | Police occupy Kathua stadium | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 15: BJP may be a ruling party in Centre as well as the State, but in Jammu and Kashmir, it is the police which is above the
government and rule of law. This became evident from forceful occupation of Kathua stadium by the cops for a sports event,
notwithstanding official allotment of the venue to an RSS-affiliated NGO and Minister for Forest Choudhary Lal Singh scheduled to be chief guest on the occasion.
What can be termed as goonda act of the men in uniform, the district Kathua is learnt to have forcefully occupied the J&K Sports Council stadium in Kathua, which has otherwise been officially allotted to a
RSS affiliated NGO for organizing athletic com... | |
| | | | Cherry Picking: Politicians, bureaucrats monopolise promotions & transfers in JKP | | Hulchul in Police | | | Appointed in 2000, one brother becomes Inspector other still Sub Inspector
PS Bali
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 15: Amid ongoing controversy over cadre restructuring of KPS and escalating dissent among low rung officials, the promotions and transfers in Jammu and Kashmir police remained an affair reportedly monopolised by politicians and bureaucrats.
According to sources, two real brothers from North Kashmir had been inducted into the Jammu and Kashmir police as Sub Inspectors in 2000, but the politicians and bureaucrats patronised only one of them.
"Two real brothers were inducted into the police in the same year, but only one of them got promotion," said sources, adding that the o... | |
| | | | SSP approaches PHQ for SI's transfer to his distt | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 15: A senior police officer posted as SSP of a district in Jammu region has been desperate for the transfer of a Sub-Inspector to his district.
The SI, presently posted in CID wing of police, is said to be quite thick with the SSP, according to police sources.
The officer was posted as district SP in October last year. Three months after his posting, he approached PHQ, seeking the SI's transfer to his district. Accepting his proposal, the PHQ transferred the SI from CID to Jammu zone as per its order No 555.
The concerned CID officer, however, kept sitting over the PHQ order and did not relieve the SI for nine months. The district SP then brought the matt... | |
| | | | ACD Poonch twists RTI Act to save skin | | Only aggrieved persons can file RTI application! | | | Avinash Azad
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 15: Being custodian of proper implementation of J&K RTI Act, as First Appellate Authority, the Assistant Commissioner Development (ACD) Poonch in his 'diktat' snubbed information seeker that only aggrieved persons can seek information under J&K RTI Act.
According to the information seeker, who filed an RTI in office Public Information Officer (PIO), Block Development Office, Balakot, but the PIO has not provided the information, and the First Appellate Authority (FAA) too not complying with the mandate under J&K RTI Act 2009.
"I also approached that FAA, i.e. Assistant Commissioner Development (ACD) Poonch Dr Basharat Hussain, instead of listen... | |
| | | | Corruption charges: BJP minister seeks Cong leader's help! | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 15: As a group within Congress Party is seriously thinking to take corrupt issue in the public to expose real face of honest BJP leaders, a minister of Saffron Brigade has reported approached a veteran Congress leader and sought his intervention. The BJP minister, credible sources, said has asked this veteran Congress leader to convince his party colleagues not to give much importance to corruption issues related to him.
Credible sources in the corridors of power revealed that the BJP minister has approached this veteran Congress leader some days back and sought his intervention to stop his party colleagues from highlighting corruption issues. He told the Con... | |
| | | | BJP a party to 2002 anti-Jammu amendment | | Delimitation issue | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 15: Jammu & Kashmir BJP leadership believes that the people of Jammu province didn't know the circumstances under which the delimitation of assembly constituencies was banned in 2002. It takes them for granted and seeks to create an impression that the then ruling National Conference was responsible for banning the delimitation of assembly constituencies for an indefinite period.
Those who believe that there would be delimitation of constituencies in 2016 are not aware of the implications of the amendment to the Jammu & Kashmir Constitution and Jammu & Kashmir Representation of People's Act. The amendment had clearly said that there could be delimitation of... | |
| | | | No check on food safety in JK | | | | Saqib Ahmad
Early Times Reporrt
SRINAGAR, Dec 15: The constitution of a high powered steering committee for effective and smooth implementation of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) is confined to papers only. The state government constituted a high powered steering committee for effective and smooth implementation of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).
The J&K government had come under sharp criticism for doing little to ensure implementation of Food Safety and Standard Act, 2006. The government had appointed the Chief Secretary of the state as chairman of the steering committee.
Besides chairman, Administrative Secretary ... | |
| | | | Militants loot Rs 11 lakh from J&K Bank | | |  Muhammad Mukaram
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 15: Militants today struck at the Ratnipura branch of J&K Bank in Pulwama district and looted a cash of Rs 11 lakh at gunpoint in broad daylight. Four militants barged into the bank at about 2 pm and looted the cash at gunpoint, police sources said. This is the third such incident in the valley since the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes by the Centre, creating problems for the law-enforcing agencies which are already grappled wit... | |
| | | | Forest policy fails to protect JK forests | | |  Mohammad Sarfaraz
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Dec 15: Forest policy in Jammu and Kashmir seems only theoretically approved and the ground reality speaks something else as with the increase in population, scores of green forests have been chopped off by the timber smugglers across north Kashmir, and government has failed to safeguard these green gold's for forth coming generations.
Deforestation has been on the rise since last couple of months in various parts of north Kashmir. As scor... | |
| | | | Nayar lambasts Farooq for his support to Hurriyat | | 'Pak a stakeholder' | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 15: The NC is becoming more and more critical of India with each passing day. In other words, its anti-India campaign is becoming shrill. It has started indulging in kind of politics which has all the potential provoking communal riots in the sensitive border Jammu & Kashmir State and rest of the country and creating a situation similar to the one the All-India Muslim League created before 1947 in British India and some princely state - situation which culminated in the communal partition of India, emergence of Muslim Pakistan, displacement of population on an unprecedented scale, murder, loot, plunder, rape and what not.
It is leaving none in any doubt ... | |
| | | | TB patients crave for medicines, Health Dept unmoved | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 15: While the Tuberculosis (TB) patients in Jammu region are craving for medicines, the Health Department remains unmoved. A family member of a patient from Rajouri (presently putting up at Paloura, Jammu) said that his father is suffering with TB diseases for last two months and regularly visits Chest and Diseases hospital to get DOTS treatment. But whenever he visits the hospital, he said, the staff gives due to which the treatment of his father is getting delaying.
"Doctor has advised against leaving treatment midway, but due to unavailability of medicine, we are worried about the health of my father," he added. He accused the Health Department of ... | |
| | | | J&K Bank rolls out rehabilitation package | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 15: Providing relief to the borrowers across the state who suffered due to prolonged disturbance in the valley, J&K Bank today rolled out a comprehensive loan restructuring package.
Announcing the package, J&K Bank Chairman & CEO Parvez Ahmed said, "This is the time to hand hold our customers and provide them the much needed impetus to put their businesses back on the path of recovery and growth." "The rehabilitation package was adopted by the Board of Directors of the Bank in a meeting held on 15th December, 2016", he added. The package was finalised after Reserve Bank of India (RBI) gave its approval to the J&K SLBC proposal of restructuring the loans... | |
| | | | PHE Casual labors smell rat in Chief Engineer's 'reframe list' order | | | | Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
Anantnag, Dec 15: Hundreds of causal labors working with PHE department in Southern Kashmir are up in the arms against Chief Engineer Kashmir for issuing an order asking Executive Engineers to 'reframe the list of casual employees' working with department.
A group of these casual employees told Early Times that they smell foul in the order as they have been list several times in past years. "We don't know why they reframing the list again and again when the data is available with them," they said.
Employees said that in past such orders were issued to absorb blue-eyed people in the list. "This orders are being issued just to add, delete or absorb so... | |
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