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| Govt departments give damn to GAD directions | | 15 depts fail to forward vacancies | | | Akshay Azad
JAMMU, Mar 9: Giving a damn to the directions of General Administrative Department (GAD), around fifteen government departments have not forwarded the vacancies to GAD for Combined Services Competitive Examination, after a lapse of around two months, since the inception of process.
Sources informed Early Times that the state government had initiated the process for identifying vacancies for Combined Services Competitive Examination in the last week of December 2012, and had asked all the departments to send their vacancies.
"One week time was given to all departments including Police, Accounts and sixteen other departments for sending the vacant administrative level posts to GAD" they said, adding that in the first week only one department including Accounts had forwarded the posts.
Annoyed over the casual approach of departments, the GAD shot a reminder to all departments for sending the posts, sources said, adding that the reminder of GAD made no change in the casual attitude of majority of departments, except Jammu and Kashmir Police and one other, which forwarded... | |
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| Large scale transfers just days after Bill banning them proposed | | | | ET Plus Report
JAMMU, Mar 9: Just a few days after the draft of the police bills was placed by the government in public domain, which of other things includes minimum two-year tenure at every posting to all police officials down to the level of SHO, the police department has in last couple of days has gone into transfer spree.
A day after transfers were effected in Jammu district, SP Rajouri Mubassir Latiffi has affected posting of 16 officials. Couple with other transfers, in a month about 100 transfers have been made. No reason has been given for the transfers. The standard answer of the government, this time police, is it's in the interest of the administration.
"The transfers hav... | |
| | | | SIC puts CEO Rajouri on notice for non compliance | | Alleged victimization of retired ZEO | | | ET Plus Report
JAMMU, Mar 9: The State Information Commission while taking a strong note of non compliance of orders issued by the State Information Commissioner Dr SK Sharma has issued a show cause notice to Chief Education Officer Rajouri in which commission has sought his explanation why penalty could not be imposed on him for violating the orders of the commission.
As per details available with ET Plus the State Information Commission vide decision No SIC/J/A/193/2012/394 dated 26-11-2012 had directed the Chief Education Officer, Rajouri who is also the Public Information Officer under JK RTI Act (PIO) to provide information pertaining to cash in lieu of leave in the revised pay sca... | |
| | | | 'Health Services in ill health' | | Shortage of staff defy tall claims | | | Avinash Azad
JAMMU, Mar 9: While the health department is patting its back for improvement of health infrastructure across the state, the ground realities are proving all claims hallow. The acute dearth of staff nurses, paramedics and doctors in various health institutions substantiate the facts.
Sources told Early Times that there was shortage of around 820 staff nurses in various health institutions across the state, which was one of the reasons, behind increasing incidents of scuffle between staff and patients. "Owing to acute shortage of man power, particularly staff nurses, the patients feel ignored by nurses and many times it amounts to scuffle between patients and staff nurses in v... | |
| | | | 92 kanal encroached land cleared | | Lal Singh given clean chit | | | Sumit Sharma
Jammu, Mar 9: Complying the ordess of a Division Bench of the High Court, the police today cleared 92 kanals and 6 marla of encroachment in village Karandi Khurd of Hiranagar tehsil here today. The action was taken by police on the direction of revenue authorities. The state land after eviction was handed over to the Sarpanch of the area for the time being to make a track over it till further orders.
The eviction drive continued for full day long as police team led by SDPO Border Mohan Lal Kaith gave protection to the team. . However, sources said that, the revenue authority has given clean chit to MP Lal Singh for his involvement in encroachment.
In a report to the court... | |
| | | | Undue promotions, plum postings for blue eyed in KAS carder | | Omar turning a deliberate blind eye? | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
JAMMU, Mar 9: Politician-Bureaucrat nexus for diversified mutual gains is an open secret in Jammu and Kashmir, but it has never been as shamefully open as seen during the regime of Omar led coalition government. Putting all the rules and regulation to the whirlwind, the govern-ment has adjusted the blue eyed KAS officers on prestigious posting within the government at the cost of the deserving ones. These blue eyed KAS officers not only manage to get themselves adjusted against prize posting, but also get undue benefits in promotions depriving the genuine ones of their legitimate dues. It is pertinent to mention that the tentative seniority list of KAS carder was issued vi... | |
| | | | Rail services badly hit in Kashmir, deptt loses Crores | | | | Iqbal Mir
SRINAGAR, Mar 9: In the ongoing Hartals and unrest in the Kashmir valley the railway services are badly hit as the officials say that it has cost an amount of over Rs 2 Crores to the department since the execution of Mohammad Afzal Guru on Feb 9.
The train services in Kashmir were suspended due to the security concern on February 9. Partial train service from Qazigund to Budgam in central Kashmir was resumed on February 18 and the train service between Baramulla to Qazigund was fully restored on February 25.
Since the execution of Guru, railway services have remained closed for at least 23 days starting from Feb 9 to March 9.
The officials say almost 70,000 to 80,000 passenger... | |
| | | | Olympic Association of J&K has become a private Ltd Company of its General Secretary | | | | ET Plus Report
JAMMU, Mar 9: Making utter mockery of rules of Jammu and Kashmir sports council published from time to time, the Jammu and Kashmir Olympic Association (JKOA) has been reduced to a private limited company by its general secretary.
Interestingly, the sports council who is accountable to ensure that its norms are adhered to, has not only turned a blind eye to the violation of norms, but has connived with him in his misdoings.
Professor Ashutosh Sharma has glued to the chair of the general secretary of the JKOA, an amalgamation of all sports associations of the state since its inception nearly three decades ago even as an order of the state sports council no. SC/76-A /5087-602... | |
| | | | Humble Budgam villager receives CNN IBN award | | Had exposed a scam through RTI Act | | | ET Plus Report
SRINAGAR, Mar 9: A poor villager from Kutabal village of Budgam has won the CNN IBN Citizen Journalist award for the year 2012 in the fight against corruption category. Fayaz Ahmad Wani, 36, a semi illiterate man from small hamlet of Kutabal Chadoora in central Kashmir's Budgam district used RTI Act to expose a scam of Indira Awas Yojna (IAY) wherein lacks of rupees were swindled by local Sarpanch and the officials of Rural Development department who instead of providing the money to the poor homeless people to construct houses distributed it among the relatives of the Sarpanch last year .
An amount of Rs 5.53 lacks was recovered by the Government after the news broke out ... | |
| | | | Why is GAD mum over this issue? | | Now DG Accounts & Treasuries is a sensitive post | | | v
ET Plus Report
JAMMU, Mar 9: The Office of the Director General of Accounts & Treasuries in its interesting reply provided to an RTI applicant some months back vide official Letter No: DGAT/RTI/02 Dated 29/11/2012 had said that the post of Principal Private Secretary is a sensitive post and that is the reason the present Principal Private Secretary to DG is working in the same office and on the same table since last 25 years and this news related to this issue was already exposed exclusively by Early Time Plus some months back. Now
The RTI applicant had asked why the officer had been posted there? The Public Information Officer of the DG AT replied: " The Officer has been posted i... | |
| | | | KD seeks security for tourists | | | |
ET Plus Report
Jammu, Mar 9: The Kranti Dal has urged the government to provide security to tourists and their vehicles. The Dal said a visitng tourist group from Kolkatta was attacked in Kashmir on March 5. The Dal said the vehicle of the group bearing registration No JK-11/6999 was damaged by stone pelting youth. Some of the tourists sustained injuries. One of them had to be airlifted to Kolkatta incritical condition on March 7 from Srinagar. Other injured include
Kaberi Das Ghosh, Debasish Ghosh, Kartik Biswas, Sapna Ghosh & Sreeparna Chakrobarty. There tourists are very scared due to this incident. CRPF also give the first-aid treatment to the tourists. Kranti Dal also helps the... | |
| | | | Every 5th person is BPL in J&K, reveals economic survey | | Baramullah, Reasi poorest districts | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Mar 9: Believe it or not but out of every five persons, one falls Below Poverty Line (BPL) in Jammu and Kashmir. In other words, one fifth of the population of Jammu and Kashmir falls below poverty line. According to Economic Survey for the year 2012-13, the total BPL estimated population ratio of J&K has arrived at 21.63 percent (i.e. 24.21 lakhs persons) of which 26.14 percent (22 lakhs persons) are from rural areas and 7.96 percent (2.21 lakhs persons) are living in Urban areas.
Highest estimated BPL population in the state has been recorded in district Baramulla, with the indicator standing at 2.37 lakhs persons. District Kupwara stands at rank 2nd with estim... | |
| | | | 'Akhara' of anti-national activities | | BJP on national security | | | MINCING
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Neha
JAMMU, Mar 9: The BJP, which on March 7 voted for a controversial candidate seeking election to the Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Council after taking a complete U-turn, a day later in the Assembly tried to salvage its position by taking on the Kashmir-based parties in general and the ruling party National Conference in particular, (BJP voted for the PDP-sponsored a Delhi-based Kashmiri Hindu candidate who is known for his closeness to hardcore Pakistani Syed Ali Shah Geelani - an act which has been described as "an act of political debauchery"). It was none other than the Leader of BJP Legislature Party in the Assembly and former state BJP president Ashok Khajuria... | |
| | | | NGO empowering women through micro finance | | vBeyond Govt.'s empty recurring | | |
Et Plus Report
Jammu, Mar 9: Microfinance is empowering women, especially the poor and widows, in Jammu and Kashmir, thanks to NGO Kashmir Women's Credit Cooperative Ltd (KWCCL) that is providing loans to the needy to set up self-employment ventures like weaving and embroidery units, beauty parlours and boutiques. It is also giving loans for children's education. "Needy women desirous of starting their business have just to give photographs, a witness and an affidavit for getting a loan ranging from Rs.10,000 to Rs.30,000," KWCCL chairperson Nighat Pandit told Early Times.
Microfinance is the provision of financial services such as loans, savings, insurance and training to people be... | |
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