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| GAD dancing to tunes of blue-eyed officers | | Manipulation goes unchecked in J&K! | | | Flexing norms for convenience: GAD despite 'court directions' managed to sideline the norms and regulations just to appease the blue eyed KAS officers
Asif Iqbal Naik
Jammu, Mar 14: Grave manipulation seems to have become core specialty of man running the General Administration Department (GAD). Habitual of taking the system for a ride, GAD Secretary Sheikh Mushtaq ran from pillar to post to get the so-called weak and indefensible 'rebuttal' published. Ask for the reason and one needs not to use his head too much. If the sources are to be believed, Early Time Plus had unveiled the reality of GAD Secretary dancing to the tunes of a powerful KAS officer lobby.
They maintain that what is ... | |
| | | | Another scam unearthed in Centrally Sponsored Scheme | | IAY cheques issued to multi storey house owners | | | Javaid Naikoo
SHOPIAN, Mar 14: Yet another scam in a Centrally Sponsored Scheme has come to the light in Kashmir wherein funds for construction of houses under Indira Awaas Yojna (IAY) have been offered to people who own multi storied houses and have spent money for buying luxurious household items after paying a fair sum of money to the concerned Village Level Workers as commission for illegal favours. According to documents available with ETP, the IAY list of 2012 for different Panchayat Halqas of District Shopian shows that the concerned village level workers of Panchayat Halqas Dunaroo, Manloo -A, Zawoora B, K-Hallan Manloo B and K-Zawoora have framed a list of IAY beneficiaries after ... | |
| | | | No accommodation for KPs appointed under PMRP | | | |
Avinash Azad
Jammu, Mar 14: It is strange but a fact that the Kashmiri Pandits, who have been recently appointed on various posts in Kashmir valley under Prime Minister’s Rehabilitation Package (PMRP), are not migrants, as the State Government has refused to provide them accommodation in Kupwara district, which was constructed for the community. Amid its claims to rehabilitate KPs at their home land in Kashmir valley, the State Government today said that the accommodation under PMRP would be given to those families who intend to return to Kashmir valley as per PM package.
There are about 170 Kashmiri Pandits working in Kupwara district of Valley, but due to non-availability of accommoda... | |
| | | | Rebukes JK for poor implementation of R-APDRP | | Union Govt vindicates ETP reports | | | Akshay Azad
Jammu, Mar 14: Substantiating the reports published in three editions of Early Time Plus regarding dismal performance of R-APDRP (aiming for improvement of Transmission and distribution system) in Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Power Secretary has rebuked State Government in hard tone, asking latter to fix the responsibility of officials affecting progress of these projects adversely.
Sources informed Early Time Plus that Power Secretary, Government of India, Uma Shankar (with D.O letter number 02: 10: A-PDRP: 2012: States) has asked Chief Secretary Mohammad Iqbal Khandey to fix the responsibility of officers responsible for dismal performance of R-APDRP, aiming at Transmission ... | |
| | | | JCCB in hot soup, VOJ inquiry indicts embezzlement | | Illegal appointments, attachments | | | Sumit Sharma
rajouri, Mar 14: The dark clouds continued to hover over the management of Jammu Central Cooperative Bank who were trying to reconcile as Vigilance Organization Jammu (VOJ) probing the alleged illegal appointments, attachments and embezzlement in the financial assets of bank, indict embezzlement in banking system High placed sources within bank told that Vigilance Department in its report further has asked for quashing the so called illegal appointments by the bank management.
SSP Vigilance Shakti Pathak when contacted confirmed the reports and said that the report has been dispatched to the Cooperative department for further action. The VOJ started probe after allegations of... | |
| | | | Sham orders inquiry into Shopian PHE scam | | | |
Mustansir
srinagar, Mar 14: Taking cognizance of Early Time Plus report about misappropriation of funds to the tune of 53.3 crores in PHE Division Shopian, Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control, Sham Lal Sharma has ordered an departmental inquiry into the matter.
Sources said the PHE Minister Sham Lal Sharma has taken cognizance of the report that appeared in this newspaper on March 12 under title "Rs 53.3 crores scandal in PHE Div. Shopian, works approved for execution without tenders" and has directed the Chief Engineer PHE Kashmir to furnish a detailed report within shortest possible time.
It merits a mention here that this newspaper in its March 12 edition had reported ... | |
| | | | LA craves for quorum | | | |
ET Plus Report
Jammu, Mar 14: After the main opposition party in J&K legislative Assembly, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) decided to boycott remaining budget session, the Speaker and Deputy Speaker are finding hard to maintain the quorum in the legislative Assembly.
On Thursday, deputy Speaker Muhammad Sartaj Madni was conducting the house in absence of Speaker and directed many members, including ministers not to leave the house, otherwise quorum will not be maintained.
On Wednesday as well, Speaker Mubarak Gul asked members not to leave and be seated inside the house.
Out of 89 members of legislative Assembly, the PDP has 21 members in the house and after the boycott opposition benc... | |
| | | | Miffed Omar lays quick wreath after Jawans question his absence | | 'Mainstream' polity eyes votes over martyrs | | | ET Plus Report
srinagar, Mar 14: A miffed Chief Minister Omar Abdullah rushed to the Srinagar airport and quickly laid a wreath just before the bodies of five Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) men killed in Wednesday's Srinagar terror ambush were flown out. Omar made his appearance after news channels beamed the bytes of angry jawans questioning his absence at a ceremonial tribute giving ceremony to martyrs earlier in the day.
Not just the Chief Minister, no politician was present at the ceremony that CRPF had organised to honour its martyred men. The faces of most jawans were inscrutable when the bodies of their colleagues were brought out draped in the Tri-colour. They were inscrutabl... | |
| | | | After BSF, voices of dissent heard from CRPF too | | J&K Govt's decision to "disarm" CRPF backfires | | | Majid Ahmad
srinagar, Mar 14: The Jammu and Kashmir Government's decision to "disarm" Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel while on duty has backfired as according to reports only one among the five CRPF troops killed in Wednesday fidayeen attack in Srinagar was carrying weapon.
"Only one out of the five CRPF personnel killed in the militant attack outside their camp in Srinagar was carrying weapons. Although there was specific intelligence input about a possible attack on police camps by men in disguise," sources told Early Time Plus.
The directive to CRPF not to carry weapons came from the State Government last month after protests erupted in the Valley against the execution o... | |
| | | | Ruling NC comfortable with PDP boycott | | | |
Bashir Assad
Jammu, Mar 14: For the first time since the commencement of the ensuing budget session on February 28, the ruling National Conference was literally comfortable in the house in the absence of the single largest opposition Peoples Democratic Party which has announced to boycott the rest of the budget session though NPP, BJP, CPI (M) and PDF kept it on toes over the Kashmir situation.
The body language of the ruling National Conference Ministers was an indication that they were relaxed today which was also obvious from the fact that despite the Business Advisory Committee had in its meeting on Wednesday remarked that Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Mir Saifullah shou... | |
| | | | Soz likely to seek AFSPA revocation | | Revocation must begin now: NC | | | ET Plus Report
srinagar, Mar 14: Amid heated debate on revocation of controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), Jammu and Kashmir Congress Committee president Saifuddin Soz is likely to take up the issue of revocation with Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, sources said.
According to Congress sources, Soz who met the Congress chief Sonia Gandhi at her residence in Delhi today to discuss the prevailing situation in the Valley, is scheduled to meet the Union Home Minister tomorrow, where he is expected to take up the issue apart from apprising Shinde on the situation obtaining in the Valley. The meeting has assumed significance in the backdrop of Soz having supported the... | |
| | | | ZEO makes mockery of ensuing examination | | Question papers in unsealed packets | | | ET Plus Report
rajouri, Mar 14: Taking serious note of issuing question papers unsealed packets for the ensuing middle school examination from ZEO office, Thanamandi, Joint Director Education, on the direction of Director Education, today visited some schools and held meeting with the headmasters. After receiving the complaints, the Director rushed a team to the area for investigation. On Wednesday a team headed by Roshan Lal, HOD at DIET, visited some middle schools at Phangai and Thanamandi and after spot investigation they found the open envelopes of question papers of subjects that were supposed to be written today or tomorrow.
The team members including AH Dar submitted their repor... | |
| | | | 325 Burmese families illegally living in Jammu: Govt | | | | KUNAL SHRIVATSA
JAMMU, Mar 14: The menace of 'illegal immigration' by foreign nationals has made its roots in the sensitive border state of Jammu and Kashmir also as several Burmese are residing here by way of adopting illegitimate means.
The presence of Burmese in Jammu and Kashmir has been admitted by none other than the State Government in a written reply to a question by MLA Prof Chaman Lal Gupta in the Legislative Assembly here today.
The State Government said that as many as 325 Burmese families comprising 1435 souls are residing in Jammu district while one woman Bangladeshi national is putting up in District Srinagar on marriage grounds.
"325 Burmese families comprising 1435 pe... | |
| | | | AFSPA politics demoralizes security forces: Harsh | | | | Bashir Assad
Jammu, Mar 14: An adjournment motion on the killing of five Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, moved in the legislative assembly by the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP), was today disallowed which led to walk out by the opposition NPP and BJP members. Deputy Speaker Sartaj Madni, who was in the chair today morning, rejected the motion moved by the three legislators of the JKNPP demanding that normal business be suspended and an adjournment motion considered on the situation arising out of the killing of five CRPF men by terrorists in a "fidayeen" attack in Srinagar on Wednesday.
Madni said that since Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had made a stateme... | |
| | | | Signatures of Lashkar-e-Toiba seen in Srinagar attack: CRPF | | | | ET plus report
Srinagar, Mar 14: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) believes there aresignature signs of the Lashkar-e-Taiba being involved in the attack outside a public school in Srinagar in which five jawans and two militants were killed.
Director General of CRPF Pranay Sahay said although the identity of the slain militants is yet to be established, the attack bore the signature of Lashkar-e-Taiba outfit "What we have been able to make out from the pattern of this thing, reportedly they could be from the (Lashkar-e) Taiba group," he added.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. Initial investigations suggested the militants belonged to the Pakistan-based ... | |
| | | | Dy Speaker not satisfied over ministers' conduct | | Government embarrassed | | |
Bashir Assad
Jammu, Mar 14: The state government had to face an embarrassing situation at least twice in the House today prompting the Deputy Speaker Muhammad Sartaj Madni who was in chair to express his dissatisfaction on the seriousness of the government.
The in-charge Minister Home, Sajad Ahmad Kichloo was not available in the House at the time he was to reply a listed question of National Conference leader Dr. Mustafa Kamaal on number of vehicles plying on National Highway in a year and the strength of Traffic policemen posted on the highway from Jammu to Srinagar. In his absence Minister for Medical education, Taj Mohiuddin started replying on behalf of the home minister but cou... | |
| | | | "Raman Bhalla still Revenue Minister' courtesy official website | | | | et plus report
Jammu, Mar 14: In a state where its tech- savy Chief Minister often keeps informing its people with his regular tweets on other social networking sites about his activities and reactions to world events but his tall claims about e-Governance utterly fails on ground reality as for the official website the Minister for Revenue and Relief is still Raman Bhalla.
The tech-savy Chief Minister Omar Abdullah too has apprised about the matter through a formal complaint with CM Grievance cell vide no 38607 by RTI activist Raman Sharma demanding rectification of website and action against laxity of the officers concerned.
Although Chief Minister Omar Abdullah about two months ago i.... | |
| | | | Need to re-visit policy on use of non-lethal weapons: Sham | | | | ET Plus Report
Jammu, Mar 14: Under attack by the opposition for disarming of Police and CRPF personnel under Standard Operation Procedure (SOP) on use of non-lethal weaponry in the Valley, Congress Minister Sham Lal Sharma today said that the policy needs to be reviewed.
"Today there is Cabinet meeting-- we will discuss it (disarming of Police and CRPF under SOP)-- I think there is a need to re-visit this policy once again-- it is needed to be reviewed", Sharma told reporters here.
Sharma was replying to the volley of questions about disarming of CRPF and policemen and making them targets of the militants in Kashmir valley, revocation of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and the h... | |
| | | | No 'appeal' from Govt to party for attending House | | PDP's absence from Assembly | | | ET Plus Report
Jammu, Mar 14: Even as a few interventions by a couple of ministers were seen in the Legislative Assembly today , seeking presence of main opposition party PDP's presence in the House and asking for a sort of 'appeal' from the Assembly to participate in the proceedings, no serious or formal attempt has yet been made by the government to take party's absence seriously or express concern over their decision to completely boycott rest of the session. On the second consecutive day, the government went on with its 'business as usual' without caring for the absence of single largest party in the House.
In the political circles while it is being argued that democracy calls for... | |
| | | | No inputs about fresh terror strikes in JK: Kichloo | | Slain CRPF men were fully armed | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Jammu, Mar 14: Minister of State for Home Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo today denied reports that they have received any inputs pertaining to fresh terror strikes in Jammu and Kashmir. He also denied the reports that the killed CRPF men were carrying shields and lathis instead of weapons. He expressed his grief and sorrow over the killing of five CRPF personnels in Srinagar yesterday. "It should not have happened, but it took place and was an unfortunate tragedy," Kichloo said "We don't have any inputs about any plan of the militants to carry out similar attacks". He blamed the media for racking controversy over party's demand of removal of Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA) fro... | |
| | | | Two minors go missing | | | | ET Plus Report
Rajouri, Mar 14: Two minors reportedly went missing from their respective residences in W- 12 of Rajouri for the past 24 hours. Chetan Langer son of Rakesh Langer and Nitish Gupta son of Sanjay Gupta both fourteen years old went missing after attending school in Rajouri city, yesterday. Duo studying in Himalyan Education Mission, Rajouri, reportedly were seen last on March 13 at school and later went missing till now, reports said.
Family members finding no trace of them till late evening finally lodged a missing report with local Police at Rajouri. They also have approached to Superintendent of Police (SP), Rajouri Mubassir Latifi in this regard. Meanwhile sources also sai... | |
| | | | GAD files compliance report in alleged land encroachment | | DB directs appellant to file response | | | ET Plus Report
Jammu, Mar 14: In the much publicized Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed against alleged land grabbing by certain police officers/ politicians/bureaucrats in connivance with land mafia in various parts of Jammu and Kashmir, as per direction of February 19, 2013 the state filed final decision on the report dated April 24, 2006/ September 2, 2011 of State Vigilance Organisation (SVO).
According to the compliance report filed by Additional Secretary GAD Simrandeep Singh in which it has been submitted that a meeting was convened by the Chief Secretary J&K on March 6, 2013 in which various decisions were taken. According to the decisions, the Commissioner/Secretary Revenue D... | |
| | | | NC, PDP commend Vajpayee | | Bemina terror attack | | | Neha
Jammu, Mar 14: The March 13 terror attack in Bemina, Srinagar, as expected, triggered a fierce debate with the NC and the main opposition party hailing BJP veteran and former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayees's Kashmir policy and the BJP spokespersons on the private news channel debates not saying anything about the Vajpayee's Kashmir policy but denouncing the Congress's policy on Jammu and Kashmir. The BJP spokesperson had no argument to defend Vajpayee. On the other hand, the NC and other Kashmir-based parties sticking to their stand that India, not Pakistan, is the culprit and suggesting that had Vajpayee been in power, Kashmir problem would have been resolved satisfactorily an... | |
| | | | Curfew, shutdown cripples normal life in Kashmir | | Man hit by CRPF vehicle succumbs | | | Mustansir
srinagar, Mar 14: Life in the Kashmir valley came to a grinding halt today in wake of the curfew imposed by the authorities. Initially authorities had announced that curfew would be imposed in Srinagar city. However, it has been imposed across the Valley. Pertinently tension had gripped Valley after a paramilitary CRPF men shot dead a man at Zoonimar Saidpora on Wednesday when according to police the CRPF vehicles carrying Jawans were rushing towards SKIMS Soura to donate blood to CRPF persons who were injured in fidayeen attack in Bemina earlier in the day.
The city is under a thick blanket of security and no movement is allowed. With separatists having called for a strike toda... | |
| | | | Fidayeens take advantage from warring NC, PDP | | | | ET Plus Report
Jammu, Mar 14: Militants have succeeded in taking advantage of the growing political uncertainty, the result of growing feud between the PDP and the NC and uneasy alliance between the Congress and the NC and of the unending shutdowns and protest rallies, leading to clashes between the security forces and the protesters. And this advantge, these militants have taken, is reflected in the fidayeen attack on a CRPF camp and that too close to the Police public school in the otherwise sensitive area of Bemina on Wednesday.
That it was a major attack is evident from the ferocity of the gun and grenade strike in which five CRPF personnel were killed and several others including s... | |
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