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'Alleged swindling of BADP funds for model villages' Enquiry Officer 'shields' culprits' Govt's reminders go unnoticed 4/9/2019 12:08:36 AM Avinash Azad Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 8:Despite lapse of 18 months and repeated reminders from Government to conduct probe into alleged swindling of BADP funds for model villages, Chief Engineer, PWD R&B, Jammu as chairperson of the committee didn't bother to hold even a single meeting as per the job assigned upon him. According sources, the Planning Development & Monitoring Department had ordered an enquiry into alleged swindling of funds to the tone of over three crore of rupees by Officer Rural Development Jammu. "A four members enquiry committee, comprising of Chief Engineer PWD, R&B Jammu as Chairman, Executive Engineer, PMGSY Jammu, Assistant Executive Engineer, PMGSY Jammu and Assistant Director, CSS/BADP Jammu, PD&MD as members was constituted by the then Commissioner Secretary, Planning Development & Monitoring Department, Rohit Kansal vide order number 326-PD of 2017, dated 18/10/2017 to ascertain the quality of works executed under BADP for proposed model villages Parwal, Palanwala and Sainth in Chamb constituency", sources said. They said that due to known re...   READ MORE

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Anything for votes: Farooq says, Azadi is coming Fooling people! 4/9/2019 12:08:21 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 18: National Conference President Dr Farooq Abdullah has stirred the hornet's nest ahead of Lok Sabha polls by talking about Azadi. "Do they (New Delhi) think that they will abrogate Article 370 and we will be quiet? They are wrong. We will fight against it. I think it's God's will that they are trying to abrogate it. Let them do it and it will pave way for our Azadi," Farooq said while addressing an election rally in Srinagar's old city. An analyst while talking to Early Times said that "It's unfortunate that Kashmir centric politicians have turned into separatists ahead of Lok Sabha polls and are raising contentious issues." It's in place to mention her...   READ MORE   Delegation of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam Welfare Society meets Governor 4/9/2019 12:07:57 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 8: A delegation of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam Welfare Society led by its President Prof. Ved Kumari Ghai met Governor Satya Pal Malik at the Raj Bhavan here today. Prof. Ghai apprised Governor about the activities undertaken by the Society for the welfare of the under privileged sections of the society and about its future programmes. Governor appreciated the programmes of the Society and lauded commitment of its members towards ensuring overall well being of child...   READ MORE   No takers of Govt's directives for calamities 4/9/2019 12:06:48 AM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Apr 8: It has been over seven months since the divisional administrations were directed to review the vulnerability and hazard risk management in each district, there has been no progress in this regard. In September last year, the government issued directives to concerned authoritative to assess the capacities to deal with the disasters and identify the gaps. However, it has been since seven months no progress has been made in this regard. "All those directives are confined to papers only. We are not sure whether these directives will be implemented or not," an official in Chief Secretary's office said. The official said that directives ...   READ MORE   Fit case for delimitation of LS seats in J&K 4/9/2019 12:06:38 AM Early Times Report Jammu, April 8: The charge of the people of Jammu province that Kashmir has more representation in the Lok Sabha and they are under-represented in the country's highest law-making body is as well-founded as it is genuine. Similarly, their demand that the Lok Sabha constituencies be delimited so that they got due representation in this law-making body is also justifiable and well-founded. Kashmir returns 3 members to the Lok Sabha and Jammu only two. Ladakh sends one member to the Lok Sabha. The land area of Jammu province is almost two-time that of Kashmir and the bulk of Jammu's land area if hilly, mountainous and inaccessible, even treacherous. It is over 26,000 squ...   READ MORE   Hospitality & Protocol Deptt denies info on backdoor appointments, GAD reveals it under RTI 4/9/2019 12:06:13 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 8: In a bid to conceal information under Right to Information Act (RTI) about the alleged backdoor appointments made between 1996 to 2002 in Hospitality & Protocol Department (H&P Deptt), the department provided information which was contradictory to the one provided by General Administration Department (GAD). The misleading information provided by the directorate of H&P may land the concerned PIO in trouble as the information seeker has already filed first appe...   READ MORE   More scams surface in Anantnag Women's college Rs 87 Lakh released to SCIOP in violation of norms 4/9/2019 12:05:09 AM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Anantnag, Apr 8: In yet another scam in Anantnag Women's College, the officials have released an amount of Rs 87 lakh to SICOP without fallowing the procedure. The officials have also bent rules and by passed the college construction and development committee to favor indirectly a firm that had executed the works. Documents accessed by Early Times reveal that Jammu Kashmir Small Scale Industries Development Corporation raised a bill of Rs 92.00 lakh in year 2016 to Women's Degree College Anantnag for Reconstructing flood damaged science laboratories. The Project Manager of SCIOP certified that the agency has executed the work as per the specifications ...   READ MORE   Revenue employees busy to convert Agriculture land to conversion Admin sleeps as conversion of agriculture land continues in Kathua 4/9/2019 12:04:43 AM Arun Trisal Early Times Report Kathua, Apr 8: Despite strict instructions from local administration and various legislations including J&K Land Revenue Act, Agrarian Reforms Act and different sections in J&K constitution, the conversion of agrarian land for commercial and non-agricultural purposes continues across district Kathua including Tehsil Marheen. Hundreds of acres of agricultural land is being converted into non- agricultural land as the administration watches like a spectator,...   READ MORE   Alleged manhandling of Sarpanch by DC Kishtwar, his PSOs : CJM directs SSP to probe allegations 4/9/2019 12:03:48 AM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 8: In a major setback to controversial Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar Angrez Singh Rana who is considered close to MoS in PMO Dr. Jitendra Singh, the Chief Judicial Magistrate Kishtwar Sudhir Khajuria today directed SSP Kishtwar to probe the allegations against him and submit the report within a week and fixed the next date of hearing of the case on 16-4-2019. As per the details available with ET, Babu Lal Bhandari Son of Som Nath Bhandari Resident of Lopara Dachhan in Kishtwar District through his Counsel Advocate Safder Ali Shoket filed a written complaint before the CJM Kishtwar seeking directions upon the officer in-charge Police Station ...   READ MORE   Vikramaditya calls Jitendra Singh 'accidental MP' with zero intent to serve people 4/9/2019 12:03:25 AM Early Times Report KATHUA, Apr 8: Senior Congress leader and party's Lok Sabha candidate from Udhampur-Doda-Kathua Constituency Vikramaditya Singh on Monday launched a scathing attack on BJP candidate Dr Jitendra Singh calling him 'accidental MP' with zero intent to serve the people. Addressing a series of public meetings at different villages in Kathua, the Dogra scion said that Dr Jitendra Singh had become the MP for "the first and the last time" in 2014 as the people at that time got car...   READ MORE   11 officials suspended for violating ECI guidelines in Kupwara 4/9/2019 12:02:56 AM S Tahir-ul Haq Early Times Report KUPWARA, Apr 8: Eleven employees, including nine from education department have been suspended for violating Election Commission of India guidelines and hampering election process in this border district of north Kashmir. "Pursuant to the relaxation for advance deployment of poll parties for four days accorded by Election Commission of India the poll parties were scheduled to be dispatched on 7/4/2019 for Karnah, Karen and Machil areas," the order said....   READ MORE   BJP sarpanch, sons booked for beating lady after his son ‘raped’ her 4/9/2019 12:02:39 AM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 8: The police today booked BJP Sarpanch from Nagsini block of Kishtwar district along with his son's after he and his sons beat, tortured and abused a lady (name withheld) after his one of his sons committed rape on her. Reports said the rape victim alleged that she was kidnapped by the accused Ajay Kumar Shan son of Om Prakash Shan resident of Pullar Kishtwar while she was on her way home. She stated that after kidnapping her, the accused took her to his home on the pretext that he would marry with her after his family rejected the proposal citing caste reasons. She said that after taking her to his home, the accused Ajay Kumar Shan r...   READ MORE   Students boycott classes over Govt failure to start +2 4/9/2019 12:01:17 AM Abid Hussain Wani Early Times Report Doda, Apr 8: Students along with parents staged protest against failure of government to start +2 in Manjmi area of Doda district Monday. The protest was staged outside the Deputy Commissioner's office. Angry protesters raised anti government slogans and blocked the main road of Doda city for three hours which affected flow of traffic in the city. Govt High Secondary School Manjmi was established in 1958 and upgraded as Lower High School 2003. After that school was upgraded to High Secondary level and was approved for upgradation by the previous government under vide govt order no 737 edu of 14 on 22-10-2014 but the classes couldn't be made funct...   READ MORE

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