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Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 20: In a development that has put the security forces on tenterhooks, terror outfits have been found to be using tiffin boxes for their terror activities including circulation of the hawala money and possibly even to ferry arms and ammunition in Jammu province.
Sources said intelligence agencies have inputs that the terror outfits may use lunch boxes to ferry arms and ammunition especially deadly explosives like RDX.
Sources said the intelligence agencies got such inputs after the police in Jammu last month seized a consignment of hawala money from a hotcase.
Sources said the Pakistan handler were wanting the terror groups make use of such things fo... | |
| | | | Claims on social media to streamline school education proved hoax! | | On ground influential teachers managing posting from place to another within city limit | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 20: All claims of higher-ups in the school education department to transfer influential teachers from cities proved to be a hoax as higher-ups could not even transfer their teachers to adjoining areas of cities.
During the last one month, higher-ups in the education department were making tall claims on social media to streamline functioning of the school education department by shifting influential teachers to rural areas but nothing has been done on the ground.
Latest transfer list of lecturers issued by the department on August 14 is an indication that higher-ups are working under influence so they could not shift influential lecturers outside Jammu c... | |
| | | | Contractor used sub-standard material, minors for road construction in PMGSY Chatroo Div | | |  ASIF IQBAL NAIK
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Aug 20: In a brazen violation of rules and regulations, a contractor engaged by the PMGSY Department for construction of Sigdi-Bhata road falling under PMGSY Division Chatroo was found using substandard material for construction of the road besides also engaging the minor children for hazardous work forcing the Child Welfare Broad to intervene into the matter.
Sources told Early Times that the contractor and the officials of the PMGSY Division C... | |
| | | | ‘Rs 200 cr not enough, 100% target won’t be achieved’ | | Road macdamisation across J&K | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 20: The Jammu and Kashmir administration allocating Rs 200 crore for macdamisation of the roads across the Union Territory has evoked concern from the stakeholders as they believe that amount is “too less” to cover the entire J&K. Sources told Early Times that the funds released for the macadamisition programme are too little as with this amount approximately 700 kilometers of road can be blacktopped despite the fact that thousands of kilometers of roads are awaiting blacktopping.
“It has been observed that approximately Rs 30 lakhs are spent on macadamisation of one kilometre of length of road and with this amount i.e. Rs 200 crore, only 666 kilometre of r... | |
| | | | Kathua women cell SHO turns Dabaang, barges into house of retired DySP | | Allegedly humiliates his daughters; family of ex-police officer demands her suspension | |  Harpreet Singh Sethi
Early Times Report
Kathua, Aug 20: A daughter of a retired Deputy Superintendent of Police, in Kathua has accused the Station House Officer of the women cell of barging into their house without a search warrant and abusing her family members. A 22-year old girl who runs a saloon in Kathua while addressing a news conference here alleged that the SHO women cell Kathua raided her house last night and abused her family.
The girl, who was flanked by her another sister, mo... | |
| | | | Munish Gupta asks government to solve problems of people of Vikram Nagar near Reen Palace | | Residents of Vikram Nagar near Reen Palace at receiving end since problems remain unattended | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 20: Munish Gupta, Editor in Chief, Early Times has asked the administration to come up to the expectations of the people living in the Jammu region and solve the problems living in the different areas of the city.
Referring to the problems being faced by the people of Gandhi Nagar constituency Munish said that many areas of this constituency have been left to the mercy of God. He said that despite repeated reminders the people at helm have not taken any step... | |
| | | | 2 militants including LeT commander killed in encounter, arms & ammunition recovered | | |  S TAHIR-UL HAQ
EARLY TIMES REPORT
KUPWARA, Aug 20: Two militants including commander of LeT outfit have been killed in an encounter with security forces in Ganapora Handwara, while five top most militant commanders including LeT chief of north Kashmir were killed in just three days in the twin districts of north Kashmir.
A top police official said that, on a specific input regarding presence of militants in Ganapora village of Kralgund of Handwara area, ambush followed by joint CASO was la... | |
| | | | From next week, LG to conduct review meetings of all Deptts in Sgr, HODs to remain present | | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 20: The Lieutenant governor Manooj Sinha will undertake detailed review of the all the departments in Srinagar from next week.
The government has already directed all the Head of the Departments (HODs) to remain present in Srinagar.
The General Administration Department (GAD) has ordered all the HODs to remain present in Srinagar from August 24 till September 25.
The Commissioner Secretary, GAD, Manoj Dwivedi in an order said: “In view of the forthcoming review of the Lt Governor of issues relating to all the administrative departments and in partial modification of Government order number 651- JK (GAD) of 2020 of June 19, 2020, all the... | |
| | | | Strange! SDMA shortlists sacked backdoor appointees for interview again | | |  Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 20: After unemployed youth sought Lt Governor Manoj Sinha’s intervention into the appointments and recruitments of fresh professionals in the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA), some backdoor appointees who were kicked out in 2018- 19 have been allegedly shortlisted again for the posts of consultants and senior consultants.
According to sources few years back there were back door appointments in the State Disaster Management Authority wherein several... | |
| | | | COVID-19 recovery rate in JK reaches almost 76 percent as 728 more persons get discharged | | Positive cases 30717, active positive 6914, recovered 23225, casualties 578 | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 20: The COVID-19 recovery rate in Jammu & Kashmir is almost 76 percent as 728 more virus affected patients were discharged from various hospitals today. Furthermore, 683 fresh cases of Corona Virus were reported today while as six more deaths took place in past 24 hours.
Srinagar reported 165 fresh cases of virus followed by Bandipora 113 cases, Jammu and Pulwama 59 cases each, Budgam 52 cases, Kupwara 42 cases, Anantnag and Ganderbal 41 cases each, Shopian 28 cases, Baramulla 22 cases, Udhampur 16 cases, Kathua 14 cases, Samba nine cases, Udhampur eight cases, Rajouri seven cases, Kulgam six cases, Reasi four cases, Doda and Poonch two ... | |
| | | | We are facing exploitation, allege MGNREGA employees | | Go on strike, demand framing of concrete job policy | |  Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 20: The employees engaged J&K government under centrally sponsored scheme Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) have alleged that the government is “exploiting” them. Talking to Early Times the employees said, “Nearly 4500 MGNREGA employees of the Rural Development & Panchayat Raj Department who have been working for past several years have been deprived of their rights.” They said, “Erstwhile regimes failed to frame a... | |
| | | | CMO Poonch denies information to RTI applicant | | Selection of Class-IV employees | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 20: The Chief Medical Office (CMO) Poonch has repeatedly denied information to a RTI applicant for the last many months while directions given by the First Appellate Authority (FAA) have also made no difference.
According to the documents available with Early Times, the RTI applicant Hardev Singh had filed an application before Chief Medical Office Poonch seeking information to find out an alleged irregularity in the selection of 25 Class-IV employees in district Poonch.
The applicant had sought information about the copy of notification number 83/NG/2013 dated 05/02/2013 issued by CMO Poonch. The applicant had also sought a copy of certificates including ... | |
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