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| Without tenders, University purchases equipment worth 1.75 Cr | | Malpractice at SMVDU-I | | | Avinash Azad
JAMMU, Sept 11: In sheer violation of Government norms for procurement, the administration of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU) Katra has procured irrelevant equipment worth Rs 1.75 crore without floating National or Global tenders.
The university in reply of RTI application has admitted that Mass ARRAY SEQUENOM equipment to carry out research work in Human Genetics, was procured without floating tenders to the tune of Rs. 1.75 Crores. More interestingly the subject Human Genetics is not available in the University.
Smelling irregularities in the functioning of university following the RTI reply, social activist Udhay Chand has filled a case with State Vigilance Organization against university authorities alleging malpractice at SMVDU, but so far no action has been taken by SVO.
In its application to SVO, Udhay Chand has maintained that Prof RNK Bamezai, Former Vice Chancellor, SMVDU, Katra was involved in misappropriation of funds of university. "Prof RNK Bamezai, previous to joining the post of VC, SMVDU, Katra was working as Professor Life Sciences, Jawa... | |
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| Jammu's super specialty hospital turns employees sick | | No salary since June | | | Bijay Charak
JAMMU, Sept 11: Much hyped Super Specialty Hospital (SSH) Jammu has become a storehouse of grievances for employees working there, as the hospital administration has failed to disburse salary of around three hundred employees for the last three months.
Sources informed Early Times that more than 300 employees including permanent, contractual/need basis have been working in Super Specialty hospital but were without salaries since June.
Preferring anonymity, an employee of SSH said that in the month of June, they were given four month's salary and once again three months have elapsed and they were without salary and have been managing their family affairs by taking loan.
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| | | | Congress awaiting revocation of nomination order by CM | | Kargil Hill Council 'put on hold' | | | Looks at NC moves on dispatching Ministers as 'mischief'
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 11: Even as the Congress has put its foot down over Kargil hill Development Council issue, ruling National Conference continues to play 'hide and seek' , notwithstanding the assurances coming from various quarters and impressions it gives to its that it will allow the Congress Councillors to form the Government in the autonomous body. Having made four nominations by issuing a notification in favour of NC, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has yet to revoke and recall the order which has created a furore between the allies. The issue has ostensibly been put on hold and the formation of Council formally h... | |
| | | | Sarpanch, family booked for coercion, illegal confinement | | | | Early Times Report
RAJOURI, Sept 11: A sarpanch, his wife and son have been booked by Rajouri police for threatening his real brother and his family, keeping them in illegal confinement for whole night inside their house and damaging their property in village Dhanwankot under the jurisdiction of Chingus police station in Rajouri district on Tuesday.
A case under sections 342/452/448/427 RPC and 30 Arms Act (violation of licensed weapon rules) was registered in Chingus police station against the accused.
Source said that Mohd Azam sarpanch, Dhanwan Kot along with his wife Sakeena Begam and son Mohd Rafi went to the near by house of his real brother Manzoor Ahmed at about 9 pm along with h... | |
| | | | Work on Impounding Reservoir behind schedule in CM's home constituency | | Project delayed due to cost escalation | | | Arun Singh
JAMMU, Sept 11: The phrase "Just below the lantern- lies the darkness" seems fit for Chief Minister Omar Abdullah as in his home constituency the project of construction of Impounding Reservoir in Gandarbal has failed to meet deadline of March 2013 besides funds for the project have been stopped due its cost escalation.
Sources told Early Times that the project of construction of Impounding Reservoir was taken up in August, 2011 at the cost of Rs 14.91 crore under National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) without administrative approval.
"The DPR for the scheme had been originally prepared at a cost of Rs 14.91 crore. But the concerning PHE department submitted a revised... | |
| | | | Commission asked to file report in Kishtwar violence in 30 days, given logistics after 16 days | | | | ET Report
JAMMU, Sept 11: The State Government is seemingly non-serious over Kishtwar violence and its enquiry by retired justice, as only fourteen days have been left for retired Justice RC Gandhi to submit his enquiry report, but requisite services including staff, vehicle, accommodation beside others, have only been provided to him today.
Sources informed Early Times that on August 24, 2013 one man Commission of Inquiry of former High Court Justice RC Gandhi, was asked to enquire into August 9, communal clashes and subsequent incidents of violence in Kishtwar, but so far the enquiry has not started, due to delay on part of Government.
The enquiry officer has been asked to submit repor... | |
| | | | NHAI to charge highway user-fee at two locations | | Car to pay Rs 100 from Sidhra bypass to Lakhanpur | | | Akshay Azad
JAMMU, Sept 11: Already facing severe crisis due to frequent increase in fuel prices, the commoners are likely to get another shocker as the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) intends to charge highway user-fee at two separate locations, for newly upgraded four lane Jammu-Lakhanpur road.
Sources informed Early Times that the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has finalized the fee to be levied from the people who would travel on the road stretch between Sidhra bypass (Jammu) to Lakhanpur at two separate locations.
All the vehicles including heavy and light motor vehicles would have to pay NH user fee at two separate counters of NHAI. "One counter has already b... | |
| | | | NC creating hatred between communities | | Modi phobia | | | Neha
JAMMU, Sept 11: Fearing a humiliating defeat at the hands of aggrieved and badly let down people across the state, the unpopular National Conference on Tuesday made fool of itself by charging the BJP with "orchestrating riots" in Jammu and Kashmir to satiate Gujarat Chief Minister and chairman of BJP election campaign committee Narendra Modi's "hunger for power". "Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is desperately activating its cadres and cajoling BJP to create a situation where there is blood bath between Hindus and Muslims, resulting in total polarization," provincial president of the NC said while addressing a workers rally at Panchayat Nandwal in Raipur Domana Constituency, Jammu, ... | |
| | | | Tension prevails, one more killed, 8 injured in fresh firing | | Police, CRPF at loggerheads over Shopian killing | | | Bashir Assad
SRINAGAR, Sept 11: Killing of four persons at Shopian on September 7 allegedly by CRPF seems to have once again brought the State and Central forces at loggerheads.
While the State police in a press release claimed that three of the four killed were locals with no history of militancy, a CRPF internal enquiry claims to have found all of them to have had criminal antecedents and the three locals to be linked to a top LeT operative.
CRPF sources also said jawans had no option but to fire at the youths as they were being fired at. Four persons were killed when CRPF personnel opened fire to repulse an alleged militant attack at Gagran in Shopian town, 52 km from Srinagar, on ... | |
| | | | Tawi Golf course becomes private estate of Tourism Department | | | | ET Report
JAMMU, Sept 11: The Jammu Tawi golf course has been closed for the use of common people by the tourism department. Even no membership has been provided to any one by the department.
The Jammu Tawi golf course was inaugurated in April 2011 during a day long function which remained a low key affair despite inviting big guns of state politics to participate in the event.
People of Jammu were very enthusiastic after the completion of nine-hole golf course, which they thought will invite larger participation in the game in the winter capital of the state.
After the inauguration, only registered golfers were allowed and Common Jammuite were not allowed to enter the arena.
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| | | | NC in complete disarray | | Drama in Kargil | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Sept 11: The National Conference, which has never ever upheld democratic values, is in complete disarray. Its leadership is making a mockery of itself. One day, the party president, Farooq Abdullah, says that the NC is not in the race as far as the issue of formation of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Kargil is concerned opining that the NC lost the council election because of its own misdoings. He makes this statement seemingly to keep the NC-Congress coalition intact. And he makes this nice statement in the wake of the strong reaction from the Congress to the NC working president and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's controversial decision to n... | |
| | | | 'Mehbooba set two days deadline for chief Minister to file FIR' | | | |
Javaid Naikoo
SRINAGAR, Sept 11: As reported earlier that as per the family members of those killed in Saturdays incident ,Police is refusing to launch and FIR and the incident has taken an astonishing mode following the recent statement of police and CRPF in which jammu and kashmir police says that three out of four persons killed in shopian incident and identified as Tawseef Ahmad Bhat resident of Baba Mohalla Shopian, Mohammad Yousf Sofi resident of Durpora,Zainapora, Shopian and Tariq Ahmad Mir resident of Okay, Kulgam does not have any militant records against them, while asCRFP officials claim that the said people were involved in militant activities and posses proofs against th... | |
| | | | Students, faculty rue depilated condition of PWD Colony School | | |  early times report
Kathua, Sept11: Both the students and the faculty at Govt Girls Primary School PWD Colony near Shaheedhi Chowk Kathua are fraught over not only the dilapidated condition of school due to negligence of the education department but also by the unhygienic conditions around the school courtesy a local restaurant.
Raising the issue the school teachers namely Jyoti Rajput, Tamna Gupta and Amita Sharma lamented that an outlet of waste water from a local restaurant opens up in sc... | |
| | | | JKPDC claims and missing agreements | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 11: The Power Development Corporation has given its roadmap for generating 9000 MWs by the 13th plan. A paid advertisement circulated by the corporation claims that the JKPDC was the fastest growing hydro power corporation in the country.
Well the JKPDC need not trumpet its so-called success in the state especially. The people of Jammu Kashmir know that like other corporations, it (JKPDC) has also become a rehabilitation centre for retired Government officials.
The roadmap, however, does not say how the targets projected in the advertisement can be achieved. The efficiency of the PDC and its parent department is already under scanner. The vital agreements... | |
| | | | Fire Services purchased ineffectual machinery worth crores | | Suggestions of serving, retired officers ignored | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 11: As the Jammu and Kashmir State has achieved dubious distinction of being ranked the most corrupt State in the country with huge chunk of funds received from centre for development of the militancy ravaged State going down the deep pockets of the corrupt officers and politicians, Department of Fire and Emergency Services is no exception.
Reports suggest that the department of fire and emergency services had purchased machinery worth crores without proper studies and analysis and worthless machinery has never been put to use.
Sources said the machinery was purchased by some top officers and bureaucrats eyeing huge cuts despite the general opinion of ... | |
| | | | ARC's abuse renders female staffer unconscious | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 11: Female employee of the Principal Resident Commission fainted on Tuesday when the Additional Resident Commissioner (ARC) allegedly abused her. Interestingly, the Chief Minister was staying in the building housing the Commission office at Prithviraj Road, New Delhi. Omar was in Delhi to attend a conference of Power Ministers of the country.
Reports said that a female employee, Rajni went to the office of the ARC, Asif Hamid Khan with some files. However, after ten or fifteen minutes when she came out she looked pale and fainted but not before telling her colleagues that the ARC had abused her.
Rajni, it may be mentioned is scheduled to retire next year. R... | |
| | | | Shortage of staff: Panchayat members lock three Govt schools in Kalakote | | | | early times report
Rajouri, Sept 11: To register their resentment over shortage of teachers/masters in Government Schools falling under Gandoh panchayat in Kalakot tehsil, agitated panchayat members today locked three government schools viz. a primary, middle and high school.
Before locking the schools the deputations of locals, panchyat members, prominent citizens under the leadership of Shanker Dass, sarpanch have met the senior officers of education department time and again but till today nothing has been done to redress the issue.
He said that there is only one post graduate teacher at Government High School at Gandoh against 230 students enrolled in the school. "He too has shown h... | |
| | | | SIC seeks affidavit from XEn PDD Batote | | To ensure no information is concealed | | | early times report
Srinagar, Sept 11: The State Information Commission (SIC) has directed the Executive Engineer (XEn) Power Development Department (PDD) EM & RE division Batote to file an affidavit before the commission to ensure that the information he has provided to an RTI applicant under State RTI Act is the same information which has been sought and nothing has been concealed . The RTI applicant had sought information related to purchases made by the XEn in the division and criteria for making such purchases.
As per the documents available with Early Times Advocate Kovid Khosla from Sidhra, Jammu moved an application dated 29-03-2013 under J&K RTI Act, 2009 before the PIO, Execut... | |
| | | | Signing authorities not adhering to rule book, Govt takes serious note | | | | Et Report
Srinagar, Sept 11 : The state government has cracked whip on officials for not indicating their name and designation below their signature while initiating or endorsing any note for consideration of the competent authorities as well as on the communications exchanged with different departments.
According to GAD circular number, 20 of 2013, dated, September 10, government has maintained that instructions issued earlier, were not being adhered to strictly and the correspondences including government orders were issued without mentioning the details of the signing authority.Notably, government in 2004, vide circular number 10, dated July 14, had directed all the officers to indicat... | |
| | | | JCC intensifies agitation, calls for evening protest march up to CM’s residence | | | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, Sept 11: The Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) of the government employees today intensified their agitation in support of their demands by announcing fresh programme of five days including two days of pen down strike starting from Tuesday. Addressing a press conference senior JCC leader and President, Employees Joint Action Committee-Qayoom (EJAC-Q), Abdul Qayoom Wani said the state government is adopting a silence over the fulfillment of genuine demands of government employees. Qayoom said that employees would continue their struggle as long as their demands are not met by the state government. Announcing the agitation programme, Qayoom said that government ... | |
| | | | SSB leaves aspirants in lurch, official website defunct | | | | ET Report
Srinagar, Sept11; Much to the dismay for job aspirants in Jammu and Kashmir, Service Selection Board (SSB) has left hundreds of candidates in darkness as they are unable to get their admit cards on time owing to defect in the official website of board. The entrance test scheduled is to be held on September 14 across Jammu and Kashmir for various posts advertised by the board.
The candidates say they were asked to download their admit cards online from SSB's website. "But we are not able to download admit cards from the website," the disappointed candidates have said. "I am trying to download my admit card from last couple of days but all in vain as the website is not working... | |
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