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| Tainted Alok all set to re-join JK Police | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 5: Tainted Alok Kumar, a 1977 batch IPS of JK cadre is all set to stage a comeback to Jammu Kashmir.
Alok after serving the state of Jammu & Kashmir in various capacities went on deputation to his parent state in 2010. After serving as SSP Railways Jamalpur for a brief period he managed posting as SSP Patna. Soon after, he was promoted as DIG because of his father's affiliation with Ram Vilas Paswan, the leader of the Lok Jan Shakti Party.
As DIG Saran, he strained his relations with the liquor mafia and demanded Rs 10 Crore from them. However, the mafia proved too strong for him and he was placed under suspension on February 5, this year. A high level enquiry was also ordered against him.
In April this year the enquiry recommended further suspension and urged the government of Bihar not to allow him to leave the state, he was attached with ADJ military Police.
Alok enacted a drama in July and rushed to Bhagwanpur police station to lodge a complaint of harassment against the DGP and three senior officers. However, the SHO was not present much to... | |
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| Sexual exploitation of mentally retarded girls | | 2 more suspects grilled | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 5: Two more suspects were lifted by police for questioning during investigations into alleged sexual exploitation of mentally retarded girls in a an NGO here. They have been identified as Lalita and GL Koul, both employees in the NGO. Police were already questioning Director of the NGO Suram Chand Sharma and Chowkidar namely Angat Kumar, who were lifted as prime accused.
SSP Jammu Attul Kumar Goel when contacted said that four suspects are being questioned.He further said that policemen have been deployed in the premises of NGO and the re-examination of the girls would be conducted.
However, sources in the administration said that the government may tak... | |
| | | | CAPD issues set of instructions for dealers, consumers | | Bid to check black marketing of PDS ration | | | Mohd Irfan
Jammu, Sept 5: Taking cognizance of large scale complaints received by the department with regards to unavailability and black-marketing of ration at the depots and fair price shops, the directorate of CAPD has issued strict instructions to the dealers with regards to stock position, rates of various commodities and time tables of keeping the depots open for consumers.
As per circular NO.DCAPDJ/528-F/13/619 630 issued by Director CAPD Jammu, It has been notified for information of all concerned, Private dealers shall display information on notice board with regards to the rates of food grains, Depot No, families(APL,BPL,AAY); Fair Price shops/Sale depots shall remain open in ... | |
| | | | Unemployed youth slam Govt's new recruitment policy | | SSB screening test for district cadre posts on Sep 14 | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Kishtwar, Sept 5: Unemployed youth turned in huge numbers outside Dak Banglow Kishtwar for collecting their admit cards for September 14, 2013 screening test for various District posts with 10+2 as basic qualification. However, they slammed the new government recruitment policy under which all the unemployed youth appointed by the government will get monthly salary at par with basic pay for first five years.
Heavy rush of unemployed youth have been witnessed in almost all District of the state where the JKSSB has advertised the post in different departments including Teachers in Education Department and VLWs in Rural Development Department. Overall the unemployed yout... | |
| | | | SSB loots job aspirants | | Experts suggest recourse to Consumer Protection Laws | | | Bijay Charak
Jammu, Sept 5: Literally hoodwinking and looting the job aspirants of state, the Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection Board made aspirants to fill the same form repeatedly for same posts advertised at various occasions during the last around three years. But to the dismay of the aspirants, the SSB has clubbed all posts and has been conducting a single written test. Experts have suggested recourse to consumer protection laws.
Several job aspirants informed Early Times that they had filled separate application forms (OMR forms) in the last around three years. "The cost of one application form was Rs. 200 for any post including, Teacher, Village Level Worker, Lab Assistant,... | |
| | | | NC fails to furnish details sought by Sangarsh Movement | | CM making double speak on RTI | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 5: Ridiculing the Chief Minister's statement that political parties should come under the ambit of RTI, the Sangarsh RTI movement today said that it was the National Conference and National Panthers Party (NPP) which did not respond to their RTI applications filed early this year.
In a statement issued here today, chairman of the Sangarsh RTI Movement Balwinder Singh said that while his organization had filed RTI's against three regional parties of the State including People’s Democratic Party (PDP), NC and NPP it was only PDP which replied every query sought from them.
The NC even did not entertain the letter neither it bothered to reply that Party doe... | |
| | | | Kishtwar violence that puts NC on the mat | | Protecting minority | | | MINCING
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JAMMU, Sept 5: The engineered violence in Kishtwar on August 9, which caused damage to the properties of the minority community on an unprecedented scale and culminated into three deaths, has put the NC leadership on the mat. It had not only to make MoS Hom Sajjad Ahmad Kitchloo to resign on August 12 to respect the local sentiment but also to do a lot of explaining to tell the nation that the violence in Kishtwar was not state sponsored. On August 12 and 13, the Kishtwar violence rocked the Indian Parliament and the Government of India had to make a statement on the issue and ask the state government to send a detailed report on what led to violence in Kisht... | |
| | | | Inexperienced officers designated as PIOs to public's inconvenience | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Sept 5: The newly appointed Under Secretaries who completed KAS probation period have been designated as Public Information Officers (PIO) under State RTI Act in addition to their own job and duties at the Civil Secretariat . These inexperienced officers are literally made scapegoats who have to face the music at State Information Commission for no fault of theirs. In one such case an officer of the Under Secretary level who was recently posted in PHE Department Civil Secretariat was also designated as PIO and to look after RTI related matters . But the poor officer having no basic training on RTI had to face embarrassment while he appeared before the SIC... | |
| | | | Tata Photon ghost continues to haunt Jammuites | | 'Advocates' make threatening calls for payments | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 5: Poor people of Jammu who once subscribed to Tata Photon are a jittery lot as eight months after Tata teleservices left J&K, threatening calls from 'advocates' seeking balance payments are haunting them. "I got a call from Delhi, a lady calling herself Advocate Renuka Chowdhary, from Delhi High Court in a very rude language told me that I had a hearing at Delhi High Court tomorrow and I had to be there, else a non bailable warrant would be issued against me," said Vikas Sharma, a former Photon User from Akhnoor.
When he asked her that he didn't get any legal notice for that she said that they had sent it but he didn't receive it. "She said that ... | |
| | | | KPs for having 'consensus' within community for 2014 poll agenda | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 5: At a time when all the political parties are gearing up for elections scheduled next year and drawing strategies to consolidate position , thrust being on wooing the electorate in all constituencies, Kashmiri Pandit community which forms a sizable vote bank in some key constituencies are also considering options as to what should be their agenda for 2014 in terms of extending support to the parties.
Sources said though no formal decision has been taken yet by any organization in this direction but there is a discussion going on with some key bodies that the community should follow a line of action drawn by major organizations which wou... | |
| | | | Civil Society has problems with modus operandi of organisers | | Zubin Mehta concert | | | Javaid Naikoo
Srinagar, Sept 5 : The Kashmir civil society today said that Zubin Mehta's concert shall be used as a propaganda tool to hoodwink international opinion. Addressing a press conference, Khurram Parvez, a member of the organizing committee of `Haqeeqat-e-Kashmir', a parallel concert to be held at Municipal Park on September 7, said the civil society was not against the concert. "We oppose the modus operandi of the organizers," he said.
The members of Haqeeqat-e-Kashmir informed the media gathering that an estimated Rs. 100 crore are reportedly being spent on the concert and instead of inviting local people, students and other members of the society to the event, invitatio... | |
| | | | Lady teacher duped by cheaters, withdraw Rs 80,000 from her ATM | | | | Et Report
Jammu, Sept 5: Cheaters on prowl since last 40 days have again made it big by striking at Rajouri and duping a lady teacher of ATM card and withdrew Rs 80, 000 from her account in four attempts on September 3 & 4 at four places in Rajouri ,Poonch and Kashmir valley.On July 27 the same cheat had duped constable Mushtaq Ahmed and withdrew Rs 80,000 from his account in two attempts within 12 hours. Police during investigation has got the photograph of two cheats from CCTV footage and one of them was identified by the lady teacher today in the police station.
According to Gulshan Ara, a teacher in government middle school at Rajouri, she visited ATM at 'university morh' on Tuesday... | |
| | | | Organizers of parallel concert accuse Omar of double standards | | | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, Sept 5: Accusing Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah of adopting double standards by allowing the musical programme of Zubin Mehta and resorting to safe approach towards the parallel programme being organized by Civil Society on the same day the organizers of 'Haqeeqat-e-Kashmir' today asked the people to boycott Mehta's programme.
Addressing a press conference here, the organizers of 'Haqeeqat-e-Kashmir' said that since political connotation has been added to the Zubin Mehta programme people should boycott the programme. The organizers said that there would be selected audience in the Mehta's programme while as the audience for their programme would be open.
"If O... | |
| | | | 9 KAS officers promoted to super time scale | | | | Bashir Assad
Srinagar, Sept 5 : The Cabinet which met here the other day with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in chair accorded sanction to the promotion of 9 special scale KAS officers including the Director Horticulture Planning and Marketing, Shawkat Ahmad Zarger to the super time scale of Rs. 37400-67000 with grade pay of Rs. 10,000 of J&K Administrative Service.The officers include Shawkat Ahmad Zarger, Manish Dev Sharma, Salma Hamid, Mubarak Singh, Mushtaq Ahmad Mir, Farooq Ahmad Shah, Manzoor Ahmad Lone, . Tseering Muroop and Jaipal Singh. It also approved designation of Dev Lata, Special Secretary in Chief Minister's Secretariat who is already holding the super time scale o... | |
| | | | IT raids on seven prominent city jewellers | | Rs 24 Cr coughed up | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 5: The seven jewellers in city on whose business premises Income Tax Department conducted raids today surrendered Rs 24 crore. As per sources Rs 10 cr was surrendered by jeweller Roshan Shah, Rs 8 crore was surrendered by Silver Line jeweller while Rs 6 crore by rest of the jewellers.
The big amount was realized following the scrutiny of the documents seized by the sleuths of Income Tax department from the premises as well as business establishments of the jewellers.
The amount was realized while the Swarankar Jewellers Association (SJA) and Sarafa Bazar Association (SBA) have given call for two day shut down in view raids. They said that they have alread... | |
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