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Omar’s governance model fails to enthuse IAS Babus, rush grows for central deputation 4/3/2014 1:24:47 AM Syed Junaid Hashmi JAMMU, Apr 2: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s model of governance has seemingly fails to enthuse IAS Babus returning to the state government after having spent several years on central deputation. Records bear testimony to the fact that during the last 5 years, IAS officers have come back to the state, served for a brief stint and finding what they term as ‘suffocating administrative atmosphere’, they have preferred either long leave or returned back on central deputation. In the latest instance, 1994 batch IAS officer Navin Choudhary has returned to New Delhi as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Defence. He had returned in October 2011 and was first posted in the Agricultural department and later, sent packing to the Raj Bhawan. State government ironically first recalled Navin Choudhary to the cadre and then ignoring his 3-years experience in the Union Ministry of Finance and another 3-years in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Washington, posted him to Agriculture Department. Choudhary had been anticipating a call from the finance ministry on his return ...   READ MORE

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No woman candidate for Jammu-Poonch constituency Among 19 candidates, 4 are Crorepatis 4/3/2014 1:24:32 AM SUMIT SHARMA Jammu, Apr 2: Keeping in view of the financial background of the nineteen candidates who are in fray on Jammu Poonch constituency seat or in other words contesting in the 1st Phase of Jammu and Kashmir Lok Sabha Election four have been analyzed as Crorepatis, however, contrary to this, one of them has declared zero assests, while as 3 candidates have assests less then Rs 10 lakh. Further a total of 11 candidates have declared their liabilities worth lakhs. Out of the four crorepatis , one is contesting as independent and is the richest of all. As per data provided by the Jammu and Kashmir Election Watch, the candidate Nirmal Singh, has assets of more than 3 Cr...   READ MORE   Violation of MCC: ARO 71 Gandhi Nagar seizes Rs 8 lakh unaccounted cash, publicity material 4/3/2014 1:20:13 AM Asif Iqbal Naik Jammu April 2:- Continuing its drive against violators of Model Code of Conduct, the ARO-71 Gandhi Nagar Jammu Rajesh Kumar Shavan (KAS) in a Naka laid by him along with the flying Magistrate Dr. Ravi Bharti and SHO Police Station Gangyal caught unaccounted eight lacs cash from vehicle No. HR-51 5257 at main Kunjwani Chowk. As per the details available with “Early Times”, on suspicion the Vehicle carrying the cash was asked to stop near main Kunjwani Chowk and its frisking ...   READ MORE   After BOPEE, PSC losing credibility thick and fast 4/3/2014 1:18:39 AM Shakeel A Khan SRINAGAR, Apr 2: The state government seems to have learnt no lesson after conscious shaking developments took place in the state from time to time. The memories of the shameful acts of Mushtaq Ahmad Peer and company will never expunge from the minds of the people especially those who have been the victims of the infamous CET scam. People in general ask as to how much transparent the selections are made by the Public Service Commission for the prestigious administrative posts. “My son twice qualified the mains examination of civil services but was awarded low marks in the personality test. A candidate, who had secured 100 marks less than that of my son, was figuri...   READ MORE   Why isn't NC taking action against Sakina Itoo ? Misusing religion for achieving political goals 4/3/2014 1:18:22 AM Early Times Report Srinagar April 2: It is more than a week since the video showing NC's leader and Social Welfare Minister Sakina Itoo was forcing an old man to swear on Quran for showing his loyalty towards National Conference. Till date the National Conference leadership has failed to take action against the Minister. The cross section of society have shown serious criticism towards this move of the NC Minister and even various political parties of state including Bhartiya Janata Party, Panthers Party, opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)has taken a strong note of the video which has went viral on social networking sites wherein NC leader Sakina Itoo ha...   READ MORE   Illegal colony on ‘Gair Mumkin Khad’: AC trashes DC’s orders 4/3/2014 1:16:29 AM Avinash Azad Jammu, March 2: In glaring instance of land grabbers enjoying political and administrative patronage, a colony is being illegally developed in connivance with lower rung officials of revenue department in brazen breach of order issued by Deputy Commissioner, Jammu. As per case detail Dineshwar Singh filed a complaint in Samadhan regarding unregistered residential colony coming up near Bajalta Railway station. Documents in the possession of Early Times divulge that the Assi...   READ MORE   NC-Congress govt ignored criteria while allocating funds Discrimination with Jammu 4/3/2014 1:15:01 AM Rustam JAMMU, Apr 2: The leadership of both the National Conference (NC) and the Congress has been saying that their government has never discriminated against the Jammu province and that it has always upheld the principle of justice and equity. It is a false claim. One can cite here hundreds and hundreds of instances to prove that while Kashmir has always got a preferential treatment at the time of allocation of funds, Jammu has invariably got only crumbs. A reference here to just two examples would be enough to prove as totally false the oft-repeated claim of the NC-Congress coalition. The official statistics provided by the Planning and Development Department of Jammu & Kashmir Govern...   READ MORE   Tarigami’s abstention a setback for NC-Congress coalition in South Kashmir 4/3/2014 1:13:27 AM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Apr 2: In Kashmir’s pre-militancy era, Communist Party of India (Marxist) had not only set up a strong base for itself in South Kashmir but had also expanded its influence to several Assembly segments beyond Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami’s Kulgam. Jamaat-e-Islami and National Conference were its ideological arch rivals. Still, Tarigami failed to win the elections he fought in the Jamaat-dominated belt. Even the NC-Congress alliance got a dressing down in the 1987 Assembly elections. Of the four seats Muslim United Front, which had Jamaat as its key constituent, won in Kashmir valley, three were in Tarigami’s home strip of Anantnag-Homeshalibugh-Kulgam. In th...   READ MORE   Pesticides - Fertilizer mafia attacks President Fruit Growers Association Orchardists to register protest 4/2/2014 11:45:34 PM Javaid Naikoo Srinagar, Apr 2: The pesticide-fertilizer dealers mafia attacked President Fruit Growers Association of South Kashmir's Shopian District Mushtaq Ahmad Malik at home near Malik Mohalla Main town Shopian. "At around 12:00 am today a group of pesticides and fertilizer Distributors attacked my home and broke all the window panes, abused my family publically and threatened to kill me if I continued agitating against sale of substandard pesticides and fertilizers, " said Mushtaq Ahmad, President fruit growers association While talking to early times Malik said the attack is the result of curb on sale of substandard pesticides and fertilizers by common masses. Malik said the dea...   READ MORE   Election authorities attempt to gag media again Protests called off after Farooq, Soz intervene 4/2/2014 11:44:49 PM Saahil Suhail Anantnag , April 2: On the second day of nomination filing process, Election authorities here in South Kashmir's Anantnag district again attempted to gag the media and allowed only few selective Srinagar based videographers to cover the function, forcing over dozens reporters, cameramen to demonstrate outside the office of returning officer. However they dispersed off peacefully after National Conference patron Dr Farooq Abdullah and State congress chief Saif-u-din Soz assured to take-up the issue with Election Commission on behalf of media fraternity. Reporters and photojournalists working with Delhi based news channels and local dailies staged a sit in protest for hours to...   READ MORE   Farooq, Soz declare Modi threat to country ‘Shall destroy secularism, Advani too afraid of him’ 4/2/2014 11:44:05 PM Saahil Suhail Anantnag, Apr 2 : While urging people to vote in favor of coalition candidates to strength secularism and to defeat Modi, National Conference patron Dr Farooq Abdullah and state Congress chief Prof. Saif-u-din Soz in voice today termed Modi threat for Country if he becomes Prime Minster. Addressing a gathering here in South Kashmir's Anantnag district after accompanying coalition candidate Dr Mehboob Beigh who today filed his nomination papers for Anantnag Parliamentary constituency, Dr Farooq said, " This is not the time to question each other but this is time to rethink whether we can defeat Modi or not? From past over eighty years I know from which stage this state pro...   READ MORE   Orders banning production of machine made Pashmina Shawls kept in cold storage Lakhs of families suffer due to indifference of successive governments 4/2/2014 11:43:12 PM Jehangir Rashid SRINAGAR, Apr 2 : Over the years successive governments in the state have failed to implement the cabinet decisions or decisions taken by different departments in letter and spirit. The failure to get the decisions implemented proves that many a slip between cup and the lip. Same has happened with the fate of Pashmina weavers despite the fact that state government has imposed a ban on production of machine made shawls. Although the concerned department has issued an order in this regard but the order was never implemented in letter and spirit. Then Director Industries and Commerce, Mohammad Saleem Beigh issued an order seeking a ban on the registration of units for mach...   READ MORE   Omar-Farooq playing communal politics 4/3/2014 1:15:27 AM Early Rimes Report Jammu The father son duo of Omar Abdullah and Farooq Abdullah are playing communal politics by deliberately raking up Gujarat riots to create fear factor among Muslim voters to defeat PDP rather than the BJP. Omar at a rally in Poonch had quoted out of the context an interview of the Modi where he had though regretted about the deaths of innocent people in Gujarat including Muslims, but Omar deliberately quoted just one para of interview where he had said that even if a puppy dies under a car he like anyone else would feel sad about it. But Omar deliberately tried to give communal colour to the statement in the Muslim majority Poonch district saying that Modi trea...   READ MORE

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