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Regularization process inconsistent with Cabinet Order Discrimination with Jammu Rehbar-i-Zirat 4/7/2014 11:40:34 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Apr 7: There are 2624 Rehbar-i-Zirats in Jammu & Kashmir who are to be regularized in three phases. 1495 are from Jammu division and 1029 from Kashmir division. These positions are of divisional cadre. Kashmiri Rehbar-i-Zirats cannot be transferred to Jammu. Similarly, the Rehbar-i-Zirats working in Jammu province cannot be transferred to Kashmir. It was on August 4, 2011 that the state cabinet decided to regularize these Rehbar-i-Zirats. As per the cabinet decision No. 139/18/2011, dated August 4, 2011 and government order No. 235-Agri of 2011, dated August 10, 2011, the regularization was to be done in three phases. The order said that in the first phase 881 candidates will be regularized in April 2014, 881 in the second phase in April 2015 and 880 candidates in the third phase in April 2016. Since all these posts are of divisional cadre, the government should have regularized an equal number of Rehbar-i-Zirats in each division each year. In other words, 498 Rehbar-i-Zirats from Jammu division should have been regularized in each phase and 343 Rehbar-i-...   READ MORE

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Heartburns for National Conference workers as Prof Soz shares dais with Farooq Abdullah at Naseem Bagh 4/7/2014 11:40:12 PM Jehangir Rashid SRINAGAR, Apr 7: National Conference workers and activists were taken aback at the mausoleum of the party founder, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah after they saw that their party President, Dr. Farooq Abdullah is sharing stage with Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) President, Prof. Saif-ud-Din Soz. Majority of the National Conference workers could not come to terms after they saw the Congress leaders at the Sheikh's mausoleum at Naseem Bagh here. After filing his nomination papers for Srinagar-Budgam Lok Sabha seat, Dr. Abdullah visited NC founder's mausoleum and addressed party workers. He shared dais with Prof. Soz at this venue. "Policies and programmes of National Conferenc...   READ MORE   PDP rebuffs Omar's accusations on facilities for KPs Says, CM hoodwinking people on migrants issue 4/7/2014 11:40:04 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 7: Taking serious exception to Omar Abdullah's statement accusing his party leader Mehbooba Mufti of opposing facilities for migrants at Jammu, People Democratic Party (PDP) here today said that Chief Minister is either completely ignorant about the facts or is trying to ignore them deliberately. Reacting over the statement of Omar Abdullah, a spokesman of the PDP said that it was PDP and former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed who initiated a process for rehabilitation of Pandits in Valley by constructing quarters at four places in Kashmir way back in 2003-04. He said PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti has never opposed the bettering of facilities for migrants at...   READ MORE   BJP Kashmir wing wants discussion not abrogation of Article 370 4/7/2014 11:39:49 PM Javaid Naikoo SRINAGAR, Apr 7: Hours after Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) announced abrogation of Article 370 of the constitution if voted to Power, BJP Kashmir wing stated that they want a discussion not abrogation of Article 370. BJP National Council member and member of State Parliamentary board from Kashmir, Sofi Yousuf while talking to Early Times said that they are not in favor of allowing people from outside State to Kashmir and establish industries and construct houses as according to him geographically Kashmir division does not contain much of space to accommodate outsiders as per their will and taste. "I am not in favour of complete abrogation of article 370 as Kashmir is a diff...   READ MORE   Omar criticises Mehbooba for close ties with Amit Shah 4/7/2014 11:39:41 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Apr 7: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah apparently nervous on account of strong possibility of BJP coming to power and growing public support of PDP is trying to put the latter in the bad light before the former, in an effort to close the ties with the prospective BJP headed Prime Minister Office(PMO) Omar in his series of tweets, after visiting Jagti migrant colony, had castigated the PDP president Mehbooba Mufti for allegedly dissuading PMO in improving facilities at the camp. He had tweeted that Mehbooba had allegedly told the PMO that if the conditions in the colony are improved, Kashmiri Pandits would not return back. Fact remains that in the last five-year ...   READ MORE   Vigilance probe begins, forest deptt retrieves 500 kanals Forest Land encroached at Sunjwan 4/7/2014 11:39:32 PM Sumit Sharma Jammu, Apr 7: A whopping 800 kanals of forest land in Sunjwan, has been encroached upon, according to the complaints submitted to Vigilance Organization by one Anice Ahmed son of IAS officer of Sunjwan. However, taking swift action, Vigilance sleuths lodged case in this connection and wrote to the forest department for its retrieval. Further, forest officials of forest division Jammu removed illegal encroachment of 500 kanals land falling under khasra number 349 and got it fenced, while as, for eviction of rest of the land falls under khasra number 353, Revenue department has been asked for demarcation. The land was encroached by an influential NRI doctor who was having nexu...   READ MORE   Kohli's switching over not to affect results, says Congress Amid poll bustle Cong leader in Rajouri joins PDP 4/7/2014 11:39:00 PM Kunal Shrivatsa Jammu, Apr 7: With just three days left for the polling in Jammu-Poonch Parliamentary constituency, the Congress preparations for the ensuing battle today suffered a major jolt when one of its prominent leaders Abdul Gani Kohli from Rajouri belt quit the party and joined People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Abdul Gani Kohli, who contested Assembly polls-2008 as a Congress candidate from Kalakote constituency, along with his son Waseem Kohli jumped on to the PDP bandwagon in the presence of party Patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed during his visit to Rajouri and Surankote to campaign for party candidate Yashpal Sharma. Speculations were rife for the last couple of days that Kohli, a...   READ MORE   Families of deceased laborers denied justice, accused goes scot free Kangra Fort collapse case 4/7/2014 11:38:45 PM Avinash Azad Jammu, Apr 7: In yet another case substantiating that unholy nexus between Police and influential persons often derails a criminal case, a similar situation has come to fore in the infamous Kangra Fort Banquet Hall' collapsing case where the real culprit, the contractor who was entrusted to construct the building, has gone Scot- free. The family members Major Ram, a mason, one of the deceased labourer of Thathi Akhnoor, allege that accident took place due to negligence on part of contractor, which claimed three lives of labourers. "Major Ram had been working with Varinder Kumar alias Billu contractor of Akhnoor for last 20 years. Billu was given contract for the constructi...   READ MORE   Authorities spend lavishly on office renovation, places order for luxurious cars Patients cry for ambulances, medicines at GMCH 4/7/2014 11:38:32 PM Avinash Azad JAMMU, Apr 7: Notwithstanding the fact that Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) Jammu is facing shortage of medicines and patients craving for much needed Ambulances, the authorities at the helm are unhesitatingly spending lakhs of rupees for renovation of office and placing orders to procure luxurious/ staff cars. It has been reliably learnt that recently more than five lakh rupees have been spent for renovation of Principal's office. And despite availability for staff car for the higher officials, they are learnt to have placed order to procure two Scorpio SUVs. Responding to recently exposed death rate at GMCH, by Early Times, a senior doctor however, ...   READ MORE   High command not enjoying healthy relation with workers NC fast losing its representative character across Valley 4/7/2014 11:38:17 PM Shakeel A Khan SRINAGAR, Apr 7: National Conference, once the largest regional party of Jammu and Kashmir, is losing ground very fast since its new crop of leaders don't bother about its grass root level workers. As on date the party seems to be divided on the lines of ideas, old and new. Given the mood of the people, National Conference can never form the Government on its own. The party has realized its weakness and that is why it has shook hands with Congress party to be counted. It is no longer a political party, but a political stunt. "The party is losing the support of its workers thick and fast. The new generation leaders including the CM himself has maintained a distance from the...   READ MORE   Congress workers refuse to campaign for Mehboob Beigh '83,000 votes matter a lot during LS Polls' 4/7/2014 11:39:16 PM Javaid Naikoo srinagar, Apr 7: Congress Minister of State Tourism along with Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress committee Vice President and other senior State Congress members had to face wrath of local Congress workers in South Kashmir's Tral area after workers refused to campaign in favour of National Conference and Congress alliance candidate Mehboob Beigh in their areas. According to reports as the Minister for Tourism, Ghulam Ahmad Mir who is also campaigning head of State Congress for South Kashmir along with Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress committee vice President Mohammad Anwar Bhat and district president Anantnag Gulzar Ahmad Wani reached Tral village to attend workers' mee...   READ MORE   Errors surface in voter list, EC changes Mehbooba's gender 4/7/2014 11:40:20 PM Early Times Report anantnag, Apr 7: What could be termed as negligence of the Election department, gross errors have surfaced in 2014 voter list in Anantnag Parliamentary constituency. However, the officials said that all the errors will be rectified in the final list. In one such gross error, PDP president and party's candidate for Anantnag Parliamentary constituency, Mehbooba Mufti, has been shown as father. A voter list in possession of Early Times shows Mehbooba as father of her two daughters, Irtiqa Mehboob and Iltija Mehboob. Voter list does not end at the errors only but scores of double entries of voters have been made. Case in point is Nisar Ahmad Bhat who has been entered in ...   READ MORE   Fresh rain, snowfall wreak havoc; growers suffer massive damages 4/7/2014 10:43:59 PM Asif Iqbal Naik JAMMU, Apr 7: Fresh rains followed by snowfall in upper reaches of the state has wreaked havoc across various parts of the state. Traffic on internal road links, Jammu-Srinagar and Jammu-Kishtwar National Highways remained suspended for several hours due to massive landslide at several places. It resulted in lot of inconvenience to the people travelling on these two important National Highways of the state. When contacted SSP National Highway Dr. Haseeb Mughal informed the Early Times that the traffic on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was restored at around 4 PM today after it was blocked at Panthal and Dalwas due to landslide. He said that over 6000 vehicles were clea...   READ MORE

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