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| Lal Singh does Azad bashing, calls him "cheat" | | | | Kunal Shrivatsa
JAMMU, July 21: A day after announcing his resignation from the Congress, two-time former Lok Sabha member Choudhary Lal Singh while slamming former Union Health Minister and Congress veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad alleged that the latter ditched him during Lok Sabha polls as party High Command had decided to repeat him from Udhampur-Doda constituency.
Leveling serious allegation against Azad, Lal Singh said that he was denied the mandate for Parliamentary polls at the last minute since a conspiracy was hatched against him by the senior Congress leader in New Delhi.
While addressing a press conference here today, Lal Singh, who was accompanied by his wife Kanta Andotra- a former MLA from Basohli, minced no words in venting his anger against Azad as the former Member of Parliament throughout his twenty-minute long media interaction didn't focus on anything else except 'Azad bashing'.
"I have decided to quit Congress since I was feeling suffocated in the party….After consulting and taking nod of party workers in a meeting held yesterday at Kathua I finally made up my min... | |
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| SI Sonu's bail application to be heard today; all witnesses turn hostile, blame IO | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Kishtwar, July 21: The bail application of SI Shiv Kumar Sharma alias Sonu, known as encounter specialist, would be heard tomorrow in the court of Principal District and Sessions Judge, Bhaderwah.
Sonu is presently lodged in Jammu jail along with his Personal Security Officer (PSO) for the last over one year for their alleged links with five militants arrested by the Doda police on 23-05-2013 for their involvement in grenade attack on Police Station Thatri, besides making an attempt to revive militancy in the area.
The arrest of Sonu along with his PSO Head Constable Mohammad Ayoob had come in wake of the statement given by the arrested militant Abdul Rashid (27) alias Ab... | |
| | | | Rajendra resumes duty, chairs high level meeting on election preparedness | | Sahai appointed ADG Law & Order to foil pre-election turmoil | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 21: As exclusively reported by Early Times on Monday, senior IPS officer and currently additional Director General of Police (Armed), S.M. Sahai was today given the special charge of ADG Law & Order. The government order called him 'Election Coordinator'. His main responsibility, according to official sources, would be to deal with the miscreants, affiliated to or hired by different separatist as well as mainstream political parties, who could attempt to sabotage the forthcoming Assembly elections with a street turbulence akin to that of 2008 and 2010.
In 2010, Sahai played key role to silence a three-month-long summer turmoil that consumes over a hundred... | |
| | | | With confusion in mind, NC leaders yet to decide on strategic seats of Srinagar | | Omar finding a 'safe passage' to salvage pride | | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, July 21: The announcement of Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah that his father Dr. Farooq Abdullah is not going to contest the upcoming Assembly elections has put the top leadership of National Conference in a quandary.
Omar who is the working president of National Conference had on Sunday said that due to failing health Dr. Farooq would not be able to contest the Assembly elections slated to be held few months later. This virtually means that senior Abdullah would call it a day as far as electoral politics is concerned.
National Conference leaders these days are quite worried over the distribution of mandate since it has published just one list of the candidates fo... | |
| | | | Alleged embezzlement of CAMPA funds goes on unabatedly | | | |
Javaid Naikoo
SRINAGAR, July 21: Despite huge sums of money being spent under CAMPA scheme to recover encroached land and bring back charm to the plundered forests, nothing concrete has happened on ground.
According to sources, huge embezzlement of funds under CAMPA has been going on unabatedly due to the alleged official nexus.
Minister for Forests, Ecology and Environment, Mian Altaf, in a high level meeting of officers convened recently, was informed that about Rs 59 crore were spend during last financial year on various programmes taken up under CAMPA scheme in the state and around Rs 49.50 crore have been earmarked for current fiscal year. Social Forestry department has also incur... | |
| | | | Cong, NC snap ties to improve performance during ensuing Assembly poll | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, July 21: When senior Congress leader and former Union Health Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad, called on the PDP patron, Mufti Mohd. Sayeed, in Srinagar on June 21 it proved a turning point in the five and a half years' long alliance between the Congress and the National Conference. This meeting, notwithstanding the fact that Azad claimed that it was a courtesy call where the two did not discuss politics, was seen by the NC leadership as a new beginning in post-poll alliance between the PDP and the Congress.
And if Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, has claimed that he had conveyed to Sonia Gandhi the party's decision to go alone in the ensuing Assembly election about 1... | |
| | | | Cong dumped NC or NC dumped Cong | | Divorce between losers or a drama | | | Rustam
JAMMU, July 21: The relations between the NC and most of the Congress leaders were never cordial ever since the Congress high command handed over the coveted office of Chief Minister to Omar Abdullah. The style of functioning of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and his uncle Mustafa Kamaal's attacks on the Congress leadership in general and local Congress leadership in particular at regular intervals had further widened the gulf between the two parties. The only persons in the Congress party who did not allow the things to reach a point of no return were the Congress Ministers and the Congress high command and there were reasons for that.
The most important reason was the Ministers' lu... | |
| | | | Xen took 2 months to answer RTI query | | Doesn't it lead to violation of RTI Act? | | | Bivek Mathur
JAMMU, July 21: Contrary to the RTI norms, executive engineer (Xen), PWD (R&B), Special Sub-Division, Marwah, took two months to give a one-line reply to an RTI query. Does it not lead to the violation of RTI Act in the state?
The RTI query was about the construction/up-gradation and renovation works taken up by the Public Works Division (R&B) during the year 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14 in Jammu division and the reference letter of Chief Engineer PWD (R&B) Department Jammu's Number CEJ/G/117-37 Dated 02-04-2014, the Executive Engineer took two months to compile a reply of just one line.
On the letter, the forwarding date is 30.05.2014 which is 28 days over the due date of ... | |
| | | | Ministers, workers are logger heads | | Congress down and out | | | Neha
JAMMU, July 21: What happened during the Congress' convention in Jammu on July 19 under the very nose of senior Congress leaders, including Ambika Soni, Saif-ud-Din Soz and Ghulam Nabi Azad, was not a normal development. What happened during the convention was nothing but a sort of massive revolt against the Congress Ministers from Jammu province, including Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand, Minister for PHE Sham Lal Sharma, Minister for Housing, Horticulture and Sports Raman Bhalla, Minister In-charge Cooperatives Manohar Lal Sharma, Minister In-charge Revenue Ajaz Khan and Minister in-charge Technical Education, Power and RDD Vikar Rasool, and vote of no confidence in the Omar Abdull... | |
| | | | Project management blamed for pandemonium | | Work at 850 Rattle HEP suspended on 11th consecutive day | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Kishtwar, July 21: The work at 850 MW Rattle Hydro Electrical Power Project Kishtwar remained suspended for 11th consecutive day today as the deadlock between the principal contractor GVK powers limited, L&T and agitating unemployed Youths continued as both the companies engaged in project work failed to employ unemployed local youths in the project as per the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the company and the state government . In order to end the deadlock between the various stake holders and the GVK, Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar Mohammad Javed Khan held a series of meetings with representatives of various associations of unemployed youth including Un... | |
| | | | Former legislators, sarpanchs oppose Rana's candidature | | | | MS Nazki
Mendhar, July 21: Expressing displeasure over party decision of giving mandate to Deputy Chairman Legislative Council and National Conference leader Javed Ahmand Rana from Medhar Constituency in coming assembly election, several leaders, former legislators and Sarpaches of the area criticized the decision and boycotted the rally organized by Jeved Rana at Dak Bungalow Mendar. Sources told Early Times that after getting party mandate, Rana had organized a rally in which 16 Gujjar Panchayats, 17 Pahari Panchayats boycotted the rally. Former minister Nisar Ahmad Khan, Ex legislator Ikhlaq Khan, president Mendar Sarpanches Association Shokat Ahmad Choudhary strongly resented the de... | |
| | | | Khrew Municipality's novel way of backdoor appointments | | | | Early Times Report
PULWAMA, July 21: Authorities at Municipal Committee Khrew have discovered a novel way of appointments through backdoor; forge a fake transfer order, record in books and approve the salary.
Three years ago, at least four persons had been shown "transferred" from various municipalities and "adjusted" in this Municipal Committee without fulfilling the official procedures. Interestingly these appointments are galore in all the municipal councils.
Worse, the government has instructed vide order no DULB /ESTT/17045-17092 of 25 Feb 2011 the authorities to stop salary of illegally appointed persons, but the order has not been implemented so far. The practice has caused a h... | |
| | | | GMCH mulling extension of blood bank facilities on subsidized rate | | Rs 45 lakh sanctioned for installation of blood analyzer machine | | | Sumit Sharma
Jammu, July 21 : Taking the cognizance of the news item published in the Early Times in its July 15 edition, the GMC and Associate Hospital authorities are mulling to extend the existing facilities of blood blank. The Principal of GMCH Dr. Ganshyam Dev, while speaking to ET, said that all facilities are being made available to the patients as proposal in this connection has been forwarded to the Health Ministry . Some tests of blood which were expensive and not available in the hospital would be added to the existing facilities on subsidized rates. The steps have been taken on the complaints that some doctors have allegedly been hand in glove with the private laboratories.... | |
| | | | Cong divorce letter dampens NC morale | | | | Shakeel a Khan
SRINAGAR, July 21: Finally the Pradesh Congress Committee has handed over the divorce letter to the National Conference after their bonhomie for nearly six years thus shooting down the morale of its coalition partner. This development has served as a shell shock to the National Conference and the chances of its recovery are minimal.
The damaged ship of the National Conference is sinking fast and it will be difficult to pull it out of the 'Mariana Trench'. This particular development seems has broken the back of the leaders of the National Conference who find it hard to come to the terms now.
Omar Abdullah's statement that it was he who rejected the idea of pre poll allia... | |
| | | | People crave for basic amenities in Omar's constituency | | | | Muhammad Mukaram
SRINAGAR, July 21: Even though ruling National Conference (NC)-Congress government has taken slew of measures after the drubbing in Lok Sabha polls, people still crave for basic amenities in Ganderbal, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's constituency.
Omar has failed to initiate the work on the much awaited 93 MW power project. Although the work on much awaited 93MW Power Project was set to be started couple of decades back in 1992-93 the work is yet to kick off despite the frequent assurance from Omar and other higher officials.
The locals and workers of National Conference party have expressed displeasure as the ruling government has failed to construct Central University... | |
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