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| “Neighbouring country involved in proxy war, cross border terrorism” | | Modi takes on Pakistan | | | Lauds jawans, officers for rendering great services
Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, Aug 12: Coming down heavily on Pakistan for abetting terrorism and carrying out proxy war in the state, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi today said that the neighbouring country has lost guts and will to fight a full-fledged conventional war with India.
Addressing officers and soldiers of Indian Army and Indian Air Force at Leh, Prime Minister said that security forces have suffered losses due to the cross border terrorism in the state and not due to any conventional war. He lauded the role of security forces in maintaining peace and said that despite adverse circumstances the security forces personnel have done a commendable job.
"As on date, Pakistan has lost the will power and guts to fight a full-fledged war with India. They are resorting to different means to create trouble in the state. Our neighbouring country is carrying out a proxy war in order to demoralize our brave jawans who are discharging their duties in a professional and able manner on the border," said Modi.
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| Modi picks up Shakti to utilize his services in PMO | | | |
Early Times Report
KATHUA, Aug 12: Shakti Kumar Pathak, a young police officer from Basohli town of district Kathua,, who is known for his impeachable honesty and integrity, has been picked by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi to utilize his services in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). Shakti Kumar Pathak is likely to be appointed as Secretary in the PMO.
Authoritative sources told 'that PMO office has written a letter to the State Government to relieve Shakti Kumar Pathak so that his services should be utilized in the PMO. Following letter of the PMO, which was written to the Chief Minister's Office, State Government immediately cleared the file and the matter has gone before the Home ... | |
| | | | Omar snubs Manmohan Singh, bemoans inauguration of projects by PM Modi | | Big complaint' | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Aug 12: NC working president and J&K CM Omar Abdullah has, it seems, lost his way. He is making statements which even a greenhorn in politics would avoid to avoid embarrassment and keep doors open for patch up or to join hands in case it is needed. In politics, nobody is a permanent enemy and nobody a permanent friend. Equations change as the situation changes. But Omar Abdullah is one leader who would not appreciate these realities and adopt an approach that would only humiliate him and lower his position in the eyes of the people.
Yesterday, Omar Abdullah, who had served in the BJP-led NDA for a couple of years as MoS, expressed his unhappiness over former Prime Minister ... | |
| | | | Road blockade can invite FIR | | Protestors be-aware! | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 12: Keeping in view of Independence Day, though the security agencies have put security blanket yet police in a bid to further enhance the security grid has come up with a new initiative to register FIR against protest creating road blockades which according to agencies may give an advantage to anti-social elements and miscreants to disturb peace.
"It become common practice for the protestors to block the road for minor issues", said a police official adding that it causes suffering to the common people in general who have no fault.
He further said that so many time patients and pregnant women struck in road blockades resulting severe consequences.
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| | | | Mirwaiz does a somersault over Kousarnag, says Kashmiri Pandits must carry pilgrimage | | | | Saahil Suhail
SRINAGAR, Aug 12: Taking a 'U' Turn, chairman of Moderate faction of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Monday said that they were never against the pilgrimage of Kashmiri Pandits to Kousarnag situated in South Kashmir's Kulgam area.
"Communal elements are hell bent to create 2008 like situation in Jammu and Kashmir for the political benefits," Mirwaiz told a gathering while addressing a seminar at Hurriyat headquarters in Rajbagh Srinagar.
"Regarding Kousarnag yatra issue, our only concern was that the Reasi district administration had decided to divert all the Vaishno Devi pilgrims to the destination which could have serious affects on ecology and env... | |
| | | | Modi's severe critic Lal Singh set to embrace "untouchable" BJP | | Politics of opportunism | | | “This man had predicted that
Modi would never become PM”
Bharat Bhushan
JAMMU, Aug 12: With complete disregard to ethical and political principles, Congress leader Lal Singh, ex-MP and a one-time contractor, is all set to embrace BJP, which he once considered "untouchable". A severe critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he now plans to ride Modi wave. His is the perfect example of political opportunism which has the connotation of a lack of integrity.
Modi was the most hated face for him till a few weeks back but when he learnt that Congress had shut all doors on him and decided against fielding him and his wife Kanta in the upcoming state elections, he took a U-turn and, to the surp... | |
| | | | CUJ website disappoints information seekers | | Conceals more, reveals less | | | Kunal Shrivatsa
JAMMU, Aug 12: If one is looking out for any minute details regarding downloads, notifications of jobs and tenders on the official website of Central University-Jammu (CU-J) then a big disappointment awaits the visitors to this institution's official page.
Even though it is the age of information technology where minuscule turn of events are disseminated with the blink of an eye, the website of CU-J fail to update the state's internet users and for that matter of the other parts of the country as well as abroad.
Astonishingly, the official page of CU-J 'www.cujammu.ac.in' is out of order for quite some time now as the visitors to this site are unable to secure desired in... | |
| | | | NC fails to finalize third list of candidates yet again | | LA Polls | | | Top leaders angry, ask workers to locate 'safe constituencies'
Fazal Khan
SRINAGAR, Aug 12: National Conference leaders today once again failed to finalize the third list of candidates for the forthcoming Assembly elections slated to be held later this year.
Sources told Early Times that top party leaders had summoned the district presidents from different parts of the Valley to the party headquarters at Nawa-i- Subah here to seek the feedback on the names of the probable candidates which the party leadership has zeroed on.
"The ground level workers who had assembled in the party headquarters held discussions on various issues, including the lack of coordination, among the party leaders... | |
| | | | Hemla Aggarwal paid Rs 1.40 lakhs for a software costing Rs 50 | | Blatant corrupt practices by Principal GCW Parade | | | Akshay Azad
JAMMU, Aug 12: The brazen extent of corrupt practices resorted to by Principal Government College for Women Parade Prof. Hemla Aggarwal could be gauged from the fact that during her tenure as Principal Government SPMR College of Commerce, she had made payments to the tune of Rs. 1.40 Lakhs for a pirated software, cost of which was not more than Rs. 50.
Surprisingly, the enquiry ordered by Higher Education Department vide Govt. order number 236-HE of 2009 dated 29-10-2009, had explicitly maintained that Hemla Aggarwal had made purchases worth Rs. 7,99,510 without having any competence, without inviting tenders, administrative approval but so far no action has been taken against... | |
| | | | Why not shut down State Accountability Commission? | | Defunct again on Aug 18! | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Aug 12: With State Accountability Commission again going headless on August 18, questions are being asked as to why not shut down this commission which even after 11 years of its existence has miserably failed to make an impact.
They are asking why not to close down a commission whose functioning has been marred by State Government's reluctance to appoint members and concerted attempts of bureaucracy to weaken it. None of the recommendations of the accountability commission have made any impact on the Government functioning. Most of these recommendations have been stayed by the High Court.
Cases against IAS, IFS and IPS officers have been handed over to the Stat... | |
| | | | JU cares a damn for Pro-Chancellor's order | | 'Six officials holding 13 crucial posts in JU' | | | Avinash Azad
JAMMU, Aug 12: Despite the clear orders of Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah who is also Pro-Chancellor to Jammu University directing University to ensure one officer on one post, more than half a dozen officers have still been assigned multiple posts, while many have been ignored despite their seniority and capability.
Sources informed that in utter disregard to the directive of the pro chancellor, more than half a dozen officers in Jammu University have been enjoying multiple posts on the behest of university administration.
The list includes Dr. Manoj Kumar Dhar, who has been holding three posts including Director of School of Biotechnology, Registrar of JU and Advisor Health... | |
| | | | IR against TRS MP Kavitha for remarks on J&K, Telangana | | Why not case against NC, others? | | | Neha
JAMMU, Aug 12: Telangana police has registered a case against Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) MP and daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, K Kavitha, for her controversial comments on Jammu & Kashmir and Telangana. The case was registered two days back under Sections 124-A (sedition) and 505 (statements conducing to public mischief) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) following directions from a local court. The Seventh Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court, Nampally, had last week directed police to investigate and file a case against Kavitha, the Nizamabad MP, upon a complaint over alleged remarks attributed to her. The complaint was filed by K Karunasagar, an a... | |
| | | | Insensitivity marks J&K's public transport | | On its way out, Coalition Govt failed to spare a thought for senior citizens, physically challenged | | | Bivek Mathur
Jammu, Aug 12: In another example of utter insensitivity of the NC-Congress coalition government, senior citizens and physically challenged persons have not been extended any concessions in public transport.
Most other states including Uttar Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Odisha along with Union Territories have been offering concessions to disabled and the senior citizens traveling in public transport but Jammu and Kashmir is yet to frame a policy in this context.
Gujarat has been offering hundred percent concessions to its blind and other challenged citizens besides offering free transport for the escorts with the differently able persons. Similarly, Delhi is offering free tran... | |
| | | | Scholars anguished over authorities' arbitrary cut out | | Only toppers of 2012-13 session to get degrees from Prez | | | G S Asgotra
Jammu, Aug 12: Resentment is brewing among a large number of gold-medalists/scholars of Jammu University who may not get their degrees from President of India during 13th convocation, which is scheduled to be held in the month of September due to his busy scheduled.
"We are not happy with JU authorities, decision that only scholars who had completed their MA, Mphil and Phd degrees during session of April 2012- March 2013 shall get their degrees from the President", said an scholar who had done Mphil in year 2011. He said that a large number of students were being deprived of life time opportunity.
"Anger is brewing among the toppers, who secured gold medals in different s... | |
| | | | Another rifle snatching incident at Tral | | Service rifle of SOG man stolen | | | Bashir Assad
Srinagar, Aug12: In yet another incident of weapon snatching, unidentified persons decamped with a service rifle of a Special Operation Group (SOG) man from his family quarter at Tral area in south Kashmir's Pulwama district last evening.
It merits a mention here that on July 21, a service rifle of a policeman Fayaz Ahmad of 71 IR 2nd battalion who was posted at a shrine in Awantipora had gone missing.
Similarly on August 1, Militants decamped with the service rifle of a policeman guarding the house of a sessions judge Sujat Ali Khan at Qamarabad in Srinagar.
Prior to this incident, Firdous Ahmad Baba, a constable with the Indian Reserve Police, who was posted at the... | |
| | | | Forget governance, meet delegations for votes | | Election ghost haunts politicians | | | Shakeel A Khan
SRINAGAR, Aug 12: It appears that the ghost of elections has been haunting the people in power as their only business these days is to meet the delegations of the people instead of providing good governance to the people. The offices of the ministers are abuzz with the election related activities and the commoners watch all these things happening helplessly.
The only achievement of the government this year has been the decoration of the selected walls around the secretariat in the summer capital. The government machinery is seen active in and around the secretariat, leaving the commoners to bite the dust who have been completely neglected by the people in the corridors of... | |
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