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| Naa naa kartey Omar nay han kardi | | Cabinet expansion likely by January 18 | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 12: After deferring it many a time, the expansion to the state Cabinet (earlier scheduled for 10th January), is likely to happen on January 15 at 10.30 at Raj Bhavan, Jammu where Governor NN Vohra shall administer oath of office and secrecy to new Ministers.
However, there may be some last minute changes in the schedule due to the allocation of portfolios and reshuffle as every aspirant is lobbying in New Delhi to get the desired portfolio.
Meanwhile, NC patron Dr Farooq Abdullah and PCC chief, Professor Saif-ud-Din Soz are arriving here tomorrow to attend meetings which could also provide an opportunity to them to interact with their party men on the issue pertaining to reshufle cum expansion in the State Cabinet headed by Omar Abdullah.
Though, earlier, in the day rumors were rife that expansion cum reshuffle of the State Cabinet would take place on 16th of this month, however, sources told Early Times late evening that the same has been slated for 15th now to the convenience of Governor NN Vohra and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
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| `Trust in God and believe in me' | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 12: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah in a humorous tweet today urged the aspiring Ministers to have faith in Allah the almighty. The tweet reads: "Dear aspiring Ministers PLEASE don't come and ask me to make you Ministers. Trust the Almighty and your destiny; leave the rest to me:-)."
Even as the expansion/reshuffle has been deferred for the time being,the NC wants its patron, Dr Farooq Abdullah at the function who is currently in Dubai on an official tour. However, the NC decision has annoyed the JKPCC chief Professor Saif-ud-Din Soz who wants the expansion before January 18 as he has to attend a delegate convention outside the State. The concluding part of ... | |
| | | | NC would prefer Dewan over Khanday on hot-seat | | | |
Bashir Assad
JAMMU, Jan 12: With race to the hottest seat of State bureaucracy getting fiercer by the day, Omar Abdullah Government, of late, has tacitly agreed on having a J&K cadre, 1977 batch IAS officer, Pervez Dewan as the next Chief Secretary taking into account his seniority and suitability.
If the authoritative reliable sources are to be believed, the Government has finally zeroed in on Dewan for obvious reasons. According to the sources, National Conference has been identifying Iqbal Khanday and Anil Goswami either with, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed or Ghulam Nabi Azad, former Chief Ministers of the State, the Omar Abdullah Government has, of late, shown more interest in Dewan as ... | |
| | | | Fresh fears in Valley, two elected panchayat members attacked in 24 hrs | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Jan 12: Suspected militants today targeted one woman panch Zoona Begum wife of Mohammad Ramzan Dar of Hardeshiva, Sopore who was shot outside her house this evening, sources said.
They added that woman panch was critically injured and was rushed to the nearby Hospital from where she was referred to SKIMS Srinagar owing to her critical condition.
According to locals of the area, a bullet hit Zoona on her neck leaving her severely injured. Pertinent to mention here that this is second such attack on elected representatives to panchayats in the area from last 24 hours
Earlier, some unidentified gun men shot dead a Sarpanch and ruling Congress worker in North K... | |
| | | | Cross LoC trade hijacked by traders from outside J&K | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 12: The cross Line of Control (LoC) trade between the two sides of Jammu and Kashmir has been hijacked by Amritsar, Delhi and Lahore based traders.
Though the basic purpose of this trade was to bridge the gap between the people of two sides and increasing people to people contact but the purpose seems far from fulfilled.
The cross LoC trade which was meant for traders of Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) is now being dominated by Amritsar and Delhi based traders on J&K side and Lahore based traders on PoK side at Chakan-da-bagh-Rawalakote route.
These traders have put their proxy traders at Poonch who are trading on behalf o... | |
| | | | Welcome to Handicrafts Expo.... All are invited...! | | But is there anything new to offer by the Deptt...? | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 12: Notwithstanding the pretext of financial crunch it gives where it doesn't want to spend funds , the J&K coalition Government goes on in an unabated spree huge expenditure in organizing melas, expos and other related wasteful functions, which are nothing but photo shoot occasions for concerned Ministers and benefit for only few 'envisaged' pockets. Flock of others participating in it, including the crowd of visitors more often than not gets befooled in the fake tag of sale and discount. Handicrafts, which once used to the pride of the State , are in limelight through ads in newspapers informing people about its 'Expo', being organized in Jammu from next w... | |
| | | | Panchayat members, VLW agree to pay back swindled money to Budgam villager | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Jan 12: The Panchayat members and former VLW of Neegu panchayat halqa in Chadoora block of Budgam district have agreed to pay back the swindled money to the poor villager after Early Times published the story regarding this matter few days back .
The Rural Development Department and the members of the Panchayat are in dock again for their alleged role in promoting and being involved in corruption at grass root level in central Kashmir's Budgam district. As per details available with Early Times a poor villager belonging to scheduled tribe Gujjar community from Neegu village of Chadoora block in Budgam district was asked to pay a bribe of Rs 6000 for gettin... | |
| | | | Disapproval of meeting between Hurriyat leaders and Hafiz Saeed intriguing | | Congress's Flawed Kashmir Policy | | | Neha
JAMMU, Jan 12: First the Congress-led UPA Government allows Kashmiri separatists to visit Pakistan to flirt with the aggressive Pakistani leadership and then the cornered Congress disapproves of their meetings with terrorists like Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) chief and the mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks Hafiz Saeed and Hizbul Mujahiddin (HM) chief and United Jihad Council (UJC) chairman Sayeed Salahuddin - both part of Pakistani establishment. First the Congress-led UPA Government, in collaboration with NC-Congress coalition Government in Jammu and Kashmir, facilitates the Kashmiri separatists' visit to Pakistan and then the Congress expresses its concern over the meetings bet... | |
| | | | Power shortage, faulty internet hampers project implementation | | Health Deptt fails to track mother, child under NRHM | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 12: The Jammu and Kashmir Health Department's ambitious project aimed at tracking the services provided to pregnant women and children during respective antenatal and immunization periods has proved a damp squib, with the department failing to upload and update the information on the online web server of the Union Health Ministry. According to sources, on account of non-availability of sufficient manpower and infrastructure to cater to such a colossal project, the department has resorted to coercing the Program Managers and Monitoring Officers engaged under NRHM into working as Data Entry Operators, asking them to upload the data on the internet based Mother &... | |
| | | | Controversial structure on State land demolished | | | |
Saahil Suhail
ANANTNAG, Jan 12: Day after Early Times reported that a police cop grabbed State land in Thajiwara, Bijbehara, district administration Anantnag demolished the structure today.
A joint team of Revenue officials and police visited the spot and demolished the structure, district administration sources confirmed. Locals have hailed the move of administration and have demanded fencing around the land so that no one can again grab that land. According to locals, structure was raised on State land illegally for which village committee struggled and after 4 years they succeeded in motivating the administration to demolish the structure. Deputy Commissioner Anantnag, Farooq Ahmad S... | |
| | | | Show some courage and revoke it, Mr CM | | Who can repeal AFSPA? | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 12: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah's recent statement on AFSPA has been rejected as mere rhetoric by the political circles. Time and again, it has been made clear by the legal experts that the state government had the powers to repeal the law. Omar Abdullah, therefore, needs to take tangible measures instead of issuing statements if he is really interested in its revocation.
The AFSPA became an Act on September 10, 1990 when it got the concurrence of the then Governor. Immediately after this, a notification declaring the Valley as disturbed area was issued. In 1992 the President of India repealed the act and enacted Jammu Kashmir Disturbed Area Act. However, t... | |
| | | | Congress's vague reaction to NC's independence demand | | Attack on Nazir meaningless | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Jan 12: Left with no option but to take stand under pressure from the opposition parties like the JKNPP, BJP and the PDP on what NC general secretary Sheikh Nazir said on January 8 at party headquarters in Srinagar in the presence of at least two NC Ministers, besides a few legislators and party workers, spokesperson of J&K Congress finally on Friday issued a statement explaining away his party's position. Attacking and castigating New Delhi, Sheikh Nazir had demanded plebiscite in the State and explained the meaning of "khudmukhtari". He had said "autonomy means khudmukhtari" and "khudmukhtari means independence".
The NC general secretary had, in other words, demanded compl... | |
| | | | Will Congress high command buckle under Geelani's pressure or carry NC and PDP on board over refugees' issue? | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 12: Wittingly or unwittingly Kashmiri separatists, especially the hardliners, supplement the plan of weakening the process of State's integration with the rest of the country as is being conceived by the Valley centric mainstream political parties.
During the last one decade these separatists raise their voice whenever they find either the National Conference or the PDP in a helpless State while trying to plead in favour of withdrawal of troops from within the civilian areas. Separatists voice their anger against delay on the part of the Centre in lifting the AFSPA from the State. This is done the moment they find Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, making vain b... | |
| | | | LeT trying to re-group in South Kashmir: IG CRPF | | 'Hafiz Saeed's statement aimed to create panic' | | | Saahil Suhail
Anantnag, Jan 12: While terming the recent statement of Lashkar founder Hafiz Saeed, accused of masterminding the 2008 Mumbai massacre as mere propaganda to create panic among the people of Kashmir valley, Inspector General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), S S Sandhu today claimed that LeT militant outfit is again trying to regroup in South Kashmir.
After inaugurating a free coaching cum training centre willing to join CRPF, IG, CRPF, S S Sandhu said, "We have provided every facility to unemployed youth who are willing to join CRPF as part of CPG 2012-13 initative and similar centres have been set up in other southern and northern areas of Kashmir valley."
While co... | |
| | | | Abduction bid foiled in city | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Jan 12: Police claimed to have lifted two persons for making a bid to kidnap a girl in Jammu city here in late hours of Saturday.
"The girl whose name was withheld daughter of one Farid Ali of Jagti lodged complaint to police that two persons identified as driver and conductor of a mini bus allegedly tried to abduct her but she somehow managed slip from their clutches, police sources said.
They added that based on the complaint police lifted both of them. Meanwhile, the lifted person refuted the complaint of kidnapping, they said that girl has affair with the driver. The matter was lying in police post and till late hours no case was registered formally in this... | |
| | | | Cabinet expansion: NC MLA refutes statement | | | | early times report
Jammu, Jan 12: NC MLA Choudhary Ramzan today refuted the statement published in ET's January 12 , 2013 edition in which it was stated that ' Choudhary Ramzan has said if he will not be inducted in the state cabinet, he will leave National Conference party and will fight 2014 general assembly elections as an independent candidate.' Denying this, he said he had not given any such statement nor was he appro-ached by the concerned reporter of the said newspaper.... | |
| | | | 30,000 SGs from JK likely to lose jobs | | MLA Poonch camps in Mumbai, urges CM to intervene | | | early times report
Mumbai, Jan 12: Around 30000 security guards from Jammu & Kashmir earning their livelihood in Maharashtra are likely to lose their jobs. The Maharashtra police say their weapons are not registered with the concerned government.
The Maharashtra Pol-ice took 22 guards into custody recently for keeping unregistered weapons. However, reports suggest that the guards have applied for registration and are awaiting clearance. More than 400 among these security guards have already left for their homes in Poonch, Rajouri and other districts of the state fearing reprisal from Maharashtra police.
MLA Poonch, Ajaz Jan reportedly rushed to Mumbai after learning about the plight o... | |
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