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Madhav Lal is new Chief Secretary 1/15/2011 12:27:04 AM Ahmed Ali Fayyaz SRINAGAR, Jan 14: 1977-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from Delhi, Mr Madhav Lal, is being relieved from the Central deputation and appointed as new Chief Secretary in Jammu & Kashmir. Presently posted as Additional Secretary and Development Commissioner in Union Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Madhav Lal happens to be the senior most IAS officer in J&K Cadre after the superannuation of Chief Secretary Sham Singh Kapur on 31-01-2011 and his immediate follower Sameul Varghese on 28-02-2011. Highly placed government sources told Early Times that the State Cabinet, which met today to select the new head of the bureaucracy, considered the names of three of the senior most IAS officers, namely Madhav Lal (1977), Pervez Dewan (1977) and Anil Goswami (1978). The Cabinet finally decided to appoint Mr Madhav Lal as the new Chief Secretary of Jammu & Kashmir. Sources revealed that his order of appointment would be issued shortly after Chief Minister’s routine conversation with the Prime Minister and the Cabinet Secretary in New Delhi. He w...   READ MORE

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State Cong leaders meet PM, Sonia 1/15/2011 12:25:42 AM Early Times Report Jammu: The delegation of state Congress leaders today called on the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi in the Union Capital and discussed political matters besides the prevailing situation in J&K. In the series of meetings they have been holding for few days, the group is likely to meet Union Finance Minister tomorrow. The group comprising many senior leaders of the Congress party in the state which has been camping in New Delhi for the last few days in their meeting with the two premier leaders discussed general matters pertaining to political atmosphere in the state. The local Congress leaders, in their separate meetings, also appr...   READ MORE   Cabinet declares 37 villages backward, 55 posts for newly created districts approved 7 IAS officers, 4 KAS officers promoted Nod for fresh DPR on Sawlakote project 1/15/2011 12:25:20 AM Early Times Report Jammu, January 14-: Approving the recommendations of the State Commission for Backward classes , the coalition government today declared over three dozen new villages across Jammu and Kashmir in the backward category list. In the cabinet meeting today the government also approved promotion of three officers to the super time scale of IAS in the grade of Rs. 37400- 67400 plus grade pay of Rs. 10,000 w.e.f 27.10.2010. : The state cabinet also held discussion on the recommendations of the negotiating committee on Sawlakote Power project and gave a go ahead signal for preparing a fresh DPR for the project. . The Cabinet which met here today under the Chairmanship of Ch...   READ MORE   Commission Of Inquiry: CRPF at the receiving end -- II MINCING NO WORDS 1/15/2011 12:24:43 AM NEHA EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Jan 14: The statement made by the Chairman and his suggestion just cannot be overlooked, as they constituted a reflection on the approach the Commission was likely to adopt during the course of investigation. It hardly matters whether he made such a statement in his capacity as head of the State Human rights Commission. How can one’s attitude be different when one acts as Chairman of the Human Rights Commission and when the same person acts as Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry? It’s a question of mindset and attitude. The moment any investigator says that he condemns excessive use of force on the protestors and that opening bullets on unarmed protestor...   READ MORE   1 killed, 4 hurt as side wall of old bridge caves in near Akhnoor 1/15/2011 12:24:22 AM Early Times Report JAMMu, Jan 14: A labourer was killed and four others, including two women, were wounded critically after the side wall an old bridge caved in on them at Daksal in Akhnoor. Police sources said the work on a bridge on the Akhnoor-Rajouri link road was under progress at Daksal near Akhnoor under the GREF supervision. The old bridge also existed nearby. Sources said while the labourers worked on its side wall for the new bridge expansion, it caved in on them, resulting in the instant death of a labourer and serious injuries to four others. The dead was identified as Kunj Ram of Chhatisgarh and the injured as Sunita, Bhaveshwari, Shadi Lal and Ram Chand. The injured wer...   READ MORE   Govt plans troop reduction in J&K 1/15/2011 12:24:02 AM NEW DELHI : The Government is considering reducing the strength of security forces deployed in Jammu and Kashmir by 25 per cent as a confidence building measure. Home Secretary Gopal K Pillai also said that India was planning to unilaterally issue six-month multiple entry permits for people of Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) wanting to visit Jammu and Kashmir through the Line of Control (LoC). “As a confidence building measure in Jammu and Kashmir, the strength of the security forces would come down by 25 per cent. We would like to reduce it as soon as possible depending on the ground situation,” he said addressing a seminar at Jamia Milia Islamia University here. Pillai said in Nagala...   READ MORE   Woman gangraped at Barn, five held 1/15/2011 12:23:46 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 14: A woman was gangraped by six youth in a minibus at a secluded place at Barn village, about 15 km from here on upper Akhnoor road, Thursday night. Five of the accused had been arrested and put behind the bars. They were identified as Balwinder Singh of Barn, Sukhdev Singh of Kangar, Bhalwal, Mohammad Sadiq of Barn, Purshotam Kumar of Karwanda and Mohammad Javed of Barn. The sixth accused, whom police sources identified as Sohan Lal of Barn, was absconding. Sources said the woman, who originally hailed from Doda, was at present putting up at Digiana with her husband. Yesterday, she came to her friend's house at Bantalab on the eve of Lohri. From Bantala...   READ MORE   Core group meeting held 1/15/2011 12:23:24 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Jan 14: A core group meeting of the Army, JK Police, CRPF, BSF, intelligence agencies and civil administration held today at Srinagar. Lt Gen SA Hasnain GOC Chinar Corps and the Security Advisor, chaired the Core Group Meeting at Badami Bagh Cantonment, Srinagar. DGP Kuldeep Khoda, Senior Officers of Army, Police, CRPF, BSF, Intelligence Agencies and Civil Administration attended the meeting. Speaking on the occasion, Lt Gen SA Hasnain complemented the high level of synergy that exists between all instruments of National and State Power in addressing the security concerns of the Valley. He emphasized that the Army has declared 2011 as the year of the ‘Kas...   READ MORE   Pillai’s statement on troop reduction evokes mixed reaction Geelani declines comment 1/15/2011 12:22:48 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 14 : Union Home Secretary, GK PIllai’s statement on troop reduction in Jammu Kashmir evoked mixed reaction in the Valley. While Hurriyat (M) and National Conference welcomed the statement; Geelani refused to comment. Pillai stated at New Delhi Friday that government of India was considering reduction of troops by 25% in Jammu Kashmir beginning this year as a confidence building measure (CBM). The chairman of Hurriyat (M) Mirwaiz Umer Farooq welcomed the statement. “It is a positive sign. New Delhi should to respond positively to the amalgam’s proposal of reduction of troops in residential areas. Kashmiris would welcome any step which would be aimed at t...   READ MORE   Congress may replicate Telangana in Jammu Rotational CM 1/15/2011 12:22:26 AM STARK REALITY RUSTAM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Jan 14: Telangana in Andhra Pradesh is in turmoil. Almost all the political players in the Telangana region are up in revolt against New Delhi. All the Congress MPs and all the Congress MLAs in the region are also in a confrontation mode. All have rejected out-of-hand the Justice B N Srikrishna Committee report and demanded in one voice full-fledged Telangana State. They would not accept anything short of separate Telangana State, they have stated. The Congress MPs and MLAS have even threatened to resign on the issue of Telangana. Everyone in the region is of the view that separate Telangana State alone could end discrimination with the re...   READ MORE   BJYM’s Ekata Yatra adds to coalition’s worries further 1/15/2011 12:20:24 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 14: The Ekta yatra to Kashmir of BJP Youth Wing which was launched by Party National President Nitin Gadkari from Kolkatta on January 12 to hoist National Flag in historical Lal Chowk of Srinagar in Kashmir Valley has added to ruling coalitions worries in the state. The National Conference (NC) and Congress coalition in the state are in a quandary how to tackle the situation. Though the Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah and NC patriarch Dr Farooq Abdullah have warned the BJP against the launching of the yatra accusing the Party of trying to vitiate the atmosphere in the state again, the BJP has reiterated to continue the yatra to hoist the National Flag in Srin...   READ MORE

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