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| Indecisive J&K Govt yet to appoint BOSE Chairman | | Search continues even after 9 months! | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Jan 14: Nine months have passed but the Jammu and Kashmir Government continues to be indecisive and indifferent towards the appointment of Chairman of State Board of School Education (SBOSE).
The five member search panel which is headed by Principal Secretary Home Suresh Kumar was constituted on October 15, 2014 and despite such a long delay, seems to be in no hurry to appoint head of an institution which has direct connection with the future generation of Jammu and Kashmir. The panel was supposed to submit its report to the Government within a period of one month but four months have now passed and the panel continues to search for a fitting choice.
Other four members of the panel include Secretary School Education Hridesh Kumar, Secretary Higher Education Sheikh Mushtaq, Secretary Housing and Urban Development Satish Nehru and ex-Chairman BOSE Dr. Sheikh Bashir. Sources said that five member panel has now asked desirous candidates to send their CVs latest by January 25, 2014. Officials attribute delay to dispute over age bar arising out of the notifica... | |
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| NC can't be allowed to take credit of new units: Cong | | | | ET Report
JAMMU, Jan 14: The Congress has decided to check mate the move of Omar Abdullah to take credit for the formation of news administrative units. Party has decided to rake up the debate over the criteria fixed by the Mushtaq Ganai report, which is forming the basis for announcement likely to be made soon.
Congress sources said party has decided to put public pressure on Omar Abdullah by announcing the criteria for new units and also the logic behind it. Party has also decided that it will generate a debate about making the Ganai report public before Omar could take credit for it.
"If Omar decides to go ahead with announcement, we will generate debate and pressure to announce the ... | |
| | | | Barred from services, Dr 'no where' continues to visit patients | | | | K Koushal
Jammu, Jan 14: Barring from services in Department of Neurology and retaining to parent department i.e. the Department of Medicine on October 30, an Assistant Surgeon having 'no department' in his credit in sheer violation of Medical Council of India (MCI), State Medical Council (SMC) guidelines, without any prior permission or call is attending the patients at Neuro Department of Government Super Specialty Hospital Jammu with a sole motive of tempting patients to his private clinic but all goes unabated courtesy to the casual approach of all concerned.
According to a doctor who on promised anonymity, Dr Abhimanyu Gupta on October 30 was directed to shift from Department of Neu... | |
| | | | Biloria Committee recommendations endorsed by Congress | | NC selling Administrative units to grab people's attention | | | Javaid Naikoo
SRINAGAR, Jan 14: At a time when National conference (NC) leadership accuses State Congress for creating hurdles in establishing new administrative units, Congress leaders say that the issue is being used as vote bank politics by NC. Pertinent to mention Congress has already endorsed the recommendations of Biloria Committee.
Calling the establishment of new administrative units as need of the hour, senior Congress member and Chief Executive Councilor of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) of Kargil, Haji Asgar Ali Karbalai said that the Congress never opposed establishment of new administrative units in any part of the state and whatever is happening in the... | |
| | | | Sapolia questions parametres, says he would continue to support Modi | | BJP revokes 'suspension' of only 5 MLAs | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 14: As the revocation of suspension of five BJP MLAs finally took the practical shape paving way for their return into party fold, whispers loaded with queries are doing rounds in the political corridors as to why and on what grounds the sixth MLA Jagdish Raj Sapolia has been left out. The re entry of 7th MLA Prof Chaman Lal Gupta had already been ruled out from all quarters.
A formal press note to this effect was circulated today with the announcement that BJP High Command has decided to revoke the suspension of five MLAs who include Baldev Raj, Master Lal Chand, Durga Dass, Bharat Bhushan and Prof. Gharu Ram who were expelled from the party in April 201... | |
| | | | BJP - ‘Party with a difference’.....! | | Comes out with different colour over 'expelled MLAs' | | | Kunal Shrivatsa
JAMMU, Jan 14: Even as Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) hardly misses an opportunity to boast 'party with a difference' tag and harping on that 'we as a political group keeps intact high moral grounds come what may' but the decision to revoke expulsion of five out of its seven MLAs, who were expelled from the primary membership of BJP for alleged cross-voting in the Legislative Council elections in April 2011 has somewhat nullify assertions of the saffron party.
In what could be described as taking a U-turn on the issue, the BJP High Command today finally decided to grant re-entry to five of its legislators MLA Domana Bharat Bhushan, MLA RS Pura Prof Gharu Ram, MLA Reasi Balde... | |
| | | | BJP candidly eats up word 'expelled' with suspended | | | |
JAMMU, Jan 14: A press statement issued here today by the State BJP conveyed the decision of the party High Command to media, however, the press release contained wrong information that the five of its MLAs' were suspended and not expelled. It may be noted that, in actual, the seven MLAs were expelled from the primary membership of the party for six years.
While Prof Chaman Lal Gupta was expelled from the party in May, 2011, the expulsion orders of the six other MLA were executed in the month of October, 2011.
The communique said, "BJP High Command has decided to revoke the suspension of five MLAs namely Baldev Raj, Master Lal Chand, Durga Dass, Bharat Bhushan and Prof Gharu Ram, who ha... | |
| | | | No pre-poll alliance between NC, Cong: Kamaal | | '20,000 NC workers butchered during militancy' | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Jan 14: National Conference today claimed that Congress is eager to have a pre-poll alliance with NC but the party has decided not to forge any kind of alliance with Congress.
Addressing a press conference at party headquarters Nawai Subah in Srinagar, Additional General Secretary of National Conference Dr Shiekh Mustafa Kamaal said that at least 20,000 National Conference leaders and workers were butchered during hey days of militancy. "Our committed workers do not want any kind of alliance with Congress party and we can't deceive them and play with their sentiments," Kamaal said that Soz has hinted indirectly that Congress party wanted a pre-poll alliance w... | |
| | | | Despite inclement weather Eid-I-Milad celebrated with religious fervor across Kashmir | | | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, Jan 14: Eid-I-Milad was celebrated with religious fervor and gaiety across the Kashmir valley with thousands of devotees turning up at different religious places in connection with the religious congregations and allied functions. Thousands of persons turned up at Hazratbal shrine during the course of the day and offered prayers while seeking blessings from Almighty Allah. The devotees had a glimpse of the holy relic of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) as it was displayed after the five time prayers during the day. Emotional scenes were witnessed when people prayed for their well being and the well being of the society.
Eid-I-Milad, birthday of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) ... | |
| | | | JU's cold response for Indian Science Congress | | Welcoming esteemed guests with shabby campus, stinky toilets | | |
Bivek Mathur
Jammu, Jan 14: With scheduled date for 101th Indian Science Congress (ISC) is coming at hand, the Jammu University which has to host the prestigious event seems unprepared for the mega event scheduled to be held from February 3-7, as basic infrastructure still is under question?
The mega event that will be inaugurated by Prime Minister of India Dr Manmohan Singh and among the attendants are Nobel Laurates of the world, internationally acclaimed scientists and delegates from other fields of excellence, may face the stench of lack of the preparations of the varsity for the event and the same has come under scanner as the university has so far failed to get its toilets clean... | |
| | | | AFSPA in Kashmir a national requirement | | Plain-speaking by Army chief | | | Neha
JAMMU, Jan 14: Army chief General Bikram Singh, who doesn't speak quite frequently, on Monday did some plain-talking and asserted that Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) is a national requirement in the militant-infested Jammu and Kashmir and that any attempt to dilute or revoke it would jeopardize the paramount national interests in the state. Justifying the relevance of AFSPA in the state, he said: "There are inputs of a possible terrorist spillover into the Valley after the US drawdown in Afghanistan. We need to look at developments in Afghanistan in 2014 before we can look at perhaps tampering with or diluting the Disturbed Areas Act". He made this important statement while... | |
| | | | Tehsildar Kokernag seizes dumped pipes from NC activist's residence | | PHE in soup! | | |
Saahil Suhail
Anantnag, Jan 14: Tension continued to mount on Public Health Engineering (PHE) officials in South Kashmir's Anantnag district after Tehslidar Kokernag along with a squad acting on specific tiff off, seized over 44 pipes from NC activist's house in Bidder area of Kokernag.
Reports said that Tehsildar Kokernag, Shabir Ahmad acting on a specific input raided the residence of National Conference activist Gulam Qadir Wagay and seized over 44 pipes which according to locals were meant for providing water supply to the area.
Tehsildar Kokernag, Shabir Ahmad, when contacted confirmed that he had seized the pipes worth lakhs of rupees from the said activist residence.
"Yes, w... | |
| | | | Time for CSC to remove regional imbalances | | Jammu deserves more administrative units | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Jan 14: Kashmiri leaders of all hues have joined hands to get more administrative units in the Valley. Nothing wrong. But the NC-Congress coalition needs to adopt a holistic approach while taking a final call. It has already set up a Cabinet Sub-Committee (CSC) for the job and it must dispense justice to the people of Jammu province, as they deserve more districts, more tehsils and more niabats considering the nature of terrain, accessibility and topography of the province. They have been struggling since decades to get more administrative units. They did succeed in the 1980s in convincing the authorities that they needed more administrative units, but failed to achieve their... | |
| | | | MNREGA data entry operators being exploited by State Govt | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 14: The data entry operators working under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) are being exploited by the government for past seven years. The monthly honorarium of these operators is only Rs 7500 where as data entry operators of other national schemes like National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) are getting almost double the amount. The work load of these operators is increasing with every passing day but there is no increase in their honorarium.
"We have been working day and night to upload the data being provided under MNREGA scheme by our senior officials. Besides that officials take our servi... | |
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