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Massive changes in NC party structure Omar announces political arrival, hands over party to closest aides Nasir to look after Kashmir, Rana Jammu 1/16/2013 3:34:19 AM Syed Junaid Hashmi Jammu, Jan 15: To quell dissent, prevent rebellion and announce beginning of a new era, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has brought about sweeping changes in party structure of National Conference (NC). A loud and clear message of the beginning of Omar's era has been sent out to the entire cadre of National Conference (NC). By assigning two of his close aides, Devinder Singh Rana and Nasir Aslam Wani, the politically significant task of looking after the party rank and file for the next one and a half year, Omar has send a strong message to the older guard to either perform or perish. It has been said loud and clear that no non-sense would be tolerated neither would the office of Chief Minister give ear to the complaints against any of the party functionaries or the ones who have been inducted in the party afresh. Chief Minister had parted away with two of his closest confidants but not without seeking heavy assignment for them from the NC patron. Observers feel that the two would continue to call the shots both in the Government affairs as well as in the party. ...   READ MORE

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NC enacts high drama before swearing in ceremony 1/16/2013 3:33:50 AM Bashir Assad Jammu, Jan 15: Jammu and Kashmir's political arena today witnessed high drama as two stalwarts of the ruling National Conference, who were sure to lose their seats in the Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, were asked to continue as the decision to this effect was taken on the intervention of NC patron, Dr. Farooq Abdullah late last night. Reliable sources told Early Times that Finance Minister, Abdul Rahim Rather and Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Ali Mohammad Sagar who along with other Ministers of National Conference had submitted their resignations ahead of the Cabinet expansion-cum-reshuffle were about to be dropped from the Council of ...   READ MORE   Saroori's non inclusion in Cabinet 80 Sarpanch, over 600 Panchs of Inderwal to resign from Congress PDP in touch with dissident group 1/16/2013 3:33:29 AM Asif Iqbal Naik kishtwar, Jan 15: In a fresh political development after latest Cabinet expansion in Jammu and Kashmir, nearly 80 Sarpanchs and over 600 Panchs of Inderwal constituency have tendered their resignations resenting non inclusion of MLA Inderwal Ghulam Mohammad Saroori into Council of Ministers. Sarpanchs and Panchs hailing from Chatroo, Thatri, Drabshala, Gandow and Kishtwar, confirmed that they had tendered their resignations from the Congress party, however, expressed their will to work under the leadership of MLA Inderwal. The Sarpanchs said that they were urging Saroori to resign from Congress party including Ghulam Nabi Azad who has betrayed him. They said that with ex...   READ MORE   Cabinet Rejig: Revamp in NC, Cong move 'cosmetic' 10 new Ministers administered oath : 7 new faces from NC, 3 from Cong 1/16/2013 3:39:10 AM Saroj Razdan Jammu, Jan 15: In the major Cabinet rejig effected today in the J&K coalition Government, first time in last four years, the ruling National Conference revamped its team, bringing in as many as 7 new faces, most of them youngsters, whereas its ally Congress adopted only a cosmetic approach and filled in the gaps with induction of only three new faces in the Council of Ministers. In all, 10 new Ministers were administered Oath of Office and Secrecy in the sprawling lawns of Rajbhawan in the winter capital this evening. NC inducted four new Ministers with Cabinet status and made three others Ministers of State with Independent Charge. Effecting no major changes in its existin...   READ MORE   Release of prisoners on R- Day Home Ministry officer delays file in a bid to get his own relative included 1/16/2013 3:32:55 AM Sumit Sharma Jammu, Jan 15: Bureaucratic inertia and nepotism have scuttled the chances of 8 prisoners who were recommended for release on Republic Day this year as their recommendations have been biting dust in the Home department. Sources said that meetings in this connection were held on August 8, 2012 followed by another one in December 2012. Based on the meetings, jail authorities recommended names of 8 prisoners for release. These prisoners were recommended based on their good conduct and other judgments of the board comprising higher officials of Jail, Home and 2 NGOs . For delay, sources put blame on a higher official in Home Department who urged the inclu...   READ MORE   Secretary of unrecognized Hockey Association accused of molestation Sports Council sleeps over mess of Sports Associations 1/16/2013 3:32:28 AM Abodh Sharma Jammu, Jan 15: The accusation of molestation on an office bearer of an unrecognized, defunct association who projected himself as the coach of the State Women's Hockey team apparently in a bid to evade Police action has unlid a can of worms yet again, but the State Sports Council, the representative amalgamate of the recognized sports associations and the apex sports body of the State has chosen to watch from a distance the muck created by these sports associations like a lame d...   READ MORE   Secretary of unrecognized Hockey Association accused of molestation 1/16/2013 3:29:40 AM Abodh Sharma Jammu, Jan 15: The accusation of molestation on an office bearer of an unrecognized, defunct association who projected himself as the coach of the State Women's Hockey team apparently in a bid to evade Police action has unlid a can of worms yet again, but the State Sports Council, the representative amalgamate of the recognized sports associations and the apex sports body of the State has chosen to watch from a distance the muck created by these sports associations like a lame d...   READ MORE   Truth of J&K's Panchayati Raj VLWs operating bank accounts, Sarpanchs turned into 'rubber stamps' 1/16/2013 3:28:09 AM Early Times Report srinagar, Jan 15: Amid enhanced security threat, attacks and killings of panchs and sarpanchs, what may have fuelled their current resignation spree is the non-devolution of powers to the elected grass root representatives by the State Government. Despite instructions for transferring powers to panchayats by the State Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) have allegedly been restricted to a rubber-stamp status by the functionaries of the State Rural Development Department, after denying them the rights to execute and monitor various developmental schemes. Panchs and Sarpanchs from various parts of the State have accused the department of ...   READ MORE   Gul likely to be new Speaker 1/16/2013 3:37:45 AM early times report Jammu: Even as in the new framework of things both in Council of Ministers and within the Party, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's another close aide and erastwhile Advisor Mubarak Gul has not adjusted against any post yet, he is likely to be elevated to the post of Speaker J&K Assembly. The post fell vacant after erstwhile Speaker and NC leader was inducted as cabinet minister today. ...   READ MORE   TV debate on Pakistani brutality BJP's demand for action against Pak "communal," says "secularists" 1/16/2013 3:28:30 AM Rustam Jammu, Jan 15: Believe it or not, but it is a fact that Indian "secularists", mostly Congress supporters like Sanjay Jha, Co-founder of Hamara Congress.com, Anand Pradhan and Dinesh Desai, have given a new definition of "secularism". According to them, those demanding a befitting reply to Pakistan for the brutal and inhuman act its army committed in Mendhar area of Jammu province after intruding deep inside the Indian territories on January 8 must be contemptuously dismissed as "rabidly communal". They condemned as "communal" those demanding stern action against Pakistan today while participating in a live debate yesterday evening on the prevailing situation along the Line of Contr...   READ MORE   Seven major highlights of General Singh's Monday interview Plain-speaking 1/16/2013 12:13:10 AM Neha Jammu, Jan 15: Chief of Army Staff General Bikram Singh did well yesterday to call the Pakistani bluff and warn it of dire consequences in case it continues to violate ceasefire, commit heinous crimes against India and violate war rules and kill and mutilate Indian soldiers on duty. He took no less than 6 days to give a concrete shape to the response he wanted to give to what Pakistan did in the Mendhar sector on January 8 and when he gave his response, he cleared all cobwebs of confusion and declared that the Indian Army would not tolerate any violation of ceasefire in the future and that Pakistan will pay a very heavy price in case it dares to commit such barbaric act as the one it ...   READ MORE

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