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Non-local IAS officers holding key positions contributing to "governance deficit" 1/18/2012 12:20:01 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 17; While the baton of administration handed over to an influential group of non-local officers at the crucial decision-making levels in Jammu and Kashmir, the state is presently reeling under shortage of Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officers as around 22 IAS and IPS officers are retiring after reaching their age of superannuation in next couple of months . At the same time Jammu and Kashmir seems to be in the midst of a fresh debate on bureaucratic set-up in the state, especially in the backdrop of accusations that the state government has exclusively left the state administration at the mercy of non-local officers, a major contributory factor to "governance deficit". Twin problems of deficient cadres and non-locals holding the key positions in state administration lead to governance deficit in Jammu and Kashmir, said a senior local officer wishing anonymity. "The main reason behind non implementation of decisions being taken at political level, is the ignorance of non-local IAS officers and their indifferent attitude towards the local en...   READ MORE

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Now 'video clip' of attack on Congress MP & MLA goes on 'facebook' 1/18/2012 12:19:35 AM Asif Iqbal Naik Kishtwar Jan 17: Video of attack on Congress MP Chowdhary Lal Singh and MLA Inderwal Ghulam Mohammad Saroori by a group of Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islami (HUJI) in July 2006 near Sanghambata Chatroo has now been uploaded by some unidentified person and released on social networking site 'facebook.' The video of the attack captured by the militants shows two militants with automatic weapons keeping watch on the motor cavalcade of Congress MP on way to Chatroo from Kishtwar and then triggering the IED blast planted in the middle of the road followed by indiscriminate fire and rocket attack through a rocket launcher was uploaded on the social networking site. The clipping also show...   READ MORE   Govt orders reshuffle in major hospitals 1/18/2012 12:17:00 AM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Jan 17: Government has ordered reshuffle of Medical Superintendents at major hospitals under Department of Medical Education in Srinagar and Jammu. According to the order issued on Monday by Commissioner-Secretary Health & Medical Education, incharge Medical Superintendent (MS) at the state's largest of gynecology and obstetrics hospital, Lal Ded, Dr Nazir Ahmad Choudhary has been transferred and appointed as incharge MS of Sri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) Hospital. Incharge MS at Chest Diseases Hospital Dalgate, Dr Mushtaq Ahmad has been transferred and appointed as incharge MS of Lal Ded Hospital. Head of Department Pediatric at GB Panth Hospital Srinagar, D...   READ MORE   Crisis in Pakistan, Advantage India Kashmiri Secessionism -- I 1/17/2012 11:53:18 PM Rustam JAMMU, Jan 17: Islamic Republic of Pakistan, an unnatural formation, is in turmoil. No one can predict what will happen to it. Will it survive as a nation or will it not? No one can give a definite answer. The situation in Pakistan is so fluid. Anything can happen anytime. The Army can bring off a coup and the Supreme Court of Pakistan could give a legal cover to it ostensibly on the ground that the civil administration has lost its credibility and legitimacy and that it has forfeited its moral, political and constitutional authority to rule the country. It would be a coup of different nature. The Army would have in the persons of the newly-appointed President and Prime Minister i...   READ MORE   "Karya khaas" at Rly Stn sells tickets," collects" money from dhabawalas, others 1/17/2012 11:53:00 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 17: A selection grade cop (SGC), who acts as "karya khaas" at railway station here, has allegedly been indulging in all types of illegal activities for the past 18 years but no senior officer has so far bothered to either remove him, or take action against him. He allegedly indulges in blackmarketing of railway tickets and arranges reservations for senior police officers. During his 18 years of stay at the railway station, he has remained blue-eyed of all his immediate seniors. Sources in railway police said when the matter was brought to the notice of senior officers, including DSP Mukesh Kakkar, they had not borthered to take any action against the SGC. ...   READ MORE   Retired Electrical engineer heads Computer branch in SMVDU! 1/17/2012 11:52:51 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 17: Following the sensational disclosure of the appointment of a simple graduate as a Professor, another identical case of according a preferential treatment has surfaced at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU) which suggests a glaring example of favoritism and nepotism prevailing at the higher institution of learning in the state. Retired from the Punjab Electricity Board, ML Garg, who has done Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and Masters in Science (M.Sc) was appointed as Professor in Computer Engineering Department in October 2007 in sheer violation of the guidelines of the University Grants Commission (UGC). Further, Garg was re-employ...   READ MORE   ISI agent among two arrested from Narwal, Jammu Delhi's 8 crore fake currency catch 1/17/2012 11:52:39 PM Sumit Sharma Jammu, Jan 17: Two persons including an ISI agent have been arrested from Narwal area in a raid that was conducted jointly by special cell of Delhi police and Special Operation Group (SOG), Jammu here today. Sources said that the said duo was also wanted by Delhi police in pumping of fake currency in India through trade (Chakan-da-Bagh) from Pakistan via Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) and a case in this regard stands registered under FIR NO 1/2011 u/s IPC 121A,120B, 489 ABC. Sources added that Delhi police too is on hunt of UP based person involved in pumping fake currency in India. The fake currency racket was busted a couple of week ago, sources said, when customs offic...   READ MORE   Confusion, black marketing and hoarding rules Valley 1/17/2012 11:52:23 PM Early Times Report srinagar, Jan 17: Three days of continued blockade of Jammu-Srinagar road and cancellation of flights to Srinagar airport due to non-clearance by the ATC has exposed the State government's myth of sufficient stocks of essential supplies maintained in the Valley. Worried over the non-availability of LPG, the State Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has blamed the oil companies for not maintaining enough stocks of LPG in the Valley and this happened when Omar's minister in charge CAPD had asserted there were sufficient stocks of LPG in the Valley. The position of other essential supplies is no less worrying. LPG is being sold openly in the black market at Rs.750 to Rs 900 i...   READ MORE   Jammu fast becoming hub of circulating fake notes…..! Counterfeit Currency 1/17/2012 11:52:11 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 17: Is Jammu market "flooded" with fake Currency notes worth lakhs? Answer is simply Yes, if one goes by complaints of numerous people here in the winter capital. It is worthwhile to mention here that, the startling revelation pertaining to circulation of counterfeit currency notes, came to fore on Monday through Government of India's report, which states that there has been a 400 % increase in such counterfeit transactions in Indian's financial channels. furthermore, the report that has been compiled by the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) under the Union Finance Ministry, states that during 2010-11 financial year (till March 2011), the agency detected ...   READ MORE   Panthers raised statehood slogans in Udhampur Trifurcation of J&K 1/17/2012 11:51:38 PM Neha JAMMU, Jan 17: Day before yesterday, Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) organized a convention of party workers in Udhampur to discuss what should be done to mobilize public opinion in favour of its demand seeking reorganization of the state and force the authorities to set-in-motion a process leading up to the establishment of a separate assembly for Jammu province invested with the necessary legislative powers. Hundreds of Panthers drawn from different parts of the province took part in the convention weathering all odds, including the vagaries of the nature, including heavy rain and extreme cold wave. Nothing deterred them. Before that they organized a very long ma...   READ MORE

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