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| Enhancement of retirement age by one year in offing | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 18: Though the J&K government has constituted a seven member committee to look into the aspects of increasing the retirement age of its employees from 58 to 60 years, the government has principally agreed to enhance the same by 1 year from 58 to 59.
Sources in Chief Minister's office said that the government has agreed to enhance the retirement age of its employees by one year and the committee constituted day before in its parleys with the representatives of government employees will take them on board before the decision is made public.
Financial implications of the enhancement of retirement age by one year and the number of employees to be benefited w... | |
| | | | Increase in MBBS seats still a dream in JK | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 18: While government makes tall claims of improving the health infrastructure in Jammu and Kashmir, but it mostly forgets to fully implement its policies.
Few years back, department of health and medical education had submitted a proposal to increase the number of seats in Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) in both the Government Medical Colleges (GMC) of Jammu and Srinagar from 100 to 150 per college.
The same was planned to implement from the next session, but till date nothing changed in the number of seats in MBBS.
Sources said that the Medical Council of India (MCI) teams have also conducted two inspections in both Medical Colleges of... | |
| | | | Smuggling of fake currency notes is part of Zia's Operation Topac | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 18: Since flooding the Indian market with fake currency notes has been part of operation Topac,conceived by late Gen.Zia-ul-Haq,the ISI and Lashkar-i-Toiba are said to be playing an active role in printing and circulating these fake Indian currency notes.
Inputs from various intelligence agencies have revealed that large wads of fake Indian currency notes are in circulation in the Indian markets and a portion of it has found way into the banks despite strict vigil by the Reserve Bank of India and the security forces.
The menace of fake Indian currency notes has assumed so much serious dimensions that despite registering about 3200 cases militants and thei... | |
| | | | Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand "following" footsteps of Advisors or Chief Minister? | | Inclement weather condition in J&K | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 18: Is Congress stalwart and Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand following footsteps of Advisors of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, notwithstanding the fact that he is Second in Command as per the hierarchy in NC-Congress coalition regime?
Well, one can just have a flashback of political as well as government activities occurred in past over a week.
A week ago, following suspension vehicular movement on Jammu-Srinagar national highway, due to inclement weather conditions, heavy hundreds of people remained stranded in Jammu. Irked over the dismal response from the government, the affected people blocked road and staged protest. It was Political Advisor to chief... | |
| | | | Growing rebellion within party perturbs BJP leadership | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 18: With growing rebellion in the Party, BJP leadership is in a fix as how to keep its house in order after hardcore activists who have served the organizations for decades tighter are up in arms against the state leaders while some of them have already quit the party to show solidarity with the disqualified MLAs led by Prof Chaman Lal Gupta.
Only one day after seven senior Party activists including two well known social activists Surinder Sharma from Jammu West and Swami Raj Sharma from Doda left the Party, BJP received another serious jolt with 20 women activists from Rural district Akhnoor including some senior functionaries and office bearers left the ... | |
| | | | Gen Singh being humiliated, A dangerous move | | Lowering Soldier's Morale | | | Neha
JAMMU, Jan 18: Chief of Army Staff General V K Singh is a finest soldier. His contribution to the Indian State has been immense. He is not just a great general; he is a great leader as well. He has always inspired soldiers and provided skillful and effective leadership to them. The result has been that the enemies of India in the Kashmir Valley are on their run. He is the one who told Chief Minister Omar Abdullah candidly that his demand for the revocation of AFSPA could not be conceded because it was fraught with dangerous ramifications. It was again he who hit the nail on the head by questioning the ideology of those in Kashmir and elsewhere who had been demanding revocation of AF... | |
| | | | Peoples Democratic Party VS National Conference | | Kashmir's Political Scene -- I | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 18: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was founded by Mufti Mohammad Sayeed in July 1999. Launching his regional outfit in Srinagar, which is now headed by his daughter and former Leader of the Congress Legislature Party in the Legislative Assembly Mehbooba Mufti, he declared that one of his main objectives would be to "persuade the Government of India to initiate an unconditional dialogue with Kashmiris for resolution of the Kashmir problem". Earlier the Mufti had worked with the Congress for years. In fact, he headed the Congress party in the state for several years.
In 1986, the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi appointed him Union Minister for Tourism... | |
| | | | Highway open for one-way traffic, but where are the supplies? | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Jan 18: As if they follow a written script, ministers have started arriving in the Valley exactly coinciding with the improvement in the weather. This does not prove any heartburning concern for the welfare of the people who still continue to suffer for LPG, sugar, kerosene oil and other essential commodities of life.
Ministers are proving they are arriving here as fair weather friends of the people. It is like extending an umbrella over the head of a person in sunshine and withdrawing it at the first signs of rain.
Typical of their style of functioning, the ministers have issued statements here that there is no shortage of essential commodities in the Val... | |
| | | | Crisis in Pakistan, Advantage India | | Kashmiri Secessionism -- II | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Jan 18: As mentioned, Pakistan is in a very difficult situation. The executive is up in arms against the judiciary and the vice-versa. The executive has openly challenged the Army and the Army has paid back in the same coin. Prime Minister Gilani has virtually incited the people of Pakistan to rise in revolt against the Army and he has done so in the name of democracy. The Army has reposed its full faith in the judiciary and created a situation that would surely make them work together so that Gilani and President Asif Ali Zardari are reined in and showed their rightful place.
Pakistan has witnessed many upheavals in the past, including three coups engineered by the Army. ... | |
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