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For NC, Congress; Jammu remains a mere pushover 'Grand alliance' a 'Grand sabotage' of Jammu's mandate 1/1/2015 10:55:17 PM Abodh Sharma Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 1: By repeatedly cautioning PDP against allying with BJP and offering support to bitter political rival to stay in power, both National Conference and Congress are sabotaging the mandate that people of Jammu have given to BJP in the Assembly elections, vindicating the allegations that both these partners in previous government have considered Jammu as a mere push over. The greed and lust of both these parties is becoming too obvious. While Congress, which has shrunk to insignificance at the national level desperately wants to keep BJP out of power in J&K where it has emerged as a powerful stakeholder for the first time; NC, which was apprehending a complete rout, was buoyed by 15 seats it got and is now eyeing to stay in power by extending unconditional support to its bitter political rival PDP. Both these parties are trying every trick to ensure that PDP-BJP did not enter into alliance to form government in the state. Sources disclose that NC leaders are sponsoring stage managed protests in the Valley to exhibit that the valley would bo...   READ MORE

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Police recruitment scam worth Rs 88 lakhs resurfaces in Udhampur PHQ sleeps over inquiry report 1/1/2015 10:55:06 PM Sumit Sharma Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 1: Six years after the infamous recruitment scam brought defame to Khakhi, it has returned to hit the headlines as a huge protest demonstration was held against Police by the aggrieved persons . The recruitment scam surfaced in district Udhampur when a PSO of the former IGP allegedly took Rs 88 lakh from 42 persons on behest of the officer, then DIG IRP to select them in the recruitment process which took place during the year 2009 after the formation of the newly carved four districts-Samba, Reasi,Ramban and Kaishtwar. The cop Babu Singh, PSO of the then DIG IRP Gulzar Singh Salathia, allegedly took 88 lakhs from candidates but their na...   READ MORE   Ex VC JU-JURSEA President nexus exposed Pursued Patwar training, M Phil at same time 1/1/2015 10:54:51 PM Arun Singh Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 1: The hidden motives behind the ongoing campaign launched by Jammu University Research Scholar Executive Association (JURSEA) have stood exposed as its president Sukhdev Singh who was allegedly in collusion with the former Vice Chancellor Prof MPS Ishar had escaped action for violation of university norms. The close association of JURSEA President Sukhdev Singh with the former VC Prof MPS Isher could be gauged from the fact that he pursued regular M Phil in Urdu Department from JU and Patwar training at the same time during the tenure of Prof MPS Isher in sheer violation of Jammu university norms. Anticipating action against him for his allege...   READ MORE   Govt departments violate labour laws with impunity JKSERC seeks security guards for 12 hour duty 1/1/2015 10:54:37 PM Akshay Azad Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 1: Apart from private institutions the government institutions are also found flouting the labour laws with impunity in terms of duty hours and in one such case Jammu and Kashmir State Electricity Regulatory Commission (JKSERC) had wanted to engage security guards with 12 hour duty, instead of eight hours as permissible under laws of land. According to the tender notice number JKSERC/02 of 2014, Secretary of Commission has invited tenders from registered security agencies, engaged in providing of skilled/ unskilled manpower for services of security guard in the J&KSERC at Ambedkar Chowk Jammu from Ist February 2015 to 2016. One line in the ten...   READ MORE   MPhil scholar teaches statistics to MEd students Ineligible engaged to conduct PCP 1/1/2015 10:54:00 PM Avinash Azad Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 1: The Directorate of Distance Education, University of Jammu is violating the norms as ineligible persons have been teaching MEd students. Sources informed Early Times that going beyond the eligibility fixed for the post of teachers for MEd (PG course) the authorities have engaged MPhil Scholars for the purpose. "The programme in-charge of first group of MEd students (1-500), Dr Darshana Sharma has engaged an MPhil Scholar in Mathematics to teach Statics the MEd Students during recently held personal contact progamme (PCP)", sources maintained, adding that to adjust a favorite the programme in-charge not only violated the guidelines, but...   READ MORE   Authorities snooze as Govt. schools lose over half of their land to grabbers 1/1/2015 10:48:26 PM Ajay Sharma Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 1 : Blame it on indifference of the administration of Government Middle School Nahoti and Government Primary School Nahoti of Panchayat Nalla Makol of district Rajouri, the schools have lost 40 percent of their land which has been illegally grabbed by some influential people of the area. Sources told Early Times that both schools which fall under Hathal zone of Tehsil Sunderbani officially have land measuring more than 80 kanal including 68 kanals of Government Middle School Nahoti and 12 kanal of land in the name of Government Primary School Nahoti. They alleged that out of 80 kanals of land some people have managed to get 3 kanals of land trans...   READ MORE   New year celebrations turn into mourning at Bobiya border 1/1/2015 10:47:58 PM Arun Trisal Early Times Report Bobiya, Zero line, Jan 1: New Year celebrations turned into mourning along the border where Pakistani rangers attacked with heavy shells and mortars that damaged houses, crops and live stocks. The cross border firing started during day time nearly 12 km away to Kathua at Bobiya and adjoining villages at International border but Pakistani rangers again targeted the locals at mid night at 1:35 a.m. Pakistani Rangers opened heavy fire during last night a...   READ MORE   BJP seeks more time, talks on for Government formation 1/1/2015 10:45:17 PM Bashir Assad Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 1: A day after Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti met Governor N N Vohra and discussed government formation in Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP today said it has sought "more time" from the Governor in view of the ongoing dialogue with parties and hinted that it could relent on the issue of having chief minister from Jammu. Governor has set 19 January deadline for formation of government in the state and BJP will not take any step ...   READ MORE   Kashmiri vote secular and Jammu's vote communal Dangerous formulations 1/1/2015 10:30:17 PM Rustam Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 1: Was the Kashmiri vote, which was cast in the assembly elections in the Valley, a secular vote and a vote for nationalist parties and was the vote that was cast in Jammu province a communal vote? The answer is yes when viewed in the light of some Delhi-based and Srinagar-based "secular" commentators, opinion makers and self-styled academicians have written, and continue to write, about the nature of Kashmiri vote and Jammu vote. The "secular" writers have been striving hard to mislead make the people and create hatred between Jammu and Kashmir. They are giving them to understand by contemptuously dismissing the Jammu vote as patently communal ...   READ MORE   Rain fails Jammu farmers, wheat crop likely to suffer 1/1/2015 10:30:01 PM G S Asgotra Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 1: Clouds of trouble are looming large over Jammu farmers with the sowing season for wheat at its peak and rain seems in no mood to fall. There is no possibility of rains in coming days and if rains fail the farmers, more than 50 percent crop will be impacted, which will also increase the food deficit in the region. According to Metrology department, the average rainfall in the month of December for the last financial year 2013-14 was 32.98 millimeters but for the current financial year 2014-15, the rainfall recorded was zero mm for the month of December. The rain fall recorded in Jammu region in the month of December was Jammu district-...   READ MORE   NC pooh-poohs Azad's Grand Alliance suggestion Govt formation in J&K 1/1/2015 10:29:38 PM Neha Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 1: On Tuesday, it was the JKPCC chief Saif-ud-Din Soz, who didn't really endorse the suggestion of former J&K CM and Union Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad that the PDP, the NC and the Congress should forge a "Grand Alliance" to prevent the BJP from forming government in the state or allowing it to become part of the coalition government. Instead, he asked media persons to meet Azad to know what exactly he meant by the Grand Alliance and again reiterated his party's support to the PDP, saying Mufti Mohammad Sayeed is a seasoned leader capable of leading the state government. The fact of the matter is that Soz virtually ridiculed Azad by not sharing his view o...   READ MORE

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