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| Re-employment, service extension files heap up in GAD | | Many more officials seek post-retirement rehabilitation | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 19: Over two dozen retired or retiring government officials are currently seeking re-employment or extension to service in contravention to NC led coalition government's stated policy.
Informed sources in General Administration Department (GAD) revealed to Early Times that in addition to 85 retired officials, who had already managed re-employment after reaching superannuation or extension to services ahead of their retirement, over two dozen more officials were currently seeking a post-retirement rehabilitation. Immediately after taking over in January 2009, NC-led coalition government had announced the policy of not granting any extension to services of the retiring employees. It had decided that in "very compelling circumstances", extension of a maximum of one year could be granted to t he incumbents holding reputation of exceptionally meritorious public servants. However, nearly a hundred blue-eyed boys of bureaucrats and politicians managed extension of one or even two years.
Sources said that one of the retired officials of the st... | |
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| | Corrigendum | | | In the main lead news published in January 19th edition of the newspaper, Mr GR Sofi’s name has been inadvertently mentioned besides using the word former along with his designation. The error is deeply regretted. Mr Sofi continues to be in government service as Chief Commissioner of Income Tax including J&K state. It has also been inadvertently mentioned that he is among retired officials who are currently lobbying for the two posts of Information Commissioners with Information Commission of the state.
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| | | | PM rejigs cabinet: 3 promoted, many portfolios jigged | | Deora stripped of Petroleum ministry, Reddy takes over | | | Early Times Report
NEW DELHI, Jan 19: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's much awaited Cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday remained mostly a cosmetic exercise, with the changes confined only to the Congress team, while key allies DMK and Trinamool Congress had no participation. No minister was dropped.
The expansion of the Council of Ministers and swearing-in of the new incumbents took place in a short ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. In a surprise development, S. Jaipal Reddy was made the petroleum and natural gas minister while Praful Patel, Salman Khursheed and Sriprakash Jaiswal have been elevated to cabinet rank.
Sweeping changes to portfolios - a record 37 - but nobody was dropped in to... | |
| | | | Don't take any step which would disturb peace: interlocutors to BJP, separatists | | Conclude Jammu visit, satisfied with interactions | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Jan 19 : Imploring both BJP and the separatists on a cautious note, the interlocutors today said peace was precious in the J&K state which warranted no such steps that could disturb the peace or disrupt the dialogue process.
Chief Interlocutors Dileep Padgaonkar said this today while responding to a query related to Bharatiya Janata Party's 'Ekta Rally' followed by a flag hoisting at Lal Chowk on Republic Day, as also the response of the separatists to this proposed programme. The Interlocutors however said every Indian citizen has the right to hoist a tri-color anywhere in the country but this should be done keeping in mind the peace and tranquillity of enti... | |
| | | | Now the interlocutors are listening more & speaking less | | | | RUSTAM
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Jan 19: Have the Delhi-appointed interlocutors for Jammu and Kashmir given up their habit of speaking too much? Or, have they finally accepted that they committed serious blunders by speaking too much while touring different parts of the state last year? The answer to both these questions is in the affirmative.
They have, it can be said, turned somewhat experienced or may be it was the Home Minister's snub that ultimately forced the otherwise rather talkative interlocutors to listen more from the people and keep their mouth shut or not to make their views public on each and every issue that they discuss with the people in Jammu and Kashmir. Home Minister ... | |
| | | | Pak planes enter RS Pura, violate air space | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Jan 19: Two Pakistani aircraft entered the Indian air space in R.S. Pura area along the international border in Jammu in a clear violation of the Indian air space.
Defence sources said that two aircrafts of the Pakistani army entered border area for about a couple of minutes on Monday. They added that Pakistani army emblem was clearly seen on the olive green planes. Aircraft flew over the posts of the Border Security Force (BSF), said the sources.
These sources said that the BSF would be taking up this issue with Pakistani counterparts. They added that BSF is likely to lodge strong protest for air space violation. Sources affirmed that forces on the border are... | |
| | | | Jammu leaders responsible for the neglect of Doda, Poonch & Rajouri | | Opponents Of trifurcation -- III | | | NEHA
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Jan 19: The critics of those in Jammu who advocate trifurcation as a lasting solution to the Jammu problem as well as other issues facing the state say that Jammu leaders are responsible for the neglect of the Muslim-majority districts in the province? How? It's not true. It's politically and communally-motivated charge and it has no basis whatsoever. The fact is that most of the Jammu-based leaders have been consistently struggling to obtain justice for the province and its people, irrespective of their political affiliations and religious denominations. So much so that they have been saying that Doda, Poonch and Rajouri are more discriminated against as co... | |
| | | | BJYM committed to hoist Flag at Lal Chowk, Warns Govt against stopping yatra | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 19: Notwithstanding the Government's reported move to not to allow the Ekta yatra to proceed beyond Lakhanpur to hoist the National Flag at Lal Chowk Srinagar on January 26, BJYM the youth Wing of BJP today made it clear that Party will hoist the Tri Colour at Srinagar braving all odds.
Reiterating that over one lakh BJYM activists will reach Srinagar to hoist the National Flag at Lal Chowk on January 26, said the Party national vice president Pawan Khajuria. Mazintiang that people across the country are enthusiastic to join the yatra, he said no power on earth can stop its entry into J&K.
The ruling coalition in the state will be doing a great blunder by st... | |
| | | | Saffron brigade is a gainer even without flag hoisting | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Jan 19: Even if the activists of the youth wing of the BJP are not allowed to enter into Jammu and Kashmir for hoisting the tricolour in Srinagar on the Republic Day the saffron brigade has gained political advantage which it could not have achieved by unfurling the national flag at Lal Chowk.
If the Government ultimately foils the BJYM plan of unfurling the national flag at Lal chowk both the ruling coalition of the National Conference and the Congress besides the Congress led Government in the centre would be held responsible for siding with the separatists and going against the nationalist forces. There lies the advantage for the BJP.
That the National Confe... | |
| | | | Boat takes Chenab route to go across border | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Jan 19: A boat of flood control department has gone missing from the mighty Chenab river at Hamirpur in Akhnoor.
Tied with a rope to a nearby tree, the boat was lying abandoned on the Chenab bank for the past some time, police sources said.
The boat was this morning found missing on the bank by some flood control department employees who brought the matter to the notice of police.
Sources said as police failed to get any trace of it in the river, it was felt that the currents had pushed it across the borders in Pakistan.
The boat was kept there by the department to evacuate Hamirpur residents to safer places whenever the river was flooded.... | |
| | | | Omar meets Chidambaram | | Says no plan yet to deal with BJP's march | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
New Delhi, Jan 18: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said the state government had not as yet drawn any plan or strategy in the backdrop of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) march to Srinagar's Lal Chowk to hoist the tricolour on the Republic Day against the state government's wishes.
Omar said this to reporters in New Delhi ahead of his meeting with union Home Minister P. Chidambaram here today. The two leaders also discussed the road ahead for the government-initiated peace process in Kashmir. Chief Minister is also learnt to have discussed the issue of troops reduction in Kashmir.
Abdullah, after the meeting at the Home minister's North Block office, said he ... | |
| | | | Army reviews situation | | | | Jammu: The Indian Army Wednesday reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir ahead of the forthcoming Republic Day Jan 26, which has come to greater attention this year because of Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) plans to hoist the national flag in Srinagar on the day.
The meeting was chaired by Corps Commander of 16 Corps Lt. Gen. J.P. Nehra, who is also the security advisor to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, at the corps headquarters at Nagrota, 13 km north of Jammu.
According to sources, the meeting focussed on two issues - first, tackling the threat by militants to disrupt the Republic Day function, information of which was intercepted by the security forces; and second, BJP's pl... | |
| | | | Katra shopkeeper, cab driver held for selling bhaint on higher rate | | | | JAMMU: A shopkeeper was today arrested by police at Katra for selling to a NRI a bhaint, which actually cost Rs 500, for Rs 20,000. A taxi driver, who had taken the NRI to the shop and got a commission of 40 per cent, was also arrested, police sources said. Alvin Ajay Kumar of Auckland, Newzealand, Tuesday hired a taxi from Jammu for Katra. Reaching Katra, taxi driver Akshay Kumar of Majalata took Alvin to New Luxmi Bhaint Bhandar where its owner Ajeet Kumar sold him a bhaint (prasad) for Rs 20,000. Alvin made the payment and asked Akshay to wait for him at Katra till he returned from the holy cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi in Trikuta Hills.
Sources said while going to the holy cave shri... | |
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