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Makhdoomi apprises Governor of irregularities in PSC

`KCS result notification unauthorized, illegal'

1/4/2013 11:57:36 PM

Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 4: The Public Service Commission (PSC) has been accused of violating rules for selection of gazette officers for civil and judicial services. The allegation, this time has, has been leveled by an insider. A member who recently retired has apprised the Governor of the unhealthy trend in the PSC. The Governor has been told that the chairman, SL Bhat had been reduced to a `rubber stamp'. The member, Javed Makhdoomi through a communication said that the result notification of junior judges issued on November 16 had not been signed by three of the four members of the PSC. Makhdoomi said a particular member and Secretary had played a vital role in sidelining the cha...

Yusmarg a forgotten tourist destination

1/4/2013 11:56:23 PM

Early Times Report srinagar, Jan 4: Just 45 kilometres from J&K's summer capital Srinagar Yusmarg witnessed a heavy rush in Summer of 2012. The tourist boom last year has at least shot five times up as compared to year 2011 located in central Kashmir's Budgam district Yousmarg is attracting tourists from within and outside the State and also from abroad. "As Amarnath Yatra was in its full swing, local tourists avoided going to Pahalgam and Sonamarg making Yusmarg one of the favourite destinati...

JU lacks internet facility

1/4/2013 11:50:34 PM

Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 4: Although colleges in 21st century are providing internet facility to students, the Jammu University still is not providing proper internet connections and fully equipped computer labs to them. This is leading to the chaos in many departments of the varsity where due to the lack of internet facility students are facing problem to get the first hand account of researches from all over world. These students have to turn towards cyber cafes, which for some are not affordable due to the high rates. Sources in the University said that the computer laboratories were established in 2008 during the tenure of former JU Vice Chancellor Professor Amitabh Matoo but ...

Apex Committee for migrants in jeopardy

2 members resign, more to follow

1/4/2013 11:50:24 PM

Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 4: With two members of the Apex Committee for migrants having resigned, the fate of the body seems to be in jeopardy. More resignations are expected in the coming days. The migrants were aghast over the decisions taken by the Apex Committee in Srinagar during a meeting with the Chief Minister. The decisions taken by the committee have not gone well with the migrants especially the youth. The youth stormed the Relief Commissioner's office last month where some members of the Apex Committee were discussing the fall out of the decisions taken in the Srinagar meeting. One member was also manhandled. The youth told them in clear terms to justify the decisions or f...

CM's advisors playing theater of absurdness

1/4/2013 11:49:43 PM

Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 4: In a theater of absurdness, the advisors of the Chief Minister are taking on their own leaders and also opposition leadership to prove themselves as more loyal than the king. First the Political Advisor to the Chief Minister Devinder Singh Rana accused Panthers Party of being a B-team of the PDP and accused its leadership of not being interested in safe-guarding the interest of Jammu by aligning itself with the Kashmir based party : PDP. Rana also engineered a split in the Panthers Party leadership in the Udhampur district but getting its one of the important leader in the NC fold. The Political Advisor to the CM got politically overboard after Harsh De...

DySP's brother booked on complaint of Commissioner Secretary Forest

1/4/2013 11:49:28 PM

Sumit Sharma Jammu, Jan 4: Police today registered a case against one Mohd Sadiq Ahmed son of Saraz Din of Channi Kamala on the complaint of Commissioner Secretary Forest Aijaz Iqbal (IAS) for illegal and forceful possession and destruction of his property (flats) in Sunjwan. Based on the complaint, Trikuta Nagar police lodged a case against the alleged accused under section 448, 427 RPC, who happens to be the brother of a DySP in Jammu and Kashmir Police. Worthwhile to mention here that a day after the case was registered against the Sadiq ,around eight flats built in area were vacated and sealed by the police . After the seizure , Mohd Sadiq, who projected hims...

New recruitment policy discriminatory

Promoting Inefficiency

1/4/2013 11:47:58 PM

Neha Jammu, Jan 4: Jammu and Kashmir Government on Wednesday directed all the recruitment agencies charged with the duty of recruiting non-gazetted employees to follow the new recruitment policy with immediate effect. The new recruitment policy, which would now be applicable to the non-gazetted employees to be recruited from now onwards, was enforced following clearance from High Court, which did not consider the petitions filed against it as valid. According to the new recruitment policy, the new incumbents would be considered regular employees of the State Government from the day they join the duties, but their salary structure would be different from that of their counterparts already ...

Kamaal attacks Cong for supporting AFSPA

1/4/2013 11:48:55 PM

Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 4: National Conference (NC) additional general secretary, Dr Mustafa Kamaal has accused Congress of supporting continuation of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Jammu and Kashmir to give a free hand to Indian Army. He said this power can be misused and the same was done in 2002 and 2008. He said there is absolutely no justification in continuing with AFSPA in the State. Kamaal, it seems, has not learnt any lesson from his `misadventures' in Kishtwar last year where he said India was an enemy of people of Kashmir for having rejected Pakistan's no war pact. The statement evoked wide spread condemnation. Kamaal was forced to give an explanation. He...

Escaped from PS Domana, notorious gangster Bhoot re-arrested

1/4/2013 11:49:11 PM

Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 4: Notorious gangster Vipan Gupta alias Bhoot who escaped from custody of Domana police station giving a dodge to the police personnel on September 29 has been re-arrested, a senior police officer said, adding, he was hiding somewhere in Janglote area in district Kathua. Based on information when police conducted raid at his residence he rushed from the spot and was finally overpowered at Ramgarh in district Samba. He was arrested by Domana police based on the complaint of a young girl of New Plots who lodged a report at Domana police station that she was kidnapped and raped by Vipan Bhoot of Shakti Nagar and Vikram Singh of Shiv Nagar in a house at Udheyw...

Commercial vehicles plying with private number plates

Govt suffers heavy losses in tax

1/4/2013 11:48:37 PM

Early Times Report kishtwar, Jan 4: In order to evade road taxes, frisking and adda charges, several hundred commercial vehicles with private number plates are plying on various routes in Jammu and Kashmir including on Kishtwar-Jammu and Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, thus causing heavy losses to the Government exchequer on account of passenger and other related taxes. According to the details available with ET, several vehicles are plying on most frequented routes in Doda, Kishtwar and other parts of the Chenab valley and other parts of the State that too under the noose of Traffic as well as Transport department officials. As per the norms, commercial vehicles are required to use yell...