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BJP's central leadership 'divided' over plan of action for Government formation with PDP Amit Shah says formal dialogue on, Ram Madhav states informal communication going on 1/6/2015 12:13:12 AM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Jan 5: The central leadership of Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) seems to be divided over the plan of action adopted by the party with regard to the proposed alliance with People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for forming the next government in the state. Party's President, Amit Shah, today in the union capital said that a formal dialogue has already been started with PDP for forging an alliance. Shah said that the talks are going on and they would be taken to a 'meaningful' end. He said serious deliberations are going on between the two parties for forming the next government in the state. On the other hand, BJP General Secretary, Ram Madhav said that no formal or structured dialogue has been going on between BJP and PDP over the government formation. Madhav said that back channel communication has been going on between the two parties and no formal dialogue has been initiated so far. Conflicting statements from BJP's President and General Secretary suggest that there is communication gap within the party. It seems the party leaders are ...   READ MORE

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Why PDP reluctant to forge alliance with NC or Congress? Govt formation 1/6/2015 12:12:53 AM Rustam Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 5: On December 31, PDP president and Member of Lok Sabha Mehbooba Mufti claimed that her party had the support of 55 MLAs and, at the same time, stated that the 28-MLA PDP was not in a hurry to form government. She made this important statement after her meeting with the Governor NN Vohra in Jammu. A couple of days before, both the NC, which has 15 MLAs, and the Congress, which has 12 MLAs, offered their unconditional support to the PDP. The NC offered support saying the PDP, like it, was a regional party and the Congress offered support, saying it wanted to keep the BJP at bay. It was obvious that the claim of the PDP chief was based on the suppo...   READ MORE   After New Year hooliganism, NIMS University asks over 100 JK students to vacate hostel Students denied roll number slips, likely to be barred from sitting in exam 1/6/2015 12:12:38 AM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Kishtwar, Jan 5: After hooliganism on new year day caused large scale violence, Rajasthan based NIMS university asked 140 students hailing from different states including over 100 from Jammu & Kashmir to vacate the hostel with immediate effect. Many students among the list of expelled students pleaded innocence and accused the university of victimization. They added that many students who had been asked to vacate the hostel are presently spending holidays at home. The university authorities also denied roll number slips to the students and are likely to barred them from sitting in examination started in next few days. As per the notice issued b...   READ MORE   HM committee to J&K Govt: Reserve 10 seats for refugees 1/6/2015 12:12:18 AM Syed Junaid Hashmi Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 5: A Rajya Sabha committee of Union Home Ministry has sought reservation of 2 seats in the legislative assembly for West Pakistan refugees and defreezing of 8 seats out of 24 which are designated for the territorial constituencies of the state that lie in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir in favour of refugees of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) living in Jammu. The committee has, thus sought addition of 10 more seats in the 37 seats of Jammu region. This would take the number of seats in Jammu region to 47 i.e. one more than the number of legislative assembly seats in Kashmir region. Refugees of West Pakistan and Displaced Persons of Pakistan ...   READ MORE   10 yrs on; Tourism Deptt, JKTDC fail to absorb professionals Youth losing interest in tourism courses 1/6/2015 12:12:05 AM Bijay Charak Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 5: The high profile Tourism department and Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Development Corporation (JKTDC) have not employed a single person during the past decade. Sources told Early Times scores of young people who qualified various courses in tourism from Jammu and Kashmir universities during the past 10 years have lost hope about them being absorbed by the department or the Corporation. Pertinently, Government of Jammu and Kashmir had established directorate of Tourism as well as Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Development Corporation in 1988 and in the same year the department and the corporation filled the vacant posts. Sources said after 25...   READ MORE   Only 3 docs extend their services in GMC Evening clinics almost defunct 1/6/2015 12:11:49 AM Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 5: Much hyped evening clinics in Government Medical College and its associated hospitals across JK have become almost defunct due to lackadaisical approach of concerned authorities and un-willingness of doctors to attend the evening clinics. Amazingly, very few people are aware about the evening clinics being run to serve them. State government had opened evening clinics in the premier hospitals in Jammu and Kashmir on May 1, 2013 to provide better health care facilities to poor and needy people. Astonishingly, there are only three doctors who attend evening clinics established in GMC hospital here. "These doctors have not fixed schedule...   READ MORE   J&K performance poor in completion of roads under PMRP Delay leads to cost escalation of 2 to 9 times 1/6/2015 12:11:35 AM Akshay Azad Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 5: The executing agencies of Jammu and Kashmir government have shown a poor performance to implement various projects under Prime Minister's Reconstruction Programme (PMRP) as majority of the road projects under this scheme have been witnessing the cost escalation of two to nine times in terms of original and revised cost of projects. According to a fresh monitoring report of Home Department, till the month of December 2014, it has come to fore that major road projects being executed by J&K Public Works Department or Border Roads Organization (BRO) have recorded huge increase in original and revised cost of projects. Besides these road projec...   READ MORE   'Controversies' in Edu Deptt cast shadow over strengthening of Govt schools 1/6/2015 12:11:18 AM Bivek Mathur Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 5: Controversies, that erupted in Education Department when ex-Chhamb MLA Tara Chand was its minister, have cast a shadow over the overall strengthening of infrastructure of schools which is evident from the slow pace of works being done in the department. The Physical Progress Report for the year 2014-15 for the schools of Jammu and Kashmir, a copy of which is with Early Times, says that Government of India approved 636 new schools for the state but ending October 2014, only 92 schools had been completed (14.47%) whereas the work on 246 schools is in progress and no work has been done for the remaining 298 schools. The report further says ...   READ MORE   Seeks implementation of UGC norms SMVDU faculty moves court 1/6/2015 12:11:09 AM Avinash Azad Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 5: Faculty of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU) Katra has moved court to ensure that Dr SK Jain, Vice- Chancellor of SMVDU implements the UGC guidelines in the varsity and to seek quashment of an order issued by the V-C making 12-years experience mandatory for the re-designation of the Assistant Professor post. According to sources two faculty members working at the level of Director in-charge in School of Computer Sciences and School of Innovation at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University Katra, have dragged VC for non-implementation of UGC re-designation of incumbents Assistant Professor (working in Rs 12000- Rs 18300) on the da...   READ MORE   Cong discusses debacle in Assembly polls 1/6/2015 12:04:14 AM Arun Trisal Early Times Report Hiranagar, Jan 5: Dozens of Congress party leaders and workers convened a meeting here today under the chairmanship of Pankaj Dogra, acting district president of the party, where they reviewed debacle in the assembly election 2014. The party lost all the five seats in Kathua district. While addressing the party workers, Girdhari Lal Chalotra, ex-MLA Hiranagar, said Congress had fulfilled people’s aspirations and done hard work during its 12 years of coalition rule in J&K. He claimed that development had reached its peak and many avenues of employment were also generated. Chalotra called BJP a one-man party where all other leaders ride on one boat and una...   READ MORE   Shah talks Govt formation with JK leaders PDP's main agenda peace: Akther 1/6/2015 12:04:03 AM Shiv Dev Thakur Early Timers Report Jammu, Jan 5: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief Amit Shah chaired an important meeting of the BJP leaders from Jammu and Kashmir in New Delhi today and discussed way forward for the government formation in the state, sources told Early Times. They said the main motive of the meeting was to discuss the government formation as People's Democratic Party has hinted at it being inclined towards BJP to form the government. Sources said that PDP has set a few conditions for the alliance with the BJP. It wants Centre to resume talks with Pakistan, Kashmiri separatists, revocation of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from militancy free are...   READ MORE   Altaf grills PDA, Municipal committee in review meeting Asks officials to desist from misusing funds 1/5/2015 11:56:55 PM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Pahalgam, Jan 5 : Newly elected MLA from this southern Assembly segment, Altaf Kaloo Monday grilled officials of Phalgam Development Authority and Municipal committee in a review meeting held at Town Hall Phalgam and asked them to desist from misusing the funds. "What is your contribution in the development of Pahalgam apart from implementing the centrally sponsored schemes? I am being informed that you are drawing out salaries from the revenue you generate from here. Which is the violation of Municipal Act and unacceptable to me." Kaloo told Municipal Committee Executive Officer Bashir Ahmad Dar during the meeting. He asked the officer to provide...   READ MORE   Hina likely to be nominated as MLA / MLC 1/5/2015 11:56:14 PM Sandeep bhat Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 5 : The BJP candidate from Amirakadal Hina Bhat, who fought election from the area unsuccessfully, may be nominated a member of legislative assembly or legislative council. If sources are to be believed, Hina, the firebrand BJP leader from Kashmir, remained in news for her bold and outright statement on Article 370 and she may be the first choice of the party from Kashmir to be inducted in assembly or council as she is the voice of BJP from the valley. She is considered to be the best choice for her nomination to the assembly as she is a woman, a doctor and more importantly the bold voice of BJP. There are 87 elected MLAs in the assembly and ...   READ MORE   Uncertainty over Government formation ends PDP-BJP formal talks going on 1/5/2015 11:30:54 PM Bashir Assad Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 5: For the first time since the election results were declared, the two major political parties PDP and BJP, Monday confirmed officially that the formal talks were going on between the two for government formation. Both PDP and BJP today officially confirmed that the formal talks were going on and that the parties are ready to form the coalition government in the state. Amid reports that PDP leaders Muzaffer Hussain Baigh and Haseeb Drabu had the first round of structured dialogue with BJP leadership in New Delhi on Monday, both parties came out with statements that they were working out the arrangement for government formation in the sta...   READ MORE   Dilapidated Jetty-Johamma road irks people 1/5/2015 11:30:43 PM Syed Tahir Bukhari Early Times Report BARAMULLA, Jan 5: The Jetty -Johamma road is in dilapidated conditions and a vital bridge between Jetty and Janbazpora is still under construction from last nine years, local resident's blame that R&B authorities are in a deep slumber in Baramulla district of North Kashmir. According to sources that, "the Jetty link road in Khowjabagh area of Baramulla town is in a dilapidated conditions, roads can connect many areas with other parts of the town through Jetty area. The Khojabagh-Johamma road via Jetty, which connects over nine to ten villages in Baramulla and Handwara, has been rendered non-motarable due to want of repairs. Bashir Ahmad a local...   READ MORE   Former Government Secretary Advocates PDP-BJP alliance `Mufti as Maestro to Handle BJP' 1/5/2015 11:30:34 PM Javaid Naikoo Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 5: Former noted secretary of the Government of India while terming PDP Patron as Maestro to handle BJP said that the PDP-BJP alliance was a viable option. Amitabha Pande, who is also a noted writer today said that there is much agonizing about the fractured verdict in Jammu and Kashmir which emerged after Modi magic did not really work for BJP to the extent it was expected, however increased the party's vote share in Jammu and Kashmir and PDP which is in a catch-22 situation is worried that if it aligns with the BJP and later alliance did not worked for them, followed by National Conference which is a silent spectator and the Congress ac...   READ MORE

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