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| JU simmers as favoritism, selective victimization turns order of day | | Single Candidate Interview" for kith of Registrar | | | early times report
Jammu, Jan 6: The favoritism is at its peak in the University of Jammu (JU) as Vice Chancellor Prof Mohan Paul Singh Ishar, who is yet to celebrate his first anniversary in the office, has been kind enough to blue-eyed besides going for selective victimization of others. Recently, the Vice Chancellor okayed the "Single Candidate Interview" of the wife of a senior most Professor and sister-in-law of the Registrar.
As per the practice, the University had to re-advertise the post of Professor in Botany Department for which the sister-in-law of Registrar had applied, as she was lone candidate. But, setting aside the past practice, Prof Ishar decided to go for single candidate interview hence paving the way for her unopposed selection.
Sources disclosed that Prof Ishar had also been generous enough to his Special Secretary Jai Kumar Sharma. He was Joint Registrar (Finance) when Prof Ishar assumed the charge of Vice Chancellor. Since Sharma
enjoyed proximity with the Vice Chancellor, he was called to VC Secretariat and made Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Prof Is... | |
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| When shall Govt wake to reform State Police? | | Beyond empty recurring | | | Abodh Sharma
Jammu, Jan 6: The brutal Delhi gang rape and the events that succeeded it have besides shaking the conscience of the nation, bottom lined once again the need to affect police reforms in the state police organisations; but more than six year since the Apex Court directed all state governments to implement these reforms, Jammu and Kashmir government has failed to do the needful despite loads of empty recurring on the issue.
On September 22, 2006, the Supreme Court of India delivered a historic judgment in Prakash Singh vs. Union of India instructing central and state governments to comply with a set of seven directives laying down practical mechanisms to kick-start police refor... | |
| | | | Ramnagar Youth Congress ‘strips' local MLA | | Vows to unfold politician- contractor nexus | |  early times report
Udhampur, Jan 6: The Youth Congress unit of Ramnagar led by its President, Ved Pal Sharma, has vowed to unfold the vicious politician-contractor nexus in Ramnagar, allegedly fostered by the local MLA.
Terming the counter-statement of Panthers Party published in the media in response to allegations, as a bundle of lies, the Youth Congress has pointed out contradictions, indecent and filthy phraseology and blasphemous commentary and challenged the MLA Ramnagar to counter... | |
| | | | Ramnagar Youth Congress ‘strips' local MLA | | Vows to unfold politician- contractor nexus | |  early times report
Udhampur, Jan 6: The Youth Congress unit of Ramnagar led by its President, Ved Pal Sharma, has vowed to unfold the vicious politician-contractor nexus in Ramnagar, allegedly fostered by the local MLA.
Terming the counter-statement of Panthers Party published in the media in response to allegations, as a bundle of lies, the Youth Congress has pointed out contradictions, indecent and filthy phraseology and blasphemous commentary and challenged the MLA Ramnagar to counter... | |
| | | | Moderate separatists likely to contest 2014 elections | | Accuse Pakistan of using Kashmiris as scapegoat | | | early times report
SRINAGAR, Jan 6: After being stared by Pakistan in the face the separatist leaders have no reservations in entering the political process to find an amicable solution to the Kashmir imbroglio within the ambit of Indian Constitution.
According to sources, hectic activities are taking place in the moderate faction of Hurriyat Confer-ence in this regard. Despite visiting Pakistan the moderate Hurriyat faction is not satisfied with the role of Pakistan which has used the Kashmir issue as its juggler vein and exploited the innocent Kashmiris for years together.
Sources said the JKLF supremo Mohammed Yasin Malik who took to arms to wage a war against India in 1989 and advoc... | |
| | | | Mess in PSC, Makhdoomi speaks up but why? | | Pot calling kettle black! | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Jan 6: Within days of his retirement, ex-IPS officer Javed Makhd-oomi has turned messiah, shot off a grumbling letter to Governor N.N.Vohra leveling serious allegations of 'dictatorship, illegality nd unfairness' against Chair-man of Jammu and Kash-mir Public Service Comm-ission (JKPSC) S.L.Bhat.
Makhdoomi's change of heart, that too after he retired from commission and after his daughter became a KAS officer, after sons and daughters of several other close buddy bureaucrats, police and accounts officers were adjudged by the same commission, same set of people and same chairman as only people efficient enough to take over reins of various departments in the sta... | |
| | | | Sheikh Family skips Shah's anniversary | | NC-ANC merger! | | | early times report
Jammu, Jan 6: The chances of reunion of Sheikh and Shah Families received a jolt today when no member from the state's second family attended prayer meetings held to commemorate the death anniversary of former Chief Minister, Ghulam Muhammad Shah.
Two prayer meetings one each at Jammu and Srinagar were held and the Sheikh family was conspicuous by its absence. Speculations about the possible reunion of the two families were rife in the first week of December, 2012 when the Sheikh Family was supposed to take a final decision on National Conference Additional General Secretary, Dr Mustafa Kamaal.
Interestingly, Kamaal unmindful of the political storm he created by his c... | |
| | | | Matadors: New Dating Hubs of Jammu ? | | | | early times report
Jammu, Jan 6: Love is not an offence at all, but expressing it publicly in local transport is surely a matter of concern, as it affects the social and moral values. Couples, these days, can easily be seen in the minibuses of Jammu, embracing each other and fighting, irrespective of the fact that people of every age group travel in these minibuses. "It becomes a matter of big shame for me to watch such scenes whenever I' am traveling along with my kids or family," said Ashok Sharma, 43 a resident of Mast Garh, in a conversation with correspondent of Early Times, at Gole
Market Mini Bus Stand.
"The matter does affects the social values, and should be taken under concer... | |
| | | | 4th anniversary of NC-Cong coalition govt turns out to be a non event | | Nothing To Boast | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Jan 6: January 5 should have been celebrated by the NC-Congress coalition with great pomp and show because the coalition completed four years in office, but it, unlike other governments across the country, did not do so. For the coalition, it was a non-event. Since the coalition had nothing to cheer and boast, it thought it better to ignore the fact that it was on this date four years ago it formed government in the state. Even Chief Minister Omar Abdullah yesterday virtually admitted while speaking at a function organized by Rural Devel-opment Department at Tourist Reception Centre (TRC) Ground, Srinagar, to highlight its achievements during the past four years. ... | |
| | | | As NC celebrates, Congress comes out of shell of complacency | | Soz, Azad hold meetings together in Delhi for '2014 polls' | | | early times report
Jammu, Jan 6: While the coalition led by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is in an upbeat mood over completion of four years of rule in the state, terming it as a successful era of peace and prosperity, the Congress which is main partner in the alliance has not attached much importance to the celebrating spirit exhibited through pomp and show of advertisements on list of achievements. It has instead begun to come out of its complacent shell and started paying attention to what can be seen as first step towards preparation of 2014 Assembly elections.
Sources said JKPCC president Prof Saif-u-Din Soz and Union Health Minister , who is more keen in politics in J&K , who ... | |
| | | | Rejected in Kashmir, Shah looks towards patriotic Jammu | | Struggle For Separation | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Jan 6: Demo-cratic Freedom Party (DFP) chairman Shabir Ahmad Shah, Kashmir's so-called Nelson Mandela, who has no support-base in the Kashmir Valley to which he belongs and whom even APHC-M chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq does not consider relevant, has planned to lead a five-member group to Jammu province. He would, according to a press release issued by his marginal outfit, reach Jammu on January 9. The delegation will have an on-the-spot assessment of the political situation in this part of the state and meet with representatives of Dogras, internally-displaced Kashmiri Hindus and Ladakhis, besides touring some Muslim-dominated areas in Poonch, Rajouri, Doda and ... | |
| | | | Kishtwar acid victim supports speedy trial for Kashmir acid victim | | 'Police sabotaged justice to me' | |  Asif Iqbal Naik
KISHTWAR, Jan 6: Extending her deep empathy, the 34 year old Kishtwar acid attack victim has reached out to the Kashmir acid attack victim.
Expressing her pain and anguish over denial of justice to her, she said, "Even though justice is eluding me since last 7 years, but I can understand the trauma which the Kashmir acid victim was going through and I supported the speedy trail of the case so that the victim could get justice".
Seven years since the incident that defaced her... | |
| | | | NC stumps Azad, Soz; J&K Cong peeved | | Paid Govt advertisement creates ripples | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Jan 6: A paid government advertisement issued by state government has created ripples across the political circles in Jammu and Kashmir as well as in New Delhi.
Though all are tightlipped but reliable sources told Early Times that leaders representing two political rivals in Congress, ex-Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and JKPCC President Prof. Saif-ud-din have come together to privately express anguish over being completely sidelined by the coalition partner, National Conference (NC). They have lodged formal complaint with AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi, asking him to intervene and stop Congress from becoming a rubber stamp in the coalition.
Sources said t... | |
| | | | Beg, Rather lock horns over Power crisis | | T&D losses upto 74 %: Shakeel Qalander | | | Bashir Assad
Jammu, Jan 6: Power scenario in Jammu and Kashmir shows no signs of improvement even though the bill for power purchase from Power Trading Corporations has touched Rs. 3218 crore during the current fiscal which amo-unts to the steep of 125% as against 1400 crores in 2004. The crisis besides subjecting the commoner to inconvenience has triggered a verbal dual betw-een the former Finance Minister, Muzaffar Hussain Beg and Abdul Rahim Rather.
Though the generation capacity of the state owned power projects has declined by 40% since December 2012, however, the expenditure on purchase of power is likely to cross Rs 3218 crores, 120 crores more than the budgetary allocations... | |
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