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Shall Omar over write Sinha, Azad's script or choose to duck again ? JU Council 10/14/2012 10:56:16 PM Abodh Sharma Jammu, Oct 14: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah shall be in a catch 22 situation on Thursday, the 18th of October when he attends the meeting of the Jammu University Council as one of the agenda items before the council shall be to take suitable action in the irregularities pointed out by the Chief Secretary headed probe committee. Many in the University believe that Omar who skipped last two consecutive meetings of the JU Council may choose to duck another one as it would be difficult for him to over write the decisions taken during the tenures of former Vice Chancellors which had the approval of the pens of former Governor Lt. Gen. S K Sinha as the Chancellor and former Pro Vice Chancellors Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and Ghulam Nabi Azad. The Council that meets on Thursday under the Chairmanship of the Chancellor N N Vohra is scheduled to deliberate on appropriate action over decisions which were found incoherent to the norms by the probe committee. The major decisions include out of turn promotions to Neeraj Sharma, then Principal private Secretary to the Vice Chanc...   READ MORE

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Dust settles on JKDF 'episode'……. But confusion confounded on political affiliations of 7 MLAs….! 10/14/2012 10:56:06 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 14: With the three JKDF activists finally getting released, even as the dust has settled on the 'high drama' they created inside the J&K Assembly last week, certain questions remain unanswered, rather enveloped in political ambiguity, particularly with regard to the role and conduct of the 7 MLAs led by Prof Chaman Lal Gupta vis-à-vis this episode. An air of confusion still prevails as to the political affiliations of these MLAs, which no matter is being given to understand out of apparent compulsions. When this episode happened inside the Assembly amid proceedings of the House, a furore was followed by prompt instructions of probe by the Speaker...   READ MORE   Communication, Banking facilities after Pak nod: Shinde Special permits to cross LoC traders soon 10/14/2012 10:55:49 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 14 : The Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde today promised special permits to cross LoC traders. He said that the government of India was waiting for a green signal from the Pakistan Government for allowing banking services to the traders. While interacting with the Salamabad-Chakoti cross LoC traders at the Nehru Guest House here, the Home Minister assured the traders that GoI will also provide special communication facilities to them and the matter is on top priority and steps in the direction will be taken within a short span of time. "The Home Minister assured the traders that the union government is serious and sincere towards solving t...   READ MORE   Has AI intervention made any difference? News ANALYSIS 10/14/2012 10:55:33 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 14: A year after Amnesty International released its report `PSA: A lawless Law', the legislation continues to be as lawless as it was in 2011. In a candid admission the AI admitted yesterday that the state government was still using the Public Safety Act (PSA) to detain individuals without charge or trial in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in violation of their human rights. The statement has shocked all those who had been seeking AI intervention in Kashmir for the past two decades. According to rough estimates, around twenty thousand appeals from political, social, religious and human rights urging government of India to allow AI to visit Kashmir were made si...   READ MORE

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