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Non performers shown as 'high performers', deserving lot in performer list PYC style of 'appraisal' in J&K 10/20/2013 11:53:47 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 20: It can happen and is expected only in an organization like Congress. Sycophancy and brazen discrimination by leaders at the helm of Pradesh Youth Congress is having a negative impact on the conviction and affecting the real performance of the Pradesh Youth Congress workers. Trampling the very spirit of the 'management unit system' and its inherent performance rating procedure, non performing workers have been declared as high performers and high performers have been rated as just performers by the PYC leadership. Sources said that as per the directions of Rahul Gandhi every state has created a management unit under which it is desired by the High Command to have a monthly review and assessment of Youth Congress activities and the contribution as also efforts put in by the workers in making these activities meaningful. In simple words, the Youth Congress leadership has been asked to make a list of performers and high performers in the party on the basis of their fair judgment of the active role of functionaries associated with the organization. ...   READ MORE

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NC's contradiction, Kamaal style: Renzu should thank Omar Says, despite being 'incompetent' NC offered him coveted posts 10/20/2013 11:53:08 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 20: Frustrated over the master move of Congress in accepting erstwhile loyalists of NC into the party fold, the NC stalwart is now trying desperately to paint their image in bad light, forgetting brazenly how the NC leadership which pampered and exploited them utill they decided to join the Congress. Labeling former bureaucrat and Congress leader Farooq Ahmed Renzu as opportunist, National Conference Additional General Secretary Dr Shiekh Mustafa Kamaal today...   READ MORE   Goni to file defamation suit against Mustafa Kamaal 10/20/2013 11:51:48 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 20: The former political secretary of Farooq Abdullah and Congress's new entrant Aslam Goni today said that he would file the 'defamation' suit against National Conference's Additional general secretary Mustafa Kamaal over the statements regarding the funding scam in Cricket Association of Jammu and Kashmir. Goni said today the allegations leveled by Kamaal against him over the funding 'fraud' in Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) are 'baseless'. Goni further alleged that Kamaal has issued the statement sans any documental proof and has hence tried to tarnish his public image. Pertinently, Mustafa Kamaal recently alleged that Aslam Goni is 'wh...   READ MORE   Dr Mustafa Kamaal talks non-sense, no need to take his statements seriously: Prof Soz Says, no need to carry out war with Pakistan 10/20/2013 11:51:41 PM Jehangir Rashid SRINAGAR, Oct 20: Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) President, Prof. Saif-ud-Din Soz today said that there is no need to carry out full-fledged war against Pakistan as the security forces are competent enough to thwart any attempt made to sneak into this side from across the border near the Line of Control. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of function held here at PCC headquarters, Prof. Soz referred to National Conference Additional General Secretary, Dr. Sheikh Mustafa Kamaal as an insane person who does not know what to talk. He said the Congress party does not take the statements of Dr. Kamaal as serious since the NC leader always talks non-sense. The function w...   READ MORE   In Omar's Fire Services, favourites rule the roost 10/20/2013 11:53:35 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Oct 20: J&K Fire Services is yet another Department which is under the direct control of Chief Minister where the service rules have been thrown to winds and monopoly of authorities prevails. According to sources the authorities have thrown service rules to winds by giving preference to blue eyed boys in promotions and departmental training after ignoring a large number of deserving and senior officials. Sources said protesting against the increasing favoritism in the Department hot words were exchanged by senior officers over promotion of juniors to higher posts and one of the senior officers protested against and left the meeting. The officer who was to ...   READ MORE   APHC reticent of happenings in POJK Kashmir solution 10/20/2013 11:51:25 PM Neha JAMMU, Oct 20: The All-Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has been demanding "azadi" for Kashmiris for many years now. Interestingly, It has been reticent of what has been happening in Gilgit-Baltistan and Pakistan-occupied-Jammu & Kashmir (POJK). It is time to ask those demanding "azadi" whether their framework of "azadi" also covers the people of Gilgit and Baltistan and POJK. It is also time to understand what the Resolution passed by the European Parliament on May 24, 2007 said about the plight of the people of Gilgit-Baltistan and POJK, which are legitimately Indian. The European Parliament Resolution had slammed the "domination" of officials appointed by I...   READ MORE   Omar incenses border villagers After Gool, Kishtwar 10/20/2013 11:50:59 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 20: Residents of border villages, who have been hit by Pak firing and pounding, and have shifted to safer places, are incensed over the absence of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. The Chief Minister has till now only expressed concern, that too in Srinagar, but has not visited any of the villages affected by Pakistan firing. "Where is Omar Abdullah? Is he the Chief Minister of Kashmir or Jammu and Kashmir… isn't his moral duty to visit us and know how we are going through this tough time," said Rameshwar Sharma, resident of border village in Pargwal sector, which is being pounded regularly by the Pakistan. The anger Rameshwar reflects the feelings on the grou...   READ MORE   What have Congress MLAs done for Jammu? 10/20/2013 11:51:05 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 20: Have the Congress party MLAs who were elected to the State Legislature by the people off Jammu worked according to the party manifesto, which they released ahead of the 2008 Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, is the biggest question that people of Jammu will confront them with in 2014. Not that the two MPs from Jammu region, who belong to Congress will not be grilled by the people for not taking up the issues of people of Jammu at the highest democratic forum of the country. The Congress party had 18 MLAs in 87-member J&K legislative Assembly and became the part of coalition government with National Conference on January 5, 2009 when Omar Abdull...   READ MORE   Provide copies of summons, action taken report to RTI applicant SIC to Tehsildar Samba 10/20/2013 11:52:01 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 20: The State Information Commission (SIC) has directed Tehsildar Samba to provide copies of summons issued by him in a land dispute case to an RTI applicant who alleges that no action is being initiated by the Tehsil office to address the matter related to a pending land dispute case. The Tehsildar according to RTI applicant did not initiated any action even though he was directed by the DC office Samba to do so. The RTI applicant also sought action taken report from the Tehsildar which wasn't provided to him until the State Information Commission (SIC) intervened. As per details available with Early Times one Ruder Chand S/o Chhajju Ram a resident of ...   READ MORE   Discriminating opposition constituencies phenomenal in JK 10/20/2013 11:51:53 PM Bashir Assad Srinagar, Oct 20: Notwithstanding the serious allegations against the NC-Congress coalition government of discriminating the constituencies represented by the opposition in the J&K Legislative Assembly, it has now been established that the additionalties provided to the districts during last few years have not been evenly distributed but the amount, whatsoever, has either been given to the MLAs of ruling coalition or has been spent through the District Development Commissioners in those constituencies represented by the opposition without any information to the concerned MLAs. If the official data pertaining to the allocation of additionalities is an indicator, the Coalitio...   READ MORE   SI among 3 booked, challaned for attempt to murder 10/20/2013 11:51:32 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 20: Satwari Police booked three persons including a Sub Inspector for attempt to murder and theft of revenue documents. They were challaned before Chief Judicial Magistrate which was later transferred to Municipal Magistrate, Jammu. The case was registered against them after re-investigation by police on court's direction. As per official documents, on 17.12.2011 one Vijay Kumar, Sub Inspector, son of Babu Ram of Diary Hakkal along with his brothers namely Gopal Kirshan and Rashpal and his father fired gun shot with his service revolver on Nitan Gupta son of Surinder Gupta of village Kirpalpur at present Sanjay Nagar and Ashok Kumar son of Bihari Lal of...   READ MORE   Pak firing forces villagers to flee border hamlets 10/20/2013 10:27:36 PM Et Report Samba, Oct 20: With Pakistani troops pounding civilian areas with mortar shells and heavy firing, villagers living along the Indo-Pak border have been forced to flee their homes to safer places. "We sent our women, children and elderly people to a safer place in tractor trolleys during the night in view of blistering attacks of mortars bombs and heavy firing," Om Prakash of border hamlet Suchetgarh-Kulian said. Pakistani troops had pounded 14 forward posts and civilian areas in Jammu frontier with mortar shells and fired automatic and small arms round-the-clock on Friday and Saturday. Suchetgarh-Kulian, Najwal (Pargwal) and Nikowal border belts along the 190-km-long Internatio...   READ MORE   'Stop targeting SF, Congress' Taj warns Kamaal 10/20/2013 11:51:13 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 20: Advising National Conference not to meddle into the affairs of Congress party, Minister for Medical Education Taj Mohi-u-Din today said that Mustafa Kamaal should not criticize the role of Indian Security Forces and other Security Agencies. Taj told a Srinagar based news gathering agency that Security Forces are serving people and National Conference leader Mustafa Kamaal should think hundred times before raising finger on them. "It is not desirable for NC to speak against Indian Agencies and security forces as it is the part of the Coalition Government. Mustafa Kamaal should understand that his nephew is the Chief Minister of the State and speaking...   READ MORE   Border residents castigate administration to provide safe shelter 10/20/2013 10:27:18 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 20: The border residents of Kullian who were forced by Pakistan shelling to migrate safer places have accused administration for its failure to settle them in some safer places, besides made available to them the basic necessities of life. Holding protest against administration they alleged that they were forcibly shifting as danger of life was looming large on them due to constant shelling from Pakistan side as administration has failed to secure their lives. Shelling from Pakistan has triggered civilian migration since Saturday night from village located near the border. People of the Suchetgarh Kullian village, situated 400 metres from the Internationa...   READ MORE   Mufti expresses concern over border skirmishes, calls for maintain spirit of cease-fire 10/20/2013 10:26:54 PM Et Report Srinagar, Oct 20: Expressing his serious concern over growing incidence of the violation of ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) and International Border (IB) along Jammu and Kashmir, patron of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said skirmishes on borders was result of the failure of both India and Pakistan governments to take peace process to the logical conclusion. He, however, said that instead of reacting in knee jerk manner India and Pakistan should maintain spirit of the cease fire because escalation of hostility is not in the interests of the common masses of both the countries. "The situation necessitate that instead of indulge into pr...   READ MORE   Congress to emerge single largest party in 2014 elections: Soz 10/20/2013 10:26:41 PM Mustansir Srinagar, Oct 20 : PCC President, Professor Saifuddin Soz Sunday asserted that Congress would emerge as the single largest party in 2014 Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. Soz while addressing a well attended function organized to welcome some prominent personalities in the Congress party said that joining of prominent people having acceptability among the public shows that congress party has become a vibrant political force in all the three regions of the state and that the joining of such people will certainly have an impact on the electoral politics. Pertinently eleven 'prominent figures' including some former ministers and bureaucrats formally joined the Congress at p...   READ MORE   JU presents gory state of affair prior to prestigious Science Congress 10/20/2013 10:26:29 PM MOHD IRFAN JAMMU, Oct 20 : With just few months left for the prestigious Indian Science Congress-2014,the claims of Jammu university administration of giving face-lift confined to around campus vis-a-vis cutting of grass, trees, shrubs and installing tiles on foot path etc seems to have fallen flat.Sources privy to JU said exorbitant money which comes from UGC for spending on campus to give it a makeup shine is not properly utilized as it is squandered away for cutting of grasses and foot path around several departments on which prior shrubs are present and now JU is putting tiles on it for which there is not any need to cut the green shrubs which clearly indicates that JU administrati...   READ MORE   Day 3, Shutdown; clashes continue in Baramulla Normalcy returns to Palhalan 10/20/2013 10:26:18 PM Javid A Malla Srinagar, Oct 20: Complete shutdown was observed amid clashes for third day on Sunday against the arrest of youths on charges of stone pelting. Meanwhile normal life resumed in Palhalan Township. Reports said, shops and other business establishments remained closed on Sunday after youths come out at different spots and started stone pelting on shops enforcing shutdown. Three youths were injured one among them critically On Saturday evening clashes. Umar Altaf Malik son of Muhammad Altaf Malik of Baramulla who had sustained pellet injuries on face and was shifted to a Srinagar hospital for specialized treatment. While as two others were discharged after they got hospitali...   READ MORE   Are 1999 events being re-enacted by Pak troops on IB? 10/20/2013 10:25:59 PM Et Report Jammu,Oct 20 : Is the situation on this side of the border belt, right from Poonch to Kathua, assuming as alarming contours as was witnessed in 1999 when several lakh people were forced to migrate to safer places ? This question has assumed utmost importance following repeated ceasefire violations being committed by Pak forces in which several security personnel were injured and normal life was totally paralysed. Those who fear 1999 events being repeated on this side of the IB say that targeting 25 Indian border outposts was a repeat of the 14-year old developments. Eyewitness accounts said that in 1999 number of civilians were killed and others were injured when the Pak Range...   READ MORE

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