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CM’s secret agents (007)

Special team set up to check attendance, records of government offices

10/8/2007 9:27:02 PM

Govind Chouhan Jammu | Oct 8 To fulfill his cherished dream of ensuring transparency in the government departments and make these institutions free from corruption and also ensuring punctuality of employees in the offices, the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has devised a new strategy to achieve this objective. According to some reliable sources, Azad has secretly constituted a team of seven reputed civil and police officers for keeping a close eye on the functioning of various departments and its employees. The constitution of the team has been necessitated following large scale complaints received by the Chief Minister himself that some of the government employees are playing truants ...

He has a magic wand

In three months, officer gets two promotions, posting order modified five times

10/8/2007 9:25:41 PM

Early Times Reporter Jammu | Oct 8 The coalition government claims high about the transparency in administration but few examples of Jammu and Kashmir can be found elsewhere when it comes to favouring the favourites. In three months, the state government today issued fifth order of transfer to adjust a blue eyed officer who was first promoted and offered several postings but he did not join till finding a preferred one. In the month of May, Farooq Ahmed Shah, Tehsildar Koteranka, in Rajouri district was promoted to the rank of Assistant Commissioner Kishtwar. His promotion was in his own pay and grade –which amply explains that he was not eligible to the next high post but the promoti...

So Says Soz…..!

10/8/2007 9:24:49 PM

Early Times Reporter Jammu | Oct 8 While the tug of war among the coalition partners was already going on that a new feat of uncertainty has emerged within the Congress party on the issue of dominant leadership in Jammu and Kashmir. Sources said that the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad is not happy with the increased presence and activity of Union Water Resources Minister Saif-ud-Din Soz in Jammu and Kashmir affairs. "Soz is seen poking his presence in party as well as administrative affairs which is being projected in some quarters as emergence of a parallel leadership in the state", said a senior Congress leader who preferred not named. As already reported in our today's issue, Pro...

UJC announces truce

10/8/2007 9:24:09 PM

Early Times Reporter Jammu | Oct 8 In a surprise development, the umbrella organization of various militant outfits, the United Jehad Council, has announced a three-day unilateral ceasefire with the security forces. Based in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan occupied Kashmir, the United Jihad Council (UJC), , has announced a three-day unilateral ceasefire coinciding with the holy Muslim festival of the Eid. UJC spokesman Sadaqat Hussain called the local newspapers and news agency in Srinagar today and announced the council's decision for a ceasefire on Oct 12, 13 and 14 on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. 'The decision has been taken so that Muslims can celebrate the coming Eid festival peaceful...

SC orders speedy trial of Pak prisoners

Another feather in Bhim's cap

10/8/2007 9:23:30 PM

Early Times Reporter Jammu | Oct 8 In yet another success for the Panthers Party leader Bhim Singh and fresh relief for the undertrials, the Apex Court of country today ordered speedy trial of 36 Pakistani militants lodged in various prisons across the country but facing prosecution mostly in Jammu and Kashmir on charges of heinous crimes, including terrorist activities. While setting a nine-month deadline for the completion of their trial, a bench of Justice B.N. Agrawal and Justice P.P. Naolekar also ordered the government to shift those Pakistani prisoners lodged in jails outside Jammu and Kashmir to jails within the state in a month. At least 16 of the Pakistani prisoners are lodg...

Employees get Eid, Navratra gift

10/8/2007 9:22:36 PM

Early Times Reporter Jammu | Oct 8 In a true, Eid and Navratra gift for its brigade of 3.80 lakh employees, the state government today sanctioned additional installment of Dearness Allowance at 6 percent of Basic Pay in favour of state government employees including work charge and whole time contingent paid employees. The allowance has been allowed with effect from 1st July 2007. By the sanctioning of 6 percent additional Dearness Allowance installment, the total revised Dearness rate will be now 41 percent. Government has also sanctioned 6 percent additional installment of dearness allowance in favour of Pensioners with effect from July1, 2007. Civil Secretariat Employees Union h...

Azad's tough, but cool handling of crisis has paid dividends

10/8/2007 9:21:36 PM

Early Times Special Correspondent Jammu | Oct 8 The tough stand taken by Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad against the coalition partner of Congress in the state government, who from day one after the transfer of Chief Ministership from PDP's Mufti Mohammad Sayeed to the Congress leader Mr. Azad, has been creating problems by putting spanners in the smooth functioning of the government, has paid dividends. The PDP President, Mehbooba Mufti, who had earlier threatened of pulling out of the coalition government if forest portfolio is not restored to Qazi Mohammad Afzal, has relented after Azad caught the bull by the horn by allotting even the other portfolios of Housing and Urban Development,...