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| Zaffar fired as Jora puts his foot down against 'verbal' extension | | Kashmir Festival in doldrums; No coordination between sponsors | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, Nov 20: With the state government still looking for the coordinating agency amid reports of no camaraderie between a host of sponsoring departments and organizations on proposed Kashmir Festival in New Delhi, Minister incharge Tourism and Culture, Rigzin Jora, has finally succeeded in getting rid of Zaffar Iqbal Manhas as Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture & languages.
After rising to high positions in the last over 30 years, Zaffar Iqbal reached superannuation as Secretary of Cultural Academy on August 31, 2011. As the government constituted a committee, headed by eminent litterateur and former Secretary Mohammad Yousuf Taing, to pick up new incumbent, Manhas was asked to continue in the hot seat for two months beyond the date of his retirement from service. Even after the period of his brief extension expired on October 31, he continued to function as Secretary of Cultural Academy for over two weeks.
Authoritative sources revealed to Early Times that during the course of an official meeting on Friday last, Jora observed that most ... | |
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| Planning being run on adhoc basis; Power, PHE, Health going headless soon | | Administrative anarchy in J&K? | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Nov 20: Inability of state government to manage its administrative machinery especially officers heading various vital departments is likely to increase governance deficit and further trim down already staggered pace of development.
New Delhi has repeatedly snubbed Chief Minister Omar Abdullah about governance and developmental issues but to no avail. Adhoc transfer and posting policy has resulted in acute governance deficit. 17 IAS officers are on central deputation, another one is on an extraordinary leave while two others are facing penalization for reasons other then those related to their administrative capability and competence. A reflection of the inapt ad... | |
| | | | CM stands in queue for his DL What about restoring sheen of judiciary? | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 20: Chief Minister won acclaim for getting his driving license renewed through common procedure. He drove straight to the RTO offi8ce and stood in a queue. According to an official statement the gesture was aimed at ascertaining the problems of the people and also implementation of Public Service Guarantee Act.
The gesture shall go a long way in setting things right if the Chief Minister undertakes similar exercises to monitor working of other extensions of the government. The National Conference has been accused of being instrumental in eroding the supremacy of judiciary.
The judiciary, according to senior Advocates was free during `autocratic' Dogra rul... | |
| | | | Would Mustafa Kamal also go Mirza Afzal Beg way? | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 20: Dr. Mustafa Kamal, senior NC leader and brother of party patron Dr. Farooq Abdullah was sacked for his statements which annoyed not only the ruling Congress allies but also the army. As spokesman of the NC the uncle of the Chief Minister made utterances which the Chief Minister accepted had come as a big embarrassment to him.
It is ironical that Dr. Mustafa Kamal had to finally eat the humble pie. He said he had accepted the orders of the party high command as a faithful soldier when he resigned his position as the chief spokesman of the party and also as its additional secretary general. Dr. Kamal has ruffled many feathers both within and outside the N... | |
| | | | J&K second highest in crime, Jammu No. 1 | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 20: Even while the findings of the 'Crimes in India' report released by Union Home Minister, a month back, have rated Jammu and Kashmir state of having the second highest crime rate in India, Jammu seems to be Number-1 in India.
And the credit goes to none other than the men in Khaaki, who "felicitates" crime related incidents just for petty gains. Much publicized Amandeep murder case, in which alleged under world Don Chowdhary Nagar Singh alias Nago and others along with senior police officers have been arrested on various charges is one of the glaring examples where police have become party to crime.
On October 27th, it was reported that Jammu and Kashmi... | |
| | | | IO probing involvement of Jughal Kishore in murder case supports CBI probe | | More trouble for BJP in J&K | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 20: After expelling six of its MLA from party fold over alleged cross voting scandal, BJP in Jammu and Kashmir seems to be in fresh trouble after the investigation officer probing murder case of Raj Singh against newly appointed leader of BJP Legislative party Jughal Kishore (MLA Nagrota) and his brothers supports CBI probe. In a petition filed by Dina Nath, the father of deceased contractor Raj Singh before the State High Court, while replying to the notice issued by the Justice JP Singh to State of Jammu and Kashmir through Commissioner Secretary Home, DGP J & K, IGP Jammu Division, DIG Jammu-Kuthwa Range, SSP Jammu and Additional SP Rural, SHO Police Stat... | |
| | | | What did Omar mean by "we"? | | AFSPA Row | | | Neha
JAMMU, Nov 20: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah yesterday again suggested that he was committed to getting AFSPA revoked from certain areas in the state and added that "there is ample scope to go ahead with the move while addressing the concerns of the Army". Actually, he responded to a volley of questions on his stand on AFSPA after his return from New Delhi, where he met four ministers, including Prime Minister, the Army chief and the AICC president and UPA chairperson in order to solicit their support. "I believe there is ample scope for us to go ahead with what we have decided to do, while at the same time addressing concerns that the Army has flagged off", Omar on Saturday told repor... | |
| | | | Encroachment of migrants' land in Kashmir continues | | Failure to enforce Distress Sale Act by Govt | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 20: Failure of State Government to enforce Distress Sale Act in letter and spirit the encroachment of thousands kanals of land of Kashmiri migrants continues unabated in Valley. Enacted in 1997 by the State Government to save the left over immovable property of Kashmiri Hindus in Valley the Act has failed to act as a deterrent to check the encroachment of migrants land in Kashmir. The increasing land grabbing by unscrupulous elements in Kashmir has led to a lot of resentment among the displaced Pandits in Valley who accuse the Government for its failure in enforcing the law in letter and spirit.
According to sources thousands of kanals of land belonging t... | |
| | | | Third week of Darbar: Secretariat work yet to gain momentum | | Cabinet meeting likely this week | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 20: The Secretariat opens here tomorrow on an optimistic note for common people who have been making rounds of departments for the past two weeks in vain. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is likely to convene the first cabinet meeting after reopening of Durbar in the winter capital this week. The meeting assumes importance as it has some vital agenda to discuss including partial revocation of AFSPA as the main issue.
Even though it is third week since the Durbar started its work here in Jammu, not much has been registered or seen in terms of delivery of things and functioning inside the main seat of governance. While the Chief Minister remained mostly pre occu... | |
| | | | Kashmiri actress, who has acted in TV serial Kasauti Zindagi Ki, held in Pune for running prostitution racket | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU/MUMBAI, Nov 20: Small-time actress Azhara Jan (21) alias Zara of Kashmir, who has acted in TV serial Kasauti Zindagi Ki and Bollywood movie Lamhaa, was arrested Saturday from a five-star hotel in Pune on the charges of running a high-profile prostitution racket. Spot boy Neeraj Bhadani (27), who acted as her pimp, was also arrested. A tip-off led their arrest by officials of social security cell (SSC) of the Pune crime branch of police.
The SSC arrested them from a five-star hotel located on Raja Bahadur Mill Road late Saturday afternoon. The case has been registered with the Bund Garden police station. The SSC team led by inspector Bhanupratap Barge laid a tr... | |
| | | | NC silent over new recruitment policy, talks little about SKEWPY | | Rally at Vijaypur | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 20: Leaders of National Conference (NC) have preferred discreet silence over the new recruitment policy, which Chief Minister Omar Abdullah described as landmark and a way toward self-reliance. National Conference (NC) today held a rally at Vijaypur in Samba district to appeal people to strengthen ideology of National Conference but did not make any mention of the new recruitment policy. They talked about Sher-e-Kashmir Employment Welfare Policy for Youth (SKEWPY) but made no mention of need for revocation of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).
They referred to SKEWPY but desisted from elaborating the issue further and also from asking youth to accep... | |
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