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| 'Jaichands' working overtime to weaken student agitation | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 21: State government with the help of few 'Jaichands' among the so-called youth leaders is making knee deep efforts to weaken ongoing student agitation in Jammu against the recently announced new recruitment policy by offering lucrative positions and cash to student leaders.
Sources said that youth leaders of University wing of National Conference (NC) with the help of Jammu police are pressurizing student leaders of organizations supporting the agitation to either join them or stay away from those agitating against the policy. They added that a particular police officer is going out of way to help university wing of National Conference (NC). Sources disclos... | |
| | | | Transfer, posting policies, likings of political babus bring developmental process to halt | | Administrative anarchy in J&K? | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Nov 21: Administrative non-seriousness, ineffectiveness in decision making, orthodox transfers and posting policies alongwith personal likings and dislikings of political babus has compounded miseries of NC-led coalition government. Developmental programmes in all the districts are going on at snail's pace despite being under direct scrutiny of 'Union Home Secretary R.K.Singh's office and Governor N.N.Vohra's office'. Ask for reasons and IAS officers in civil secretariat would tell you that state government has been unable to make optimum utilization of services of both senior KAS as well as IAS officers. They do not hesitate in saying that timid placement of offi... | |
| | | | After failure to take centre on board, Omar says his views on AFSPA are people's views | | | | Early Times Report
ANANTNAG, Nov 21: Finding himself isolated on the decision to revoke AFSPA, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Monday said his proposal to have the AFSPA partially revoked reflected the views and aspirations of the people.
"There has been a remarkable decrease in militancy and gradual improvement in the security situation has expanded the expectation spectrum of people to receive peace dividends in all fields", Omar said here adding his initiative in this direction is as per the aspiration of the general public.
Addressing a public meeting after inaugurating a power grid station at Nipora, Mir Bazar about 15 kms from here, the Chief Minister said peace is imperative for deve... | |
| | | | Is State Forest Corporation burden on state exchequer? | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 21: Contradictory to the statement issued by Forest Minister Jammu and Kashmir Government Mian Altaf regarding shortage of manpower in state forest department, Ministry of Forest has deputed its top officials on deputation to State Forest Corporation (SFC), the organization already battling for its survival on financial front.
Among the 13 posts of Chief General Manager and General Managers in SFC, at least 10 officials of Forest department assumes the charge on deputation against these 13 posts whereas only two General Managers from main SFC department namely Nisar Peerzada G M North SFC Kashmir and A K Sharma in charge G M East Doda circle are working aga... | |
| | | | Omar has put J&K in reverse gear: Beig | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 21: Continuing its campaign against corruption, mis-governance, lack of development, price rise and human rights abuses, Peoples Democratic Party Monday held protest demonstration at all district headquarters in the Kashmir valley.
A large number of party workers led by their senior leaders hit the street in large protest demonstrations taken out in Srinagar Anantnag, Kulgam, Shopian, Pulwama, Budgam, Baramulla, Ganderbal, Bandipora and Kupwara.
In Srinagar the protest rally started at PDP office and was led by Senior PDP leaders Muzaffer Hussain Beig, Moulvi Iftikar Ansari, Tariq Qarra and distict president Mohammad Ashraf Mir.
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| | | | NC 'manufactured' evidence: PDP | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 21: Maintaining its pressure upon the ruling regime over the death Haji Yusuf, the main its opposition PDP in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday took out a rally alleging the state government for having "manufactured evidence" before appointing a judicial commission to probe the custodial death of an NC worker.
Targeting the National Conference, the senior PDP leader Muzaffar Hussain Beigh said, "Before the Commission of Inquiry was announced they (ruling NC) manufactured the evidence. Now if the commission comes they will place the manufactured evidence. What will the commission do?"
Led by Beigh, several PDP workers marched from party headquarters at Residen... | |
| | | | Sports after proper employment, Mr Political Advisor | | | | Early Times Report
NAGROTA, Nov 21:Chief Minister's political advisor, Davinder Singh Rana today said, "a healthy body possesses a healthy mind." He was giving away prizes to the winners of Inter-state wrestling finale here today.
Rana talked about potential of sports persons. "We are creating facilities to enable them to prove their mettle at the state and national level events", he said. Not only sports persons but young men in general have the potential to compete with other states. However, the potential could not be tapped fully because of favouritism and nepotism `introduced and groomed' by the National Conference led government.
The state is plagued by unemployment. Two years ago... | |
| | | | Strengthen ideology of NC to get semi-independence | | Equitable Development, NC-Style -- I | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Nov 21: Some Jammu-based NC leaders yesterday exhorted the people to "strengthen the ideology" of their party. Actually, they addressed one-day NC convention at Vijaypur, Samba district, and highlighted the main features of the NC ideology. According to them, the ideology of NC has been "acceptable to the people of the state", as it is based on the principles of "brotherhood and secularism". They asserted that the NC ideology, "which is in our (NC leaders) vein, is the only route which could help maintain peace and tranquility". Some of them also said that the "present government headed by Omar Abdullah (stands) for overall and equitable development of all the parts of the St... | |
| | | | NC-Congress coalition heading towards disaster? | | Traitors' & 'Bluffers' | | | Neha
JAMMU, Nov 21: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's uncle and NC president Farooq Abdullah's brother, Mustafa Kamaal, is not speaking much these days. He was removed from the posts - general secretary and spokesperson -- he held in the party for some 30-odd days because he had been spitting on the Congress and the Congress leadership. He was removed by his brother. There is a view that the NC president took this extreme action against his brother at the behest of the AICC. It is also believed that had Farooq Abdullah not sacrificed his brother, Omar Abdullah would have been removed from the office he held in the government. It is difficult to say whether or not these are speculations or har... | |
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