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| Congress damaging its own poll fortunes | | Serious Faux passes | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 23: BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's relentless onslaught has put Congress's star campaigner AICC vice-president and Sonia Gandhi's son Rahul Gandhi on the defensive. As if it was not enough, his sister and wife of land scam accused Robert Vadra, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has made her own share of mistakes.
Speaking at Rae Bareli the other day, intending to use the development mantra chanted by the BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi to make her case in favour of her party, Priyanka Gandhi told the gathered people that "development is not happening in Uttar Pradesh even though it is happening in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Andhra Pr... | |
| | | | Draft submitted to Govt on SHRC's direction | | Fire Safety Act likely to get teeth | | | Sumit Sharma
JAMMU, Nov 23: The Department of Directorate of Fire and Emergency Service, J&K, is likely to get teeth in respect of Fire Safety Act as the draft in this regard has been submitted to the government for enactment of the same, which has been missing in the state.
The government came to know about the importance of the act when Jammu based Human rights activist approached J&K State Human Rights Commission seeking its direction to the state government for enacting 'Fire Safety Act' in the state.
The activist in the complaint filed to the human rights panel, submitted that the State Government is ignoring the safety of its citizens from fire accidents in the absence of 'Fire Saf... | |
| | | | PDD close offices after consumers demand transformer | | High voltage drama of PDD! | | | Saahil Suhail
ANANTNAG, Nov 23: The PDD showed its helplessness by closing the office today when agitated people of Anantnag town demanded immediate repair of their damaged transformer.
Highly placed sources said that Executive Engineer Anantnag PDD closed his office in the morning and directed others to do the same. They said that officers ringed few local media reporters and requested them to highlight their protest over what he called highhandness of the consumers who were reportedly accompanied by National Conference activist Iftikar Ahmad Kadoo.
Minutes after, media covered the protest, officials and employees closed the main gate and visiting consumers were asked that the departmen... | |
| | | | Is Lal Singh a BJP man in Congress? | | Preparing ground for Azad | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Nov 23: Is Congress MP from Kathua-Udhampur-Doda Parliamentary constituency Choudhary Lal Singh a BJP man in the Congress party? Is it not a strange question? Yes, it appears quite strange on the face of it. But the reality is that he was actually dubbed as a "BJP man in the Congress" by some Congressmen on last week in the presence of none other than Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad during his recent visit to the erstwhile Doda district. What made certain Congressmen dismiss Lal Singh as a BJP man in the Congress? Those who raised their fingers against Lal Singh and dubbed him as a BJP man in the Congress charged the MP with "ignoring the Muslim-dominated areas of Kath... | |
| | | | Sonia or Rahul Gandhi alone can end factional feud in Congress unit in J&K | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 23: Despite AICC Chief,Sonia Gandhi's commitment to end factionalism in the state unit of the Congress in Jammu and Kashmir and notwithstanding Congress General Secretary Ambika Soni's advice to the two faction leaders to close their ranks the party continues to be a divided house.
When a group of Congress leaders called on Sonia Gandhi in August last to convey their displeasure over growing feud between two factions of the Congress and between some Congress ministers,conflict between Sham Lal Sharma and Taj Mohi-ud-Din in their mind,the Congress President had pledged to end the party feud.
In the last week of October Ambika Soni too had suggested to the sen... | |
| | | | Is JKP listening to advisory of Union Home Ministry? | | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Nov 23: Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) seems uninterested in heeding to advisory issued by Union Ministry of Home Affairs about maintaining a distinct distance from media.
From top officers to most junior ranking officials, Union Home Ministry has taken note of their close relationship with media. They have even found some of the officers leaking top secret information to media and on certain occasions even sharing inputs in various cases with press, much before the case is solved. The officials are likely to be reprimanded for not adhering to advisory of Union Home Ministry.
According to the advisory, J&K police officials alongwith officials of other states h... | |
| | | | No Social Audit in Director Social Audit's office | | No website, no training to field staff | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Nov 23: Social Audit is an important provision provided under the MGNREGA by the Government of India. The implementation of this scheme at grass root level focuses on its transparency and especially the accountability of panchayat representatives , officials of Rural Development Department (RDD) such as Village Level Workers (VLW's) , Panchayat Secretaries and Junior Engineers's (JE's) . The NREGA guidelines focuses on the Social Audit and a separate directorate for it in all states .
In Jammu & Kashmir Dr A G Sofi who worked as Special Secretary to Government Rural Development Department was appointed Director Social Audits early this year when he retired fro... | |
| | | | DB takes exception to quarrying suggestion in barren areas in forests | | | | S Sabaqat
Srinagar, Nov 23: A Division Bench of J&K High Court has taken exception to the suggestion by Commissioner Secretary Industries and Commerce Department regarding identification of barren areas for quarrying in the demarcated forest areas.
The suggestion was made to the Forest Department by the Commissioner and had mentioned the same in an affidavit filed by him before the High Court in a Public Interest Litigation, seeking a complete ban on quarrying in forest areas.
"Suggestions should not have appeared in the affidavit. Neither the Commissioner was competent to do so because in ultimate analyses on such suggestions, any positive response by the Forest Department will... | |
| | | | After BOPEE, Ayush put on sale | | | | Javaid Naikoo
SRINAGAR, Nov 23: At a time when state government is busily involved in sorting out the BOPEE scam, another major scam came to fore in National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) Ayush wing of Health sector across Kashmir with the allegation of bargaining in the selection process.
The list of some blue eyed candidates of district Kupwara in possession of Early Times which though according to the concerned Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Dr Farooq is yet to be finalized and not known to anybody reveals that candidates Mohammad Ashraf Wagay serial number 9,roll number 74, Mohammad Syed Rather serial number 8, roll number 68, Mohammad Farooq Dar serial number 11, roll number 7... | |
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