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| Govt bars entry of journalists in civil secretariat before 1 pm | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 10: The state government has issued orders banning entry of journalists in civil secretariat before 1 pm. This sudden decision has generated a lot of resentment among journalist fraternity in the state who have been treated as the common man by the powers that be at the helm of affairs in civil secretariat. The government with this decision has treated the journalist fraternity with the common masses denying any special concession to which this community is entertained all over globe.
The decision has been viewed seriously by the members of journalist community and they are up in arms to challenge this decision which is based on high handedness of state coa... | |
| | | | Few politicians, bureaucrats, police officers under anti-corruption watchdog scanner | | | | Bharat Bhushan
Jammu, Dec 10: An anti-corruption watchdog plans to prepare and make public a list of the assets of some tainted politicians, bureaucrats and legislators. If it happens, it would be a development Jammu and Kashmir cannot be proud of.
J&K has already been labelled as the second most corrupt state in the country after Bihar.
Having zeroed in on some tainted politicians, and civil and police officers (serving and retired), the anti-corruption body was busy in preparing a detailed list of their moveable and immovable assets.
Astonishingly, it is a rags-to-riches story for most of them, the initial findings have revealed.
Sources privy to the probe said a politician, who was... | |
| | | | 449 gazetted officers facing corruption charges in J&K | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 10: While the appointment of Chairman State Accountability Commission (SAC) has been put into cold storage, nearly 449 senior officers are facing trial in courts in different corruption cases in Jammu and Kashmir.
Sources said that nearly 210 cases involved 449 gazetted officers are pending before the Courts of Special Judge Anti-Corruption in Jammu and Srinagar.
Cases are also pending against 30 IAS officers, 20 IPS officers, 10 IFS officers, 3 former Vice-Chancellors of Universities, former Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Bank, 4 former Chief Engineers and former Director General of Police (DGP), official sources said.
Around 245 complaints against former ... | |
| | | | PSGA too a non-starter in J&K | | Public and public servants equally ignorant about CM's most referred achievement | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, Dec 10: March 17th this year became a historic day of Omar Abdullah-led coalition government when Cabinet accorded its sanction to the draft of a revolutionary legislation called Jammu & Kashmir Public Services Guarantee Bill. Until that day, just a couple of states in India had introduced the law. On July 30th, 2010, Shivraj Singh Chauhan's government in Madhya Pradesh had pioneered the legislation and Nitish Kumar had made it a key election promise in Bihar.
Even as Omar's Cabinet drastically reduced the number of services to be brought under its purview, this legislation was widely appreciated as an effective tool---like Right to Information Act---to eradica... | |
| | | | Girl dies after having intramuscular injection at RS Pura | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 10: Tension today gripped RS Pura after an eight-year-old girl died after she was given 'Ceftrix-S' intramuscular injection in a chemist shop in the town.
Tanu (8) of Dangre, RS Pura, was not keeping well for the past few days. Her parents brought her to the tehsil hospital for check-up at about 1.30 pm, police sources said.
After examining her, the doctor, who was on duty, gave her parents a prescription slip. In it, the girl had been advised to have Ceftrix-S (375 mg) injection twice a day.
After leaving the hospital, the parents took the girl to the nearby Janta Medical Hall where a shop attendant gave her the injection, the sources added.
She, however,... | |
| | | | NC playing 'dangerous game' to undermine democratic setup in J&K: Mufti | | BJP-Cong in league with NC playing 'power politics' | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 10: Cautioning the national leadership about de-establishing democratic processes and institutions in state former Chief Minister and patron of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today national parties in league with NC are merely playing power politics at the cost of their own principles by disrupting in the process the very fabric of democracy.
He said while Congress and BJP have found common cause in targeting Jammu and Kashmir the National Conference (NC) is playing a willing partner's role in this dangerous game to undermine democratic institutions in this state.
PDP patron was addressing an impressive public meeting at Digiana area, o... | |
| | | | Separatists want Delhi to address psycho-political aspirations of people of Jammu Kashmir | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 10: Despite having been sidelined by New Delhi since 2006 the Kashmiri separatists are not prepared to accept that they have become irrelevant to the political intricacies attached to the Kashmir issue.
"Yes, the ongoing Indo-Pak dialogue is all right but these bilat eral talks will not be able to settle the Kashmir issue,"says Prof. Abdul Gani Bhat,a senior APHC leader.He says,in reply to a qestion,"kashmir issue is not insoluble and the ultimate and durable settlement of the dispute will be in sight only if Islamabad and New Delhi take people in Jammu and Kashmir into confidence."
"If the Government claims that there is marked improvement in the security ... | |
| | | | Of Farooq's `triple speak' and NC's divisive politics | | | | Early Times Report
reasi, Dec 10: Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy and President, J&K National Conference, Dr. Farooq Abdullah has said that National Conference denotes unity, amity and progress of Jammu Kashmir. He also criticized Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for speaking three languages at Srinagar, Jammu and New Delhi. He was addressing a public gathering here on today.
Criticizing the PDP for its "double-speak and divisive politics", Dr. Farooq alleged that the party was bent upon dividing people in the name of religion and region. "Its leadership befools people in Kashmir, in Jammu and in New Delhi by speaking three different languages on AFSPA and other issues. This pa... | |
| | | | IGP orders transfers of 5 Inspectors | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 10: The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Jammu Zone Dilbagh Singh, has ordered transfers of five inspectors from their present place of postings.
According to sources, as per the order issued by the Zonal Police Headquarters, Inspector Vishal Sharma, SHO Jammu City Police Station has been transferred to Udhampur-Reasi range while Inspector Subash Chander, SHO Channi Himmat Police Station has been transferred to Doda -Ramban-Kishtwar range.
Inspector Basanti Bhat SHO Women Cell, Udhampur has been transferred to Jammu- Kathua range while Inspector Anita Katal, SOG Jammu, has been transferred to Udhampur-Reasi range and Inspector Bharat Sharma, SHO Batote, h... | |
| | | | Return of displaced Hindus to Kashmir the only problem | | Seditionists Pampered -- I | | | Rustam
Jammu, Dec 10: New Delhi has wasted enough of its time in Kashmir and achieved nothing whatsoever. Kashmir continues to simmer and pose a grave challenge to national unity and the very integrity of India. Indeed, the situation has reached a stage where even those constitutionally bound to defend and promote further the nation's paramount interests in the Valley have started tinkering with and breaking provisions stipulated in the constitution, and defending the seditionists, saying "we are a democratic nation and everyone has the right to express his/her opinion even if that lampoons the Indian State".
Even Union Home Minister P Chidambaram doesn't mind Kashmiri separatists advocat... | |
| | | | Jammu leadership has gone dormant, why? | | BAD OMAN | | | Neha
Jammu, Dec 10: Jammu leadership has gone totally dormant and at a time when the Kashmiri leadership has turned highly vocal and active. The NC president and Union Minister, Farooq Abdullah, is speaking almost everyday and working for the cause of Kashmir and the Kashmiri people, notwithstanding his double-speak and shifting stand. He is also making common cause with Pakistan and suggesting that New Delhi must engage Islamabad to befriend the Pakistanis for ensuring peace in the region. Besides, he is demanding a change in the Indian political system that would control democracy. He is suggesting that the time has come for "controlled democracy". His son and Chief Minister Omar Abdulla... | |
| | | | Multilayered parking places in offing to check traffic congestion in Jammu city: DIG traffic | | Emphasizes need for 'self discpline' among people | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Jammu, Dec 10: Reacting to the news item published in "Early Times" on 8-12-2011 titled "Menace of growing number of vehicles in Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu may turn most congested city in traffic density toppling Tokyo No 1.", Deputy Inspector General of Traffic Police Jammu, Danesh Rana has agreed that the number of vehicles in Jammu city has increased manifold in recent years as a result of which people are comparing it with a city like Tokyo..
Rana while accepting the news item published in "Early Times" said "You are absolutely right that the vehicular traffic over the year has increased manifold in Jammu City, the reason I attribute it to is that the consumers' buy... | |
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