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PSC Asstt surgeons selection list comes under scanner, aspirants seek SVO probe 12/19/2011 11:54:17 PM Mishu Gupta jammu, Dec 19: Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission's selection list of the Assistant Surgeons in the Health and Medical Education Department has come under clouds with certain insiders alleging 'foul play.' It has been alleged that commission modified rules to adjust and accommodate blue eyed candidates. In a written complaint to the State Vigilance Organization (SVO), it has been alleged that interview decimated hopes of those who were almost sure of their selection after having done exceedingly well in the screening test were dumbstruck when they found themselves out of the selection list. The complaint maintains that a case has already been filed in the High Court against the alleged manipulations in the selection list. The complainants have alleged that merit list includes the names of candidates possessing percentages in eighties while as certain candidates having more than 90 percent marks have been ignored. They have said that nepotism reflects clearly from the merit list. Citing the instances, complainants have alleged that notifications were issued ...   READ MORE

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BOSE causes a stir in PHQ Depicts police man as Zalim 12/19/2011 11:54:01 PM Early Times Report jammu, Dec 19: The police have filed a case against Board of School Education (BOSE) for portraying a police man in `bad taste'. An FIR No 317 of 2011 under sections 124 A, 153 A, 120 B, 502 and 504 Ranbir Penal |Code (RPC) has been filed. The BOSE has come out with an Urdu Book for Ist standard which has created a stir in the police department. In the `controversial' book, the Urdu Alphabet (ZOAI) stands for Zalim (tyrant). The page carries a sketch of a police man. The message has been conveyed clearly, said a police officer preferring anonymity. Angered by the `uncalled for' depiction of police men in bad taste, the police registered the case in Police Station Pa...   READ MORE   DCC leadership distances itself from Taj's rally Kishtwar Cong alleges minister violated party norms 12/19/2011 11:53:37 PM Early Times Report kishtwar, Dec 19: The Minister for PHE & Irrigation Taj Mohi-ud-Din finally has to eat an humble pie for his remarks daring the authority of the chair of the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) President and it became apparent when the Kishtwar Congress distanced itself from the public rally of the minister alleging he violated the party dictates. According to sources within the congress, alleged that it is a conspiracy to weaken the party in district Kishtwar and added the Kishtwar Congress in protest didn't attend the public rally of the minister scheduled in the Kishtwar. They added that the minister has violated the party high commands directions as he didn't bother to...   READ MORE   DDK Sgr has Rs 42 cr backlog, Rs 27 cr liability created in 2 months Officials shifted on complaint basis lobbying for Kashmir posting 12/19/2011 11:53:09 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Dec 19: Embroiled in unprecedented backlog of Rs 42 Cr, Doordarshan Kendra (DDK) Srinagar has completely shut its doors for hundreds of private producers, drama artists, singers, musicians and other talents who gave their sweat and blood to keep this station functional in the last 21 years of insurgency. It has been astonishingly found that just four particular officials of the station have created huge liability of Rs 27 Cr while clandestinely approving so-called in-house programmes in favour of their favourites, allegedly on receiving bribe money, from May to July in 2011. In a startling disclosure, Directorate General of Doordarshan in New Delhi has learned...   READ MORE   DB directs Union HRD Ministry to file reply within four weeks PIL regarding Model Degree College at block level 12/19/2011 11:52:42 PM Early Times Report jammu, Dec 19: Division Bench of J&K High Court Jammu Wing in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) regarding centrally sponsored scheme setting-up Model Degree College in District Udhampur at blocks and directed Union Ministry of Human Resources to file better reply within four weeks. Division Bench of J&K High Court Jammu Wing comprising Chief Justice FM Ibrahim Kalifulla and Justice Virender Singh in a Public Interest Litigation regarding Centrally Sponsored Scheme setting-up Model Degree College in District Udhampur though the blocks identified were Arnas, Gool and Mahore, the state Govt was not competent to shift the District from Udhampur to Reasi on the ground that ...   READ MORE   On day of India-bashing rally in Lahore, wireless intercepts unfold militant plans 100 ultras wait in PoK camps to infiltrate into J&K to give impetus to waning militancy 12/19/2011 11:52:21 PM Bharat Bhushan jammu, Dec 19: It seems as if anti-India activity in PoK-based militant camps gets an abrupt jump after inflammatory speeches by militant leaders in Pakistan. This became known Sunday when, during India-bashing rally in Lahore, Indian agencies made new wireless intercepts which unfolded militant plans to make fresh infiltration bids in the days to come. Officials of intelligence agencies here feel that after LeT founder Hafiz Sayed's inflammatory speech, in which he vowed to continue "jehad" in Kashmir, militants could make fresh bids from across the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border (IB). "It has been observed in the past that his speeches have raised an...   READ MORE   Kashmiri leadership and fanatics responsible for trust deficit Harassment of K Youth -- I 12/19/2011 11:51:10 PM Rustam jammu, Dec 19: "You want India and Indians to defend Kashmir. You want Kashmir and Kashmiris to exercise all rights all over India. But you do not want India and Indians to exercise similar rights in Kashmir. I am Law of Minister of India. I cannot be a party to such an act of betrayal of national interest". Chairman of the Indian Constitution Drafting Committee and Law Minister BR Ambedakar told National Conference President and J&K Wazir-e-Azam Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah in 1949, when the latter met with him and urged him to support his demand for special status for the state on the ground that it was Muslim-majority. The attitude of the Kashmiri leadership and fanatics in the Vall...   READ MORE   PDP making inroads in Jammu entering strong bastions of BJP, Congress 12/19/2011 11:50:39 PM Early Times Report jammu, Dec 19: With Jammu parties ignoring the issues of public importance the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is making in roads in the strong bastions of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and other political parties having a sway in the region. The public response to PDP meetings in Jammu for last one month has rocked the Jammu parties and leaders who were claiming to be the sole custodians of Jammu's politics. With BJP a divided lot already having expelled seven of its MLAs the Party is fighting back to wall to rejuvenate it and rebuilt its public image in the region. However so far the Party is in disarray and its leadership in great confusion. The Congress which is shar...   READ MORE   Opportunity for Tara to make common cause with people Lawyers' Strike 12/19/2011 11:50:23 PM Neha jammu, Dec 19: Senior Congress leader and Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand will be in the driver's seat for the next almost ten days. It is a golden opportunity for him and other Congress ministers to look back and discuss the situation arising out of the state government's highly controversial order under which the judiciary would be divested of registration powers and the revenue department exercise the same for the first time after almost 90 years. He should withdraw the order so that Jammu province doesn't observe shutdown tomorrow. The legal fraternity, ably backed by almost all the Jammu-based organizations, social and otherwise, barring the NC, the PDP and the CPI - all Kashmir...   READ MORE

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