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| Omar will have to share the cake with `strangers' | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah now has the cake and may eat it too. But with Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi backing Soz on cabinet reshuffle, Omar will have to rub shoulders with `strangers' in the coming days.
Senior Congress leader and incharge Kashmir Affairs, Mohan Prakash told a local news agency that Soz was within his rights to ask for a cabinet reshuffle or any other issue regarding the smooth conduct of the coalition government.
Pertinently, Soz had insisted on cabinet reshuffle, giving a hint of his intention to drop some ministers and bring some new faces into the cabinet. Addressing a press conference in Jammu last week, Soz had sought a cabinet resh... | |
| | | | Cong under severe attack | | Angry Jammu | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Dec 22: The people of Jammu province are unhappy with Congress. The anger against the party is growing by the day. There are potent reasons for the people of Jammu province to criticize the Congress and the Congress ministers. It is hardly necessary to catalogue here all the reasons responsible for the people's fast-growing anger against the Congress. A reference here to just three recent instances would be enough to put things in perspective and show what has led to the estrangement between the people of Jammu and the Congress ministers.
One, not-so-long-ago the Congress leader and Revenue Minister Raman Bhalla took an appropriate decision under which those desirous of... | |
| | | | Report of Registrar General regarding lawyers stir treated as PIL | | Full Bench issues notice CS & Ors | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 22: In a latest development regarding on going strike of Bar Association Jammu, the Registrar General J&K High Court has submitted a report before the Chief Justice of J&K High Court, Chief Justice FM Ibrahim Kalifulla who treated this report as Public Interest Litigation (PIL) and constituted Special Full Bench of the High court comprising Justice Virender Singh, Justice JP Singh and Justice Hasnain Massodi to hear the PIL.
The Full Bench after considering the report of the Registrar General J&K High Court viewed that the issue indicated in the report calls for consideration in Public interest and deemed it appropriate to consider the issued after issuing no... | |
| | | | Cong MP Madan asks Govt to end BAJ stir | | | | Early Times Report
new delhi, Dec 22: Terming the agitation of lawyers as genuine, senior Congress leader and MP Jammu Poonch constituency Madan Lal Sharma has appealed the State Govt to speak to the Bar Association Jammu to end the dead lock.
Terming the agitation as genuine, Sharma extended his support to the Bar Association Jammu. He also requested them to sit on table with the govt. to settle the issue. Congress MP said that this agitation needs to be ended at the earliest as due to this many pilgrims and tourists are suffering. He strongly felt that retaining powers with judicial officers is fine as this will not allow land mafia to grow.
Congress MP also had hoped that the govt. an... | |
| | | | BAJ intensifying its stir stages protest outside residence of Dy CM | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 22: Intensifying the ongoing agitation, the lawyers today led by BS Slathia, President Bar Association Jammu (BAJ) staged a massive protest-Dharna outside the residence of the Dy Chief Minister registering their protest against the government decision of transferring powers of registration of documents to Revenue department.
The protesting lawyers were demanding an immediate roll-back of the proposed move of the govt and warned the govt of a mass upsurge in case the govt fails to notice the sentiments of the general masses in time. The rally was moving in a peaceful manner but was confronted by a strong contingent of police force which tried to block the peac... | |
| | | | What has Omar Govt achieved by the way? | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 22: At the end of a year, the government spends quite some money to highlight its achievements. The advertisement published in some local dailies tells a lot about the achievements of the Omar led government. It informs the people about their right to service. Has the government nothing else to pride itself on?
The said advertisement pertains to issue of ration cards and connected issues like transfer from one ration depot to other and inclusion of a new born. Well these are mundane issues and every government is under an obligation to perform this duty without delay. It cannot be projected as an achievement.
In the coming days the governm... | |
| | | | BAJ ups the ante, to gehrao Cong ministers | | Avoiding Confrontation | | | Neha
JAMMU, Dec 22: The December 20 massive bandh across Jammu province should have moved the authorities in the state in order to break the registration powers logjam and help the courts resume normal functioning in the larger public interest. It was not an ordinary bandh. It was a bandh of its own kind with all the people willingly contributing to the success of this bandh, organized at the behest of the Bar Association Jammu (BAJ) and supported by all the organizations, barring the NC and others of their ilk, who have no support-base in Jammu province. The Jammu bandh was, in fact, a verdict against the decision of the government to transfer powers of registration from the designated co... | |
| | | | Sham, Taj , Mir performing well, Bhalla, Sagar, Sakina-constituency centric-Observers | | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Dec 22: With Prime Minister not impressed by the pace of development in key sectors in Jammu and Kashmir and the Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah himself not 'satisfied' with the performance of a number of departments rather ministries, as no discernible progress has been made on various fronts, watchers have rated various ministers according to their individual performances. General performance, Constituency centric, poor performance and non-existent are the four categories, the watchers have classified the ministers.
On January 5, the NC-Congress coalition government would be completing its three years in office and speculations are cabinet reshuffle and expan... | |
| | | | Transfer of 7 revenue officials of Udhampur raises storm | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 22: A day after being transferred from Udhampur, Deputy Commission (DC) Srinagar Baseer Ahmed Khan in breach of administrative discipline ordered transfer of seven revenue officials.
Cabinet ordered transfer of Baseer Khan from Udhampur on December 16, 2011. Sources said that immediately after coming to know about his transfer, Khan transferred seven Patwaris. They added that the order for transfer of these seven Patwaris was issued on December 17, 2011 i.e. a day after Khan was transferred.
The seven Patwaris transferred include Dinesh, Arshad, Ghulam Mohammed, Yash Kumar, Subhash Chand, Tilak Raj and Lochan Singh. Dinesh has been given the charge of Karla... | |
| | | | VC Varun Sawhney may continue up to 31 March 2012 | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 22: In the backdrop of the speculations of his replacement soon, Vice Chancellor of Jammu University Varun Sawhney will continue up to 31 March 2012.
According to sources the search committee is going to find new successor on Jan 5 and Jan 6, but that process may get delayed and the present VC Varun Sawhney will continue till 31st March 2012 as the vice chancellor of Jammu university.
Total 67 professors (aspirant) have filed their papers for the post of vice chancellor. The local aspirants are making it hard to fight for getting the prestigious post.
But as per the sources, the new VC will be from outside state and the past practice of a... | |
| | | | As fog makes visibility poor, forces approach border dwellers to be their "eyes and ears" | | | | Bharat Bhushan
suchetgarh on ib (jammu), Dec 22: As fog has started making visibility poor here and in other border areas of the region, forces have approached border dwellers to work as their "eyes and ears" in detecting infiltration bids, if any.
Several border residents had given their consent to work for free out of sheer patriotism, an army officer said and added that their job would be to keep an eye on the infiltration routes that passed through their villages.
They would be required to contact border troops, or police in case they picked up the movement of suspected persons in fields, or close to their villages, he said.
The officer said those living in border villages could be ... | |
| | | | Defence ministry fails to recognize valour, heroism of Brig Rajinder Singh during 1947-48 conflict | | Politicians, Academicians, Historians, Intellectuals silent! | |  Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Dec 22: More than 64 years have passed but Union Defence Ministry is yet to recognize and document in detail valor and heroism of Brig. Rajinder Singh, the military commander who saved Kashmir from being plundered and inspired his men to hold up enemy advance for three days during 1947-48 conflict.
What to talk of documentation and recognition, the ministry has staunchly resisted efforts of relatives of Brig. Rajinder Singh to get his role documented in detail. The s... | |
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