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Sacked ENT head, continues as Principal GMC Deceased baby's family suspect miscarriage of justice 12/23/2012 12:10:58 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Dec 22: After removing Dr. Aniece Chowdhary from the post of head of ENT department, he doesn't have moral ground to continue as Principal Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu, as he can influence the inquiry into death of one and half year old child who was under his treatment. Dr Chowdhary was removed from the post of head of ENT department of GMC Jammu when media launched a campaign seeking his removal. However, in his capacity as Principal of the college he did not own responsibility of death of child who was undergoing treatment in his department. Rather he himself started inquiry to probe his own role which added insult to injury of the aggrieved family. Sources in the Medical Education Department said that Dr. Chowdhary enjoys support of the Government is not in favour of removing Chowdhary from the post of GMC Principal. "GMC principal can influence the witnesses in the case and may conceal material facts from the enquiry. The aggrieved family and all concerned have termed the enquiry as a mere eye wash. The concerned Minister has out righ...   READ MORE

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Saroori again in soup, SVO get complaint of bunglings in MGNREGA 12/23/2012 12:10:31 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Dec 22: MLA Inderwal and ex-Minister Ghulam Mohammed Saroori is again in trouble over having committed serious regularities in the implementation of different Government schemes being implemented by Rural Development Ministry. A complaint has reached State Vigilance Organization wherein the complainant has alleged bunglings in different Government schemes, laying at the disposal of MLA. He has demanded inquiry besides having forwarded a copy of the complaint to Chief Minister, Union Minister RDD, Minister RDD, Jammu and Kashmir, Addl DG Crime and Comptroller and Auditor General of India, a copy of which is in possession of ET. In the complaint, the complainant ...   READ MORE   How serious are appeals of return to Pandits? 12/23/2012 12:09:07 AM ET Report JAMMU, Dec 22: Both the State Government and the Kashmiri separatist leaders have asked the migrant Pandits to return to their homes and hearths in the Valley. Such requests and appeals have also been made in the past by both the so-called moderate and the hardline separatist leaders. It has almost become fashionable for politicians to ask the migrants to return to their roots. The history of migration is long and complex and yet there is no doubt in the minds of anybody including those who make such cosmetic appeals to the migrants that their return is not only difficult, but perhaps impossible. Where do the migrant Pandits return to? Where are their homes and properties? In s...   READ MORE   BJP surrenders Nagrota constituency to NC conveniently...? Jugal 'makes it' to top post finally…! 12/23/2012 12:07:34 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Dec 22: The 'inevitable ' finally happened on expected lines with regard to election of State president of BJP. Jugal Kishore Sharma has been made as President for the J&K unit of party. Even as his name is being termed as 'unanimous' choice for the prestigious post, but the move has finally vindicated two major points- that BJP has surrendered the Nagrota constituency to ruling National Conference and NC leadership too managed to have its 'say' in the so called election for State president. The new president too is anyway in a far more advantageous position for more than one reason. With culmination of State president polls, a hectic activity witnessed in entir...   READ MORE   Challenges before new BJP State president Learning Lessons From Past Mistakes 12/23/2012 12:09:23 AM Neha JAMMU, Dec 22: The Jammu and Kashmir unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today elected new president for a term of three years in the presence of Central BJP leaders, called Prabharis and Seh-Parbharis. The party's "unanimous" choice was the two-time MLA from Nagrota Assembly constituency Jugal Kishore Sharma, though there were other contenders from the top party position as well. A day before, the tenure of outgoing party president Shamsher Singh Manhas was commended by senior party leaders like Ashok Khajuria, Nirmal Singh and Ashok Koul. They termed his tenure as an eventful one saying under the leadership of the outgoing party president the BJP reached new heights. It was only na...   READ MORE   Kishtwari author's poetry attributed to Kashmiri poet in 7th class Urdu syllabus Monopoly in JKBOSE 12/23/2012 12:04:28 AM Asif Iqbal Naik KISHTWAR, Dec 22: In a share violation of Copy Right Act, the officials of Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education has attributed poetry of famous Kishtwari poet Nishat Kishtwari on the name of Kashmiri poet Nishat Ansari in Urdu syllabus of 7th class. According to the details available with Early Times, Ghulam Rasool Zargar alias Nishat Kishtwari wrote the poem "Kalam (Pen)" in the year 1940 and published the same in his collection of poetry in "Tasveer-e-Khayal" som...   READ MORE   Justice Bedi gives all clean chit; Munshi, DySP penalized for dereliction of duty NC worker Haji Yousuf's murder mystery solved? 12/23/2012 12:11:19 AM Syed Junaid Hashmi JAMMU, Dec 22: Worst fears of NC worker's family have come true! Justice Bedi Commission has delivered the judgment, absolving Chief Minister Omar Abdullah of the accusations leveled against him while ruling out any foul play in the incident that took place last year. Like many other earlier commissions, Justice Bedi has stamped innocence of high and mighty, politically empowered and officially patronized ones. Government claims that justice has been delivered in the alleged murder of National Conference (NC) worker Haji Mohammed Yousuf Shah. Those guilty have been found out and are likely to be penalized by the Government in the next few days. Action on the report woul...   READ MORE   Strike those selling adulterated food items 12/23/2012 12:07:10 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Dec 22: If India is known for its vibrant democratic traditions and religious tolerance among people of diverse ethnic traditions, it is equally known for a land where even drinking water is not safe and protected. If the longevity of people in India has shown marked increase with gradual drop in the rate of mortality it is nothing but a miracle. It is nothing but God's benevolence because in India people are forced to bank on not only adulterated milk, milk products, contaminated vegetables and fruit but also spurious medicines. Various vegetables are kept green and fresh with medicines that are harmful for people. But nobody is bothered about it. A latest su...   READ MORE   Conference a venture to promote secessionist agenda, says PK CDR's Conspiracy In Jammu 12/23/2012 12:08:45 AM Rustam JAMMU, Dec 22: The essentially pro-separatist and pro-Pakistan Delhi-based Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation (CDR) organized the so-called Cross LoC Civil Society Dialogue on Jammu and Kashmir in Jammu on December 14, 15 and 16. In this three-day-long "dialogue" nearly four dozen carefully selected persons, mostly from Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied-Jammu and Kashmir and the Kashmir valley, took part. About a dozen persons from Jammu province were also part of the "dialogue", but they were there, it is now more than clear, only to give legitimacy to the anti-India agenda the CDR had carefully prepared for the Jammu meet. The CDR, which is obviously funded by those whose single-...   READ MORE

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