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| SKUAST refuses to grant prosecution sanction of six top officials | | Raj Bhawan, state govt both maintain discreet silence! 'Chairman of all committees was not qualified to head them' | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Dec 4: Raj Bhawan as well as state government have both maintained discreet silence over the refusal of management of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Science and Technology (SKUAST) to grant sanction for prosecution of six top officials, whose names also figure in Challan of State Vigilance Organization (SVO).
Not only has the sanction been denied but the management of University has staunchly defended its decision of not granting sanction for prosecution of these six top officials, all of whom are allegedly politically as well as administratively well-connected. SVO has named 15 persons as accused in its un-bifurcated Challan in the infamous financial embezzlements as well as recruitments scam, which allegedly took place in SKUAST during 2007-08 when Dr. Nagender Sharma was the vice-chancellor.
Interestingly, SKUAST has allowed SVO to initiate persecution proceedings against middle and lower rung officials, who were members of different committees but denied the same for five top officials including the man heading these committees.
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| Resentment brewing in J&K Cong over rotational CM issue | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
JAMMU, Dec 4: Resentment is brewing among Congress leaders and workers across Jammu and Kashmir over New Delhi's delay in resolving the issue of rotational Chief Ministership.
According to Congress sources, change in the stance of UPA Chairperson came after several party leaders called on her in recent past and expressed resentment over the ill treatment meted out with Congress party leaders and workers by the hands of National Conference leadership including their minister.
Congress-NC in Jammu and Kashmir hits low in recent past and the leaders from both the sides traded guns on each other over various issues like AFSPA, DDA and amendment in RPC and same can be witnes... | |
| | | | CM's loud talk proves to be rhetoric, 'bureaucratic laxity' never questioned | | Retrieving power projects from NHPC | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 4: The worry of the Omar Abdullah led coalition government over huge losses incurred by the state on account of power purchases may be for real but it is only reflected as rhetoric through verbal statements . Despite its 'avowed' intentions nothing has been done so far to retrieve and compensate some losses by making NHPC to adhere to the basic commitments made in successive agreements with the state , thanks to our ever complacent and unconcerned bureaucrats who have yet to make any movement forward and 'realise' what people have been given to understand by the present dispensation.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah who is also looking after Power por... | |
| | | | Mehbooba extracts truth from Omar | | `CM has powers to lift AFSPA' | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 4: Responding to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President, Mahbooba Mufti's comment on AFSPA withdrawal, the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah sought an explanation from her on micro blogging website twitter.
Mehbooba had yesterday said Omar should give "honourable exit" to the security forces and cautioned him about his proposal to revoke Armed Forces Special Powers Act from some parts of the state. She said. "The Chief Minister seeking revocation of AFSPA has taken everyone by surprise, even the Army."
Taking a dig at Mahbooba, Chief Minister asked whether she meant AFSPA should stay till the armed forces agree to its revocation.
Omar also tweeted, "I'd ... | |
| | | | Govt undermining democratic institutions: Mufti | | Ex Chairman of MC, supporters join PDP | | | Early Times Report
R S pura, Dec 4: Former Chief Minister and patron of Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today regretted that instead of addressing aspirations of the people, the present regime headed by National Conference has been brazenly indulged into gimmicks for its survival.
Addressing an impressive public meeting in which prominent leader and former Chairman of R S Pura Municipal Committee Bhushan Lal Dogra joined PDP along with hundreds of his supporters, Sayeed pointed out that during the last three years this regime has eroded and undermined all prestigious democratic institutions be it Assembly, local bodies or Panchayati Raj Institutions.
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| | | | Abdullahs' dangerous duplicity at work | | NC Leadership | | | Neha
JAMMU, Dec 4: The duplicity is glaringly manifest in the positions taken by CM Omar Abdullah and NC president Union Minister Farooq Abdullah in recent times, especially when the intra-family and intra-party feuds have popped up into the public arena and the concerted campaign by the ruling NC against AFPSA and Army is on. Omar wants the Centre and the people at large in rest of India to believe that his uncle Mustafa Kamaal has gone berserk due to power ambitions and for these reasons is taking a public line which is radical, communal and pro-separatist. At the same, time Omar wants all of us to believe that his pro-separatist, pro-Geelani policies and attack on AFPSA is essentially ... | |
| | | | Protest against mysterious death of Police driver continued for second day | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 4: Protest demonstration continued for 2nd consecutive day against mysterious death of Cop drive at Rajouri. Protestors blocked the road at early in the morning ist at Gujar Mandi & later at Abdullah bridge. They raised slogans against administration and State Government& demanded thorough probe. They held Police officer responsible for the death. They alleged that cop Shahid Mohammad S/o Abdul Qayoom Bhat of ward 10 Rajouri was harassed by his officers. No leave was sanctioned in his favour for his marriage ceremony which was fixed for Dec 11.
Today when dead body of the cop reached Rajouri it was taken to the graveyard in large procession attended by ... | |
| | | | Problem in Kashmir not unique, Mr Chidambaram | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 4: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram consistently says that Kashmir is a unique problem that needs a unique solution and that solutions applicable to other parts of the country cannot be replicated in Jammu and Kashmir. He has complicated the situation by airing such ridiculous views. The Kashmiri leaders, separatist or otherwise are using these views to beat India from right and left and promote their break-India agenda.
It is time for concerned Indians to bring to his notice certain ground realities in the state so that he is able to properly diagnose what ails the State of Jammu and Kashmir. There are several realities that need consideration in order ... | |
| | | | A tale of two associations of lawyers | | J&K Unnatural Formation -- II | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Dec 4: The nature of divide between Jammu and Kashmir could be determined from the contradictory and mutually exclusive perceptions and attitudes of the Bar Association, Jammu, (BAJ) and Kashmir High Court Bar Association (KHCBA), the two principal associations of lawyers. The BAJ stands for the state's complete merger into India, national unity and integrity, incorporation of the word "secularism" in the preamble of the state constitution, retention of the AFSPA, adequate powers to the Army and paramilitary forces involved in counter-insurgency operations and empowerment of Jammu province. It opposes tooth and nail demands like merger with Pakistan, independence, autonomy, s... | |
| | | | Undeclared curfew, clashes in Srinagar over Moharram procession | | | |
SRINAGAR: Nearly a hundred processionists were detained by Police and about a dozen sustained minor injuries in ding-dong clashes when authorities imposed undeclared curfew in Civil Lines areas under five Police stations and groups of Shia mourners violated restrictions on occasion of 8th of Moharram in this capital city. Like in last 22 years of separatist armed movement, authorities have decided not to permit any Moharram processions in Srinagar Civil Lines in Kashmir valley while quoting "security reasons".
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| | | | If every day were December 5! | | | |
Jammu: One hundred and six years ago, Sher-e-Kashmir Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah was born in a village (Soura) near Srinagar. He died in 1981. Since then the National Conference observes his birth anniversary with enthusiastically. In the yester years the celebrations would remain confined to a function at his graveyard. But Omar Abdullah has made it a point to lay foundation stones of various projects on this very day. A locality where Omar Abdullah is scheduled to inaugurate a fountain tomorrow (December 5) got a facelift today. A commoner made a sarcastic comment. "If every day were December 5, the state would develop fast."
Last year, the Chief Minister laid the foundation stone of Ze... | |
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