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| Complete halt of governance for just 4 seats…..! | | How would coalition conduct itself for 2014 general polls….? | | | early times report
Jammu, Dec 4: Legislative Council polls are happily so over, giving a sigh of relief to people on many fronts. These polls are being seen as historic, albeit for all wrong reasons. For the modus operandi adopted by the coalition for conduct were not only , unseen and unheard of , but also set up wrong precedents for all political parties thereby vitiating the political system besides putting matters of governance to halt. The moot question remains that if the NC-Congress coalition (mis)utilized full one month and used all resources just for the sake of four seats, what would be the scene for 2014 Assembly polls when entire politics would be at stake for both the parties….?
Even though there are no official figures nor would these be ever disclosed by either of the ruling parties or anyone at the helm of affairs in checking expenditure, a huge amount has been spent on these polls during campaigning as also in wooing the panches and sarpanches while entire political leadership tried to canvass in support of coalition candidates. The ministers and senior ... | |
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| Business tycoon Tramboo's son, PSO booked for scaring contractors; enacting 'firing' drama | | | | SUMIT SHARMA
JAMMU, Dec 4: Jammu police today booked Has-eeb Tramboo and his fath-er's Personal Security Offi-cer (PSO) Riyaz Ahmed for creating panic in the premises of Food Corporation of India (FCI).
"Haseeb Tramboo son of Zafar Tramboo, resident of sector 7 Channi Himmat and cop Riyaz Ahmed were booked under 3/25 arms act. Both were booked by Trikuta Nagar police," a senior police officer said. Though both were booked after two days of the incident, a senior police officer, in police defense said that the case against them were registered after police verified about actual possession of the gun.
Pertinently, on December 1, Haseeb Tramboo accompanied by his father's PSO entered into ... | |
| | | | Heat generated by corrupt official, coach-cum-player yet to get over | | All India VC T-20 cup over | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Dec 4: All India T-20 Vice-Chancellor's cup may have got over but heat generated by the controversial selection of two players is yet to die down.
Questions are being raised over the manner in which Vice-Chancellor Prof. M.P.Singh Ishar maintained a criminal silence over the issue. More importantly, selectors which included an international cricketer Surinder Singh Bagal preferred to keep cricketing norms at bay while selecting the team of Jammu University. He allowed brute violation of cricketing norms while university officials cited rules and regulations to justify what suited their taste and temperament.
Director Sports Dhian Singh Bhau addressed a press con... | |
| | | | Private practice by SKIMS doctors | | CM warns medicos on Dec 5, takes no action | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 4: Come December 5 and the Chief Minister warns the doctors at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKI-MS) against indulging in private practice. However, trea-ting it as a mere ritual, the doctors have been ignoring the warnings till date. December 5 happens to be the birthday of Sher-e-Kashmir and the SKIMS celebrates it as annual day.
Addressing the 28th Annual Day function of SKIMS Soura at SKICC on Dec 5, 2010 Omar told the doctors: "I know you all; I know your names and the addresses of your clinics. Please, don't force me to issue an advertisement in the newspapers and seize your clinics."
In 2009 also, the Chief Minister had, during his... | |
| | | | DC takes serious note, 3 member probe team announced | | 2 lecturers suspended for promoting copying | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Kishtwar, Dec 4: Taking cognizance of Early Times report `Videos show peon, lecturers promoting unfair means' published on Dece-mber 1, the Deputy Commi-ssioner Doda, Farooq Ahmad Khan ordered suspension of the erring lecturers identified as Tanveer Ahmed Wani and Bharat Bushan.
Talking to Early Times, Farooq said that merely debarring a person from examination duty does not serve any purpose. "The erring lecturers could not be exonerated by putting the blame on the peon. The role played by the two lecturers in promoting copying is more serious than the lapse of the peon who was put under suspension by the Chief Education officer (CEO) yesterday. He said that he had direct... | |
| | | | Timber smuggling, encroachments continue in Shopian | | Data explodes official claims | | | early times report
srinagar, Dec 4: Notwith-standing the claims of the government, jungle smuggling continues unabated in Shopian. The encroachers also mock at the government claims of having cleared forest land from encroa-chments.
The data collected from the District Forest Officer Shopian reveals that 182 hectares of illegally encroached forest land was recovered from the land mafia's in different compartments during the current, while as the total forest land under occupation of land mafia's is 773.32 hectares.
Denying timber smuggling reports, District Forest Officer Shopian, Mohammad Ashraf Katoo said that 73 horses were seized during his tenure and one wanted timber smuggler n... | |
| | | | NC jittery with heavy polling | | | | early times report
Jammu, Dec 4: Ninety six percent polling by panchs and sarpanchs in the MLC election has send National Conference in jittery. The high polling is expected to benefit most PDP, which is hoping of securing atleast two seats.
"A low turn out would have favoured us. This massive percentage refl-ects the mood on the street, which is definitely not in our favour. We are keeping fingers crossed before the result," said a senior NC leader, wishing not to be named.
National Conference, feeling the heat on the ground, has gone for tactical alliance with the Congress. It was expecting a low turn out, in the backdrop of the Salah-ud-din threat, and then using state machinery... | |
| | | | Panchs, Sarpanchs Show The Way | | Yet another triumph of democracy in Jammu & Kashmir | | | Neha
JAMMU, Dec 4: The otherwise badly let down, humiliated and unprotected panchayat representatives have, like the people of the state whose participation in the panchayat elections last year was massive and enthusiastic, have rebuffed, and even taunted the Pakistan-supported and funded terrorist and separatist organizations like Hizbul Mujah-ideen, Lashkar-e-Toiba and so on by participating in the electoral exercise on an unprecedented scale, leave aside a handful of pockets where certain panchs and sarpanchs virtually held aloof from the exercise for various cogent reasons. The manner in which the panchayat representatives participated in the democratic process ignoring threats to th... | |
| | | | Soz compromises stand on 73rd amendment for a single MLC seat | | | | early times report
Jammu, Dec 4: It sounds strange but true it is, the Jammu and Kashmir State Congress chief Saif-ud-DinSoz , gave up his demand for incorporation of 73rd amendment of the Indian constitution into the J&K Panchayat Raj Act and compromised his stand only to ensure victory of his lieutenant in the just concluded reserved MLC elections.
Till the other day, Soz a strong advocate of empowerment of panchayats in Jammu and Kashmir would take everybody including chief minister Omar Abdullah and also his detractors with the congress party head on by saying that it (73rd amendment ) was his principle stand. But alas! a man of principles comprised all his principles for pe... | |
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