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| Rs. 120 crore financial embezzlements in SKUAST,Raj Bhawan unimpressed! | | Hanging scapegoats? | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Dec 6: Raj Bhawan, which ordered a high profile inquiry immediately after the sound system of Jammu University failed in the presence of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, is unimpressed by over Rs. 120 crore financial embezzlements which took place in SKUAST Jammu during the period from April 2006 to September 2009.
Ironically, Raj Bhawan has seemingly consoled itself with the purported belief that accused have been booked by the State Vigilance Organization (SVO). However, documentary evidence accessed by Early Times reveals that the belief of Raj Bhawan is misplaced and those who names have appeared in the challans of SVO have been made scapegoats to save alleged kingpins of the Rs. 120 crore financial mismanagement.
SVO sources confirmed that SKUAST by denying sanction for prosecution of five top officials has scuttled the probe. Evidence reveals that the then DRI-cum-Dean PGS and presently, Director National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) Dr. Anil Kumar Srivastava alongwith Dr. Arvind Kumar Bakshi who was them Director Research and presently, Vice-Chanc... | |
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| Sheikh Abdullah was a `small time' school teacher: Rattanpuri | | NC shows fissures on Sher-e-Kashmir's birthday | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 6: Even as former Chief Minister and National Conference President, Dr Farooq Abdullah stressed need for unity; fissures in the organization became quite visible with senior leaders expressing dismay over the party's functioning.
The statements came at a wrong time, believe political circles. It was Sher-e-Kashmir's birth anniversary-a moment for NC workers to rejoice. But the inevitable happened with Rajya Sabha member, Ghulam Nabi Rattanpuri calling Sher-e-Kashmir a `small time' school teacher. This is the first time when a NC leader has dared to use such words for the `baba-e-quom' (father of nation).
Ratanpuri said Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah was a sm... | |
| | | | Dar, Rana stick to their 24X7 job, criticize PDP and its leaders | | | | Early Times Report
Chalana (Nagrota), Dec 6: The State govt has got a 24X7 duty for the ministers of ruling NC and the political advisor to the Chief Minister. The assignment is simple and straight, just issue statements against the PDP and try to hide the governance deficit and other shortcomings of the govt under this propaganda.
True to their new 24X7 assignment, the Minister of State for R&B, Javed Ahmed Dar Tuesday alleged that power politics has been PDP's trait since its inception and the party is least concerned with the welfare of the people of the state. Dar was speaking to a gathering after inspecting the work and soil testing of the 170 metre, pre-stressed concrete bridge at S... | |
| | | | 'Samba wetlands' encroached under patronage of revenue officials, politicians | | Omar's declaration against corruption turns '2011 the most corrupt year' | | | Sumit Sharma
Jammu, Dec 6: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who interestingly had declared 2011 as anti-corruption year to his surprise the same boom-ranged as the most corrupt year with the land mafia in Samba under the patronage of politicians and in connivance with revenue officials has encroached upon government land, including gair mumkin khuds (unorganized wetlands), ponds and other water bodies.
As per sources the land mafia active in Samba encroached huge spread of land though Chief Minister on 15 February had announced to deal with iron hand with land mafia after atleast 1500 kanals of government land was freed from clutches of land mafia in Jammu district.
Sources said that nexus ... | |
| | | | Ashura observed with massive Zuljanah processions in Valley | | Main procession disallowed in Srinagar in 22ndyear of armed conflict | |  Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, Dec 6: Like every year since outbreak of the armed insurgency in 1989, authorities today disallowed the main mourning procession on Ashura in this capital city. Notwithstanding persistent ban on the principal remembrance congregation, Shia Muslims in large numbers participated in massive Zuljanah, Taziya and Alam processions all over Kashmir valley to pay their typical tributes to Prophet Mohammad’s grandson, Hazrat Imam Hussain, and his 72 companions martyred at Kar... | |
| | | | BJP deviates from Past practice: 'forgot' to pay tributes to Dr Ambedkar…? | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 6: In yet another development indicating that state unit of BJP is in complete disarray and a directionless body, the party deviating from its past practice and the tradition, did not bother to organize any function to observe Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar's anniversary or pay tributes to the great leader who was remembered today across the nation by political parties, social organizations and a number of other dignitaries at the national level and in states. Neither any function was observed in the party headquarters nor his statue was garlanded at the Ambedkar Chowk, which used to be annual practice on this day enthusiastically participated by the members of its... | |
| | | | FIR against 'Ms Roy' refused, complainants to go to court | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 6: The Roots In Kashmir (RIK) a Kashmiri Pandit Youth represenating organization today criticized the police attitude which refused to register an FIR against the "Booker Prize" winner Ms Arundhati Roy. The RIK is seeking sedation case to be registered against Ms Roy her sedative remarks against India and state of Jammu and Kashmir.
According to petitioners Ms Roy in his speech during a function at New York on 12 November, 2011 had remarked against India and state of Jammu and Kashmir.
The petitioners Convener RIK Veer Saraf and others namely Vijay Kumar Kashkari and Ajay Kumar Butt today approached the City Police Station Jammu for registration of an FIR ag... | |
| | | | Opposing FDI in retail trade, Mufti Syed wins traders' goodwill | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 6: People's Democratic Party (PDP) patron and former chief minister Mufti Mohammad Syed has won a huge constituency of supporters and well wishers for himself in the traders community of the State by opposing FDI in retail trade.
As a shrewd politician the Mufti has always played his cards very well mainly because he has always remained rooted in the ground and not made any imaginary flights into the high cloud. He has said the allowing of FDI in retail trade would not only create a monopoly empire of foreign companies over the retail trade industry in the State but would also result in the prices of essential commodities being dictated from ou... | |
| | | | Jolts for BJP to continue as more may join expelled MLAs | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 6: In a major setback to BJP hundreds of party loyalists have shifted loyalty to seven expelled MLAs while more are thinking to quit the party in near future.
According to sources changing loyalty by the senior and die hard activists of the BJP and joining the group of expelled MLAs is a major setback to the Party. The Party leadership is perturbed over after the banner of revolt was taking by its senior activists who decided to resign from the party and join the expelled MLAs.
ing the group of party leaders led by Prof Gupta.
Besides Mr Grover hundreds of activists included Arun Khanna, Darshna Devi, Ram Kumar , Ravinder Singh ex councilor Batote Munic... | |
| | | | Kashmiri leadership can't speak for Jammu | | Breaking Impasse | | | Neha
JAMMU, Dec 6: The Kashmir-based NC demands greater autonomy, bordering on sovereignty. The people of Jammu province are opposed to it. They don't want autonomy; they want complete integration into India as well as their full empowerment within the Indian Constitution. The Kashmir-based NC leadership wants the Government of India to demilitarize certain areas of the state. It also wants New Delhi to revoke AFSPA, notwithstanding the fact that AFSPA is there because the state government invoked provisions of the Disturbed Areas Act (DAA) way back in 1990 to defeat the separatists' and extremists' onslaught. The people of Jammu province do not share these views of the NC leadership. Cont... | |
| | | | Kamaal fooling himself and Kashmiri Muslims | | Compromise For Power | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Dec 6: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's father's younger brother Mustafa Kamaal, who was disgraced and humiliated by Farooq Abdullah only a couple of weeks ago for his stand on the Congress and New Delhi, continues to target New Delhi and the Congress and demand what he calls autonomy. Paying homage to his father Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah on his 106th birth anniversary, Kamaal accused New Delhi and the Congress party of committing wrongs and asserted that the "NC would continue to fight political war with New Delhi and Congress till the Government of India restores autonomy to Jammu and Kashmir". "National Conference is fighting against wrongs done by New Delhi since 1953. They ... | |
| | | | Online content worries Omar | | | | Srinagar: Some content on the Facebook and YouTube has been a cause of worry for the Chief Minister. He has urged the concerned to fall in line. Making it clear that the government cannot allow this to go on, he has asked Internet firms like Google and Facebook to fall in line.
"I hate the idea of censorship but have seen for myself how dangerous inflammatory content on Facebook and YouTube can be," Omar wrote on micro blogging site twitter.com.
His comments came hours after the Communication Minister Kapil Sibal expressed concern over objectionable content on social networking sites.
"I suggested that these platforms should evolve a mechanism on their own to ensure that such contents ar... | |
| | | | Farooq hurt Muslim sentiments: MLA Langate | | | | Srinagar: Reacting sharply to Dr. Farooq Abdullah's assertions that liquor shops should be opened to promote tourism in Kashmir, MLA Langate Engineer, Abdul Rasheed termed it "unwanted and illogical as the statement by the National Conference President has hurt the sentiments of Kashmiri Muslims."
In a statement sent to Agency India Press, Engineer Rasheed said the Union Minister, Farooq Abdullah, who is heading the oldest regional party of the State, should not resort to such wayward statement which goes against the religious and cultural sensitivities of the people of the Muslim majority State.
"Dr Farooq's advocacy of opening liquor shops at a religious and culturally sensiti... | |
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