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| On defensive note Taj says ready to make 'facts' public 'Patting' himself, claims he enjoys 'goodwil' of CM, ex CMs | | Court directions on Corruption charges | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 9: A day after serious charges of corruption were leveled against him, PHE,Irrigation and Flood control Minister Taj Mohid-ud-Din turned defensive contending it was a conspiracy within the party to tarnish his image. He said that some people outside the party are spreading what he termed as 'canard of lies' against him as they fear from his 'rising popularity'. Unnerved apparently over fresh development, the Congress minister claimed that he enjoyed 'goodwill and patronage' of not only the incumbent Chief Minister Omar Abdullah but also latter's predecessors Ghulam Nabi Azad and Mufti Mohammad Sayeed .
"There is a conspiracy within the party going on against me for quite some time……it gained momentum from the day my name was recommended for the post of Deputy Chief Minister", Taj observed while speaking to media in a press conference called by him today to give 'clarification' over the issue. He said he was being targeted and efforts were on malign his image." This is only because of my popularity…..", Taj said adding that attempts of mir... | |
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| `There is a design behind this campaign' | | Maligning Congress Ministers | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 9: The manner and the timing of corruption charges against Congress ministers reflect that there is a design behind it. Although corruption cannot be and should not be condoned, the developments need to be studied keenly.
Not two but three Congress Ministers are in trouble. Allegations against them have come to surface at a time when Omar Abdullah completed three years in office. Taj Mohi-ud-Din questions the process. "Only Congress ministers are accused of corruption", he said.
The sequence of events also conveys that there is something fishy about the whole affair. Just a day before Omar had to complete three years in office, Health Minister Sham Lal was f... | |
| | | | Government sanction prosecution against Vakil for defaming Minister | | | | Bashir Assad
Jammu, Feb 9: In a significant development, Jammu and Kashmir government Thursday accorded sanction for prosecution against senior Congress leader Abdul Gani Vakil for maligning the character of PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control Minister Taj Mohiuddin in public and media.
Sources privy to chief minister's secretariat disclosed that while taking cognizance of attacking Taj Mohiuddin in the capacity of a responsible Minister in media and public, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today accorded sanction for prosecuting Vakil under Section 198B of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC).
The order, sources said, was passed on by Chief Minister to the Chief Secretary asking him to take appro... | |
| | | | Congmen in Kashmir worried as party leaders face charges | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 9: With Crime Branch (CB) holding Peerzada's kin and State Board authorities responsible for un -fairmeans case involving Education Minister Peerzada Mohammed Syed's kin and Court asking Vigilance to investigate corruption charges against the PHEE Minister, Taj Mohi-ud-Din the image of Congress Party has been tarnished in the state to a great extent.
Congress sources said any action against the Peerzada will be a great setback to Congress in Kashmir as the Education Minister was among few Congress leaders to retain his Assembly seat in 2008 elections despite facing a stiff challenge from National Conference (NC)and opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
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| | | | Omar calls on Cong leadership, says 'action' within 24-36 hrs | | On fate of Peerzada: | | | Early Times Report
new delhi, Feb 9: Amid uncertainty over the fate of the Education Minister Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed, the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today left for New Delhi where he is learnt to have met the quarters in Congress that matter with regard to taking decisions in J&K. Omar, however, refused to media in north block over the issue in the morning but confirmed late this evening that 'decision' would be taken soon.
Even as Chief Minister Omar Abdullah reached New Delhi to discuss the issue of Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed, he refused to speak to media in the morning nor did he divulge any details about his meeting with any quarter including Congress High command with regard to the... | |
| | | | Congress high command asks PCC chief to furnish report about examgate | | | | Early Times Report
New Delhi, Feb 9: The congress high command on Thursday asked jammu and kashmir Pradesh congress president Saif-ud-din Soz to furnish details of the state education minister Peerzada Mohammad sayeed's involvement in the cheating of his foster son in the board exams in 2009 in connivance with the officials of the state board and education department.
The PCC chief's report would be put before the AICC president Sonia Gandhi as soon as she returns from Mumbai , it is learnt.
The crime branch of jammu and Kashmir police has indicted the minister education for helping his foster Son Imam Soban Bhat in resorting to cheating in the board exams for class 10 in 2009 .The cri... | |
| | | | Quick response to emergencies must: Omar | | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Feb 9: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Thursday said that the State Government is working on a comprehensive emergency medical care delivery to the citizens during accidents through a computerized high quality pre-hospital ambulance service and health helpline.
Addressing the International Congress on Medical Service System at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here, the Chief Minister said that 108 control rooms are being established in the State which will facilitate timely response during emergencies.
"We are also placing 50 basic life support ambulances after every 30 kilometres on the National Highway to handle emergency", he said adding that ... | |
| | | | Grades of Medical College Principals revised, what about upgradation of faculties? | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 9: The State government has issued orders making an upward revision in the pay scales of the Principals of Government Medical Colleges of Srinagar and Jammu.
The grade pay of the Principals of State's two government owned Medical Colleges has been increased from Rs. 10000 to Rs. 12000. It is quite baffling that the revision has been done by the state cabinet in isolation of the other Principals like those of the Government Dental Colleges and also that the post of the Principal has been chosen for an upward revision in isolation to those of the faculty members of the two Medical Colleges in the State.
It is a strange that the nomenclatures of lecturers, assi... | |
| | | | FIR denied against accused officer for bashing a driver | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 9: Even after three days since a Probationary Sub-Inspector (PSI) beat up a driver of CID wing of Jammu and Kashmir, police has refused to file FIR against the officer who entered into a brawl with driver.
In turn the poor driver is being harassed to compromise with PSI to hush up the case, showing another face of the police department, where harshness and rudeness has reached its peak.
"Police has refused to file FIR and is putting pressure on me for compromise. But I will not budge from my stance and want action against the officer, who beat up me in full public view", said the victim Ashok Kumar who also lost a tooth in the incident. He said besides bash... | |
| | | | Foster son writes to Sonia, Omar in support of Peerzada | | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Feb 9: Giving a new twist to the exam copying Controversy, state education minister Peerzada Mohammad sayeed's foster son Imam Suban on Thursday wrote latters to AICC president Sonia Gandhi and chief minister Omar Abdullah defending his mother's second husband Sayeed.
In his letter Suban has said that he has no direct relation with Peerzada Sayeed and is related to him only because his mother married the minister .
"Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed has been made a victim of political conspiracy as if the case of unfair means pertains to the year 2009 why this issue was raked up now"? Suban said in the letter.
He said Crime Branch has not asked him for his ve... | |
| | | | But JK govt did grant citizenship rights to Muslim refugees from Xinjiang, Tibet | | WP Refugees Victims Of Perverted Secularism | | | Rustam
Jammu, Feb 9: The Hindu refugees from West Pakistan, as everyone knows, have been moving heaven and earth in Jammu and Kashmir and New Delhi since 1947 to obtain citizenship rights in the state so that they could also lead a dignified life, but with no result. (They migrated to Jammu in the aftermath of the country's communal partition to save their life, honour, culture and religion. The fanatics and ardent believers in the concept of 2-nation were after them. These minority Hindus had two options: persecution and conversion or migration; they exercised the second option and migrated to Jammu and elsewhere in India.) All the Kashmir-based parties, including the NC, and the so-calle... | |
| | | | BJP, NPP can capture Congress's political space in Jammu provided... | | Ending Discrimination -- I | | | Neha
Jammu, Feb 9: The political environment as it prevails today in Jammu province is very hostile as far as the Congress party is concerned. It is being despised and looked down upon by all sections of society, including the Congress workers. Even JKPCC vice-president and former Cabinet Minister Abdul Gani Vakil has upped his ante and launched a no-holds-barred campaign against whom he term as the most corrupt minister (read Taj Mhi-ud-Din). The Congress is being contemptuously dubbed by the people as the most corrupt formation, a formation whose involvement in corruption is neck-deep.
One Congress minister was shown the door several months ago because he allegedly helped his daughter i... | |
| | | | Desperate Congress launches Priyanka's two children in Raebareli? | | All For Votes | | | ET Report
Jammu, Feb 9: First it was Sonia Gandhi, the "symbol of supreme sacrifice", whom the leaderless Congress launched after the tragic death of her husband and son of the slain former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, for keeping the party intact and providing leadership to the party and the country. During the 2009 general elections, some UP Congress leaders described Sonia Gandhi as "Bharat Mata". Earlier, a very senior Congress leader Dev Kant Barua had described "Indira as India and India as Indira". "Indira is India and India is Indira," he had said. Almost at the same time, the UP Chief Minister Narayan Dutt Tiwari, who was shunted out of the Andhra Pradesh ... | |
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