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| Municipal wards of Mayors, Dy Mayors reserved for Women | | Vocal political leaders shocked | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 16: The voice of majority of the local and vocal leaders who had represented Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) and are having affiliation with Congress, National Conference and opposition Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) has been made "silent".
They include heavyweights like former Mayors Narinder Singh Raju, Man Mohan Singh Chowdhary alias Pappu Chowdhary (Congress), Kavinder Gupta (BJP) and Deputy Mayors Dharam Vir Singh (NC) and Rani Baloria (Congress).
Reasons: The Municipal Wards, which they were representing, have been reserved for Women (Open Category) based on the Roaster System in the current year-2013.
Even Ward No 27 that was earlier represented by NC Corporator Surinder Singh Shinghari, who also unsuccessfully contested Assembly elections of 2008 and later joined Congress party, has also been reserved for Women Category. Shinghari had played an important role in 2008 agitation of Shri Amarnath land Row. He had resigned from NC and had openly supported the said agitation.
Besides, two popular women leaders of Jammu City namely Deputy Mayor Ra... | |
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| Soz's salvo on PCC working: 'middlemen' should not meddle | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 16: In what can be seen as J&K Pradesh Congress Committee president's assertion on having complete authority and say in the matters of state unit of Congress, he made a loud call at New Delhi today to High Command to allow the state chief's to work without interference and meddling of 'middlemen' nor should they poke (middlemen) by way of making recommendations on vital matters which affects the working of the unit.
Sources said on the second day of PCC presidents' meeting with AICC, vice president Rahul Gandhi, Prof Soz while expressing his viewpoint on functioning of PCCs said there is a culture at certain units of leaders not associated with functioning a... | |
| | | | Kamaal spits venom against UPA, defends Farooq | | NC's political hypocrisy on Guru hanging | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Feb 16: While rubbishing reports that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was taken into confidence by the Govt of India before hanging 2001 Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru, National Conference Additional General Secretary, Dr Mustafa Kamaal said the Central Government took the step in an effort to cover up for its own weaknesses.
The NC stalwart said the hanging of Guru was part of a political game being played by the Congress party. "They wanted to counter the BJP and other saffron parties, as their main aim is to stay in power in Delhi with an eye on 2014 elections", Kamaal said.
"They could have given Guru 20 days time as is warranted under law to ... | |
| | | | Will Khoda takeup the matter with Govt? | | J&K SVC Act a toothless tiger | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 16: To address the menace of corruption the Govt recently established State Vigilance Commission and Kuldeep Khoda former DGP has been appointed the first Chief Vigilance Commissioner and RK Jeerath will be one the Commissioners of this Commission. The State Vigilance Commission (SVC) will supervise the existing State Vigilance Organisation (SVO), which follows the pattern and legislation of the Central Vigilance Commission's supervision of the CBI. The J&K SVC Bill was passed by the Legislature more than two years back without much debate or input from civil society. It was not implemented for many months and was therefore widely assumed to be in a stat... | |
| | | | A Govt that brazenly sides with separatists, terrorists | | Guru & Yasin | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 16: Can any duly-elected Government in any country of the world side with separatists and fundamentalists? No Government in any country of the world will do that as it is constitutionally, morally, politically, emotionally and ideologically committed to defend the State at whatever cost, including decimation of anti-State elements. But here in Jammu and Kashmir State we have a Government which abuses the constitutional authority vested in it by the Indian statute book and brazenly sides with murderers like Yasin Malik, currently on an anti-India visit to Pakistan where he is hobnobbing and sharing dais with dreaded terrorists like LeT chief Hafiz Saeed, undoub... | |
| | | | 64 fake gun licenses detected, 3 held | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 16: Nowabad police claimed to have unearthed fake gun license scam with the arrest of three persons in this connection, police sources said. A case stands registered under Sections 420, 467, 471 and 120 B against the accused.
According to police sources the trio was arrested in different raids conducted by police in two different gun shops at Railway station and Gadigarh. They have been identified as Mukesh Kumar, Rahul and Arun and were booked in a case registered u/s 420, 467, 471 and 120 B.
Police sources also revealed that police seized 1000 gun licenses from their possession but during scrutiny police detected 64 fake gun licenses so far issued by DC... | |
| | | | Why Farooq vouched for Maqbool Bhat? | | ‘Justified Guru's hanging’ | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 16: Former Chief Minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah sees nothing wrong in Guru's hanging. According to him, the President of India dismissed his mercy petition and the chapter is closed. He even urged his son, Omar Abdullah to exercise utmost caution while issuing statements against the Centre. Omar has urged the Government of India to prove that the hanging was not selective and politically motivated.
While Afzal Guru was not lucky enough to evoke support from Farooq, Maqbool Bhat was. It was 1975. The political firmament of Jammu Kashmir had changed. National Conference had been revived and people were desperate to join it. Farooq Abdullah was taking Wa... | |
| | | | Experts link suicides in Kashmir to depression | | `66% victims are women' | | |
Majid Ahmad
srinagar, Feb 16: There has been alarming increase in the number of people committing suicides in Kashmir over the last one and half decade. Statistics reveal suicides have claimed the second highest number of human lives in Kashmir following armed turmoil. It has also been found that most of the people who commit suicides were females and young people.
The actual number of suicide cases is much higher than reported as in several cases the suicides aren't reported by the relatives due to social and religious stigma attached to it. A survey carried by experts a few years back reveals the number of unreported cases is equally high and could be around fifty percent of... | |
| | | | Amazingly Pak seeks US mediation on Kashmir | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 16: Notwithstanding the fact that Islamabad opted for playing down the execution of Parliament attack convict, Mohd. Afzal Guru, it has started seeking international intervention in settling the Kashmir issue. Infact Islamabad has begun using the breezy turmoil in the Kashmir valley over the execution of Guru as the basis for its repeated plea to Washington besides the UNO for resolving the Kashmir issue.
Possibly Pakistan Government believes that it was time to strike when the iron is hot and it believes that Guru's execution had given birth to fresh wave of anti-India sentiments in the Valley where even the separatists had lost their nerves after the State ... | |
| | | | NPP lambasts NC-Cong coalition for discrimination with Jammu | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 16: Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) is one party in Jammu province which from time to time takes on the NC-Congress coalition Government for its discriminatory policies towards Jammu and Kashmir. Its statements are always based on authentic official data. Indeed, it does proper homework before issuing a statement or holding a press conference. Its only weakness is that it does not pursue the issues it rakes up. Another problem with the JKNPP leadership is that it, like the BJP, only issues statements and hold press conferences and doesn't anything on the ground to compel the authorities to end discrimination with the people of Jammu provinc... | |
| | | | Funds earmarked not utilized, staff too old, State yet to decide on take over | | Wailing Centaur Hotel Srinagar! | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Feb 16: None seems to be serious for reviving the infamous Centaur Hotel in Srinagar as the funds earmarked for the same have not been utilized so far.
Neither has the staff been recruited nor is Government interested in reviving the hotel. The average age of the employees of the Centaur Hotel, Srinagar, ranges from 52 to 54 years. With such high age profile of the staff, hotel is not in a position to put up a good show which can be done by a smart set of employees ready to put the best foot forward.
Non-recruitment of staff for several decades due to persistence of disturbance in the State has proved to be a drag on the future progress of the hotel. It is sad t... | |
| | | | Cong leaders from Valley hire supporters from Azadpur Mandi | | `Mislead high command by show of strength' | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 16: Hiring labourers in the political rallies is now a routine affair all over the country including Jammu and Kashmir but the Congress leaders from Kashmir valley, who are camping at New Delhi to get mandate for the Legislative Council elections, are utilizing same technique to impress the high command.
As Kashmiri speaking labourers are not available in New Delhi, these politicians have deputed their loyalists to bring Kashmiri labourers from Azad Mandi of Delhi. Every year during the winter a large number of labourers from Kashmir valley work at Azad Mandi to earn a living. The politicians availed the opportunity this year to utilize this "Kashmiri human ... | |
| | | | Will BJP MLAs abstain from upcoming LC elections? | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 16: Elections to 8 Legislative Council seats will be held on March 7. The Congress and the National Conference (NC) are in the process of finalizing the names of the coalition candidates. Hectic lobbying is also going on in Srinagar, Jammu and New Delhi. The coalition can win 5 to 6 seats without any difficulty as the composition of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly is such. The main opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP), which has in the Assembly 20 MLAs, is sure to capture one seat without any difficulty. It would try to capture another with the support of the Panthers Party (JKNPP), which has three MLAs. However, it would not be easy... | |
| | | | Four years on, widow of Kulhand massacre victim awaits justice | | | | ET Report
JAMMU, Feb 16: Four years after her husband succumbed to grievous bullet injuries that he received in infamous Kulhand massacre in Doda, Bal Krishan's widow Sheila Devi is still waiting the compensation even as the family has exhausted even the last penny is battling to keep alive.
Sheila Devi lost her husband in 2007, an year after receiving 16 bullets in his leg during Kulhand massacre on the intervening night of April 30-May 1, 2006 in Kulhand village, 30 kms from district headquarters Doda, in which unidentified militants killed 22 people of minority community and left 14 others injured.
Militants had almost killed Bal Krishan during that massacre but nature had ... | |
| | | | Misappropriation of funds in CCDU | | Probe panel yet to receive records | | |
Bashir Assad
JAMMU, Feb 16: Seven days after a probe panel was directed to bring out the truth behind the allegations of gross misappropriation of funds in PHE department under Communication and Capacity Development Unit (CCDU), within a stipulated time of 15 days, the probe panel is yet to receive documents from the CCDU office in Srinagar, thereby, hampering the process of fact finding.
Sources told Early Times that the four member panel headed by Chief Engineer, Irrigation and Flood Control Jammu, KK Gupta has shot two letters to the CCDU Executive Director, Mir Najeebullah asking him to provide all the requisite documents to the panel, however, the CCDU has reportedly cited the ... | |
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