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| PDDs Sub-division Pattan showers undue favours | | Aggrieved candidates cry for justice | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 1: Exchanging favours for money is not new here, but what is new in the second-most corrupt state is that jobs are bartered away for money so brazenly that a single select list has as many as four sons of a single person as beneficiaries.
The list of need-based labourers prepared recently by Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE), Power Development Department (PDD), Sub-division Pattan, Division Sumbal, has several such discrepancies.
A delegation of aggrieved candidates, who have been working with the said Sub-division for years but have been left out in the new list, allege that the concerned AEE Shafqat Sultan has brazenly favoured some of his choicest pe... | |
| | | | Mendhar town observes complete band against attack on two people by santro borne youth | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 1: The Mendhar town observed a complete bandh today with shopkeepers downed shutters of their business establishments and transport remained off the roads in protest against the attack by four santro borne youth on two people at Dharana Mendhar late last night after intruding into their house.
The bandh call was given by Sarpanch Mendhar Davinder Kumar Tandon to protest against the bizarre act and prevailing lawlessness in the town. It was supported by president Beopar Mandal Parween Kumar Sawhney, Sanatan Dharam Sabha president, Satish Sharma, president of Panch Association Rajiv Gupta and Transport Association.
Hundreds of protestors took to streets and ... | |
| | | | Peerzada begins to blackmail Govt over another Minister's son | | 'Crime Branch should also probe Class 12th exam bungling' | | | Superintendent grilled;
noose tightening on
Chairman, other BOSE officials
Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, Feb 1: In an obvious attempt to get the action against him stalled in the 'Unfair Means Scam', Minister of School Education Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed, has conveyed to top echelons in the coalition government that Crime Branch's investigation should extend to recent Class 12th examination. If well placed sources are to be believed, Peerzada has made it clear that if he was singled out for dismissal from the Cabinet, he would reveal publicly how the son of a Minister of State, known for his proximity to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, had been provided same facilitation, as provided to h... | |
| | | | 'Munna Bhai Matric Pass' is actually JKLF commander's son | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Feb 1: The boy, whose actions have been causing embarrassment after embarrassment to senior Congress leader and Minister of School Education, Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed, is actually the son of a slain JKLF commander. Now exposed in the 'Unfair Means Scam' of J&K State Board of School Education, Peerzada's foster son had hogged headlines last year when he had quarreled with shopkeepers in Kokernag area, reportedly in inebriated condition.
With no issues from his first wife, who died in 1997, Peerzada married widow of a slain JKLF commander. Daughter of one-time senior Congress leader, Abdul Aziz 'Tourist', Dr Tabbasum had married prominent JKLF commander Pervez B... | |
| | | | After son, nephew's wife pushes Peerzada to wall | | RBA certificate fraud haunts Education Minister | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 1: Even as the Crime Branch commenced its probe to look into alleged misuse of official position by Education Minister, Peerzada Muhammad Sayed to facilitate his son's success in matriculation examination in 2009; another fraud concerning him has come to fore.
The `tainted' minister has now been accused of issuing Resident of Backward Area (RBA) certificate to his close relative in gross violation of the rules.
Early Times has access to the documents which reveal that one Sheeba Jan daughter of Late Shamsudin resident of Anantnag town was issued RBA certificate under no. 594/NTK dated 23-10-2009 showing her wife of Peer Farhat Hassain Makhdoomi residen... | |
| | | | Omar's different'yardsticks for 'Saroori and Peerzada' | | Acting againt Cong minister but turning Nelson's Eye to irregularities of SSRB | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 1: Though Chief minister Omar Abdullah to show his good governance has taken a prompt action in case reported about use of UFM (Unfair Means) by son of Minister for Education Peerzada Sayeed, yet he fails to win the applauds from some youths who say Omar is adopting different yards sticks in clear cases of bungling as by the irregularities committed by nodal agency of recruitment i.e. State Service Recruitment Board (SSRB).
"It may be his political compulsions in shielding his cabinet minister hailing from valley, and by doing so Omar had hit two birds with one stone he had won pat from Congress by showing that he had saved its (Congress) pawn, secondly Oma... | |
| | | | Why can't Omar ask Peerzada to step aside till CB probe is completed? | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Feb 1: The State school education minister Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed has made an unknown revelation while trying to defend an indefensible case.
Talking to the current news programme of Radio Kashmir, Peerzada said how could the authenticity of answer sheet photocopy of his son circulated in the media be ascertained when the original records have already been destroyed by the board of school education (BOSE).
Peerzada said all the answer sheets pertaining to secondary school annual examination 2009 have been destroyed by BOSE authorities as all such records are destroyed by the BOSE after a period of six months. The minister is under a dark cloud after the ph... | |
| | | | `Omar must distance himself from Syed' | | Restoring teachers' dignity by abusing examinations! | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 1: The Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah today expressed his desire to restore the dignity of teachers. He was addressing a state level teachers' convention at Zorawar Singh Auditorium. He was flanked by education Minister, Peerzada Muhammad Sayed and trade union leaders.
Interestingly the Chief Minister constituted Crime Branch probe to ascertain `misuse of official position' by Peerzada to help his son qualify the matriculation examination held in 2009.
A local daily published the irregularity Sunday. Taking strong note of the report, the Chief Minister ordered the Crime Branch to probe the allegations. The Crime Branch raided the Board of School education... | |
| | | | CB to seek help of handwriting expert | | | | Early Times Report
KISHTWAR, Feb 1: Former PCC chief and minister in Omar Abdullah government, Peerzada Mohammad Syed is in trouble in an alleged unfair means case in secondary school examination involving his son.
Two days after Omar ordered an inquiry into the alleged case, crime branch (CB) was likely to seek the help of some expert to match the handwriting on answer sheets with that of his son.
For the purpose, the CB was likely to take original handwriting notes of the minister's son, sources said.
The CB would also question the then deputy director, academics, secretary BOSE (now chairman) and the staff members who were on duty at the time of examination, the sources added.
If th... | |
| | | | Roof ‘constructed’ 5 times in 7 years! | | Radio Jammu's studio complex turns out to be money minting building; high level team arriving | | | Sanjeev Sharma
JAMMU, Feb 1: The studio complex of the Radio Kashmir Jammu (RKJ) has turned out to be a money minting building for certain employees of All India Radio (AIR) who renovate and repair it every year both on papers and otherwise to draw huge bills and cause heavy loss to the Government exchequer.
In an apparent nexus among some employees of AIR Jammu, its Civil Construction Wing (CCW) and favourite contractors, the roof top of the studio complex of the prestigious Radio Jammu here, has been so far either repaired or re- constructed five times during the past seven years on the pretext that the complex was leaking and needed `` immediate'' treatment.
Informed sources in... | |
| | | | Top gangster becomes headache for 'vigilant' Jammu police.......? | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 1: A group of top gangsters of city has become a severe headache for senior police officers here these days.
If reliable sources in the police department are to be believed, "despite series of raids conducted at different localities here in as well as at city outskirts, not even a single criminal could be apprehended by the police officers deputed in various jurisdictions of police stations and police posts."
"On late Tuesday evening, Bakshi Nagar police fanned out number of police teams in Shakti Nagar, Rajpura, Sarwal, Rehari, Shiv Nagar, Toph Sherkhania to catch hold of a wanted gangster but the latter managed to gave a slip to police personnel. The gangs... | |
| | | | Farooq purposes, Chidambaram acts fast | | Banana Republic? | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Feb 1: Is India a banana republic? Has the Congress decided to exclude Jammu and Kashmir from the political and constitutional organisation of India? Is the Indian State safe in the hands of the Congress-led UPA Government? Should Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, whose position has become untenable because of his alleged involvement in the multi-crore 2G spectrum scam, be allowed to handle Jammu and Kashmir? The answer is both yes and no.
Yes because the Congress has converted the Indian State into a banana republic, as also because the Congress seems to have decided to drive Jammu and Kashmir away from the political and constitutional organisation of India to pander to fa... | |
| | | | Neither acting, nor reacting | | J&K BJP | | | Neha
JAMMU, Feb 1: Kashmiri leaders in and outside the state government have intensified their activities to put pressure on New Delhi so that it concedes their demands. Some of them have even gone to the extent of asserting that it is the people of the state, and not New Delhi, who are the chief determinants and that it is they and they alone who had the authority to decide their own political fate. It happened only the other day. Two other developments took place on the same day. One was the demand for the discussion and implementation of the report that was submitted to the Union Government by the interlocutors. The other was the criticism of the Army's stand on the AFSPA. These three d... | |
| | | | Cong forgets Gandhi? | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 1: The nation paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on Monday on his 63rd death anniversary. Several functions were also organised in Jammu to remember him and his role. One such function was organized at the JKPCC headquarters, Residency Road, Jammu. The function was to start at 11 a.m. The organisers were feeling aghast, perturbed and helpless. They were just not able to decide whether they should start the function or not. Their problem was that only "nine persons had assembled for the solemn occasion".
According to an insider, "five of them were the members of the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC), including senior vice-president Dharm... | |
| | | | POK based civil societies demand abolition of Pak's ministry of Kashmir council | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 1: The POK based civil society called as Democracy and Empowerment headed by Shams Rehman has demanded the abolition of pakistan's ministry of Kashmir council and wanted reformation of the constitutional status of that part of Jammu and Kashmir which, according to him will authorize the local government to collect taxes besides giving powers of choosing their own civil officers for the vital posts.
According to the statement issued from POK, Shams Rehman, the head of the civil society, last week in a conference held at Islamabad organized by another civil society named as 'Kashmir Peace, Development and Reforms Centre' (KPDRC) demanded more po... | |
| | | | Need to end parallel centers of power in Congress in J&K | | | | ET Report
JAMMU, Feb 1: It is a case of either parallel authorities or the case of authority within authority in the state unit of the Congress. What is amazing is the way that the Congress in Jammu and Kashmir has not been able to project a single leader as the supreme boss dring the two crucial decades since 1989.
In fact party workers believe that after Mufti Mohd.Sayeed quit the Congress to join the Jan Morcha led by former Prime Minister, V.P. Singh,in 1987 the Congress was left with no other stalwart who could keep the party flag flying.
There were other senior leaders, after Mufti Sayeed left the Congress, who could have handled the party affairs firmly but they were not allowed t... | |
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