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JKBOSE promotes Matriculates as Deputy Secretaries Graduates left high and dry 2/26/2014 12:02:56 AM Akshay Azad JAMMU, Feb 25: The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) has reportedly compromised the eligibility criteria and promoted some blue-eyed matriculates to the post of Deputy Secretaries. Moreover, the Board authorities had also given benefit of promotion to the blue-eyed employees, promoting the three to the post of Assistant Secretaries and later to Deputy Secretaries, according to orders issued in a single day. The documents in possession of Early Times revealed that on July 23, 2013, JKBOSE authorities had issued two promotion orders, giving promotion benefit to several employees to the post of Assistant Secretaries and Deputy Secretaries. According to order number 398-B of 2013, dated 23-07-2013, a total of 50 in-charge Assistant Secretaries, Section Officers were given promotion benefit of the post of Assistant Secretaries. "In the same order three matriculates namely Abdul Majid Rahter, Mohammad Azhar Masoodi and Nazir Ahmed Siraj were given promotion benefit", the documents revealed, and in the same promotion order, signed by Secretary of JKBOSE D...   READ MORE

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Guv compelled to make public ‘approval’ of Audit report? Goof-up goes wrong 2/26/2014 12:03:19 AM Syed Junaid Hashmi JAMMU, Feb 25: Governor N.N. Vohra issued an official handout about his approval of the Reports of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India for being laid before the two Houses of the State legislature. This is for the first time since the last five years that Governor N.N. Vohra's office issued a handout to share something which is essentially of no-consequence for the general public or the media. The handout is more an official communication between the State Government and the Governor's office, something which Raj Bhawan communicates as a matter of routine to the State Government. But what compelled Governor to issue a handout remains a mystery. But events ...   READ MORE   Punjab mafia illegally mining with connivance of local staff in Lakhanpur, alleges CE 1109 Gazetted, non-Gazetted posts vacant in Industries and Commerce deptt 2/26/2014 12:02:02 AM Avinash Azad JAMMU, Feb 25: The report of Committee on Estimates (CE) which was tabled in upper house of State legislation today revealed that the State Industries and Commerce Department is reeling under staff dearth, as around 1109 post of Gazetted and non-Gazetted were vacant. Moreover, 12898 out of 37143 units in 47 industrial estates of J&K are financially sick. The report said that being an organ of the Government, as it plays a vital role in over all socio economic development of the State, the industrial units are not growing as per expectations. The committee observed that a large number of posts were presently lying vacant in both the Gazetted and Non-Gazetted cadres in variou...   READ MORE   Govt fails to frame rules for private security agencies in J&K House grants extension to Select Committee 2/26/2014 12:02:31 AM Abodh Sharma JAMMU, Feb 25: Government has jumped another deadline for bringing Jammu and Kashmir Private Security Agencies Regulation Bill, which was aimed at regulating the private security agencies which have mushroomed in the State during last few years in view of the prevailing law and order situation. Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Mir Saiffulah today brought a motion for extending time till the last day of the next session to the select committee constituted for framing the bill. While private security agencies are governed by stringent regulations of law all across the country, those in Jammu and Kashmir have no check over them. Parliament passed an act tit...   READ MORE   Legislators' obsession for lal batti spills across Floor Govt defends, Opposition resents Cabinet order, proceedings adjourned following din 2/25/2014 11:52:16 PM Abodh Sharma JAMMU, Feb 25: Legislators across party affiliations were exposed for their yearning to project themselves superior to those they represent as they scrapped each other off in the State Legislative Assembly today over their right to use lal battis atop their vehicles. While those from treasury benches defended their right to use Red beacon in the light of Supreme Court directions, those in the Opposition rued their non inclusion in the privileged list. As soon as the House met today and a liberal Speaker allowed the members to make their points at the beginning of the Question Hour, something he has opposed during the entire ensuing session, the Opposition legislators spr...   READ MORE   Successive Govts’ justice delivery system Ministers fail to fulfil promises 2/25/2014 11:51:17 PM K Koushal JAMMU, Feb 25: See the justice delivery system in the successive government, that too sought by public representatives that assurances given by the Ministers on the floor of the house, about 7 to 8 years back are still awaiting redressal regarding different issues highlighted by MLAs/MLCs pertaining to Home Department. Irony! For the successive Governments with ruling NC led coalition is that in between the period some of the MLAs/MLCs who sought information from Home Department regarding different issues have lost their seats while some others regained with inducting into current Council of Ministers but the Home Department showing a casual approach towards the assurances it ...   READ MORE   Cabinet authorization on use of Red lights Stung by VVIP syndrome, no post opted out of 'privilege' 2/25/2014 11:50:11 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 25: J&K has once again proved that it acts against the stream on all matters that is followed elsewhere across the entire nation. This time on use of Red light, Flasher on the top of the vehicles for almost all dignitaries other than legislators. Following directions from the Supreme Court while Red Lights all across the country are being allowed to be used only on dignitaries holding constitutional posts, NC led coalition Government approved authorization for the use of various lights on vehicles through a proper and specially issued order which was approved by Cabinet in the meeting held on Monday. Even as this approval came as fresh one in what was seen as...   READ MORE   Postings of tainted officers in administration's interest not 'Plum ' 61 Gazzeted officers in vigilance net, 6 found guilty in Court of lawNC's pathetic cover up for corrupt 2/25/2014 11:49:57 PM Bivek Mathur JAMMU, Feb 25: Coalition Government's transparency and accountability claims have been exposed from a reply, it has tabled in the upper house of legislators regarding tainted officers wherein it has described promotions to them in the interest of administration and not 'Plum postings'. MLC Mohammad Muzzafar Parray in a question wanted to know about whether some tainted officers have been given plum and prized postings in the Secretariat to which the Government has answered that the officers against whom prosecution has been sanctioned and challaned in the Courts of law are, sometimes, given postings, including in Secretariat, in the interest of administration, but there is n...   READ MORE   Shifting stand Omar raises his hands, says AFSPA won't be revoked in coming months 2/25/2014 11:49:19 PM Rustam JAMMU, Feb 25: On February 22, National Conference Working President and Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah asserted that revocation of AFSPA would begin during his current regime, but on February 24, he said that it won't be revoked in coming months. "I had said that the gradual revocation of AFSPA will begin from my government's this tenure and the same will happen...I talked about gradual revocation of AFSPA, worked continuously for it and there was a time when he and the then Home Minister of India P. Chidambaram were on same page and we had convinced the Prime Minister but the Defence Minister did not agree to the proposal as he was inclined to support the argument of...   READ MORE   In utter disregard to adverse annotations, ECI guidelines Minister sponsoring tainted Police officer for sensitive posting 2/25/2014 11:48:53 PM ET Report JAMMU, Feb 25: In a brazen violation of the norms of propriety, directions of the Election commission of India and adverse remarks made by the senior officers, a Minister in the coalition Government is sponsoring a middle rung police officer for a sensitive posting despite the fact that the said officer is heavily indicted. Sources divulge that Ghulam Hassan Kamal, who was posted as SHO in Police Station Satwari is being sponsored by a Minister for sensitive posting despite the fact that the officer in question has a tainted record and an FIR 33/2010 has been registered against him by VOK U/S 5(2) under Prevention of Corruption Act. Besides, he is also indicted in another c...   READ MORE   Health Deptt hoarding still depicts Shabir Khan as Health Minister 2/25/2014 11:50:33 PM r Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 25: Hoardings of Health Department in various parts of Jammu are still showing Shabir Ahmad Khan as Minister for Health despite the fact that he had resigned few weeks back. One such hoarding has been installed outside the Directorate of Indian System of Medicine (ISM) on flyover near Indira Chowk, where Shabir Ahmad Khan's picture is pasted on a big hoarding which also carries picture of Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad. Khan had to resign from the Ministry after a lady doctor alleged that he tried to molest her in Civil Secretariat in Srinagar in January this year. Khan went underground after resigning from the post and only came out when court gr...   READ MORE   Double standards Uproar over Pak ultras' death, mum over local student's murder! 2/25/2014 11:48:20 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 25: When on last Friday, "unidentified gunmen" shot dead a 25-year-old student of Islamic Studies, Waseem Ahmad Malla, in the senior most Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani's hometown of Sopore, there was murmur of protest or condemnation. Not even the most expected reaction or an allegation that the young man had been "assassinated by the Indian agencies and armed forces for being an Islamist". Mr Geelani has indeed emerged as the most popular and the most influential political leader among all those who nourish the conviction that Kashmir should become part of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on account of its being the Muslim-majority State. ...   READ MORE   China eying Ladakh, develops 3-D maps of Aksai Chin, Ladakh 2/25/2014 11:26:04 PM Syed Junaid Hashmi JAMMU, Feb 25: After making deep incursions on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), China has now produced most accurate 3-D maps of Aksai Chin and other strategic locations in Ladakh. The maps have been prepared by 'Measuring and mapping information centre' which is under Lanzhou Military Area Command (MAC) of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). It works as strategic geographical arm of the Chinese army. Lanzhou Military Area Command (MAC) includes 21st and 47th Combined Corps (earlier known as Group Armies) and is responsible for operations on Ladakh border.The claim has been made by Commissioner of the centre Xu Shimin on the official website of Defence ministr...   READ MORE   HC asks Govt to lift samples of Khyber, Kanwal, Avon once in week 2/25/2014 11:25:52 PM ET Report SRINAGAR, Feb 25: High Court has directed authorities to lift samples of Khyber at-least once in a week to ensure that it is prevented from selling the spurious and synthetic milk to the consumers. Hearing a Public Interest Litigation, a division bench of the court comprising Justice Hasnain Massodi and Tashi Rabstan also directed authorities to lift samples of Kanwal and Avon food companies' to desist them from adding prohibited colouring agents to the food items. In all the, the division bench issued five directions to comply and file the compliance report to the court. "Authorities are directed to lift samples from the tuned milk, skimmed milk, full fat milk or any oth...   READ MORE   6 years on, CHC Mahore still incomplete, cost escalating 2/25/2014 11:25:42 PM ARUN SINGH Jammu, Feb 25: Non-seriousness of State Health Department towards the people of far flung areas can be gauged from the fact that it has been more than 6 years; the construction of 50 bedded Community Health Center (CHC) at Mahore in district Reasi is still incomplete. Moreover the undue delay in completion of the construction, the cost of CHC escalated more than two and half times from its original cost. Sources told Early Times that in the year 2004-05, a 50 bedded Community Health Centre was envisaged to be constructed at Mahore in private land measuring 9 kanals and 5 marlas was identified for construction of the hospital. The initial estimates of the project were worked to...   READ MORE   Housing colony at Upper Thater Jammu ADC Jammu to probe, submit report in a month 2/25/2014 11:25:26 PM Et Report Jammu, Feb 25 : It is more than thirteen years since a commission of revenue officers was constituted to look into construction of an illegal colony at Upper Thater Jammu . Till date the report of the commission hasn't been made public and in order to get the said details a Jammu resident sought these details from the office of the Deputy Commissioner Jammu district under State Right to Information Act (RTI Act) , but the information was denied on the pretext that no such commission was constituted. The RTI applicant finally filed a second appeal in State Information Commission (SIC) and coming to the rescue of the appellant the SIC in its orders issued on Feb 6th 2014 di...   READ MORE   K Rajendra Kumar to be new DGP of J&K 2/25/2014 11:52:55 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 25: With his posting as special DG coordination at the PHQ today, decks have finally been cleared for K. Rajendra Kumar taking over the new DGP of Jammu and Kashmir. After his orders were issued by the State Government today as the special DG coordination replacing P.L. Gupta who goes as DG (Prisons), K. Rajendra Kumar is set to take over as the DGP of the State. Highly placed sources in the Union Home Ministry told Early Times the file for the repatriation of the present DGP, Ashok Prasad to the Central Government is waiting for its final clearance from the PMO. "Ashok Prasad's repatriation has already been cleared by the Home Ministry and it is now w...   READ MORE   Now , Kashmiri Pandits divided on celebrating Shivratri 2/25/2014 11:18:04 PM Sandeep Bhat Jammu, Feb 25: The festival of Shivratri ( Herath) which is the most important festival of Kashmiri Pandits may be celebrated on two days by the Community. Thanks to the panchang ( Janthari) "Vijeshwar Panchang" one published by Omkar Nath Shashtri and another by Manmohan Jyotshi ( Shashtri). There seems to be divergent views in both Panchangs on celebrating Shivratri, (Herath). According to Vijeshwar Panchang by O.N . Shashtri, the Shivratri should be celebrated on 27th Feb, 2014, citing different reasons. Even O.N Shashtri, held a press Conference on this issue and asked the community to Celebrate Shivratri on 27th February. On the other hand the panchang published...   READ MORE   Mineral production in State registers decline 2/25/2014 11:17:48 PM Mustansir Srinagar, Feb 25; The production in Coal Mines at Kalakote (Rajouri) and Gypsum Mines at Assar (Doda) and Parlanka (Ramban) has drastically declined during 2011-12 and 2012-13 owing to various reasons. J&K Minerals limited incorporated in 1960 as the first public sector undertaking - looking after the coal and gypsum mines in the state - has shown sharp decline in production during last two years and its performance has been subsequently at it low which is being attributed to various reasons. The Economic survey of 2013-14 tabled in the House recently suggests that there is a decline in production during 2011-12 and 2012-13 owing to the strike resorted to by the coalmin...   READ MORE   Former players pick up holes in state football team's performance at Santosh Trophy Demand selection of talented players, leaving out average ones 2/25/2014 11:07:08 PM Jehangir Rashid SRINAGAR, Feb 25: The dismal performance of Jammu & Kashmir Football team in the Santosh Trophy has come in for sharp criticism from the experts more so those who have represented the state football team in yesteryears. A group of retired football players while sharing their views with Early Times said that the selection of team was bad with talented players not being selected in the squad. These football players said the team could have performed much better if the best combination was selected for the matches. "The biggest irony is that players belonging to only few clubs and departments are being selected with the maximum lot of clubs and departments being left out in ...   READ MORE   Major reshuffle in Police Deptt, 48 SPs transferred Sunil as Addl SP (Traffic) Jmu, Hakim, Kulwant as Addl. SPs (Security) Jmu, Kaith to report IGP Office 2/25/2014 11:06:53 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 25: In a major reshuffle in police department, state government has transferred 48 Superintendents of Police (SPs) on Tuesday. As per order, Neeva Jain, IPS (JK:08), Addl. SP, Ganderbal is transferred and posted as Assistant Director, SKPA Udhampur vice Abdul Hakim Munshi, Rayees Mohmmad Bhat, IPS (JK:20 10), awaiting orders of adjustment is posted as SP, Hazratbal, Srinagar against an available vacancy, Manish Agrawal, IPS (JK:2010), awaiting orders of adjustment is posted as Addl. SP, Leh vice T. Gyalpo, Rajiv Omparkash Pande, IPS (JK:20 10), awaiting orders of adjustment is posted as SP, CID, CI, Kashmir vice Tahir Sajad Bhat, Shridhar Patil, IPS (JK:201...   READ MORE   In the name of nationalism tainted DD officials make hay 2/25/2014 11:06:37 PM Javaid Naikoo SRINAGAR, Feb 25: Amid accusations of money swindling and nepotism, political patronage does things for tainted officials. Despite complaints of money swindling against the Joint Director Regional news unit Srinagar through creation of fake accounts in the name of shooting and broadcasting current affairs programmes by the employees working within DD Srinagar at Prasar Bharti DD news New Delhi. However as per sources till date no action was taken against a group of officials headed by the joint director as these officials wearing the cloak of nationalism managed to stay immune from legal action. Among the series of complaints filed so far include one in the office of Vigi...   READ MORE   Geelani goes astray, asks Delhi to declare JK disputed region No second communal partition 2/25/2014 11:06:28 PM Neha JAMMU, Feb 25: Tehrik-e-Hurriyat chief Syed Ali Shah Geelani has gone astray. How else should one describe his suggestion that New Delhi must declare Jammu & Kashmir a disputed territory and it must stop harping on the integral part theory. NC leader and state Chief Minister Omar Abdullah too had made such a ridiculous suggestion on the floor of the Lok Sabha in 2013. He had said, "By repeating the word 'atoot ang' again and again, you can change the political status of Jammu & Kashmir". On February 24, Geelani rejected the idea of any talks with New Delhi until it declared Jammu & Kashmir disputed status and "stopped harping on the integral part theory". "The amalgam is of the view ...   READ MORE   268 youth returned to state via Nepal, other illegal routes 2/25/2014 11:17:33 PM Bashir Assad Jammu, Feb25; 268 youth who had earlier exfilitrated to PoK/PaK have returned along with their families via Nepal which is not an approved route under the policy notified by the State Government in November, 2010. While replying to a written question of Professor Chaman lal Gupta, Minister-in-charge Home today said in the J&K State Legislative assembly that cases against the youth who have returned through routes not approved under the policy have been registered under relevant provisions. The minister said under the rehabilitation policy of 2004, 427 cases have been received from 31- 01-2004 to 31-01-2014 besides, 10 cases were received under the earlier policy. He said out...   READ MORE

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