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PDP, NC fight war of words 2/27/2008 11:35:13 PM Early Times Reporter Srinagar | Feb 27 Treachery, murder, gimmicks - the allegations are flying thick and fast between the opposition National Conference and the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Jammu and Kashmir as assembly polls draw closer. The political acrimony between the two parties is because both are essentially Kashmir Valley-based. The government - with the PDP and the Congress as its key partners - has announced that 70,000 youths would get jobs this year as contract/ad hoc assignments in various official departments. But the National Conference has opposed the announcement, terming it as the ruling alliance's attempt to woo voters ahead of polls later this year. "Jobs already advertised by the various recruiting agencies of the government have not been filled for years and now the ruling parties are announcing thousands of jobs for local youth. This is an election gimmick which the people will not fall prey to," said National Conference president and MP Omar Abdullah. Abdullah also pointed out that the PDP had promised two government jobs for each Kashm...   READ MORE

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Khandey returns to role cut for him 2/27/2008 11:29:49 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu | Feb 27 One of the most promising officers Jammu and Kashmir has ever produced, Mohammad Iqbal Khandey is back at a role of significance. The state cabinet which met here last evening approved the appointment of Khandey as Principal Secretary Planning and Development –one of the key departments in the civil administration. Earlier, Khandey was Chairman Bureau of Public Enterprise and there was a wide feeling that an officer like Khandey should be positioned at a post where the best of his capabilities can be utilized. Khandey is regarded as one of the most steadfast and honest officers, a quality for which he had to suffer for a long. For his uncompromising ...   READ MORE   Pinka to be Congress candidate for Mayor's post On CM's suggestion, secret ballot decided candidature 2/27/2008 10:43:15 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu | Feb 27 The Congress party today decided to field Manmohan Singh Pinka as its candidate for the upcoming election to the post of Mayor for Jammu Municipal Corporation. The candidature of Pinka was decided through secret ballot proposed by the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad who was earlier authorised by corporators to nominate a candidate for the post. The Chief Minister, however, declined to nominate the candidate and insisted that democratic process of ballot be adopted. He said for him all corporators were equal and he would like them to throw up a candidate by casting votes in a democratic way. Manmohan Singh Pinka emerged as the winner by securing a ma...   READ MORE   Decrease in terrorist incidents in J-K: Jaiswal 2/27/2008 10:42:02 PM New Delhi | Feb 27 Union Minister of state for Home Affairs, Sriprakash Jaiswal, replying to a question in Rajya Sabha today said there has been a decrease in terrorist incidents in Jammu and Kashmir during the last two years. The number of terrorist incidents in Jammu and Kashmir during the year 2007 was 1092 while the number stood at 1667 for the year 2006. He presented the report of the Jammu and Kashmir Government that stated more than 8.75 lakh tourists visited the State during the last two years. He also presented the various steps taken by the State Government and security forces, in an endeavour to make the security environment progressively safer for tourists. These include a ...   READ MORE   Pak govt terminates graft cases against Zardari 2/27/2008 10:41:18 PM Islamabad | Feb 27 With President Pervez Musharraf's fate hanging in balance, Pakistan government today terminated graft cases against PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari shortly after the apex court dismissed three petitions challenging a controversial order granting amnesty to PPP leaders in corruption cases. The National Accountability Bureau, the anti-corruption body, terminated cases against Zardari and Rehman Malik, the security advisor of slain PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto, immediately after the Supreme Court gave its ruling this morning. NAB's deputy prosecutor general Zulfiqar Bhutta said the agency had initially given directions for the termination of cases after Musharraf issu...   READ MORE

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