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Crime Branch to submit Examgate report on Monday BOSE also provided official vehicle to Minister's son, fixed to it Rs 60,000 gadgetry 2/4/2012 11:38:05 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Feb 4: Crime Branch is close to completing its preliminary inquiry into the unfair means scandal of J&K State Board of School Education, involving senior Congress leader and Minister for Education Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed's foster son, Imam Souban Bhat S/o Parvez Ahmed Bhat. Well placed official sources told Early Times that outgoing IGP Crime, Raja Aijaz Ali, would be submitting the report directly to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in Jammu on Monday. SSP of Crime Branch, Kashmir, Abdul Gaffar Malik did not respond to phone calls from this newspaper but informed sources associated with the investigation said that the team of investigators called in and questioned over a dozen witnesses, including some teachers and officials of BOSE. They also took into custody relevant records to map complete track of Governor N N Vohra's communication to Chief Minister's Secretariat and there on to GAD, Education Department and BOSE. Sources said that the investigators checked over half-a-dozen receipt and dispatch registers, including those of General Administratio...   READ MORE

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Omar, his henchmen file rebuttals in Haji yousuf mysterious death case 2/4/2012 11:37:47 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Feb 4 : While supreme court has rejected staying the commission of inquiry by retired judge , chief minister Omar Abdullah his "henchmen" including minister of state for home affairs Nasir Aslam Wani and his political advisor Devinder Singh Rana and former PSO Shabir Ahmad have rebutted their charges by affidavits before the commission of inquiry headed by Justice H S Bedi. Talib Shah son of deceased Haji Yousuf has accused chief minister Omar Abdullah his former PSO Shabir Ahmad, Nasir Sogami MOS home and CM's political advisor Devinder Rana as also IG Crime Raja Ajaz Ali for having tortured his father and NC activist Haji Syed Mohammad Yous...   READ MORE   Coalition discriminating with Jammu even in holding public darbars 2/4/2012 11:37:40 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Feb 3: With discrimination with the people of Jammu and Ladakh regions prevailing in all spheres of life it appears that the coalition Government led by Omar Abdullah has taken the people of Jammu region for granted and there is no end to that in sight. The dsicrimiantionw ith this region has not been in the matter of distribution of funds, employment and development but even in holding the public darbars to hear the peoples problems though for face saving only Jammu is being often neglected and ignored. Beating all previous records this government does not bother to look into the problems of the hapless people of this region whether living in remote are...   READ MORE   Back to 'alma mater': Omar Govt ready to learn from BJP Govt in HP 2/4/2012 11:37:32 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 4: Though a staunch political rival of BJP, the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah yet his personnel likes and dislikes have no place when Omar led govt see neighboring Himanchal Pradesh as to study the Panchayati Raj model adopted by the BJP government in the hilly state, sources said. Official sources said the state government has constituted a high level committee to study the functioning of the Panchayati Raj institutions and mechanism put in place for flow of funds to these institutions in Himanchal Pradesh. After studying the pattern of distribution of money at the grass root level for various centre aided schemes aimed at improving the health of the Panch...   READ MORE   NC a den of Ikhwanies: Parrey 2/4/2012 11:37:26 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 4: Hitting hard at National Conference (NC), Imtiaz Parrey the son of father of counter-insurgency, Kuka Parrey has said that NC was the `den of Ikhwanies'. The statement was issued on January 31 but went un-noticed for unknown reasons. Even the NC did not respond to the statement. Imtiaz who holds the post of General Secretary of Youth Congress said the Ikhwanies who killed innocent people joined NC to escape legal action. The junior Parrey said the recently elected Panches and Sarpanches from Sonawari are all Ikhwanies. They were supported and patronized by National Conference. Most of them are involved in serious offences", he said. Imtiaz said all gov...   READ MORE   Bohat dair kardi CM samajtay samajtay Bio-diversity can take JK to world's economic map 2/4/2012 11:37:19 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Feb 4: The Chief Minister has done a lot of talking during the past three years. However, nothing has been translated into realty. Today Omar Abdullah said that the State's economic strength is in its rich bio-diversity and conducive environment to use it for sustained progress and development. Addressing the research scholars and faculty at IIIM Institute here, the Chief Minister said that the research being conducted in the Institute would provide necessary edifice for a viable and profitable 'aroma industry' in the Valley and other parts of the State creating greater employment opportunities for the youth. Young researchers from the state have done ...   READ MORE   Ruling NC's latest worry: PDP's focus in Jammu PDP taking Local Bodies polls seriously with well drawn up strategy 2/4/2012 11:37:07 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 4: Ruling National Conference's latest worry on the political front is not any controversy or issue related to governance. It is worried over the way its rival PDP is gradually making inroads and consolidating itself in Jammu region. Contrary to toeing the line of its alliance partner Congress or having harmony and coordination with its leadership, NC too has started off its activities in the pockets where it has strongholds in Jammu as a 'preparatory exercise' for Local Bodies elections. Sources within the NC said the Jammu leadership is particularly perturbed PDP is spreading out to areas of Jammu where it had no base, not to speak of any support till...   READ MORE   Congress High Command summons Tara, Taj, others 2/4/2012 11:36:57 PM Bashir Assad Jammu, Feb 4: while taking serious note of growing factionalism within Congress in J&K which took an ugly turn since last two or three weeks with senior Congress leaders trading charges against each other, the Congress high command has summoned senior Congress leaders to Delhi in a bid to resolve the crisis. Sources told Early Times that senior Congress leaders will meet Congress high command on Feb 6 to resolve the crisis. Meanwhile, strict instructions has been passed on by the Congress high command to the warring Congress leaders to stop trading charges against each other henceforth and adhere to the directions of the party high command by not going against each o...   READ MORE   DYC president still at large 2/4/2012 11:36:48 PM Early Times Report RAJOURI, Feb 4: Wanted in a hit-and-run case, DYC president and advocate Imtiaz Ahmad is still at large. While driving a red Xylo car, Imtiaz had hit a motorcycle in the town here a few days back, resulting in the death of Tahir Mehmood Khan, son of Mushtaq Khan of Dhanore, and critical injuries to Lubna Kousar, daughter of Haji Afzal Khan of Dhandidhar, who was sitting on the pillion seat. Soon after the incident, Imtiaz went underground. Police were yet to get any trace of him. He was alleged to have deliberately hit the motorcycle. The town had witnessed a massive demonstration after the incident, with the people demanding the registration of a murder case agains...   READ MORE   Irrigation Deptt's anti-encroachment drive turns out to be Flop-Show......! Huge traffic jam at Akhnoor road 2/4/2012 11:36:38 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 4: In what could be described as making mockery of its own anti-encroachment drive, the officials of Irrigation department failed to lift temporary structures as well as commodities kept by the violators on department's land on Jammu-Akhnoor highway road. The anti-encroachment drive not just proved to be a failure but it also led to huge traffic jam on the busy Akhnoor road and its adjoining roads including that of Talab Tillo and another road leading towards Bakshi Nagar and Government Medical College and Hospital, Maheshpura. Vehicular movement was virtually stopped as every passing vehicle was applied brakes on the road to watch the 'drama' in the name o...   READ MORE   Congress being roundly denounced by many parties, including allies Omar Praises Mamata 2/4/2012 11:35:41 PM RUSTAM JAMMU, Feb 4: The Indian National Congress (INC), which owes its origin to the British conspiracies hatched to kill the Indian freedom struggle, is today the most looked down upon and roundly condemned political organisation. (INC was established in December 1885 at Mumbai by a retired British civil servant A O Hume, in collaboration with Lord Dufferin and the British Government in London. It was not established by the Indians. Of course, 72 Indian delegates drawn from different parts of the country, all product of Western education having full faith in the "British sense of justice", attended the first session of the Congress with W C Bonnerjee, a Christian, as its president. H...   READ MORE   Omar need not exchange his job, he needs to give up tweeting for his duties 2/4/2012 11:35:20 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 4: If anybody has starting worrying about the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah exchanging his job for a while with a journalist, the worry is unfounded. No politician much less the Chief Minister of any state would exchange his job with anybody, much less with a journalist. In a recent tweet Omar Abdullah told an outside journalist that he would like to exchange his job with the journalist for a while. The chair is so dear to every politician and should be dear to the State Chief Minister as well. The problem with the State Chief Minister is not his interest in exchanging his job with anybody. His real problem and also the problem of the people in the State ...   READ MORE   Rs 13.15 Cr For Unemployed K Youth, Rs 42 Cr For Srinagar Jammu youth ignored again and again and yet again 2/4/2012 11:34:08 PM NEHA JAMMU, Feb 4: 14 positions of Assistant Information Officers; all for the Kashmiri youth because the Jammu and Ladakhi youth are, according the Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection board (JKSSB), incompetent, unfit and unqualified. Rs 356 crore for the Dal dwellers, in addition to Rs 1100 crore for the preservation, development and beautification of Dal Lake and Rs 386 crore for the preservation, development and beautification of Wullar Lake because these are in Kashmir. Jammu lakes like Mansar, Surinsar and Sanasar stood excluded because these are located in Jammu. Because Jammu is Jammu whose only duty is to contribute as much revenue to the state exchequer as possible and deve...   READ MORE

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