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Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Mar 12
The government decision of halting the recruitment process, has given National Conference president Omar Abdullah a food for thought.
Omar, who is on an extended tour of Kathua district, is making it a point to tell the people that the government decision to put brakes on the employment is politically motivated. Addressing a public meeting in Basohli, Omar termed the move as an election strategy of the ruling alliance at the cost of unemployed youth.
Omar said that the recent government order directing the administrative departments to stop referring the vacancies to the recruitment agencies is the testimony of the government's functioning.
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| | | | Stop putting notes on garlands, RBI is watching | | | |
Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Mar 12
It has long been our cultural practice to garland loved ones on weddings or politicians out of sycophancy with currency notes. The larger the currency laden garland, the bigger the social profile of the one who offers and the one who accepts. This tradition has been deeply entrenched in our cultural system but soon this may be declared as an indecent practice.
The currency notes depict the highest symbol of sovereign the way the national flag does. When there is a disrespect to the national flag, people suddenly spurt in anger but hardly anyone has taken note of the disrespect to the sovereign caused by putting the currency notes on the garlands.
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| | | | NRI among 72 bidders buy Rs 10 million Neelam | | | |
Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Mar 12
Three years of extraction and two of auction has earned the state whopping revenue of Rs Ten Millions (One Crore). It was an experiment to sell the sapphire corundum. Just imagine if this is made a form of mining practice, how it changes the economic outlook.
The sapphire corundum, popularly known as Neelam and extracted from the Paddar area of Kishtwar was put on auction at the RRL lawns here for two days. 17 kilograms of corundum has been sold for Rs One Crore in just two days. This sapphire was mined out during last three years from sapphire mines of Paddar in Kishtwar district was kept for auction. The auction process of the sapphire has b... | |
| | | | Halting of recruitments: Omar terms Govt. move as election strategy | | | | Early Times Reporter
Basholi | Mar 12
Expressing surprise over halting of recruitment process by the coalition government, National Conference President Omar Abdullah today termed the move as an election strategy of the ruling alliance at the cost of unemployed youth.
Addressing a public meeting at Basholi area of Kathua district, today the National Conference President said that the recent government order directing the administrative departments to stop referring the vacancies to the recruitment agencies is the testimony of the government's functioning.
"It is clear that the government wants to befool the people with employment packages before the next assembly elections", Omar ... | |
| | | | Hassan Mir's expulsion opens flood gate of desertions from PDP | | Party poised for vertical split | | |
JAMMU:
Anxiety is writ large on the faces of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, his daughter Mehbooba Mufti and other top leaders of the PDP over prospects of large scale desertions from the party at a time when elections to the state assembly are only six months ahead. The expulsion of a long time dissident party leader, Ghulam Hassam Mir, from the primary membership of the party, is feared to open a flood gate of exit from the party of many other leaders and activists. According to the sources who are well aware of the chemistry of PDP, a vertical split in the party, is imminent, which may however take sometime, awaiting the formation of the third front, as is contemplated by the expelled founde... | |
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