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AHMED ALI FAYYAZ
EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Apr 10: On lightning orders from Ministry of Finance, Heads of Departments (HODs) have submitted a list of all those employees to the government who have completed 35 years of their service. Even as the process of their forcible retirement from service is now underway, Omar Abdullah's coalition government is likely to address the agitating employees' demand of extending the age of retirement by offering them a fresh ceiling---60 years of age or 30 years of service, whichever is earlier. Meanwhile, on 6th consecutive day of the shutdown of offices, sponsored by Joint Consultative Committee (JCC), authorities today arrested 30 of the employees on strike, though the most wanted EJAC chief, Khursheed Alam, has been yet again detained and later sent back to his home.
Highly placed sources in the coalition government said that a Cabinet sub-committee, comprising five Ministers, which met and briefed Chief Minister about the latest obtaining situation on Thursday sounded to be unanimous over the need to restore the government's credibilit... | |
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| 3 HM ultras nabbed in Kashmir | | | | SRINAGAR: Troops of Rashtriya Rifles (RR) today arrested three Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) along with arms and ammunition from Handwara in Kupwara, Kashmir.
Identified as Bilal Ahmad Wani, Imran Ahmad Wani and Mohammad Ashraf Gogri, all residents of Warpora Magam, they were arrested by the troops of 6 RR from Handwara, 90 kms from here, a police spokesman said.
He said one AK rifle, its two magazines, 60 rounds and eight UBGL grenades were recovered from them.
The arrested persons were handed over to police who had registered a case against them.
Meanwhile, police arrested Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) sympathiser Nazir Ahmad Mir of Pahaldogi from the main market of Magam-Handwara along with two han... | |
| | | | Soz, Malik attend Baisakhi function | | | | SRINAGAR: Forgetting mutual animosities, mainstream politicians and separatists of different hues were seen wishing each other and exchanging pleasantries at a function here today.
The function to celebrate the upcoming Baisakhi festival was hosted by a Sikh Coordination Committee in a local hotel to foster brotherhood and pray for the prosperity of the people of Jammu Kashmir state.
Prominent among the participants were Jammu and Kashmir Congress president Saifuddin Soz and JKLF chairman and Muhammad Yasin Malik. Other participants included Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) acting chairman, Moulana Abdullah Tori, Saleem Geelani and Zaffar Akber Bhat.
Besides a good number of lawyers, wr... | |
| | | | Stop repressive measure against employees: Harsh | | | | JAMMU: The working chairman of the Panthers Party,Harsh Dev Singh,has suggested to the National Confer ence led Government to restart negotiations with the leaders of the employees union so that a way was found out from the current impasse.He said that the repressive measures being adopted by the Government were highly "undemocratic" adding that the fault is with the Government which had seven months ago promised the employees that the 6th pay commission arrears would be released in due course of time.
Harsh Dev said that when the Government had given assurance to the employees that the arrears would be released what had prompted the Government to do so.Had not the Government at that stag... | |
| | | | BJP leadership bunch of confused and non-committed persons | | | |
RUSTAM
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Apr 10:The BJP MLAs made a mockery of themselves in and outside the Legislative Assembly on Friday, when the inter-district recruitment bill was adopted in an amended form to ensure that the Scheduled Caste (SC) communities shall continue to get 8 per cent reservation in the district cadre posts (class 3 and class 4 posts) across the state. It was expected that the confused and ambivalent BJP MLAs and BJP office-bearers would make a fool of themselves and it actually happened.
Unclear as their stand was and divided as they were, the BJP MLAs and the party president Shamsher Singh Manhas aired different views on the issue. Leader of the BJP Legislature P... | |
| | | | Sr cops complain of raw deal in promotions | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Apr 10: The state police services (SPS) IPS officers, who are inducted into IPS from KPS, have alleged raw deal in promotions as compared to the IPS regular recruits (RR).
A SPS IPS officer said all KPS officers became eligible for their induction into IPS after eight years of service. However, because of their late induction into IPS, despite the availability of vacancies, badly affected their careers, he added.
He said while IPS officers got promotion after every four years, the KPS officers had to wait for six to eight years for their promotion to the next rank.
Such a system had deprived several SPS officers from becoming DIGs and IGPs even after serving th... | |
| | | | Annoying STs of Rajouri-Poonch may cost NC-Congress heavily | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Apr 10: Moments after Inter District Recruitment ban bill was declared passed in the Legislative Assembly on April 9, the coalition partners of both National Conference and Congress were seen in upbeat mood, some of them showing victory signs while facing the press gallery. The mood was in sharp contrast to the anger and anarchic atmosphere created by PDP in the House. The passage of the Bill was indeed an achievement for the government particularly in the wake of stiff resistance by opposition but the moot question remains whether the NC and Congress has really gained much out of this issue ?
If the controversial bill and its passage is to be analysed in terms ... | |
| | | | Appointing former JU VC as VC of CU Jammu will be suicidal | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Apr 10: (15) "There are cases of violation of norms in selection process. Procedures have not always been properly followed. At a point of time the practice of screening of candidates by the HOD was abandoned. The Panel of Experts is not always adhered to. The duplication of the Experts, interview after interview, is a common practice. What is worse, dissent within the selection committees is not allowed to be noted and many a time selection has been deferred only to avoid noting dissent".
(16) "There seems to a financial anarchy taking place. Money is raised and spent in a manner that raises many questions: The saga of construction of the University Auditorium i... | |
| | | | To break deadlock, govt may approach Centre with a begging bowl | | A cat, which cannot catch mice, scratches pole in frustration | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Apr 10: Sheer incompetency and poor administrative skills have emerged as the distinctive features of the politically bankrupt Omar-led coalition due to its inefficiency to handle employees' strike, which has crippled government functioning and led to the total lock-out of civil secretariate - the seat of power in the state.
There is no one to work in offices for the past one week, stifling the routine government business. Even the draconian ESMA and anti-employee posters in local dailies have proved to be ineffective.
Undeterred by the fear of arrests under ESMA, employees continued holding anti-government protests, demanding release of sixth pay commission... | |
| | | | Employees get support | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Apr 10: A day after the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's talk offer, Employees Joint Consultative Committee (EJCC) today demanded release of arrested employees' leaders for finding out an amicable solution of existing problem in the larger interest of public.
In a press statement issued here, EJCC as a gesture and in reciprocation offers to hold dialogue with the Chief Minister, said, "if they are properly invited and imposed restrictions are removed so that a solution to the problem could be find out in the best interest of the general public as well as the employees and before that all leaders of Employees belonging to different organizations like Abdul Qayoom Wa... | |
| | | | EJAC calls for 'complete lockout' on Apr 12 | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Apr 10: Toughening their stand against the government's alleged suppressive tactics, Employees Joint Action Committee (EJAC), an amalgam of several employees' unions, today announced "complete lockout" in all government and Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) across the Jammu province on the pattern of Kashmir region from April 12.
The Committee has also decided to change its proposed 'Secretariat Chalo' call on April 12 in view of arrest of its prominent leaders. The employees has resolved to give 'court arrest' on this day as a mark of protest against the government's "dictatorial" and "repressive" tactics to crush their voice.
However, the stalemate betwee... | |
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