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| PSC breaks law for Law Secretary’s son | | Two IAS officers add a feather to SL Bhat’s cap as the last nail in PSC’s coffin | | |
Their advantage: A Government that barks on corruption and nepotism but does not bite
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 14: Secretary of J&K State Public Service Commission (PSC), Mushtaq Ahmed Bukhari, and the state government’s Law Secretary, Ghulam Hassan Tantray, are known as fast friends in bureaucratic circles but it is hard to establish that the two IAS officers were in collusion to appoint latter’s son as Assistant Legal Remembrancer (ALR) in the state Law Department by unfair means. The incontrovertible fact, however, remains that the PSC removed two particular candidates from merit shortlist of the Open Merit (OM) category, lowered the cut off from 92 to 91 marks and thus included the Law Secretary’s son among the candidates to be interviewed for final selection on April 16th. If selected, it would be for the first time in the history of Jammu and Kashmir bureaucracy that a Secretary to Government would be issuing the appointment orders of his own son.
Without questioning integrity and competence of the PSC Chairman and members, documentary evidence in possession o... | |
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| BJP high command acts on ‘high moral ground’……? | | Resignation sought from entire flock,Gadkari to decide ‘future course’ | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, April 15: A day after 7 MLAs indulged in brazen act of cross voting in favour of NC-Congres coalition candidates in the Legislative Council polls, the BJP High command apparently acting on ‘high moral ground’ sought the resignation of all its 11 members of the Legislative Assembly following which submitted it to the national leaders camping in Jammu late this evening.Even as four MLAs had cast vote in favour of the party candidate on Jammu seat, the axe of disciplinary action for now has fallen on the entire flock of legislators.
Sources said the resignation of all the 11 members would now be presented before the national president Nitin Gadkari who will decid... | |
| | | | Youth allegedly beaten in police custody, hospitalised | | | |
JAMMU, Apr 14:
A youth, who worked in an electronic goods shop at Karan Market here, was today allegedly beaten in custody by Hari Market police and hospitalised.
Chanderkant of Gole Puli, who worked in the electronic goods shop of Shiv Kumar at Karan Market, was alleged to have committed a burglary in the shop.
He was picked up by the cops of Hari Market police post on the complaint of Shiv Kumar, police sources said.However, when he complained of stomach pain during questioning, the cops admitted him to the GMC hospital.In the hospital, he alleged that he had been beaten by police in
custody.He claimed that he had committed no burglary in the shop and alleged that the owner had ... | |
| | | | One dead, four injured in road accident at Pathankote | | | |
April 14: A person died while four others were injured in a road accident near National High-way Broadhi on Jammu Phatankote Highway on Wednesday night.
A car bearing number HP 28- 5653 was going from Himachal to Katra. In the accident five persons were injured and were shifted to District Hospital Kathua. The deceased identified as Balwinder Singh son of Karam Singh and Injured were identified as Anita Devi wife of Karam Singh, Narinder Singh son of Karam Singh, karam Singh son of kare Singh and Arti devi all the resident of Samayal shrika ghat Himachal. All the people shifted to hospital for treatment
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| | | | 2 Vaishno Devi pilgrims die of heart attack | | | |
JAMMU, Apr 14: Two pilgrims died of cardiac failure en route to the holy cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi in Trikuta Hills of Katra.
Mayawati, wife of Budh Prakash of Shahadra, Delhi, fell unconscious near Charanpaduka. She was shifted to Katra hospital where doctors declared her brought dead, police said.
Dileep Kumar (63), son of Tukka Ram Samwat Bariwali, Mumbai, died of cardiac arrest at Bhawan.
Cases in this connection were registered by Katra police.
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| | | | Legislative Council Elections | | BJP blackens its face beyond recognition | | |
STARK REALITY
RUSTAM
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Apr 14: The J&K unit of the so-called nationalist BJP has blackened its face beyond recognition. It has defeated its own candidate Thakur Ranjit Singh, who has been serving the party since his childhood, and voted in favour of the pro-autonomy and anti-Jammu NC, as also in favour of the Congress, which is equally responsible for all the woes of the people of Jammu province as well as the troubles facing the nation in the state. Seven out of 11 BJP MLAs have voted for the NC and the Congress. One of the BJP MLAs has voted for the pro-self-rule PDP. The poor Ranjit Singh had to content with just four votes. That he did resign then and there ... | |
| | | | Farooq also jumps on to the Geelani’s bandwagon | | Dogra Certificate Issue | | |
MINCING NO WORDS
NEHA
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Apr 14: Hats off to the Kashmiri leaders, both separatist and the so-called mainstream. Hats off because they act as one man; because they, unlike the divided and confused Jammu leadership, work in unison; because they, unlike the Jammu leadership, take no time in making common cause with one another; because their attitude towards the Dogras of Jammu and the country as a whole is identical; and because none of them ever wishes to lag behind.
Each and every Kashmiri leader sings the same song; each and every Kashmiri leader opposes what the Dogras of Jammu stand for; and each and every Kashmiri leaders abhors the Indian Constitution and ... | |
| | | | Can govt preserve the state flag? | | News Analysis | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, April 14: The government seems to have slept over the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council’s (LAHDC) new flag and symbol for political reasons. The civic body created a political storm in the state by adapting a new symbol and abandoning the use of state flag.
While the commoner in Kashmir and Jammu remained indifferent to the issue, the main opposition party of the state, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took a serious note of the development.
The PDP president, Mahbooba Mufti said it was an act to dilute the special status of the state. “Any act aimed at diluting our special status shall be vehemently opposed”, she said. Political circles equated ... | |
| | | | Separatists raking up Dogra certficate as they face bankruptcy of issues | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu ,April 15
Issueless and frustrated some section of Kashmir has threatened mass agitation in Kashmir in order to force the NC-congress coalition govt. to withdrawn the order it issued last month entitling Dogras of Jammu province to obtain Dogra certificates from the concerned authorities so that they could avail themselves of certain relaxations in rules governing recruitment to the Army and central paramilitary forces.
ET speaks to different people on the issue.
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| | | | | Sushma Atri, Student from Dogri Deptt. JU | | 
Dogra certificate is not against any community, neither it is harming anybody’s interest. The malicious campaign on this issue raised by certain section of the society is unwarranted. Dogra’s should get this certificate as it will give benefit them in central paramilitary forces.
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| | | | | Reena Qureshi, student of History Deptt. JU | | 
I belong to Poonch area of Jammu region and presently pursuing my studies (PG course) from Jammu University. I really don’t know much about this Dogra certificate and am not in a position to comment on this subject. But I tell you one thing, if it benefits people of Jammu region, I see no harm in it.
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| | | | | Akhil Rajpur, Law student, JU | | 
I am a strong supporter of Dogra certificate, initially, I was not aware of this, but with the passage of time, I believe that people of Jammu should be given their share in gets recruitment in central paramilitary forces and Army. The people of Jammu and Kashmir should show maturity and know how to live together in peace.
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| | | | | Sarfaraz Ahmed, Law student, JU. | |  4. Sarfaraz Ahmed, Law student, JU.
One should not go into controversy regarding issuing Dogra certificate. If one get benefit out of this, other should try to seek mechanism to get benefit through other means. Jammu and Kashmir is one state and people should not get divided on one issue to other. The people of both the regions are mature enough that they won’t full in any trap. I hope peace for the whole of state.
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