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| Sensing resentment among party cadre, Azad may clip wings of his loyalist Mantris | | Much awaited cabinet re-shuffle | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 3: Observing sheer criticism by party's middle rung leaders and cadre at grass root level against sitting ministers having allegiance with him, Congress stalwart and Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Ghulam Nabi Azad may trim wings of some of his loyalists holding important portfolios in the coalition regime here.
"Axe may fall in the forthcoming cabinet reshuffle, on those ministers against whom numerous complaints have been received by Ghulam Nabi Azad as well as party high command," reliable sources in Congress party revealed to ET.
"Even Union Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad left Jammu on Monday expressing dissatisfaction over the performance of certain ministers belonging to his lobby. Though Azad tried to put a united face while addressing a public rally on Sunday here saying that there are no factions in the party but the deputations that met him on Sunday meeting reflected a different picture," indicated sources and further added that "number of deputations including that of social organizations and party leaders that met Ghulam Nabi Az... | |
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| Who will bell the cat, state government in dilemma | | NHPC chairman arriving today | | | Bashir Assad
JAMMU, Apr 3: It is beyond comprehension as to whether the state government is really committed to renegotiate the power sharing agreements with the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation especially in the backdrop of voting against the resolution moved by independent MLA Er. Rashid seeking transfer of power projects to the state . Though on one hand the state cabinet has approved the recommendations of the Cabinet Sub Committee seeking transfer of Salal, Uri and Dulhasti power projects to the state on depreciated cost, yet its opposition to Er. Rashid's resolution in the House has created more doubts than before about the real intentions of the government.
Analysts a... | |
| | | | Awaited appointment of sr functionary's kin as PLO comes in way of legal assistants' promotion | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 3: The promotion list of legal assistants in the government law department has allegedly been withheld by a senior functionary (SF) who awaits the appointment of his kin as a public law officer (PLO).
The legal assistants are to be promoted to the next rank of PLOs. Their withheld promotion list was likely to be released after the kin of SF in law department was appointed as PLO. Reason: The release of legal assistants' promotion list after the awaited appointment of SF's kin as PLO would make them all junior to him in service. This, in turn, would improve his promotion prospects.
Sources in the law department said some legal assistants had also moved... | |
| | | | `Omar should not follow Modi on extensions' | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 3: Granting extension to a retiring ` unscrupulous' bureaucrat is a `lifehazard'. This is what the sordid story of a senior IPS officer's wife reveals.
Arrested IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt's wife, Shweta Bhatt whose husband, Sanjiv Bhat is in jail for all the wrong reasons has written a letter to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram seeking security for her husband as she fears for his life. She is worried for his safety. She believesthe police shall harm him.
She has written that her jailed husband was being harassed at the behest of Ahmadabad police commissioner Sudhir Sinha.
The Modi government granted extension to many officers to achieve petty politica... | |
| | | | No eyebrows raised for Jammu's water bodies | | City's historic talabs lost to greed and apathy | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 3: An emotional expression of concern by the PDP MLA from Pattan, Maulana Iftkhar Hussain Ansari seeking immediate steps to stop attempts by land mafia to fill up traditional water bodies in Kashmir and sell them, echoed in the State Legislative Assembly and were rightfully resonated by Speaker Mohammad Akbar Lone, but even as no tears were shed for them, many a famous water bodies of Jammu have been lost to greed, neglect and apathy.
The noted water bodies which have a place in the history of the city like Talab Tillo, Talab Khateekan, Rani Talab and Pucca Talab have been lost in the oblivion and while major portions of these water bodies were lost to insat... | |
| | | | DTI among three suspended over 'corruption charges' | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 3: Senior Superintendent of Police (Traffic) today placed under suspension a DTI, a traffic police cop and police driver following a complaint alleging their involvement in corrupt practices.
Among those who have been placed under suspension included Inspector (DTI) Raj Kumar, Driver Jagdeep Singh and Constable Raman, sources said.
According to the informed sources, SSP Traffic Manmohan Singh, acting on the directions from the Police Head Quarter Jammu following a complaint, taking prompt action placed three traffic police cops including a DTI on the allegations of corruption.
"The SSP has also seized the challans book from the possession of DTI and ... | |
| | | | Delhi should learn from US & act against K separatists | | Conviction Of Fai | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Apr 3: Kashmiri separatists and their supporters in the Kashmir Bar Association and the so-called Kashmiri civil society are feeling greatly upset these days. The reason is that the US-based ISI agent of Kashmiri origin Ghulam Nabi Fai has been pronounced guilty by an American court. Fai was on last Friday sentenced to two years in jail by a court in Alexandria, Virginia, US. The judgment has further said that his two years imprisonment would be followed by "three years of supervised release". Why did the said US court pronounced him guilty and order imprisonment? Why because he was "illegally working" for the Pakistani spy agency, Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI), to influen... | |
| | | | Insolence, humiliation instead of 'admiration' leaves sculpturist 'Jamwal' perturbed | | Maharaja Hari Singh's statue unveiling | | | Kunal Shrivatsa
JAMMU, Apr 3: For an artist recognition to his or her art work is more than any reward but renowned sculptor Ravinder Jamwal, who made the life-size statue of Maharaja Hari Singh, was not fortunate enough to receive the attention for his creation as the former was not invited for the unveiling ceremony of the sculpture on April 1.
If denial of invitation was not enough to feel 'humiliated', the eminent sculptor had to face more 'disgrace' during the unveiling ceremony as the organisers and leaders who spoke at the function did not even bother to mention a word of praise for his painstaking effort of about one year.
Speaking to Early Times, the visibly upset Jamwal minced ... | |
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