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| Ex-JMC Commissioner Sawhney moves out, enforcement staff paying for his misdeeds | | Will Tara again rehabilitate favourite? | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 30: If not re-engaged after the lifting of Model Code of Conduct (MCC), Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand's favourite S.C.Sawhney has seemingly bowed out of Government service but not before turning most of residential areas into commercial centres across Jammu city.
To add to this qualification, Sawhney headed Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC), took all the decisions with regard to building permissions and then, when it came to penalisation, he got a job even after retirement while those who acted on his verbal as well as written orders have been hanged. Clerical staff, Khilafwarzi officers and other low ranking officers were penalised.
They are facing various probes but the one who headed the corporation has retired without even being asked simple questions about how commercial operations were allowed in residential areas. He was not asked about two thousand instances of conversion of residential houses into commercial establishments within the limits of Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC).
Such was the mess in JMC during Sawhney's time that Khilafwa... | |
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| Legislative Assembly Speaker makes 'mockery' of elections by visiting polling booths at will | | Coerces people to vote for Dr Farooq Abdullah | | | Srinagar
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Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, Apr 30: As the elections for Srinagar-Budgam Lok Sabha seat were held today, Speaker Legislative Assembly, Mubarak Gul made rounds at no less than three polling stations in the Srinagar city in order to woo the voters towards National Conference.
Sources told Early Times that Mubarak Gul who represents Eidgah constituency in the Legislative Assembly started his 'journey' for the polling stations early in the morning and concluded it afternoon. He sat at the polling stations for hours together and as such violated the procedures laid down under the Model Code of Conduct.
"The Speaker of th... | |
| | | | Most of the registered scholars withdrew accusing Kesar of harassment | | Prof Kesar guides 3 PhD scholars in 30 years | | | K Koushal
Jammu, Apr 30: Already in news, the unpopular head of Punjabi Department, Prof Archana Kesar is marred with yet another accusation of guiding just 'three PhD scholars' in her entire career and of harassing scholars.
Keeping all the norms and laws set by higher institution at bay, Prof Kesar has supervised only three PhD scholars in her entire career of almost 30 years, which according to UGC norm is that a professor has to supervise eight scholars at a time.
According to professor in the Jammu University, wishing anonymity, Prof Archana Kesar has supervised three scholars in Dogri Department in her career of almost thirty years. "Owing to the political influence, Prof Archana K... | |
| | | | Protests rock Srinagar, peripheries, 1 killed several injured in police action | | | | Bashir Assad
SRINAGAR, Apr 30: At least one person was killed and several others including a woman injured today in Nawa Kadal area of Old City here in clashes between the stone throwing youth and police.
Police had to use tear smoke shells and fire several rounds to disperse the protesting mob just after the polling culminated in old city of Srinagar resulting in the killing of one person identified as Bashir Ahmad Bhat son of Ghulam Mohammad Bhat of Braripora Nawakadal and injuries to Nazir Ahmad Kaloo and Haleema Bano wife of Reyaz Ahmad Sheikhsaz of Gretbal Nawakadal .
Eyewitnesses said a group of protesters pelted stones on a police party during which rifle of one cop felt down as h... | |
| | | | Ignored Budgam refuses to digest hollow slogans | | Crave for development | | | Shakeel A Khan
budgam, Apr 30: Like the authorities this Central Kashmir district did not get any attention from the leaders during the recent election campaign carried out by the mainstream parties for the Srinagar-Budgam Lok Sabha seat that went to the polls today.
Budgam district has failed to get the attention from the state Government and the district is lagging behind on the developmental front. The living conditions in many areas in the district are very poor with them being poorest when compared with the other districts of the state.
Road connectivity across the district is poor and the transport facilities are not up to the mark. The supply of drinking water is inadequate and th... | |
| | | | After Loan's slapping of youth, NC worker hit cop with Swift after he was denied to park vehicle in security zone | | | | Syed Tahir Bukhari
BARAMULLA, Apr 30: After a Minister now the National Conference worker allegedly hit a police constable with his Swift vehicle when the cop did not permit him to park his vehicle in security zone at Zachildara Handwara, where Transport Minister Choudhry Muhamamd Ramzan was addressing an election rally.
According to sources Touseef Bashir worker of National Conference was stopped by a policeman for wrong parking as policeman was on his job.reports said that policeman told NC worker that park your car to the other side of a road but in a fit of rage without hearing a word from policeman, he hit the policeman with his swift car.
According to reports a police official said... | |
| | | | NC may back stab Congress in Ladakh | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 30: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (NC) is yet again on the spree of back stabbing the Congress party in Ladakh region by giving support to an independent candidate from Kargil area.
The local NC leaders of Ladakh are not ready to support Congress candidate from Leh, T Samphel and thus they like 2009 are supporting local independent candidate.
As per the seat sharing pact, Congress got three seats, Jammu-Poonch, Udhampur-Doda and Ladakh seats to contest whereas NC got all three seats of Kashmir valley. Both these parties had to support the candidates of either parties but in Ladakh it is not visible.
Sources said that NC leaders of Kargil wanted ... | |
| | | | Soibugh witnesses violence at end of polling | | Youth pelt stones on SF, polling staff | | | Shakeel A Khan
BUDGAM, Apr 30: The situation in Soibugh village of this Central Kashmir district turned violent as a group of people pelted stones on security forces and polling staff that was leaving in the evening after poll duties.
In the evening the situation took an ugly turn when at the end of polling when the staff and the security posted on election duty came under heavy stone pelting while leaving the area. The youth appeared somewhere from the Beigh Mohalla near the Jamia Masjid and resorted to heavy stone pelting on the security personnel and polling officials.
Security personnel came out of their vehicles and retaliated to the action carried out by the youth against them. Bo... | |
| | | | Police books 12 for spreading false information on FB | | | | Mustansir
Srinagar, Apr 30: Taking strong action against the face book groups for posting "incorrect, frivolous and fake information" on social networking sites, police have registered case against the administrators of these pages.
According to police sources 12 persons across Kashmir for posting "incorrect, frivolous and fake information" on social networking sites.
A police spokesman said, "some mischievous elements have been posting Incorrect, frivolous and fake information on social networking sites particularly Face book."
The pages, he said, include: 'Kashmir News Agency, Loving Kashmir, Youths of Downtown-Kashmir, 24X7 Breaking News, Kashmir Banega Pakistan, Pahallan the cit... | |
| | | | 'Most of migrant voters deprived of their fundamental right' | | Submission of M-forms proved to be useless | | | SK Kaw
Jammu, Apr 30: Notwithstanding the tall claims of administration that elaborate arrangements have been made for Kashmiri Pandit migrant voters to exercise their franchise for Srinagar-Budgam Parliamentary Seat today left most of the Kashmiri Pandit voters high and dry when many of them found their names missing in the electoral rolls.
Polling on Srinagar-Budgam Parliamentary seat was held today and for Kashmiri Pandit migrants living in Jammu specific polling stations were established at various places in Jammu where people came to cast their vote since early in the morning. At Govt Higher Secondary School Jagti Colony many people alleged that they could not cast their vote due t... | |
| | | | Monga endorses Farooq's statement on accession, pandit exodus | | | | Javaid Naikoo
Srinagar, Apr 30: Completely endorsing the statement of National Conference patron Dr Farooq Abdullah Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) vice President, Ghulam Nabi Monga today said that accession of Kashmir with India is only based on secularism and whatever Farooq Abdullah said about Kashmir issue and exodus of Kashmiri pandits is based on facts.
Talking to early times, JKPCC vice President while endorsing the hard hitting statement of Farooq Abdullah said that there is no doubt and nothing wrong in the statement of Farooq Abdullah which he gave about accession and added that the reasons of exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir are known to one a... | |
| | | | Endorsing break-India autonomy concept | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 30: There are at least four persons in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) who have from time to time aired seditious views to identify them with the cause of the Kashmiri separatists, all ardent champions of Kashmiri sub-nationalism. They are none other than Arvind Kejriwal, Prashant Bhushan, Yogendra Yadav and Sazia Ilmi. Prashant Bhushan, a close friend of Syed Ali Shah Geelani and other Kashmiri seditionists, everyone knows, had in 2011 openly advocated plebiscite in Kashmir to know if the Kashmiri Muslims wanted to remain with India or wanted Kashmir to become independent or merged with theocratic, dictatorial and feudal Pakistan. A suggestion that infuriated young... | |
| | | | Congress angers Ladakhis in the middle of election campaign | | U-turn to impact poll outcome | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Apr 30: The April 15 Congress's unambiguous declaration at Leh that it would grant Union Territory (UT) status to Ladakh if the UPA was voted back to power was appreciated by many Ladakhis. The commitment was made by the party candidate for the Ladakh Lok Sabha seat, Tsering Samphal, in the presence of several top-ranking Congress leaders, including sitting and former Ministers. This, notwithstanding the fact that it is extremely unlikely that the angry and badly let down nation will again pins faith in the fallen-from-grace Congress and UPA. It was obvious that the commitment was held out after taking the high command into confidence. The people of the trans-Himalayan strate... | |
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