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| Govt continues to protect its corrupt KAS, IAS darlings | | Supreme Court order says no prosecution sanction required after 3 months but J&K Vigilance Organisation surrenders before Govt, fails to file chargesheets | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
srinagar, May 9: In a demonstration of brazen disregard to Supreme Court of India judgment dated January 31st, 2012, Government of Jammu and Kashmir as well as its integrity watchdog, State Vigilance Organisation (SVO), are continuing to protect a band of KAS and IAS officers against whom charges of corruption have been established. Retired and serving bureaucrats and officials, who are beneficiaries of the coalition Government's 'Operation Cover up', include former Chief Secretary Ashok Jaitley, then Principal Secretary of Power Development Department, Ajit Kumar, former Directors of Local Bodies in Jammu, Mohinder Singh and Avtar Krishen Raina, then Director of Rural Development Department and now MLC, Syed Asgar Ali, retired IAS officer and former Divisional Commissioner of Kashmir, Mehboob Iqbal, Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Baseer Khan, and a group of Block Development Officers (BDOs).
Earlier this year, SVO had explained in reply to a petition under RTI that as many as 62 corruption-related matters, involving KAS and IAS officers, had been filed in J&K from... | |
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| Surge in protests against power cuts, breakdowns | | Jammu MLAs mute, Ministers blissfully oblivious of 'plight' | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, May 9: With mercury soaring, the Power Development Department has increased its frequency of load shedding in Jammu and its outer areas, forcing the people to fret and fume and raise their pitch against the Government which is no where to be seen. With even normal power supply with unscheduled cuts getting affected and certain areas experiencing total darkness for varied reasons, the last two days have witnessed sudden surge in protests on roads in different localiti... | |
| | | | "Prime govt land encroached at Jatwal Adda, shops constructed" | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 9: A prime piece of Government land, close to the National Highway on Jatwal Adda (bus stand)-Naran road, was alleged to have been encroached by a family.
The market value of the nearly 1.2 kanal land, which actually belongs to PWD, was estimated at crores of rupees. The alleged encroachers have constructed at least seven to eight shops there.
In reply to a Right to Information (RTI) application filed by a local with the office of Assistant Commissioner (revenue), Samba, it was revealed that 4-5 ft of land (under khasra No 787) on the left of Jatwal Adda-Naran road stood encroached.
A legal action against the encroachers was, however, yet awaited.
The RTI... | |
| | | | Omar plans civic poll deferment to save yatra, tourist season | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 9: It is from the horse's mouth. The State Government plans to defer the civic polls in Jammu and Kashmir. Though Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, has stated that the final decision would be taken by the Cabinet during its meetings, he seems to opt for the civic elections towards the end of the current year.
His critics in the Congress, BJP, PDP and in the Panthers Party may hold him responsible for deliberately scuttling the democratic process because of fear of losing the poll. But the Chief Minister seems to be eager to see that the bumper tourist traffic to Kashmir and the upcoming Amarnath yatra remained uninterrupted.
Already the separatists, especially ... | |
| | | | Professor Ghani's statement emboldens Omar | | Asks separatists to contest elections | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 9: Emboldened by Professor Ghani Bhat's Sopore statement, the Chief Minister has dared the separatists to contest elections. "Let the people decide who represents them", he said.
Professor Bhat against whom, the Hurriyat (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has issued a show cause notice for violating the constitution of the conglomerate said UN resolutions were obsolete and could not solve the vexed Jammu Kashmir problem. He also suggested an alliance with the National Conference and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for finding a suitable solution to the long pending dispute.
While professor's statement caused ripples in the separatist amalgam, the Chief Mi... | |
| | | | Rejected on regional considerations, inferiority complex grips Jammu youth | | JK Bank Recruitment flutter | | | Kunal Shrivatsa
Jammu, May 9: Rejected on regional and political considerations, the Jammu based youth seeking jobs in the prestigious financial body J&K Bank are feeling low and demoralised, courtesry authorities in the Bank and those at the helm of making appointments who are simply dancing to the tunes of political bosses in NC led coalition government.
Ever since the J&K Bank authorities indiscriminately rejected their candidature for the various posts, a feeling of 'inferiority' and low 'self esteem' has started to creep among the youth of Jammu region.
The youth of the region are clueless that how on earth the JK bank authorities could adjudge Jammu based aspirants seeking emplo... | |
| | | | Bhim ridicules Omar's statement on Darbar Move | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 9: National Panthers Party (NPP) chief, Professor Bhim Singh has criticized Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for admitting that the Darbar Move is an evil and at the same time deciding to stick to it.
Singh has said, "The third generation Chief Minister of Abdullah dynasty would not accept Panthers Party's move to stop six monthly Darbar Move from Srinagar to Jammu and vice versa though he admits it is an evil created by Dogra Maharaja. This is an irony that Omar Abdullah is behaving as Prince of Wales and appears more authoritarian than his grandfather".
The NPP chief made clear that the Darbar Move was the only way he and his National Conference can establish ... | |
| | | | Unusual visitor at Omar's office | | |  Early Times Report
Srinagar, May 9: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had an unusual visitor at his office this morning-- Noori, the world's first cloned Pashmina goat created in Jammu and Kashmir in a rare scientific feat. Omar patted the goat and held it on his lap as he promised Government support to similar projects like cloning endangered species including Hangul. Noori was brought to the Chief Minister's office by the team of scientists, which had successfully cloned the rare Himalayan goat l... | |
| | | | Protest at DH Kishtwar against assault on medicos | | People block NH over shortage of doctors | | | Early Times Report
kishtwar, May 9: Doctors and paramedical staff of district hospital (DH), Kishtwar, today observed a day-long strike over the yesterday's assault on doctors and paramedical staff in emergency ward by the attendants of a patient.
After reaching the hospital in the morning, doctors and paramedical staff went on strike, demanding action against those who had manhandled the staff in the emergency ward yesterday.
They also asked the administration to strengthen security inside the hospital by setting up a police post.
The female staffers alleged harassment by outsiders and said that they felt insecure while rendering their services during night hours.
They also ... | |
| | | | Trifurcation movement gains momentum | | BSP And Jammu's Empowerment -- I | | | Neha
Jammu, May 9: The people of Jammu Pradesh have been demanding a separate dispensation since November 1, 1947, saying that the Kashmiri leadership is not only anti-Jammu but also for a political system that is not consistent with what the Indian Constitution provides for. The demand for separation from Kashmir was made by the then Praja Parishad leaders, especially Balraj Madhok. The founder of Jana Sangh Shyama Prasad Mookerjee had also endorsed the demand on the ground that the Kashmiri leadership of the time had been insisting on autonomy. He had said Jammu and Ladakh could not be forced to live in the proposed autonomous State. His was a very rational and democratic stand.
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| | | | Interlocutors recommend special status under Article 370 | | Anti-Jammu & Ladakh Report | | | Rustam
Jammu, May 9: "A focus on diversity must not…detract attention from the imperative need to preserve the unity and integrity of the State (of Jammu & Kashmir) and to uphold the special place it enjoys in the Indian Union under Article 370. To argue otherwise would entail horrendous dangers. This special status needs to be finessed to ensure…that the State is vested with all the powers it requires to address the aspirations of all its regions and communities - including, in the first place, its political aspirations".
Who has said so? It is none other than the former Interlocutor for Jammu & Kashmir Dilip Padgaonkar. Actually, he has written an article titled "For A New Narrative On ... | |
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