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| Militants mulling ban on recruitment of SCs in Valley | | Omar calls separatists 'merchants of death', Geelani hits back on Sheikh dynasty | | |
AHMED ALI FAYYAZ
EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, May 13: With the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the secessionist Hurriyat Conference yet again creating the atmosphere of regional and communal polarization over reservation of 8 percent vacancies for the Scheduled Castes (SCs), militants are considering 'blanket ban' of recruitment of all non-Kashmiris in government service in Kashmir valley.
Authoritative sources disclosed to Early Times that a Pakistan-based militant alliance was seriously considering to impose 'blanket ban' on recruitment of the SC candidates in all state government services in Kashmir valley. This, according to sources, was likely to be proclaimed with the argument that reservation of 8 percent vacancies in all ten districts of the Muslim-dominated Kashmir province could bring about a demographic change in the Valley. As and when announced, this diktat would mean 'ban' on recruitment of SC candidates at both, district as well as divisional level, as none of them would ordinarily muster courage to seek a government job against the quota of 8 pe... | |
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| 3 nurses hurt on being hit by doctor's car | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU: Three nurses were injured critically after they were hit by the Wagon-R of a lady doctor in the parking area of SMGS Hospital here today.
While taking out her car (JK02AB/9661) from the reserved parking area of SMGS hospital, Dr Bhawani Sharma lost control over the steering as a result of which the vehicle hit three nurses who were standing nearby.
The nurses -- Sunita of Malik Market, Neha of RS Pura and Tejinder Kour of Digiana -- were injured critically. All of them were undergoing treatment the GMC hospital and their condition was stated to be serious.
Police had taken the lady doctor into custody and registered a case against her under sections 279 and 3... | |
| | | | Three washed away in flash floods at Bani | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU: Tragedy struck the far-flung Bani in Kathua this morning when three members of a family were washed away in flash floods triggered by rains in a nullah.
Tara Chand, his wife Bimla Devi and their 12-year-old daughter were crossing the nullah at Bani when it was flooded all of a sudden the flash floods, all the three were washed away along with their over a dozen cattle, police said. Their bodies were yet to be found.
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| | | | Chopra Nursing Home - meeting point of anti social elements | | | |
JAMMU: Chopra nursing home is becoming the meeting point of the anti social elements. The fact can be gauged from the incident that occurred in the hospital premises where the arrested HM outfit militant Ahsan Dar and separatist leader Shabir Shah was found chalking about the future plan in Room Number 115 of the hospital premises. However, hospital authority blamed the cops on whose responsibility both the arrested persons were allowed to admit in the hospital.
Ahsan Dar who was lodged in district Udhampur jail was brought to the hospital following by his complaint of continuously pain in head. He was admitted in room number 204 of the upper story of the hospital for treatment while... | |
| | | | Forest vs Revenue is an ongoing battle; HUD ministry prime villian | | | |
SANT KUMAR SHARMA
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 13: Tempers soared, as did the mercury, in the Bachan depot of the State Forest Corporation (SFC) on Tuesday when some officials from other ministries visited the premises.
The “outsiders” on the forest department land were not aliens drawn from Mars but officials of the Jammu Development Authority (JDA), accompanied by some from the deputy commissioner Jammu's office.
The highest ranking officer from the DC office was the Assistant Commissioner (Revenue), Inderjeet Bhagat. Bhagat was apparently instructed to measure the land (forest land), presently in possession of the SFC depot, so that the process of “dispossession of the forest land... | |
| | | | Pakistan fighting for water, not Kashmiri Muslims | | | |
RUSTAM
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 13: Dr Syed Nazir Gilani, secretary general of the Jammu and Kashmir Council for Human rights (JKCHR), who otherwise says that "water resources in the natural habitat of Kashmir need to be defended as an integral part of self-determination", is wrong when he asserts that the "water dispute at Mangla, Baglihar and Diamir has made keener the Kashmiri people's interest in their natural resource". No Kashmiri leader has taken up this issue in right earnest.
Even the votaries of self-rule Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and Mehbooba Mufti of the people's Democratic property have failed to take up this matter in an effective way. Moreover, their insistence on India... | |
| | | | Pranab's flag flies high as J&K Congress reaches with invite in tandem with Rahul | | | |
ABID SHAH
EARLY TIMES REPORT
NEW DELHI, May 13: Strangely, the invites from Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Party to general secretary Rahul Gandhi and Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to visit the State have got entwined.
And since these have been accepted by both the party heavyweights, answers regarding the imminent maiden visit by Mukherjee to J&K after taking over as Finance Minister are being sought in political circles.
This is more so since it may entail introduction, or at least initiation, of a new senior player from the Congress in the affairs of the Northern border State. Thus far J&K has mainly been looked after by Prime Minister's Office (PMO) with the help an... | |
| | | | Few politicians, bureaucrats, police officers under scanner | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 13: If it happens, it will be a development Jammu and Kashmir cannot be proud of. An anti-corruption watchdog has put some politicians, bureaucrats and legislators under its scanner, and plans to prepare and issue a detailed list of their assets, which they had as common men and which they have now.
If not interfered with, the probe outcome could cause embarrasment to the NC-run coalition government. Transparency International has already labelled Jammu and Kashmir as the second most corrupt state in the country after Bihar.
Now, having zeroed in on few politicians, and civil and police officers (serving and retired), the anti-corruption body was pr... | |
| | | | VC of CU: Kudos to former VC of JU Prof Puri | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 13: Former Vice-Chancellor of Jammu University Prof MR Puri has intervened in the ongoing controversy over the appointment of Vice-Chancellor of the Central University of Jammu. His is a very significant and unbiased intervention. He too has advocated the need for appointing a local academician as Vice-Chancellor of the Central University of Jammu. In fact, he has justified the demand saying "there is nothing wrong in it. He deserves kudos for his very timely intervention.
It is, however, true that he has advanced a different argument in support of his demand, though he also agreed that the Central University of Jammu must have the "best academician-cum-adm... | |
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