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| Omar's trusted generals face NC ire | | Rana, Wani under fire! | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 19: Nominated as provincial presidents with much fanfare to strengthen party's organizational set up, Omar's trusted generals, Devender Rana and Nasir Aslam Wani have become villains of the NC with party's rank and file accusing the two squarely for poll debacle in just concluded Lok Sabha elections.
Sources said there is strong resentment against the two and demand for their ouster is gaining strength by the day. "The defeat is the sole outcome of the policies of the Rana and Wani. These two leaders were heading party's poll programme and were advisors to the Omar and the blame should naturally fall on them," said a NC Cabinet Minister.
According to sources, the working of these two leaders would be discussed in the party working committee scheduled to be held tomorrow. Sources said many senior NC leaders have decided to air up their concerns and grievances against these two leaders in the open during the party meeting.
NC sources said many leaders who were feeling suffocated to the point of being alienated by the coterie of the CM had now deci... | |
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| Threats to democratically elected Panchayat members intolerable: Naqvi | | 'BJP's priority is permanent peace in J&K' | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, May 19: New Delhi will force Jammu and Kashmir government to take strict action against those so-called separatist leaders who have been threatening democratically elected Panchayat members and asking them to resign.
On being asked, National vice-president of BJP Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that BJP wants to create an atmosphere of trust and faith in Jammu and Kashmir.
"Democratically elected people should not be harassed or forced to quit. They should be allowed to function independently. Those who are threatening them and asking them to reign should introspect whether these acts are going to help cause of Jammu and Kashmir or damage it permanently. BJP would do... | |
| | | | NC's introspection meet turns into blame game | | Srinagar MLAs face Farooq's wrath | | | Javaid Naikoo
Srinagar, May 19: After days of stoic silence following historic rout of the National Conference in the just concluded Lok Sabha polls, Party's top leadership has started the autopsy of its defeat with party MLAs coming under sharp attack from senior Abdullah who had to eat a humble pie at NC's bastion of Srinagar.
Sources said that as Farooq Abdullah was not meeting anybody since May 16 when results of Parliamentary elections were declared, he today called all Srinagar based MLA's including Ali Mohammad Sagar of Khnyar constituency, Mubarak Gul of Eidgah, Shameema Firdous of Habakadal, Mustafa Kamaal of Hazratbal and Mohammad Yaseen Shah of Sonawar and asked for reasons t... | |
| | | | CB identifies 2 more beneficiaries of CET scam | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, May 19: The Crime Branch of Police has identified two more beneficiaries of multi-crore cash-for-paper scam of Common Entrance Test 2012 even as it has arrested as many accused persons.
As the hearing in the suo-moto PIL started today, the Crime Branch apprised a division bench comprising Chief Justice M M Kumar and Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar about progress made after March 20, when it filed last status report.
In the latest status report, the Crime Branch Kashmir (CBK) informed the court that special anti-corruption judge Kashmir has issued orders for attachment of property of seven accused persons.
Furthermore, the property details of one more person... | |
| | | | Insinuations rife on Cong's secret parleys | | Azad is CM candidate? | | | Kunal Shrivatsa
JAMMU, May 19: Amid speculations that Congress could part ways with National Conference ahead of the Assembly elections scheduled to be held later this year in the state, a group of leaders within Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) have started behind the curtain moves in persuading the High Command to project Ghulam Nabi Azad as party's Chief Ministerial candidate.
Party insiders informed Early Times that a group of Jammu based leaders are actively campaigning for Ghulam Nabi Azad's candidature as Chief Minister on the lines of National Conference (NC) and Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), who have announced Dr Farooq Abdullah and Mufti Mohammad Sayeed respectively as thei... | |
| | | | Soldier killed, militants 'flee' | | | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, May 19: One soldier got killed while as three others were injured during an encounter in a village in the Central Kashmir's Budgam district in the afternoon today. Reinforcements have been rushed to flush out the militants hiding in the village.
However, reports said that the militants have fled from the village and search operations have been extended to the nearby villages. The siege is likely to be lifted in the morning tomorrow only when the final picture emerges.
Reports reaching here said that security forces received information that three militants are hiding in the Kaisermulla village of Chadoora area in the Budgam district. The village was cordon... | |
| | | | Headless Psychiatric Hospital Jammu grapples with pressing resource, faculty crunch | | | | Avinash Azad
Jammu, May 19: Notwithstanding the documented surge in psychiatric ailments across the region, the only Psychiatry Hospital in entire Jammu division is not only headless for the last one year, in clear violation of MCI norms , the hospital is functioning with only two lecturers and few junior doctors against the sanctioned staff strength.
According to highly placed sources, the hospital immediately requires services of professionals to improve its working. Besides , the hospital doesn't have Professors, Associate Professors and Assistant Professors as required in accordance with the criterion laid by the Medical Council of India.
"The state government is denying proper me... | |
| | | | Only 2 pc people in J&K have internet access Mr CM...! | | Omar's e-mail introspective move | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 19: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's introspective move of seeking suggestions from people as to what went wrong for NC's debacle through his personal mail account continues to draw flak for all right reasons. For Omar it may be really a start-point for making amends in the strategy and overall conduct of the party towards masses, yet it has not gone well nor even received positively by those who can access him through e- mail.Even though it was taken positively, the irony amid criticism remains that there is a little over 2 percent internet users across the state who can actually give feedback or suggestions to Chief Minister.
On proverbial lines of better ... | |
| | | | 3-yr-old Sohan allegedly denied treatment at GMC | | ‘Illiterate class doesn't know how to e-mail’ | |  Asif Iqbal Naik
Jammu, May 19: A three year old Sohan Singh son of Tara Chand resident of Nand Udhampur admitted in GMC hospital since April 16, 2014 vide MRD NO. 697316 in unit III of Government Medical College Jammu was today allegedly asked by the doctors to vacate the hospital and informed him that the hospital has no treatment for the said disease, besides there are bleak chances of survival for the patient. Following doctors advice, when the father of the victim of hospital apathy was ... | |
| | | | 3 of 6 PF offices without inspectors, ACPFs | | | | Arun Singh
Jammu, May 19: Out of six Provident Fund Offices, three are functioning without inspectors and Assistant Commissioner Provident Fund (ACPF). This reflects the indifference of the Labour Department towards the labour class.
Sources said that there are six Provident Fund offices in Jammu Province barring Jammu, Kathua, Udhampur the offices at Samba, Rajouri and Doda are running without ACPF and inspectors.
The Samba district is the main casualty of government's apathy despite knowing the fact that 60% of the total revenue in shape of PF comes from Samba district which is the main contributor in the Jammu Province but in absence of ACPF the grievances of the labour class are n... | |
| | | | ‘Politics of pre-1953 position has no place in Jammu, Ladakh’ | | | | Neha
JAMMU, May 19: The message from Jammu and Ladakh was loud and clear. The message was that people of both the regions are religiously committed to India and that they will not endorse any line that drives the state away from New Delhi and dilutes the age-old Indian stand on Jammu & Kashmir. Jammu and Ladakh, which witnessed the destruction of the ruling coalition consisting of the pro-autonomy NC and votary of the 1975 Indira Gandhi-Sheikh Abdullah divisive and Valley-centric power-sharing accord, the Congress, and the pro-self-rule PDP, rejected outrightly and with contempt the autonomy demand as put forth by the NC and the self-rule formula as advocated by the PDP as a solution to ... | |
| | | | What is the political future of NC? | | Omar Abdullah's tweets | | | Stark Reality
Rustam
JAMMU, May 19: The defeated J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday tweeted a number of times on Saturday to give the people to understand that his party was just down and not completely out. His tweets said that the NC would bounce back like the PDP did back after five years. "We are humbled by your verdict. This is as good a place to start learning and embarking on a new journey. We will learn. We will grow!" read a tweet on the official Twitter handle of NC. "We have always survived and sustained. We have bled on our flag and never allowed it to fade. From here, we will script a historic comeback," another NC tweet read. "We have served YOU for the last five... | |
| | | | NC's New Recruitment Policy major reason for its poll debacle | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, May 19: At a time when Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is seeking feedbacks from the people at large for the reasons of his party's outright rejection in the just concluded Lok Sabha elections, many believe that the New recruitment policy brought in by his government was one of the prime reasons behind his party's shameful defeat. NC's 2008 election manifesto had laid its emphasis on the youth and many promises were made to the educated un employed youth , but instead of addressing their issues, the coalition Government has given them uncertain future by bringing in highly discriminatory New Recruitment Policy.
While addressing the unemployment issue the NC's ... | |
| | | | State Govt unable to check sale of tobacco products in public places | | | | Shiv Thakur
JAMMU, May 19: Taking strong notice of various governments to reduce tobacco use and check COTPA violations in their respective jurisdictions including the J&K state which is one of the top among use of tobacco products, Union Home Secretary, Anil Goswami has issues another direction to all DGPs to ensure the same. According to reports, though J&K Police has already been asked to incorporate Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products Prohibition of Advertisements and Regulation of Trade and Commerce Production, Supply and Distribution) Act (COTPA) violations in the monthly crime review to minimize the cancer and other health hazards yet its failure along with other States/UTs have... | |
| | | | Dy CEO detaches teachers | | | |
MS Nazki
Poonch, May 19: Taking cognizance of a story carried in Early Times few days back, newly appointed Deputy Chief Education Officer (Dy. CEO) today ordered detachment of about 15-18 teachers who were reluctant to join their new places of posting.
Dy. CEO Mendhar, Mohd Azam; Zonal Education Officer, Mankote; Abdul Rashid Choudhary, Zonal Education Planning Officer, Mendhar; Mohd Rashid today raided Government Boys Middle School Mankote, Government Girls Middle School Mankote and several other schools in the town and after finding some teachers absent from duties who had not sanctioned leave officially namely Mohd Rashid, Mohd Younus, Zaida Parvez, Mohd Rafiq, Abdul Karim, Mohd ... | |
| | | | Neglected Pahalgam mourns official apathy | | | | Shakeel A Khan
SRINAGAR, May 19: Government has failed to pay attention to Pahalgam, the world famous health resort as nothing has been done for upliftment of this place of great importance. The government seems to have forgotten about its responsibilities giving tough times to the tourists as well as to the inhabitants of the area.
Pahalgam, which is a 98 kilometers drive from Srinagar, is craving for attention. The roads leading to this discovered place is in shambles, electricity not up to the mark and drinking water contaminated. Whosoever visits this place finds himself in uncomfortable conditions.
"Pahalgam is the place of attraction for the tourists world over. Lakhs of tourists... | |
| | | | BJP indulges into "day dreaming" as party sets target of 44 seats in Assembly | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 19: After winning three Parliamentary seats in the just concluded Lok Sabha elections, all due to the Modi Wave, the BJP leadership in Jammu and Kashmir has indulged into "day dreaming" because party has announced "Mission 44" to get 44 seats in coming Assembly elections.
In the Parliament elections when Modi Wave was on its peak, the BJP has managed to get lead in only 25 assembly seats, out of total 87 segments despite the fact that party has won three Lok Sabha seats.
Ironically BJP leadership has so far failed to even select candidates for 37 seats of Jammu province but party leadership is claiming to get 44 seats, which is ridiculous claim of... | |
| | | | Indo-Pak traders set to meet on LoC in Poonch | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, May 19: The traders from India and Pakistan will discuss cross border trade issues at a high-level meet scheduled to be held tomorrow at Chakkan-da-Bagh along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.
They said a delegation of traders from Jammu and Kashmir and from Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir will have detailed discussion regarding issues related to trade, delayed payments and import, export of goods.
"The cross LoC traders' meet for resolving various issues will be held after the gap of nearly 14 months at Chakkan-da-Bagh on May 20," Sajad Ahmad Khan-Deputy Commissioner, Poonch here told .
Khan said the meeting was supposed to be... | |
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