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Youth Cong polls mired in charges of corruption Fake ID cards being pushed in poll process……? 5/26/2012 10:46:26 PM Early Times Report Jammu, May 26: Even as the Congress is upbeat about having started organizational elections for the Youth wing which began from early this month, the process of polls appears to be marred and mired in charges of corruption , with the functionaries at the helm of affairs alleged to be pushing fake delegates and allowing fake Identity cards to act as bonafide delegates who can participate in casting votes for crucial polls slated on May 28 and 29. Sources within the party said there are complaints galore about LROs (Lok Sabha Returning officers) encouraging this 'fake delegate game', which is being done in a meticulous manner, something which on one hand is depriving the genuine delegates to participate and elect the functionaries for three vital posts for the Youth Congress and on the other hand there is free and brazen corruption with money changing hands openly. Sources said while things are not happening in a smooth and transparent manner at many places, more such undesired acts and practices are seen happening in Kashmir Valley. Sources also said that the p...   READ MORE

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Government principally agrees to enhance retirement age by one year 5/26/2012 10:46:05 PM Bashir Assad srinagar,May 26: Jammu and Kashmir Government has in principal decided to enhance the retirement age of its employees by one year from present 58 to 59 years, meanwhile heavy contingent of Jammu and Kashmir police deployed in and around Press Enclave in Srinagar overpowered hundreds of agitating State Government employees who were scheduled to march towards Raj Bhavan to press for their demands. Sources within the Government said that formal announcement to this effect will be made shortly in consultation with the employees bodies, in the meantime, Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather, Chief Secretary Madhav Lal, Principal Secretary Finance Department M Iqbal Khanday and Secret...   READ MORE   J&K to have new police chief June 1 5/26/2012 10:45:53 PM Early Times Report Jammu,May 26: Jammu and Kashmir Police will have a new police chief June 1 as current incumbent Kuldeep Khoda is retiring May 31. Khoda made this announcement while addressing a meeting of police officers and media here Saturday. "As of now, I am hanging my boots May 31. There is nothing more to add on this count," he said. Khoda was appointed chief of state police in July 2007. It was during his tenure that difficult situations like the 2008 Amarnath land row agitation, the 2009 protests over the alleged rape and murder of two women in Shopian and the street violence of 2010 broke out. It was also during his tenure that despite violence and agitations, the Amarnath ...   READ MORE   Gola Shah denied bail, remanded to police custody 5/26/2012 10:45:43 PM Early Times Report Jammu,May 26: Principal Sessions Judge Jang Bahadur Singh Jamwal today rejected the bail application of Ravinder Gupta alias Gola Shah in an alleged case of forgery and fraud. A case in this connection was registered against him at RS Pura police station under sections 419, 420, 463, 467, 468, 109, 120-B and 34 of RPC. Rejecting the bail application, the judge, after hearing the two sides, observed that after the scanning of the case diary, it had emanated that while the petitioner was arrested in the commission of offences under sections 419, 420, 463, 467, 468, 109, 120-B and 34 of RPC, there were 17 more cases registered against him at different police stations und...   READ MORE   Govt orders probe against 5 NGOs for fund misuse 5/26/2012 10:45:29 PM Early Times Report Jammu,May 26: Government has ordered probe against five Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University (BGSBU), Rajouri for misuse of funds sanctioned by the Union Environmental Ministry for taking up projects to save the environment. Most of them have received the funds between 2003-2008. Government has constituted a three member State Level Committee to probe the default committed by the voluntary agencies and an independent cell of BGSBU, which is working for the environmental protection. Agencies include Global Green Peace Polo View, Srinagar, Human Objective to Protect the Environment (HOPE) Srinagar, J&K State Welfare Institute Sr...   READ MORE   Mauled JCC to meet on Monday Govt digging its grave' 5/26/2012 10:45:19 PM Early Times Report srinagar,May 26: Normal work in the Government offices across the State remained paralyzed on the third consecutive day on Saturday in response to JCC sponsored strike call to press for their demands. At least 750 employees were reportedly arrested from different parts of the Valley, including the summer Capital Srinagar, when they were trying to assemble at Press enclave to march towards the Raj Bhawan. Employee's accused the police of using excessive force to quell the march. "They are treating us like criminals", an agitated employee said. He said that Police have put thousands of employees behind the bars and there wasn't any space left in the city police stations....   READ MORE   Ponywallah strike keeps Gulmarg tense Will cancel registrations: Dir Tourism 5/26/2012 10:45:02 PM Early Times Report srinagar,May 26: Gulmarg remained tense for the second consecutive day today as Ponywallas continued their protest. The protests evoked severe reaction from Director Tourism. He has plans to cancel registration of `troublesome' polywallas. "They had taken tourists including Women and children hostage for so many hours on Friday which is totally intolerable and warrants a serious action." Director Tourism Talat Aziz said Saturday. "Nobody is above law. We are not sparing anybody found involved in fuming the trouble", Talat said adding that Ponywallahs have been given registration for facilitating tourists. "They did not get registration to cause inconvenience to touris...   READ MORE   Better forget interlocutors' report like a bad dream 5/26/2012 10:44:38 PM Early Times Report Jammu,May 26: While referring to the interlocutors' report voices are heard saying "it is a sellout to the separatists." The Kashmiri separatists, hardliners as well as the moderates, are dissatisfied with the report and its recommendations on the plea that "these cannot settle the Kashmir issue." Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, who is otherwise known for reacting to even a small incident or event like a lightning, has preferred to be patient. He wants to study the report between the lines lest he should comment in such a way as should displease the Congress led Government, which had assigned to the three interlocutors the task of framing a report that could address the ...   READ MORE   People of Jammu and Kashmir cannot live together? Interlocutors' Report & Jammu's Attitude 5/26/2012 10:44:25 PM Neha Jammu,May 26: The strong reaction that the interlocutors' report has evoked in Jammu has once again vindicated those who had been saying for years that the people of Jammu and Kashmir could not live together, as they professed different ideologies and viewed India differently. The Kashmiri leadership has all along been a votary of limited accession, whereas the people of Jammu and Ladakh have all along been votaries of close relations with India. It is not a secret that the Kashmiri Muslim leadership is divided into four groups demanding autonomy, self-rule, independence and merger with Pakistan. It is also too well-known that the watchword and battle-cry of the people of Jammu and La...   READ MORE   Interlocutors report factually incorrect 5/26/2012 10:44:02 PM Early Times Report Jammu,May 26: The spiral of violence started with the death of teenager Tuffail Matoo. He died after being hit by a tear gas shell. The shell was fired by State police rather than the central security forces. The killing was the result of the mishandling of the situation rather than the Centre. In the initially days of the stone-pelting , the CM Omar Abdullah had publicly dismissed the initial incidents blaming media for projecting them out of the proportion. He had said that the incidents have taken place in one or two places and it shouldn't be projected as the Kashmir is burning. The CM had even gone into the record to the extent saying that State can't be held to r...   READ MORE   Interlocutors' report a blend of contradictions 73rd & 74th Amendments 5/26/2012 10:43:22 PM Early Times Report Jammu,May 26: The New Delhi-appointed interlocutors' report has generated a lot of heat and fierce debate. The report was made public by the Union Home Ministry just two days ago and the reactions it has evoked thus far suggests that there is hardly anyone in Jammu & Kashmir who has appreciated the interlocutors and their shabbily-prepared dangerous report. Everyone has interpreted the recommendations in his/her own way and opined that the interlocutors have only looted the taxpayers' money and made the prevailing confusion worse confounded. Some of them have even opined that the interlocutors' report is nothing but a blend of glaring contradictions. They are right. Tak...   READ MORE

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