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| Rivalry continues to haunt Congress party | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Kishtwar, May 27: Twenty-four hours before the final round of much hyped Youth Congress election in Kishtwar, the rivalry between two factions one led by Ghulam Nabi Azad and the other by professor Saif-ud-Din Soz continued to haunt the Congress party.
The faction led by Azad has demanded immediate election posts.
The elections were postponed last week following allegations of irregularities in the voter list. The group has demanded inclusion of 580 members that were left out. The postponement of elections, however, evoked severe criticism from Soz loyalists.
The Azad loyalists also accuse the election commissioner of creating confusion by his order of postponement.
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| | | | Parting jolts: Digs some past events, questions role of Khajuria, Jugal | | BJYM leader rakes up cross voting issue again | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 27 : The political bickering within state unit of BJP , its sister organizations and the expelled faction of 7 MLAs has not yet ended and it gets ever louder as and when any dignitary from the party high command arrives in the state. Over one year on, when almost the storm that stirred political circles and BJP in particular over the cross voting during MLC elections , a senior leader of BJYM, youth wing of party has once again raked up the issue, questioning the silence of powers that be within the party over what he hints at 'dubious' role of MLA Ashok Khajuria and Jugal Kishore in the cross voting episode.
The issue has been raked up to the hilt, this t... | |
| | | | Court seeks personal appearance of Additional Secretary JKAACL | | Defamatory statement against RTI activist | | |
Abodh Sharma
Jammu, May 27: A city Court has sought personal appearance of the Additional Secretary Jammu Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (JKAACL) in a case of defamatory statement given to the press against an RTI activist. The court has directed the concerned SHO to ensure the presence of the accused in the Court on June 7, 2012.
The direction of the Court came after it took cognizance of the complaint filed by Anil Saraf, an RTI activist and a former employee of the Academy who had contested that the statement made by Additional Secretary JKAACL Savita Bakshi in the Press wherein she had stated that the complainant (Anil Saraf) had been put under suspension by her when... | |
| | | | JUET: A saga of extravagance, intellect bankruptcy | | Registrar unhappy with deployment of officers as observers | | | early times report
Jammu, May 27: The Jammu University Entrance Test (JUET) which kick-started last year with much fanfare by the then Vice Chancellor Prof. Varun Sahni and Dean
Academic Affairs Prof. R D Sharma claiming it to be their biggest achievement, has proved out to be a mega show of extravagance and intellectual bankruptcy. Perhaps, JUET will be the only University entrance examination of the country that is conducted over a period of half a month.
According to highly placed sources, few days ago Registrar Prof.Naresh Padha and Dean Academic Affairs Prof. R D Sharma had a verbal spat vis-à-vis arrangements of JUET. Prof. Padha was unhappy with the deployment of University offi... | |
| | | | JU's DDE under severe criticism for diverting entire printing work to UP-based publisher | | | | early times report
JAMMU, May 27: Directorate of distance education (DDE), Jammu University, has come under severe criticism for its alleged act of diverting all the printing work to an Uttar Pradesh-based publisher -- Vikas Publishing House Pvt Ltd, Noida.
The work was earlier being done by Jammu printers. DDE gets printed syllabus and study material of various courses, files and ledgers every year.
Some local printers said everything moved smoothly till Prof Desh Bandhu Gupta took over as DDE director. He disengaged all the local printing units and diverted the entire work to Vikas publishing house, they added.
They said it was not understandable as to how one particular publishing h... | |
| | | | Boy, girl exfiltrate to PoK | | | | early times report
JAMMU, May 27: A young boy and a girl crossed over to Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) from Keri sub-sector of Rajouri last night.
Official sources said Shoukat Hussain, son of Akbar Hussain of Mitti near Keri, was in love with a girl of his village.
After their parents opposed to their marriage, they exfiltrated to PoK after crossing the LoC somewhere from Keri, the sources added. A case in this connection was registered at the concerned police station. Sources said the duo were caught across the border by PoK police at Kotli.
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| | | | Two months on, isolated foundation stone mocks at people of city | | Hyped Maharaja Hari Singh park | | | early times report
Jammu, May 27: Two months after the foundation stone of the Maharaja Hari Singh Park was laid amidst lot of hype and political hullabaloo by former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, not a brick has been added to the place even though the department of the Housing and Urban Development, responsible for developing the place is headed by Azad loyalist Tara Chand.
Azad has gone on record several times expressing regret that many of his initiatives have been grounded by the present coalition government and the hyped Maharaja Hari Singh Park could well be the latest entry into the list of political casualties. While many such initiatives of the former Chief Minister were shelv... | |
| | | | Kashmiri leadership up in arms against interlocutors | | Regional Councils | | | NEHA
JAMMU, May 27: The New Delhi-appointed interlocutor's pro-separatist report has vaguely suggested that the creation of three Regional Councils, one each for Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. Believe it or not, but it is a fact that the pro-greater autonomy National Conference has repudiated outright the suggestion saying the creation of Regional Councils in the State would lead to the disintegration of the State. Reacting to the suggestion, senior NC leader and uncle of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Mustafa Kamaal, on May 25 said the establishment of Regional Councils will "sow the seeds of disintegration of the State on religious lines" and asserted that "there has been no such demand from ... | |
| | | | Congress says it has no comment to make | | Interlocutors' Report | | | RUSTAM
JAMMU, May 27: It may appear unbelievable and ridiculous but it is a stark reality that the Jammu & Kashmir Congress has refused to comment on what the interlocutors' report has said about Jammu & Ladakh. Almost all the political parties operating in the State have reacted, mostly against the report. The NC has expressed its view and said only such a solution will be workable that is acceptable to it. The CPI-M has given its reaction. The BJP and the JKNPP have expressed their views. The outfits of the internally-displaced Kashmiri Hindus and outfits like the Shiv Sena and Jammu State Morcha have expressed their views. The Samajwadi Party has expressed its views. The Kashmiri separa... | |
| | | | Omar Govt fails to complete project | | Model Villages a shattered dream | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 27: The dream of model villages has been marred by slow pace of work. On the physical side, there was a target of 12066 works to be executed under 16 different components in 12 model villages, against which only 9888 works were taken up consisting 82% of approved works. Out of the taken up works, 8979 works which constitute about 74% of the target were completed by the end of the 2008-09.
To check the migration of rural population, improve quality of life, minimize rural- urban divide, the concept of model villages' scheme was conceptualized.
The Prime Minister during his visit to the Jammu and Kashmir state in October 2004 announced Prime Minister’s rec... | |
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