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| JK rides political storm | | NC all set to cash on Singh's statement on Art 370 | | | Javaid Naikoo
SRINAGAR, May 28: Dr Jitendra Singh's statement on Article 370 has given NC something to sell to the people to regain lost ground. After registering protest on streets today, the NC held a meeting of the core group to discuss the statement which NC believes is a backdoor strategy of the BJP Government. Interestingly the BJP leadership has not reacted on the statement so far.
Hours after Dr Jitendra Singh raised a huge political storm by seeking a debate on the future of Article 370, Singh though later in the evening on Tuesday said that he had been "misquoted." He said that the entire controversy was baseless and added that "I seek to clarify that the reports in the media about my statement on Article 370 are misquoted. I have never said anything quoting the Honorable Prime Minister and the controversy is totally baseless. Pertinently besides rebuttal of Singh, no statement from any other BJP office bearer was issued in this connection, yet according to sources after facing rout in recently conducted Parliamentary elections, NC is using all means and methods to regai... | |
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| "BJP polarizing state for winning Assembly elections" | | | | Rustam
JAMMU, May 28: It was expected that the comprehensive defeat the Congress suffered across the country, including Jammu and Kashmir, would make its leadership sit up to examine the circumstances leading to its very poor performance, but it has not happened. On the contrary, it has thought it fit to pursue the same old "secular" line to remain in some limelight or in the news. How else should one interpret the Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi's today statement that the BJP has raked up the issue of Article 370 to politicize it and polarize the society in Jammu and Kashmir?
His statement that the BJP raked up the issue of Article 370 to politicize it and polarize the socie... | |
| | | | J&K is not Omar's parental estate: RSS | | | | Neha
JAMMU, May 28: The RSS has reacted very sharply to the provocative and divisive statement that J&K will go out of India and the people of the state will be further alienated from the national mainstream if Article 370 is repealed. Article 370 is a temporary provision and was adopted by the Indian Constituent Assembly way back in the late 1940s at the behest of Sheikh Abdullah, grandfather of Omar Abdullah. And the discredit for the incorporation of Article 370 in the Indian Constitution goes to Jawaharlal Nehru, who, like the Sheikh and similar other Kashmiri leaders, considered J&K not an integral part of India to the same extent as other states of the Union and whose whole approach ... | |
| | | | RSS not my 'mai-baap': Omar | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 28: RSS spokeman Ram Madhav's remark was today rebutted by Omar, who in an interview to a national news channel said, the RSS was not his 'mai-baap' and 'no RSS-walla can stop me from speaking for my state.'
He was quoted by as saying, "I have never said that it has been my parental estate but I am a citizen of Jammu and Kashmir and I have the right to speak about my rights. I don't owe allegiance to the RSS. They aren't my mai-baap. No RSS-walla can stop me from speaking for my state."
On the debate over Article 370, he reiterated his stand that the controversial article cannot be touched.
He said, "It is unfortunate that they had to rake up Article 3... | |
| | | | HoD under axe | | Adjusting the blue eyed | | |
Arun Singh
JAMMU, May 28: Under a well planned strategy, the administration of Jammu University is likely to terminate Head of the Department of Dogri Department, with a motive to adjust blue eyed candidates in the department, interview for which are likely to be held in next 3-4 months.
Sources informed Early Times that three posts including one post of Professor and two posts of Assistant Professors were laying vacant in Dogri department and the process to fill the posts have already started, but the JU administration under instructions from a political group, has been trying hard to adjust some blue eyed candidates, instead of deserving ones.
"A particular political group, which is ... | |
| | | | Get feedback from your Ministers rather than public Mr CM! | | | |
Bivek Mathur
JAMMU, May 28: For the clean sweep of National Conference (NC) in recently concluded Lok Sabha (LS) elections, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who had come up [email protected] and See me@gupkar should invite feedback from his Council of Ministers as there are number of issues, his Ministers have to deal with.
On April, 26, 2013, 60 posts were advertised in J&K Khadi Village Industries Board (J&KVIB) but as far holding interview for these posts is concerned, the Government has yet not taken any imitative and the aspirants are largely frustrated as far as their career is concerned.
An aspirant said that the department has received number of RTI applications having general ... | |
| | | | Abdullahs feel heat on ground with few options available | | No 'safe havens' for NC in Central Kashmir | | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, May 28: National Conference, the oldest mainstream political party in the state is up against a serious challenge as its trio of top leaders belonging to one family is looking for options where they can fight the Assembly elections and then win them as well.
National Conference President, Dr. Farooq Abdullah, party working president, Omar Abdullah and its additional general secretary, Dr. Sheikh Mustafa Kamaal are looking for options since the Assembly elections are being held few months away. With little options available the trio is facing an uphill task to find the right options.
Given the recent drubbing in the Lok Sabha elections at the hands of People’s D... | |
| | | | E-functioning of departments malfunctioning | | PWD (R&B), PDD websites caught on wrong foot | | | Avinash Azad
JAMMU, May 28: The phrase "Just below the lantern lies the darkness" seems apt for techno savvy Chief Minister Omar Abdullah who is least bothered about e-functioning of the departments headed by him and his colleagues, as the website of Jammu and Kashmir Power Development Department has shown wrong information, while PWD (R&B) website is not updated.
Official website of PWD (R&B) is still showing Thaseen Mustafa as Chief Engineer R&B Jammu, who had transferred and posted as CEO, JKERA on October 23, 2013. "Not only Chief Engineer, even all officers including Superintending Engineers, Xens have transferred or promoted but the website is not updated", said contractor enlisted ... | |
| | | | Ailing education system irks Kupwara people | | | | Syed Tahir Bukhari
KUPWARA, May 28: scores of people staged protest in Khurhama area of Lolab valley in north Kashmir's Kupwara district against the ailing education system. Whereas teachers of Zone Sogam wants to know where their PRAN amount actually goes.
Protesters alleged that in some schools of Lolab valley, there are more teachers than students while in some only one teacher manages the affairs.
Locals of Kurhama Lolab, who were protesting said that there are only two teachers in government middle school located in the area who are unable to do justice with the 400 students. The protesters said that they brought the matter into the notice of higher ups but nothing was done in th... | |
| | | | Bijbehara primary school has three teachers, two students | | | | Saahil Suhail
Anantnag, May 28: At a time when most of the government run schools are facing shortage of teachers in rural areas of the district, the education department has deployed three teachers allegedly for two students in government primary school Zirpara Bijbehara.
However among the three teachers only one teacher is attending the school on regular basis while as two influential teachers continue to remain absent from their duties and loot state exchequer by drawing fat salaries with the help of district education department authorities. The primary school, established in 1963, continues to function in a rented building, locals said. They said that a local contingency paid work... | |
| | | | Farmers prefer orchards to paddy fields | | `It will lead to food scarcity' | | | Shakeel A Khan,
Srinagar, May 28: With the government in slumber, the transformation of paddy fields etc into orchards is taking place at a tremendous pace. If it goes on like this, as the people are in a mood to change their profession, then it is for sure that the future generations will face food scarcity.
Not only this, the agricultural land is squeezing on account of constructions which are being raised on it. This way we are axing our feet. Also it is going to have long term consequences on the lives of the people, the living generations and on the coming ones as well.
"God has blessed the state of Jammu and Kashmir with the praiseworthy beauty, which the people world over acknow... | |
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