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| When Cabinet rejected proposal to designate Bukhari as PSC’s CEO | | Chairman didn’t relieve his confidante, made him Secretary-cum-Controller | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, May 2: Connections of the high-flying bureaucrat, Mohammad Ashraf Bukhari, can be gauged from his audacity of refusing to join as Deputy Commissioner of Kupwara when Omar Abdullah’ cabinet ordered a major administrative reshuffle in May 2010. Incumbent DC Kupwara, Shaukat Ahmed Mir, who required urgent cardiac treatment and had proceeded on leave, was airlifted and dropped back in Kupwara when the Government failed to implement the Cabinet order. On May 31, 2010, Bukhari had been removed as Secretary of Jammu & Kashmir Public Service Commission (PSC) and appointed as DC Kupwara.
Chairman of the PSC, S L Bhat, according to informed sources in the state administration, refused to relieve his confidante with the hackneyed argument that Bukhari’s transfer could badly affect the working at PSC. However, the chemistry between the two being more than normal is evident from the fact that Bhat also managed to banish Bukhari’s bete noire and Controller of Examinations, Ghulam Hassan Mir. He even prevailed upon then Chief Secretary, Sham Singh Kapur, and ensured t... | |
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| J&K PSC does it! 12 percent interview marks turn out to be golden ones; determine merit, selection | | High profile among viva toppers in CCS 2009 | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, May 2: Contrary to the popular perception of interviews being inconsequential for qualifying J&K's high profile combined civil services (CCS) examination, interviews have played significant part in the selection of the candidates.
Analysis of results declared by Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC) for the year 2009 reveal significance of 250 marks in the interviews. Two candidates namely Syed Yasir Farooq son of Syed Farooq Ahmed and Shadab Mukhdoomi daughter of Javaid Mukhdoomi have topped the interviews by securing 205 marks each out of 250 marks.
Though Yasir has secured 1020 marks in the mains and with 205 marks in the interviews, he has j... | |
| | | | Strong emergence of demand for 60 days' Amarnath yatra reporting | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 2: Day by day Various organizations and individual in the state have raised their voices for extension of yatra period to Holy cave of Sri Amarnath Ji. They are very critical why the state government is putting hurdles in the yatra period and urges the concerned authorities not to make un-necessary controversy on the issue which is a no issue:... | |
| | | | Traffic restored on Srinagar-Leh highway after five months | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 2: Srinagar- Leh National Highway was today thrown open for vehicular traffic from both sides as the vital road link reopened after a gap of around five months. The strategically important 434-km-long long road connecting Leh with rest of the state remained cut off due to accumulation of more than 10 feet of snow between Sonamarg to Meenamarg.
The road was thrown open for vehicular traffic by General officer Commanding (GoC) 15 Corps, Lt General SA Hasnain and Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon in presence of Chief Engineer Beacon Project Brigadier TPS Rawat and other participants at Sonmarg.
The last flight of Kargil Courier also ... | |
| | | | Bar Association and the issue of discrimination | | Jammu's Neglect | | | Rustam
JAMMU, May 2: Bar Association Jammu (BAJ) is an organization of lawyers and advocates. Its basic duty is to watch the interests of those engaged in the legal profession. It can ignore the difficulties being faced by the people of Jammu province, as it a non-political group of professionals. It is basically the duty of the Jammu-based politicians to take up and fight for the genuine cause of the people, as they participate in electoral exercises and enter the assembly and the parliament. They hold solemn commitments that they would do this and they would do that in case they are given the mandate or they are returned to the assembly and the parliament. No one can blame the BAJ if it ... | |
| | | | Geelani calls Osama a 'martyr of Islam' | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 2: Extolling Osama bin Laden as someone who achieved 'martyrdom' while defending Muslims and fighting against the US oppression in Afghanistan, Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, today said that the slain Al-Qaeda supremo was a symbol of resistance against the United States of America.
"Osama has been martyred while defending Muslims. He was symbol of resistance against US oppression. But his martyrdom won't end resistance against the US in Afghanistan and elsewhere in Muslim world," Geelani told KNS.
Reacting to US President, Barrack Obama's statement that they weren't enemies of Muslims or Islam, Geelani said, "We have no animosity... | |
| | | | High alert in Kashmir after Osama killing | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 2: Amid surprise and utter disbelief, Kashmir today received the news of Al Qadea Chief, Osama bin Laden's killing. However, the news did not trigger any public outburst. Life remained normal as security personnel put the entire state on high alert.
Contrary to expectations, the separatists refrained from issuing statements. The scribes who called them to get their reaction had to eat a humble pie as they refused to comment.
Meanwhile, some quarters suspect Pakistan involvement in the killing of the most wanted man in the world.
"Kindly don't tell me he lived in Abbotabad and other places in Pakistan and the authorities there were absolutely cluele... | |
| | | | Osama bin Laden dead, killed by US in Pak; buried at sea | | | | Agencies
WASHINGTON, May 2: Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the most devastating attack on American soil in modern times and the most hunted man in the world, was killed in a firefight with United States forces in Pakistan on Sunday, President Obama announced.
In a dramatic late-night appearance in the East Room of the White House, Obama declared that "justice has been done" as he disclosed that American military and C.I.A. operatives had finally cornered bin Laden, the Al Qaeda leader who had eluded them for nearly a decade. American officials said bin Laden resisted and was shot in the head. He was later buried at sea.
The news touched off an extraordinary outpouring of emotion as... | |
| | | | Govt not separatists expect agitation in summer! | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 2: Surprisingly the separatists seem least bothered about the agitation that the government expects in June. While Syed Ali Geelani and other important separatist leaders have ruled out yet another agitation this summer, the police held a march in Srinagar last week to convey a `message' to the people.
The police march follows directions of the DGP to deal sternly with `unscrupulous' elements. The police crackdown on `mischief mongers' continues and according to rough estimates thousands of youth have been taken into custody.
How do they know that Kashmir is going to witness trouble yet again this summer? Surprisingly the separatists seem least bothered... | |
| | | | BJP suspends Anil Gupta, serves show cause notice to him | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 2: BJP state president Shamsher Singh Manhas has suspended the Party vice president Anil Gupta from the Party and also issued a show cause notice to him asking him why to explain his action within week's time.
Gupta's suspension order from the party was issued by its state chief on the instance of party high command in New Delhi who were constantly pressing for disciplinary action against the BJP vice president in the wake of cross voting by seven party MLAs including the Leader of BJP Legislative Party leader Prof Chaman Lal Gupta who happens to be the father of Anil Gupta.
Though BJP High Command had issued directives to its state party president soon afte... | |
| | | | Bhalla would have become Jammu's hero but he lost the opportunity | | | | Neha
JAMMU, May 2: Congress leader and Revenue Minister Raman Bhalla should not have issued order on Dogra certificate on March 25, as there was no need for that considering the fact that certain relaxations in rules governing recruitment to the Army were already available to the Dogras of Jammu province, irrespective of their caste and creed. But once he took the decision, he should have stuck to it at any cost. In fact, reacting to the opposition of the Kashmiri leaders to his order, Bhalla had denounced them and declared that the "order will not be revoked." He had said that there was nothing extraordinary in his order and that he had only simplified the rules governing the issuance of ... | |
| | | | Car bomb blast kills one, hurts 5 at Udhampur vSr army officer survives miraculously | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU: At a time when people were getting used to quieter days, militants today struck the high-security Udhampur, which has army's northern command headquarters, by triggering a car-bomb explosion that killed a milk-seller and wounded at least five others.
The Maruti-800, in which the powerful RDX-laden bomb was planted, was parked on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway near Bermah bridge in Udhampur, about 65 km from here.
The bomb, suspected to have been triggered by a remote control device, went off at about 8.30 am when Maj Gen D S Pathania was crossing the bridge in his vehicle, police sources said.
Sources said though Pathania had a providential escape, glass ... | |
| | | | BSF jawan hurt in mine blast | | | | JAMMU: A Lance Naik of 182 Bn of BSF was wounded in a landmine blast near Chak Faqira outpost in RS Pura area here today. He was identified as Lance Naik Der Singh, son of Puran Singh of Sangroor, Punjab. Official sources said the incident took place while he was on patrol duty along the International Border. He was undergoing treatment at the GMC hospital... | |
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