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JK Govt. goes into 'status quo' mode Rajput, Santok, Nisar granted extension 'till further orders' 6/11/2008 12:14:14 AM Early Times Reporter Srinagar | June 10 Though Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has declared that Assembly elections in the state shall be held after September this year, yet Jammu and Kashmir Government seems to have gone into hibernation. Many important functionaries retiring or having term till June end have been asked to continue 'till further orders.' Highly placed sources said that Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is known for delaying decisions in administrative matters, has gone status quo mode and has decided to continue with the present arrangements in important posts including those of Chairman and Secretary J&K Board of School Education and Chairman Board of Professional Entrance Examination. Authoritative sources told NAK that Chief Minister has decided to grant extension to Chairman J&K BOSE Prof. Nissar Ahmed Ganai, Secretary BOSE Veena Rajput and Chairman BPEE Prof. Santok Ram 'till further orders' and resting the decision of appointment with incumbent chief minister after November when the final results of the Assembly elections will be decided. Sources sai...   READ MORE

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BSF jawan goes missing from LoC duty 6/11/2008 12:13:32 AM Early Times Reporter Jammu | June 10 A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan has went missing during duty near Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri sector of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said. Daleep Kumar, a Sepoy of BSF's 52 Battalion went missing on June 7 during duty in forward area near the LoC in Sunderbani belt of Rajouri sector, they told reporters. The BSF has searched all places in the forward belt but found no whereabouts of the jawan, they said, adding a case has been registered with the police....   READ MORE   Combing operations to nab two ultras in Jammu continues 6/11/2008 12:11:22 AM Early Times Reporter Jammu | June 10 Despite massive operations launched in and around BSF headquarters at Paloura after a communication between two militants and their leader was intercepted by the BSF authorities, the two terrorists have not so far been nabbed or eliminated. Official sources said that the telephonic conversation was made by the militants near Trikuta Nagar and the intelligence agencies are of the opinion that the militants planned to attack the BSF headquarters at Paloura. Accordingly, men of the BSF and police carried out combing operations at a number of places but there was no trace of the two militants. The sources said that the two militants had reached Jammu re...   READ MORE   Former bureaucrats Duggal, Vohra may be appointed governors 6/11/2008 12:08:49 AM New Delhi | June 10 Former bureaucrats V.K. Duggal, N.N. Vohra and former National Security Guards (NSG) chief R.S. Moosahari have been selected to fill up gubernatorial posts in Maharashtra, Jammu and Kashmir and Assam, official sources here said. While former home secretary Duggal is likely to be made governor of Maharashtra, Vohra, a former home secretary, defence secretary and principal secretary to former Prime Minister I.K. Gujral will be appointed in Jammu and Kashmir and Moosahari's name is being considered for Assam, the sources said. An official announcement is expected soon. The Congress leadership is particularly keen on Vohra, the government's special interlocutor on Jammu a...   READ MORE   Transporters hold life to ransom, Govt mum 6/11/2008 12:08:08 AM Early Times Reporter Jammu | June 10 On second day of passenger transporters' strike life seemed to have come to a grinding halt across Jammu and Kashmir even as the government failed to either break impasse with the striking transporters or to make alternate arrangements of transportation. On the first day of strike, only routine passengers and tourists bore the brunt of non-availability of transport facility but today attendance in offices thinned down to negligible. Even in the private offices the employees and workers did not turn up thus derailing the routine system enormously. Reports pouring in different parts of the state, including Kashmir Valley, suggested that life has come...   READ MORE   Kundal is Revenue Minister 6/11/2008 12:07:34 AM Early Times Reporter Jammu | June 10 The newly inducted Minister in Ghulam Nabi Azad cabinet, BR Kundal has been allotted the high profile department of Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation. The allocation was portfolio was made five four days after Kundal was sworn in as Revenue Minister. With approval of the Chief Minister an order to this effect was issued by the General Administration Department this afternoon. Earlier, within the Congress there was a lack of consensus as which department should go to Kundal. The options were among three departments Revenue, School Education –both held by the Chief Minister and Power held by Babu Singh. It was widely believed that Kundal may get th...   READ MORE   Shopkeeper arrested, hunt on for arms dealer in PPG case 6/11/2008 12:06:42 AM Early Times Reporter Jammu | June 10 A shopkeeper has been arrested from Domana border belt of the district on Tuesday for selling SIM-cards to three militants without verification, police said here. Acting on specific information, police today raided the house of Rajesh Sharma -- a shopkeeper dealing in SIM-cards -- in Dumi-Malpur area of the district and arrested him. Sharma had sold SIM-cards to three militants of the newly formed outfit of Panj Pardhani Group (PPG) of Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF) without verification, they said. Earlier, during investigation, the militants had revealed that an Ogw Abdul Qayoomof Ghrota had delivered weapons and ammunition to them on June 4, the ...   READ MORE   Demand for compensation on rise in India 6/11/2008 12:05:48 AM Gareeb Dass Jammu | June 10 When it rains in India, there are floods. When it does not rain, states are hit by drought. If it does not snow in the mountain regions in the country the power and water supply gets affected. If it snows heavily it causes massive damage to buildings, roads, and to orchards and causes breakdown in the power supply lines. With this emerges the demand for compensation. Those whose houses have been damaged by floods demand compensation. Farmers demand compensation when their agricultural produce is washed away in floods or in some areas early snow and sleet damage their crops. Those whose crops and orchards have been affected by severe drought ask for compensation...   READ MORE

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