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Can Omar have the last laugh? 6/19/2011 12:05:44 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 18: Notwithstanding Prime Minister's assurance of a full term, Omar Abdullah seems disturbed by the demand of rotational Chief Ministership. The assurance, according to, Congress workers is meaningless. "It is to be decided b y the party and not by the Prime Minister", they said. The Prime Minister will find it easy to implement his roadmap if a person like Omar Abdullah is at the helm of affairs for six years. However, Kashmir watchers hold a contrary view. According to them, a person like Omar Abdullah who last year challenged the totality of accession can pose problems for Manmohan Singh in the long run. Pertinent to mention here Omar Abdullah while addressing the Legislative assembly last year said Kashmir was an international dispute. The statement caused a strom in the sub-continent but helped Omar in taming gullible Kashmiris. So Omar, Kashmir watchers feel, is not a good choice for any roadmap seeking settlement within Indian constitution in future. Omar is likely to get support from some quarters within Congress when the party finally si...   READ MORE

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Departments flouted govt austerity order for nine years! State government declares amnesty for erring officials 6/19/2011 12:05:20 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 18: Jammu and Kashmir government has not only decided to grand complete amnesty to its erring officials who continued to flout explicit financial instructions, but has also given them choice chances to follow the government's instructions now onwards. On 27th December 2002 the state finance department issued an order number 220-F of 2002 circulating clear instructions with regard to the austerity measures to be followed by various government departments. The order specified that, "The existing restrictions notified earlier for economizing expenditure shall continue. All departments shall make efforts to curtail revenue expenditure especially non plan expend...   READ MORE   Omar wants a break! 6/19/2011 12:04:24 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 18: The Chief Minister wants a break! Normally a person who faces danger of losing his job cannot ask for a break. But Omar posted an appeal on Twitter seeking a day off. Omar is just back from New Delhi. He met the Prime Minister who assured him a full term. A relaxed Omar, therefore, wants to go for a holiday. But Omar has many reasons to worry about. The issue of rotational Chief Ministership has to be decided by the Congress Party and not by the Prime Minister. And, Omar knows senior Congress leaders want their pound of flesh. How can Omar, therefore, go for a break? He has to do a lot of home work. And by the way Omar remains online 24x7 on his favor...   READ MORE   Govt needs to rectify wrong by taking note of CAG reports 6/19/2011 12:03:06 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 18: The state Government in general and Chief Minister,Omar Abdullah, in particular are so much elated over the finalisation of the annual plan of the size of Rs.6600 crores that efforts were being made to convene the District Development Board meetings as early as possible for finalising the district plans,which are usually finalised by the "babus" in the civil secretariat. But hitherto the successive state Governments have not learnt a lesson or two from the reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG).The CAG reports,during the last 30 years,have been usually a reflection of untidy execution of development projects.These reports have ...   READ MORE   Sheikh compromised ideology for personal power Why Blame Fotedar? 6/19/2011 12:02:44 AM Rustam EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, June 18: Only the other day, spokesperson of National Conference termed senior Congress leader and former Union Minister ML Fotedar as "snake" and accused him of conspiring against Omar Abdullah and the party to which he belongs. The spokesman used these harsh words against Fotedar because he exposed the National Conference and Sheikh Abdullah, saying Abdullah recaptured political power after accepting the supremacy of the Indian Constitution. To be more precise, Fotedar set the record straight by virtually saying that Sheikh Abdullah compromised his ideology for the sake of personal power and profit. It was this - apart from the Fotedar's assertion that ...   READ MORE   Ambiguity mars class 4th recruitments in J&K 6/19/2011 12:02:03 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 18: Serious anomalies have come to light as the recruitment process for class 4th appointments across the State is currently in progress. These appointments are made at the district levels through short listing and interviews by selection committees constituted by various government departments. The qualifications for class 4th recruitments across Jammu and Kashmir State in different government departments were fixed by General Administration Department (GAD) through its SRO number 99 of 2008 dated 7th April 2008. The SRO fixes minimum qualification for the class 4th posts as matric (10th class) and the maximum as 10 plus 2. There are no clear cut criteri...   READ MORE   IAS aspirant including two conmen arrested 6/19/2011 12:01:27 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 18: Nehru Market police arrested two conmen for duping lakhs of rupees from several people. The duo was nabbed in a raid that was conducted in a Nehru Market based hotel here today. From their possession police recovered six mobile handsets, gold ornaments worth lakhs ,Rs 5000, one book of IAS exam and an admit card of Union Public Service Commission . Police also recovered several obscene photographs and videos of boys and girls from them. SP South Rajeshwar Singh said that two men were arrested by police for allegedly posing as religious gurus and duping residents of Gandhi Nagar area in Jammu, The cheats have been identified as Jamshed Ahmed alias Sah...   READ MORE   Disadvantage of being residents of Duggar land Jammu Central University 6/19/2011 12:01:10 AM Neha EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, June 18: Everyone in Jammu has been urging the concerned authorities to set up the sanctioned Central University (CU) in the land of the Dogras since months. Research scholars in the Jammu University, various student organizations and several socio-cultural and political groups, barring the BJP, the Congress, the NC and the PDP, have repeatedly urged the authorities to do the needful at the earliest so that the Dogras and others avail themselves of additional educational facilities and compete with others trained in prestigious educational institutions. They have even organized a bandh and several dharnas and protest marches during the last several months, b...   READ MORE   Criticism of CM misplaced, ill-motivated Expulsion of Navlakha 6/19/2011 12:00:25 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 18: Vested interests and sympathizers and supporters of Kashmiri separatists and extremists have unleashed a no-holds-barred propaganda blitz against Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. One may or may not agree with many a policy of the CM but one certainly cannot criticize his policy towards the disturbers of peace in the Valley and towards those who enter Kashmir with a view to fomenting troubles in the Valley or certain actions he has taken against the so-called peace activists like Gautam Navlakha and against those who willfully seek to disturb peace in Kashmir to further their selfish intentions by provoking Kashmiri separatists like Geelani and Mirwaiz and th...   READ MORE   1 killed, couple hurt in car mishap at Thathri 6/18/2011 11:59:54 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, June 18: An Alto car today skidded off the road and fell into a gorge at Naseeb Nagar in Thathri, Doda, resulting in the instant death of its driver and serious injuries to a couple. The couple was on its way to the residence of ex-minister GM Saroori to attend the marriage of his son, police sources said. Sources said while the car was about 30 km short of Saroori's residence, it skidded off the road at Naseeb Nagar and fell into a deep gorge. While driver Narinder Sharma, son of Harbans Lal of Bishnah, was killed on the spot, Sanjay and his wife Geeta Devi survived with critical injuries. They were airlifted to GMC hospital here and their condition was stated...   READ MORE   2 hospitalised after alleged police torture 6/18/2011 11:59:16 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, June 18: Two youth, who were allegedly tortured by Bishnah police on the suspicion of their involvement in a murder case, were admitted to the GMC hospital here today. They were identified as Bittu and Manohar Lal, a watchman. They were picked up by police for their suspicious role in the murder of Avtar Singh of Bishnah. However, when subjected to interrogation, they became unconscious. They were later admitted by police to the GMC hospital where their treatment was on. A senior police officer said they were apprehended by Bishnah police after Avtar's father Tirath Singh named them in the incident. ...   READ MORE   Factory raided for making food itemss under ungygenic conditions 6/18/2011 11:58:33 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, June 18: A factory was today raided by food safety and drug control department (FS&DCD) for allegedly manufacturing food products under "unhygenic" conditions. Acting on inputs about the manufacturing of tomato catch-up, pickles and other items under unhygienic conditions, officials led by FS&DCD commissioner Satish Gupta raided the factory at Muthi and took samples of the manufactured items and destroyed sub-standard raw martial on the spot. Officials sources said the seized samples would be sent to laboratory for examination. "After the report comes, a challan would be produced against the accused in the court of law," the sources added. The factory is owned ...   READ MORE   Woman among four more held for being part of sex racket 6/18/2011 11:56:08 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, June 18: Four more persons, including a woman, were today arrested by police in the sex racket, which was busted about a fortnight ago with the arrest of a woman from Janipura on the disclosure of a minor girl whom she was alleged to have forced into prositution. The girl, who had about a fortnight ago jumped from a moving motorcycle near Domana, had narrated police her woe of tales and how she was forced into prostitution by a woman. When she had jumped from the motorcycle, she was being taken by the youth to an undisclosed location to get physical with her.On her disclosure, police had arrested Santosh Parihar, wife of Vijay Kumar, from her residence at Durga ...   READ MORE

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