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| Chairman rebuffs stressed loans | | 'Report washes Bank's dirty linen in public' | | | Abodh Sharma
Jammu, June 1: A day after Chairman Jammu and Kashmir Bank trashed media reports that the bank was reeling under huge stressed loans; the report has inadvertently brought the fundamentals of the bank and the manner in which it is being governed under sharp scanner.
The questions are being raised on the directors of the bank, most of whom have no banking background and in fact have managed the nominations to the board of directors due to their proximity to the ruling National Conference or the Chief Minister himself.
A top officer of the bank pleading anonymity said that besides the Finance Commissioner to the Government and the RBI representative who are on the Board by v... | |
| | | | 5 years on, family of Marwah martyr cop yet to get job, pension | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Kishtwar, June 1: In an unfulfilled promise, the Jammu and Kashmir Police failed to provide job and pension to the widower of a constable Bashir Ahmed son of Ghulam Mohammad resident of Renie Marwah killed by the militants on 21-04-2010 at Kalhar in District Kishtwar during a special operation launched by the security forces in Chenger Marwah.
As per the details available with Early Times constable Bashir Ahmed who was known as a "killer cop" among the militants was the part of several successful operations against
militants in Dachhan, Marwah and Warwan areas from 1995 to 2010 during which over 150 top rank HUJI, HM and LeT commanders were killed.
He joined the depar... | |
| | | | Diverse yardsticks vex aspirants | | JKPSC rules for recruitment of NET pass outs in Management | | | Bivek Mathur
Jammu, June 1: The recently advertised 1651 posts for the recruitment of Assistant Professors in different colleges of the state has brought charm on the faces of the unemployed youths of the state but a bizarre criterion for Management students who have qualified NET/SLET with less than 60% marks in their respective degrees are largely frustrated over the development.
In the notification issued by JKPSC vide No: 12-PSC (DR-P) OF 2014 dated: 29 .05. 2014, for 42 different disciplines with numbering from 156 to 198, the criteria for selection required by the JKPSC is good academic record as defined by the concerned university with at least 55% marks { 50%, excluding any gra... | |
| | | | Unaware of ground realities, BJP starts dreaming to get 44 Plus seats in J&K | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 1: After achieving the "Mission 272 Plus" in Parliament elections, all due to Modi Wave, the state unit of BJP has set another "impossible" Mission of 44 Plus for the coming Assembly elections in the State, are which are likely to be held two three months ahead of schedule along with elections due in other states.
The way there is a mad race among leaders of the party and also some "intellectuals" to get mandates for the coming Assembly elections is a clear indication that BJP leaders are feeling that victory in three Lok Sabha elections is a victory of the party. The over-enthusiastic BJP leaders are failed to understand the reality that party has won th... | |
| | | | Top Lashkar-e-Toiba commander Abu Ukasha killed in encounter | | | | Syed Tahir Bukhari
BARAMULLA, June 1: Divisional Commander of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit got killed in an ongoing encounter at Handwara in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Sunday.
According to senior police official who told Early Times that, "Acting on specific information about militants, police and Special Operation Group (SOG) from Handwara and army's personnel from the 47, 21, and 6 Rashtriya Rifles unit (RR).
Government forces swung into action, and soon after that they launched a search operation in Sudal (Magam) village in Handwara during early hours on Sunday morning.
The suspected house was effectively cordoned. First contact was established at about 0400 hrs, when the ... | |
| | | | Fortnight after debacle, no heads roll in State Congress | | Voices of dissent rise against several Ministers | | | Mustansir
Srinagar, June1; Following the poll debacle, serious fissures have erupted in state unit of Congress party and like at centre, the Jammu and Kashmir congress is also undergoing serious organizational crisis. If the party insiders are to be believed, the Jammu congress leaders including some ministers in the coalition government are up in arms against the leadership of both former chief minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad and PCC president, Professor Saifuddin Soz.
Insiders say that while ignoring the very fact that Rahul Gandhi could not impress the people in the country and that it was the Narender Modi factor which lead to the drubbing of the congress party in the poll battle, congr... | |
| | | | Bubbling 'betting' market functions under nose of police in Srinagar | | People deceived in name of lottery | | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, June 1: Srinagar is probably the only city in the country where an illegal betting market running into lakhs of rupees on daily basis is operating and that too under the nose of police.
Sources told Early Times that the market is robust with people being deceived in the name of lottery. The people who are the brain behind the 'business' claim that draw of lots is carried out at Delhi with the result declared in the dead of the night.
"In a lottery system the people buying the lottery tickets are given the proper lottery in lieu of the denomination of the currency they pay. However in this case there is no lottery with the operators assigning a number to the p... | |
| | | | Anantnag Congress workers confess cross voting during Parliamentary elections | | | | Saahil Suhail
Anantnag, June 1: Hundreds of active political workers affiliated with Congress, who today attended first ever block level meeting in Anantnag after parliamentary elections confessed to have voted against the National Conference candidate .
Block level introspection meeting was conveyed by Hilal Ahmad Shah state organizing sectary Jammu Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee and reportedly nominated candidate for Assembly constituency for upcoming Assembly elections.
Sources said that during this meet, dozens of senior congress workers categorically accepted that they voted against National conference candidate. They claimed that along with them several National Conference wo... | |
| | | | Coalition partners behave like charlatans to stay alive | | | | Shakeel A Khan,
SRINAGAR, June 1: Coalition partners, National conference and Congress which received a drubbing during the 2014 parliamentary elections are looking for reasons to stay alive on the political front. The leaders of this coalition keep on changing colors these days.
Both these parties are going through the toughest of the times on account of their shameful defeat in 2014 parliamentary elections. It is the compulsions which hold these parties together otherwise there is no coalition on the moral grounds.
The leaders of these parties lost calm many a times and came openly against each other which stands proved given the statements and counter statements of the coalition le... | |
| | | | Fast-dwindling support-base of Kashmir's premier party | | Future of NC bleak | | | Neha
JAMMU, June 1: The defeated, humiliated and cornered Abdullahs, including NC president Farooq Abdullah, his son, working president and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and his brother Mustafa Kamal, on Saturday held a review meeting at the party headquarters in Jammu. The meeting was held to find what led to the debacle of the Congress in Jammu and the NC in Kashmir and chalk out a programme aimed at winning the upcoming assembly elections. The issue of pre-poll alliance with the Congress also came up for discussion.
Omar Abdullah admitted that he had no touch with the party workers and it was this disconnect with the party cadres that resulted in the defeat. He gave everyone i... | |
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