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| In J&K Charity begins at home, but accountability does not | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 24: The state government has been issuing detachment orders of those employees/officers who manage to remain posted at places of their choice and yet draw salaries from places they are originally posted at.
For example, the wife of an influential person was appointed as a teacher against the posts advertised in Kargil district. Under normal circumstances, the appointed teacher should have reported for duties at Kargil and served there. Instead of this, the teacher was ‘attached to a school in Srinagar’ city. She remained attached at that school just a stone’s throw away from her home for three years. In yet another example of fearless nepotism, after serving in her attachment assignment, the teacher was ‘finally transferred from Kargil to Srinagar after three years’.
This means the concerned teacher was appointed for Kargil, she never served there, the poor students at the school where her original order of appointment had posted her continued to suffer for three years and she was then permanently posted in Srinagar when she... | |
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| Why is Masoodi still in Srinagar? | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 24: Srinagar Doordarshan’s former director, Rafiq Masoodi, it seems is in love with the picturesque office located at the banks of historic Jhelum near Zero Bridge. Notwithstanding his transfer to New Delhi last month, he is in no mood to leave his posh chamber in Srinagar. Nobody in the winter capital or even in New Delhi dares to seek an explanation from him for ignoring the transfer order as Masoodi enjoys the pleasant shade of lustry chinars that surround the office.
Sources in the Doordarshan said that Masoodi went to New Delhi and Mumbai recently to get the transfer order cancelled. Masoodi, sources said, has connections with influential political... | |
| | | | Law enforcers violating law in Rajouri | | On duty forest officials beaten up by Darhal police | | | Amit Sharma
Rajouri, June 24, 2011
Who will enforce law when the law enforcing agencies are themselves violating laws. In Rajouri’s Darhal area, police has beaten up three forest department officials who were on duty checking the transportation of sleepers about which they had already received inputs. The sleepers according to the forest officials were being smuggled by the police itself. However police is rejecting the allegations of the forest department.
Sources said that a party of forest officials along with Forest Protection Force personal had hold naka at Darhal to check smuggling of forest wood. They had already received inputs that some people are smuggling sleepers in vehicl... | |
| | | | HC stays selection of dental college lecturers | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 24: High court vacation judge, Justice J P Singh today stayed the selection of four lecturers in government dental college, Jammu, till next date of hearing.
The court directive came in a writ petition filed by Dr Gourav Gupta and others, challenging the selection of four lecturers in the government dental college, Jammu.
It was alleged in the petition that the selected candidates did not possess the requisite experience of registrar/demonstrator/tutor which was mandatory under the provisions of J&K dental education gazetted service recruitment rules, 1993, to become a lecturer.
Justice Singh observed that the court considered the submissions of counsels ... | |
| | | | We want peace: India tells Pakistan | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, June 24: The Indo-Pak talks at the Foreign Secretary level in Islamabad concluded on Friday with Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir releasing a joint statement.
Both parties reiterated they needed to tackle terror jointly, with Nirupama Rao saying there was no place for military conflict in the 21st century.
"Ideology of military conflict should not have any place in the paradigm of our relationship in 21st century," said Nirupama Rao.
Pakistan has expressed satisfaction with the progress in the Samjhatha blasts probe - with Swami Agnivesh having been named in the chargesheet last week.
"There is every reason to be sati... | |
| | | | Punjab Police arrested Jammu youth for ‘creating’ porn videos of Amritsar girl | | Cyber Crime in city | | | Sumit Sharma
Jammu, June 24: Punjab police have arrested a Nanak Nagar based youth for making porn video of an Amritsar based girl.
The youth identified as Ankur Gulati son of Rakesh Gulati of Sector 10, Nanak Nagar used a girl’s photographs, which were uploaded on her facebook account for making porn videos.
The cyber crime came to limelight when a 26 years old Amritsar based girl (identity withheld for valid reasons) received obscene emails and porn videos in her e mail account sent by Jammu youth.
She lodged a complaint with the Verka Chowk police station, Amritsar.
Acting on a complaint, a Punjab police team from Amritsar with the assistance of Gandhi Nagar police conducted a ra... | |
| | | | OIC terms Indian J&K as Indian-occupied-Kashmir Rustam | | | | JAMMU, June 24: Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), a conglomerate of 57 Muslim countries, has described the Indian Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) as a region that has been occupied by India. It may be mentioned that in an invite to AHPC chairman Mirwaiz Omar Farooq, the OIC has referred J&K as an “occupied” territory. The invite was sent by OIC secretary general Ekmeleddin Thsanogly inviting Mirwaiz to attend a summit meeting of the OIC Kazakhstan. The invite was sent from Jeddah.
The invite has created a sort of furore in the country. Reacting to the description of J&K as an “occupied” region, the Indian Foreign Office has said: “We have seen reports that OIC has again chosen to refer to ... | |
| | | | CU of Kashmir allotted land, Jammu again ignored | | | | Neha
JAMMU, June 24: CM Omar Abdullah and his Cabinet colleagues have done well to allot and transfer the required land to the Kashmir Central University. It would have still better had they allotted and transferred the required land to the said university much earlier. Such an action would have gone a long way in making the said university fully functional in a sound and congenial environment. Anyway, the decision has been finally taken and it should be welcomed by one and all.
However, this action of the authorities in the state is bound to raise eyebrows in Jammu where the people have been agitating since months in order to make the authorities establish the sanctioned Central Universi... | |
| | | | Govt raises diesel prices by Rs 3 per litre | | | | New Delhi: In a bid to bring some respite to the bleeding Oil companies, the government on Friday hiked the prices of diesel by Rs 3 per litre.
The government also hiked the price of kerosene by Rs 2 a litre and cooking gas by a steep Rs 50 a cylinder to raise Rs 21,000 crores, and slashed customs and excise duties on petroleum products, sacrificing Rs 49,000 crore a year.
The hike in prices will be effective from midnight on Friday.
The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM), headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, met on Friday evening and took the much-deferred politically sensitive decision. Will this further fuel inflation across the country?
Oil Minister S Jaipal Reddy said was ... | |
| | | | HC directs Mandi PS SHO to trace girl allegedly abducted by "peer" | | | | JAMMU: High court vacation judge, Justice J P Singh today,
in a habeas corpus petition filed by Rano Bibi seeking release of her 15-year-old daughter Shamim Bibi from the illegal custody of Rafiq Ahmed, a peer, and two others, directed SHO of Mandi police
station in Poonch to find out the girl and produce her in the court on the next date of hearing.
In the petition, it was alleged that the girl was in illegal possession of the peer, his brother Mohammad Rashid and Mohammad Hanief.
It was also alleged that Rafiq Ahma alias Mian Rafiq had abducted the minor girl and taken her to Poonch.
After hearing the counsel for the petitioner, the court issued notice to the Mandi police station S... | |
| | | | Omar changed accession remarks under pressure from Delhi: Geelani | | | | Srinagar: Terming United Nation Secretary General Ban-Ki-moon's yesterday's statement as a 'positive development' Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Friday alleged that Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, changed his statement regarding accession with India, 'after he was scolded by his masters in New Delhi.'
Addressing a Friday gathering at Balgarden here Geelani alleged that New Delhi forced Omar to take back his remarks on accession. "Omar Abdullah first nullified the accession of Kashmir with India in the Legislative Assembly but was afterwards ordered by his masters in Delhi to change his statement," he said and added, "We will never compromise with any party on Kashm... | |
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