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Prabharies' candidate finalizing strategy gives 'anxiety' to many Profiles under scanner; some sitting BJP MLAs, Sr leaders under axe 6/26/2014 12:05:45 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 25: Mission 44 Plus on mind, as the BJP central leadership is focussing on strategy for Assembly polls, the pro active mode of leaders incharge from New Delhi are giving anxious moments to some sitting MLAs as also to a couple of big wigs at the state level. Reason: a signal has gone from quarters which are decisive in finalizing names for mandate that they may be dropped this time from the final list even as they continue to be front runners to claim the same. In order to avoid repetition culture as also on the basis of winnability factor, the Party is likely to give tickets to some new faces on some constituencies in Jammu region. Sources said notwithstanding the euphoria of unprecendented victory in LS polls, the party leadership is not leaving any chance for forthcoming Assembly polls for any complacency to creep in or tread any step without serious consideration on all fronts. Stalwarts from Central leadership who are leading the poll preparedness themselves from the front are giving serious thought to each and every aspect, particularly on sele...   READ MORE

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Health Department fails Kishtwar villagers Shortage of ARV scares people 6/25/2014 11:35:55 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Kishtwar, June 25: After detection of Rabies in 23- year- old Ayaiz Ahmed Khan son of Ghulam Rasool Khan resident of Dadpath Kishtwar a week ago, the villagers living around his house have demanded adequate supply of ARV (Anti Rabid Vaccine). Rabies can spread if the infected person bites. It can be communicated throught he saliva of the infected person. While talking to "Early Times", the officials of the Health Department said that the department faces shortage of vaccine and added that only after hectic efforts the department managed to get the vaccination from the office of the Director Health Services Jammu. The health officials said that around 70 people, p...   READ MORE   Whopping Rs 13 cr Labour cess not deducted ERA insensitive to its workforce 6/25/2014 11:35:42 PM Arun Singh Jammu, June 25: The nonchalant attitude of the Economic Reconstruction Agency (ERA) with regards to its responsibility towards its work force can be gauged from the fact that it did not deduct labour Cess to the tune of Rs 12.99 crores from the bills of contractors disregarding welfare of the labour class, working in various construction projects. Sources told Early Times that Economic Reconstruction Agency (ERA) had made payment of Rs 1299 crore to the contractors for the construction of 100 sub-projects during the period from 2007-8 to 2012-13. "According to the Jammu and Kashmir Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Cess Act, 1996, the employer is required to co...   READ MORE   PWD Website still shows Thaseen as CE CM's e-Governance plan falls flat 6/25/2014 11:32:44 PM Shiv Thakur JAMMU, June 25: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's promised e-Governance plan is yet to take off in several departments whereas in some cases it has fallen flat in the hand of high level bureaucrats who used to visit their websites occasionally. Chief Engineer, PWD (R&B), Jammu, Hamid Sheikh was contacted by Early Times regarding failure of his Departmental website to show him as the Chief Engineer "I have assumed charge of this office in October, last year and haven't checked the content of the website as yet but assure you updation of the website soon". Pertinently the website of the PWD is till date showing Thaseen Mustafa as the Chief Engineer of the department, however, the...   READ MORE   BJP's pre-poll uproar on Art 370 falls silently dead? 6/25/2014 11:32:26 PM Kunal Shrivatsa JAMMU, June 25: Politics sometimes plays strange games with political parties as their ideologies and populism at times do not get together, the same applies for the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), which is perhaps, going through a similar dilemma where it has 'wittingly' or 'unwittingly' dumped its one of the most sought after issue of Article 370, which has provision of special status for J&K, for one reason or the other. Going by the stoic silence maintained by its Central and State leaders on the 'contentious' issue of Article 370 ever since Union Minister of State (MoS) in Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Dr Jitendra Singh after assuming charge on May 27 asserted that proce...   READ MORE   Nepotism rules roost in Estates Department 6/25/2014 11:32:16 PM K Koushal JAMMU, June 25: 'Nepotism and favoristim' continue to rule the roost in state administration making influential to emerge as beneficiaries. According to sources, one Sunil Gupta, a Government employee was allotted accommodation of Estates Department at set no.6-A, Lower old Ahata Amar Singh, Jammu on April 28, 2011. "His pleasure of owning a Government accommodation got spoilt completely when he found the accommodation allotted against his name has a 'tick' within the flat who claims only a room (not the whole set) within house, rued Sunil Gupta. He said, "despite moving from pillar to post, one room within accommodation allotted to his name could not be vacated by the Governme...   READ MORE   DC orders probe, places AEE I&FC under suspension Dooru drowning 6/25/2014 11:32:15 PM Saahil Suhail Anatnag, June 25: Deputy Commissioner Anantnag today placed Assistant Executive Engineer of irrigation and flood control department under suspension for alleged negligence which resulted into death of a teenage girl. According to the details available with Early Times, Deputy Commissioner Anantnag S.Biswas today visited the Dooru irrigation dam and took stock of the situation arising after a teenage girl died in the area due to drowning in the dam along with two other girls. Official sources said that Deputy Commissioner Anantnag ordered a probe and constituted a committee. "The committee headed by Additional Deputy Commissioner Anantnag to submit a report within a week."...   READ MORE   Wait for 2nd flyover till 2016! 6/25/2014 11:32:06 PM Bivek Mathur JAMMU, June 25: Dreams often take long to come to true and the most cherished dream for Jammuites to get traffic chaos decongested is still far- fetched one as according to an RTI response, deadline for the second arterial way has been fixed as May 2016. According to information available with Early Times, the construction of Bikram Chowk Flyover and widening/strengthening of road from Bikram Chowk to Convent School in Jammu city has been allotted vide. PM/JKUSDIP/ERA/J/1293-1300 Dated 04.04.2013 and targeted date of completion is May 14, 2016. The work that commenced on May 15, 2013 has been allotted with an approved cost of Rs. 64.3 Crores and the expenditure incurred in...   READ MORE   J&K Govt leaves Jammu traders, business houses in lurch; heritage project goes missing Train Reaching Katra 6/25/2014 11:31:58 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 25: With Indian Railways set to commission the much-awaited train service to Katra, the base camp of Mata Vaishno Devi shrine; state Government has left business community of Jammu worried and anxious about their future. The community which anticipates slump in business once the train goes directly to Katra and thereafter, reaches Srinagar in the years to come, has been waiting for the Government to come up with some concrete proposal for saving the city from losing the relevance it has today. The project to beautify Jammu city and convert it into a heritage center has been seemingly long forgotten. What has increased trauma of business community is that ne...   READ MORE   Azad adding to the woes of Omar NC in serious trouble 6/25/2014 11:31:42 PM Rustam JAMMU, June 25: The ruling NC, which suffered the worst ever defeat in the just held Lok Sabha election and secured a paltry 8 to 10 per cent of the total votes polled, is in serious trouble. It has become unpopular and lost people's confidence and there should be no doubt about it. There is also no doubt that it is struggling for survival - a goal that appears not achievable. The reason is that it has no leader who could inspire people. Farooq Abdullah perhaps was the only leader capable of striking chord with his communal constituency, but he was also rejected outrightly by the Kashmiri Muslims. His was an ignominious defeat that established once and for all that he is a spent bul...   READ MORE

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