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| Kundal’s fate not known, guess work takes over | | Speaker Tara Chand denies ‘spoilsport’ hand; bureaucracy remains headless | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 4
For third consecutive day there is no word from Chief Minister’s office to Raj Bhawan on induction of outgoing Chief Secretary BR Kundal as Minister. With the controversy deepening, two questions are taking rounds in political bureaucratic circles –who stalled Kundal’s induction and who will be the next Chief Secretary.
As the guess work takes rounds of the power corridors on possible reasons leading to stalling of Kundal’s cabinet induction, one finger was raised towards Legislative Assembly Speaker Tara Chand which has been vehemently denied.
After a section of press named the Speaker for opposing the move, Tara Chand today described dragging his name in the issue of Mr. Kundal's induction in the Cabinet as unfortunate. He said that the post of Speaker is apolitical and should not be dragged into controversies.
Reacting on press reports to this regard, he said that the reports are not based on facts and he has not expressed any reservation regarding this decision. As a disciplined party worker, he said that he would abide by all the decis... | |
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| Paid Darshan: Shrine Board drags feet | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 4
After a wide public outcry and intensive supported by the media on the alleged “paid darshan” at the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, the Shrine Board has development a cold feet promising to review the mechanism even as it described the new scheme as an unnecessary misnomer.
A spokesman of the Board said that the management is examining representations from various socio-religious organizations and other groups on the new priority darshan scheme in the Holy Shrine of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi.
He said that the term 'paid darshan' is a misnomer being used by many people unnecessarily. In fact the new priority system that the Board is experimenting with is just... | |
| | | | Congress in firefighting mode | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 4
In the post Kundal scenario, the state unit of Congress is hit by a factional bug as one section has launched a clandestine campaign against the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and the other section is busy denying the ‘unwelcome’ assertions.
The Congress leaders are rushing to the media swearing their loyalties with the Chief Minister and pledging their support to him in whosoever he intends to induct in the cabinet. Interestingly the situation has been created by a section of Congress leaders who are clandestinely feeding their media with their reservations on induction of BR Kundal in the cabinet.
In this scenario when dozens of mouths are rollin... | |
| | | | Day after Geelani’s pat, KZF ultra held in Jammu | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 4
Close to the heals is hardliner separatist Syed Sli Shah Geelani calling for right to ‘self determination’ in Punjab, the sleuths of Jammu and Kashmir Police have captured four militants belonging to the separatist militant outfit of Khalistan Zindabad Force.
An official spokesman said that the Police achieved a major success when they apprehended three terrorists at Doomi under the jurisdiction of PS Kanachak early this morning.
Reports said that after developing an information regarding the movement of dreaded terrorists from Punjab , the police acting swiftly headed by SDPO Akhnoor Atul Sharma and laid an ambush with the association of ... | |
| | | | HC vacations from June 9 | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 4
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court, has announced summer vacations beginning June 9.
According to a communiqué, summer vacations in the State High Court will be from June 9 to 28 and in the Subordinate Courts of Summer Zone from June 9 to 23.
The High Court issued notification regarding nomination of the Vacation Judges, Justice Mohd Yaqoob Mir and Justice Sunil Hali shall hold Courts during the Vacation from June 9 to 28 whereas June 9 to 13 is no work period.
The notification said that Justice Mohammad Yaqoob Mir will hold the Courts at Srinagar Wing from June 23, 2008 to June 27, 2008 whereas Justice Sunil Hali will hold the Court from June 16, 2008... | |
| | | | College in Azad’s village tagged with favouritism | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 4
As the government faces charges of discrimination and favourtism in selection of locations for new Colleges, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court has summoned comprehensive information of the selection procedure.
Besides others, the Panthers Party has questioned the location of proposed Degree Colleges at Kilhotran, home village of Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and Darmari, the home village of Minister of State for Revenue Ajaz Ahmed Khan. A Public Interest Litigation has been filed for altering the locations of these Colleges even though 70 admissions have been registered at Kilhotran College and 143 for Darmari College.
A Division Bench of J&K High... | |
| | | | Mufti seeks votes for finishing ‘agenda’ | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 4
Picking up the threads from where Mehbooba had left last week, the Peoples Democratic Party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today described his regime as best but said that the agenda remained unaccomplished due to paucity of time.
Mufti’s obvious reference was that due to change of guard midway, the PDP could not do what it had promised to the people or intended to do. This was the catchphrase coined by party president Mehbooba Mufti in Srinagar last week when she asked people to vote PDP to power fulfillment of the agenda.
"Although PDP has set an example of good governance, our task is still unaccomplished", he said, adding, "Our agenda is the secur... | |
| | | | Avoid sacrificing competence and seniority on alter of domicile | | | | Gareeb Dass
Jammu | June 4
The PDP leadership seems to implement its self-rule concept in Jammu and Kashmir by raising the issue of state subject even for appointment of only a local bureaucrat as the Chief Secretary. It got the opportunity for exposing its card when the moment reports appeared in the media that S S Kapoor, who had, after completion of the IAS, was placed in the Jammu Kashmir cadre was to be appointed Chief Secretary the seat having fallen vacant after B.R.Kundal decided to hang his boots, the coalition partner of the Congress opposed it on the plea that only a state subject should be installed as head of the state administration. No doubt he hails from Himachal Pradesh a... | |
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