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| Omar’s miss to Kheer Bhawani Mela, leaves KPs fuming | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, June 6: As thousands of Kashmiri Pandits thronged Mela Kheer Bhawani at Tulmulla in Central Kashmir's Ganderbal district today, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah did not visit the Mela thus causing heartburns and resentment among the Kashmiri Pandits. Omar did not bother to take stock of facilities provided to the devotees during the Mela.
Talking to Early Times, General Manager Dharmarth Trust, R.L Bhan said that Chief Minister should have managed at least five minutes out of his busy schedule to visit Kheer-Bhawani on this special occasion like Governor N.N Vohra and Saif-ud-Din Soz did during the day.
"We were told that Chief Minister is busy with a meeting but I don't understand why his father and National Conference President, Dr. Farooq Abdullah couldn't visit us," said Bhan. He appreciated the arrangements made by District Administration this year and added that compared to previous years Government officials have put everything in order as per the requirement.
Keeping his tradition of communicating through tweets alive, Omar instead of visiting ... | |
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| Soz was in slumber when NC played retirement age card | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 6: Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister, Makhan Lal Fotedar today said that the State Congress president Prof Saif-ud-Din Soz he had no idea what was happening on the ground when Chief Minister Omar Abdullah held a meeting with state employees and made a declaration about the enhancement of retirement age.
"Soz was not alert and I think he was in deep slumber when National Conference made an announcement and tried to take credit of that important decision," Fotedar said adding that all the important decisions are taken by the Cabinet of which Congress is a part, "so it is obvious the credit should go to Coalition Government and not a single par... | |
| | | | PDP way ahead of NC | | PDP 33, NC 22, BJP 11, Cong 16 | | | Pre-poll survey-2014
Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, June 6: Results of pre-poll surveys carried out by two credible agencies have put Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's PDP way ahead of National Conference (NC) and Congress in Jammu and Kashmir.
Though the agencies are yet to officially declare the survey results, the data accessed by Early Times shows PDP way ahead of NC in Kashmir valley and BJP doing a little better than what it did in 2008 Assembly elections in Jammu region. Congress is facing an uphill task in Jammu region while NC is on a weak wicket in Valley even in the Assembly segments where it did exceptionally well in 2008 elections.
If the results of the survey are any indication, PDP is l... | |
| | | | Alleged molestation of staff nurse | | | |
Mustansir
SRINAGAR, June 6: Jammu and Kashmir Police today registered a case against Director Health Services Kashmir Dr Saleem-ur-Rehman for reported sexual assault on a nurse on Thursday.
Official sources said the victim approached Shaheed Gunj police Station on Thursday with a complaint that her officers tried to molest her in Srinagar.
"A case has been registered against Director Health Services Kashmir after a nurse complained of molestation," SHO Shaheed Gunj said. Police have also registered cases against Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Anantnag Dr Nissar Ahmad and Block Medical Officer (BMO) Saller Pahalgam, Dr Arshid Hussain Tak under section 354 RPC (assault or criminal force ag... | |
| | | | Adhocism galore in Govt departments | | Over 100 officers holding additional charge for 7 years | | | Bashir Assad
SRINAGAR, June 6: In a glaring example of adhocism at various levels of civil and police administration by the political establishment for petty partisan interests, over 100 odd officers are holding the additional charge of different posts in various departments during the past several years. On the other hand, several administrative departments are without administrative heads (Secretaries) thereby indicating that administration was functioning on the 'crutches'.
According to the official sources, adhocism and stop-gap arrangement in the civil administration is on all time high which has adversely impacted the day-to-day functioning of the Government departments. Source... | |
| | | | Retirement age enhancement move: a financial manipulation ....? | | In financial crisis, Govt 'saved' itself from expenditure of Rs 900 cr | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 6: Even as the debate on just announced decisions by Omar Abdullah led coalition Government is questioning the timing for enhancement of retirement age of employees, the two allies NC and Congress have actually managed to play the 'stroke' much to Government's benefit on more than just one ostensible front of appeasing a large section of voters. Facing acute financial crisis, the Government has saved itself from a heavy burden of huge expenditure that it was to make on giving retirement benefits, around Rs 900 cr to the employees reaching superannuation in two years.
Sources within the Civil Secretariat said apart from manipulating the timing of decision ah... | |
| | | | 464 road projects sanctioned in last 6 years still incomplete | | PMGSY in complete disarray in J&K | | | Arun Singh
JAMMU, June 6: Out of 1154 road projects under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY), 464 road projects taken up for execution during the period from 2005 to 2011 at a sanctioned cost of Rs 2101.85 crore have failed to meet deadlines of their completion for various reasons.
Sources told Early Times that nearly 40% roads projects under Phase III to VII of PMGSY in last six years are still incomplete due to land disputes, non-clearance of road projects from the Forest Department, and non-availability of take off points for road works.
"As per PMGSY guidelines any road project has to be completed within a period of nine months from the date of issue of work order but not exceed... | |
| | | | Multi-sports arena still draped in vague assurances | | Swimming pool awaits roadblocks, completion | | | Shiv Thakur
JAMMU, June 6: Established in 1966, the only multipurpose sports arena Maulana Azad (M.A) Stadium is all set to get a face-lift but delayed finished outlook is causing concerns reasons better known to authorities at helms of affairs but is taking tolls of regular sports activities these days.
After more than 45 years, the State Sports Council finally woke up from deep slumber as a massive renovation work in M.A stadium is going on at a war footing these days.
According a sports analyst, it's been more than 4 years since work to repair and renovate the only existing swimming pool at Maulana Azad (MA) Stadium was taken up but the work still continues to be at infancy stage. T... | |
| | | | MONEY LINKS: Police cracks mystery over 'cold blooded murder' after 9 months | | Cousin held for chopping kin's body into pieces and then throwing into river Chenab | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 6: The Akhnoor Police today claimed to have cracked nine months old mystery over missing of youth Vijay Kumar Sharma alias Sukhi who suddenly went missing from his residence on the night of August 28 last year with the arrest of his cousin who owes some Rs 1.2 Lakh to deceased.
According to case Vijay Kumar Sharma alias Sukhi son of Kaku Ram Sharma of Barui Akhnoor Distt Jammu suddenly went missing from his residence on the night of August 28 last year and a missing report was entered in the Daily Diary of P/S Akhnoor on 14/05/.2014 vide DD NO 40 which was finally converted into Case FIR NO 109/2014 U/S 302/201 RPC on 06/06/2014.
Brief facts of the Case are... | |
| | | | Fake ambulances not only fleecing commuters, posing security threat | | | | K Koushal
Jammu, June 6: Unabated movement of 'fake ambulances' in and around the Jammu area is not only fleecing the commuters but also posing a serious security threat besides violating Motor vehicle Act (MVA).
"Some of the persons for their personal interest are using private and commercial vehicles are being used as ambulances in and around the Jammu which is serious security threat", said a source adding that these ambulances too violating Motor Vehicle Act (MVA). Citing some numbers of the vehicles standing outside city hospitals, sources said the runners/owners often are seen asking higher freight rates from the aggrieved families as compared to the usual rates of the hospital am... | |
| | | | Hectic night long search operation launched in Sunjwan | | One addicted booked for creating hoax call about presence of suspected ultras | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, June 6: Trikuta Nagar Police booked an addicted person who spread rumor of presence of militants in Sunjwan area and made the area panicky here today. Meantime Special Operation Group (SOG) and other security agencies including army conducted hectic nightlong search operation in Sunjwan an outskirt locality of winter capital which turned futile and called off today morning.
The drama took place during the intervening night of June 5/6 when Police Control Room (PCR) Jammu received a call from a government employee , posted as a Chowkidar in the under construction flats of Municipal Corporation at Sunjwan claiming that a group of three militants laden with a... | |
| | | | SHO suspended for giving misleading information to media | | Stalkers chopped off girl's ear in Anantnag, 7 arrested | | |
Saahil Suhail
Anantnag, June 6: A station house officer in South Kashmir's Anantnag district was placed under suspension on Friday for giving misleading information to media which created law and order problem in his area of responsibility.
According to sources, Deputy Inspector General of Police South Kashmir Range, Vijay Kumar on Friday placed Station House officer Dooru Mohd Rafiq under suspension for giving misleading information to media related to an unprecedented shameful incident, in which a group of stalkers allegedly chopped off ear of 10th class female student. According to locals, a group of stalkers on Wednesday allegedly chopped off ear of a 10th class female student in ... | |
| | | | Shivani's Cactus leaves indelible mark of human felony at its worst | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 6: How the human psyche goes beyond human control when it comes to clinching success in life by any mean was the central core theme of the play "Cactus" which was performed by Shivani Cultural Society at K L Saigal Hall to the jam packed audience.
Taking its mythical origin in the year 1956, when medical science was not advanced upto matching of DNAs to establish rapes, the play signified the most horrid attempt by a human being to castrate him to escape the wrath and make it a stepping stone to his successful career ahead.
Dr Raj Oberoi rises to unprecedented heights of success through a professional gimmick of castration done upon himself when he finds ... | |
| | | | 2 transformers damaged in Durga Nagar in 3 days | | PDD linemen accomplices in power theft | | | Avinash Azad
Jammu, June 6: Reeling under scorching heat wave, the plight of Jammuites is multiplied by frequent and prolonged breakdowns in the power supply in the most of the localities of the city for days together and the engineers and line staff of the PDD have failed to do their bit. The residents of Durga Nagar Sector 2, have been worst sufferers of power woes, as two transformers have been damaged in three days. Locals alleged that the transformers are being damaged due to over and undisclosed load, mainly due to power theft facilitated by the linemen of the department themselves for petty gains.
"There is nexus between line men and some un-disclosed consumers of PDD, which is ... | |
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