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Kakroo, Khoda Govt's favourites for SAC, SVC Consensus unlikely in Jul 18th meeting as PDP is dead against Kakroo 7/16/2011 12:12:38 AM Ahmed Ali Fayyaz EARLY TIMES REPORT SRINAGAR, July 15: Principal opposition party, PDP, is determined to subvert the National Conference-led coalition government's plan of appointing Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court, Justice Nisar Ahmad Kakroo, as Chairman of Jammu & Kashmir State Accountability Commission (SAC) even as it is likely to favour nomination of two former judges of J&K High Court---Yashpal Nargotra and Hakeem Imtiyaz Hussain--- as members of the integrity watchdog. In the key appointments likely to happen in the next few weeks, Director General Police, Kuldeep Khoda, is emerging as the Government's choice for the Chairmanship of State Vigilance Commission (SVC) while as journalist Arun Joshi and a retired official, Masooda Yasin, are likely to be appointed as member in SIC and Board of Directors in J&K Bank respectively. Even as Speaker of Legislative Assembly, Mohammad Akbar Lone, would be on way to Saudi Arabia and London, other members of the selection committee are scheduled to consider a panel of names for a fresh constitution of SAC on July 18th. Chief...   READ MORE

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3 Sri Lankans among 4 held in Kishtwar as police bust international gang of sapphire smugglers Involvement of J&K minerals's officials suspected 7/16/2011 12:06:17 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, July 15: Police today busted an international gang of sapphire smugglers by arresting three Sri Lankans and their local accomplice at Hanjala in Kishtwar. The involvement of senior officials of J&K Minerals was not ruled out. High quality blue sapphire worth lakhs of rupees, which they had illegally brought from Sonchan mines at Paddar, few kilometres ahead of Kishtwar town, and were trying to smuggle it out of the area in a car, was also seized. Acting on a secret source information, a police party intercepted a car at Hanjala and recovered the sapphire from it. Four persons, who were travelling in the car, were also arrested, DSP (hqrs), Kishtwar, Abrar Choudh...   READ MORE   NC-Congress alliance, lasting another three years needs some miracle 7/16/2011 12:05:45 AM Early Times Report jammu, July 15: The "marriage of inconvenience" between the ruling National Conference (NC) and the Congress is slowly, but steadily reaching its inevitable final stage of divorce. The bickering within the Congress, the churning of intra party equations and the fact that New Delhi is increasingly gathering an impression that the gains of peace and progress might fail because of the non-deliverance by the coalition, also indicate the two could soon reach the breaking point. In political relations, the most binding cement is either commonality of interest or political expediency. The NC and the Congress did not come close to each other after the 2008 assembly elections b...   READ MORE   Flawed IT 'regime', lack of policy turns govt claims hollow Computer professionals offered Rs 10,000 on contractual basis.......! 7/16/2011 12:05:25 AM Early Times Report jammu, July 15: Loud in its claim to have e- governance and complete online system in all the departments in order to have transparency and easy access to information , the J&K government has so far failed to prove worth on this front. Sluggish on every step, the government has itself blocked prospects for establishment of a full fledged IT department. Result: it has falied to retain or attract whatever local talent is available in the state, leave alone grooming them as fully trained computer professionals. Worse, the irony remains that it offers just Rs 10,000 that too on contractual basis for one year to the youth trained in computer education. The interviews that wer...   READ MORE   J&K: Congress, BJP on the same page Political Settlement -- II 7/16/2011 12:04:58 AM Rustam EARLY TIMES REPORT jammu, July 15: The fact of the matter is that a powerful section in the BJP was with the NC in the past and its attitude towards the NC continues to remain the same even today. They continue to hobnob with each other. The proof: The cross-voting by the BJP legislators during the 2009 Rajya Sabha and Legislative Council elections and cross-voting on an unprecedented scale by the BJP MLAs during the April 2011 Legislative Council elections. The BJP MLAs voted for the NC candidates in 2009 and the BJP MLAs voted both for the Congress and the NC candidates in 2011. The suspended BJP MLAs say they voted for the party candidate. They also say that it was those not sus...   READ MORE   Jammu being taught things Jammu famous for Reorganization Imminent 7/16/2011 12:04:20 AM Neha EARLY TIMES REPORT jammu, July 15: The very vague assertion of Padgaonkar that there was the need for a system of "power-sharing between regions and sub regions" was also intriguing. One would have appreciated the interlocutor, had he suggested a definite mechanism designed to end discrimination between the regions and ensure equal participation of all the three regions in the governance of the state, but he didn't do that. Instead, he played mischief by saying that the power-sharing system should also include sub-regions. Which sub-regions he talked about? Did he talk about the Muslim-majority areas in the erstwhile Doda district and Poonch and Rajouri districts? Did he suggest that...   READ MORE   Cong leaders from Jammu men of courage & conviction...? "Martyrs' Day" Pays floral tributes to 'martyrs' of 1931 at Srinagar 7/16/2011 12:03:44 AM Early Times Report jammu, July 15: The people of Jammu province, barring a very few, and the Kashmiri Hindus consistently criticise those who pay tributes to those killed in police firing near the central jail, Srinagar, on July 13, 1931. They oppose those calling July 13 "Martyrs' Day" saying those who got killed on that day 80 years ago were those who had raised a banner of revolt against the Dogra Maharaja, Hari Singh, and demanded separation from the Jammu Kingdom. They describe the death of 22 Kashmiri Muslims on July 13 as the immediate fall-out of the worst form of communalism and separatism they indulged in to accomplish what the critics of the "Martyrs' Day" call "sinister design....   READ MORE   5 LeT militants, jawan killed in gunbattle 7/16/2011 12:03:06 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT SRINAGAR, July 15: Five separatist guerrillas and a soldier of the counter-insurgency force Rashtriya Rifles were killed in a gunfight in north Kashmir's Kupwara district that ended Friday evening, police said. "Five militants of the LeT outfit, including three of the outfit's top commanders identified as Abu Hamad, Abu Sakeb and Abu Usman, have been killed in the Maidanpora (Lolab) gunfight which ended here today (Friday) evening. "All the slain militants were foreign nationals. One soldier of the Rashtriya Rifles also died in the gunfight while three others sustained injuries," a senior police officer said. The house which the guerrillas had been using as a fortifie...   READ MORE   Arms, ammunition recovered in Mahore 7/16/2011 12:02:32 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, July 15: Arms and ammunition were today recovered by police and Uniform Force troops in Serni nullah forests of Mahore in Reasi. The items were wrapped in a plastic sheet and hidden under dense bushes, according to official sources. The recovery included one pistol, its one magazine a bullet, 90 AK rounds, one AK magazine and one radio set, the sources added. Sources said the recovery was made by jawans during routine searches in the area....   READ MORE   Amarnath pilgrim dies of heart attack at Rly Stn 7/16/2011 12:02:02 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, July 15: A Kolkatta based Amarnath pilgrim dies of heart attack here at Jammu Railway Station today. Police sources said that one Alok Bandoapdhaya son of P Bandoapdhaya who was waiting for Kolkatta based train's arrival at plat form number one fell down suddenly. He was rushed to the GMC hospital where doctors confirmed him as brought dead due to heart failure.A case in this connection was registered with Government Railway police....   READ MORE   PDP workers injured in police action 4 arrested, Mahbooba takes note 7/16/2011 12:01:30 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT Srinagar, July 15: Police resorted to cane charge to foil a protest demonstration by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) youth wing here today. Several workers sustained injuries in the police action. According to reports PDP workers led by Nisar Ahmad Mandoo staged a demonstration here today to seek release of all political prisoners. The demonstrators also sought an end to what they called police harassment. The police, reports said, swung into action and cane charged the demonstrators causing injuries to some of them. The injured were removed to hospital. The police later took into custody several demonstrators. They have been identified as Showkat Gayoor, Nazir A...   READ MORE

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