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| Candidates recruited in other deptts raise fingers over disparity, discrepancy | | Non adherence to SRO 332 in Legislative Assembly Sectt | | | Early Times Report
jammu, July 31: With all Government departments both within and outside the civil secretariat strictly adhering to SRO 332 as a basis for making fresh recruitments, fingers have started pointing towards the Legislative Secretariat, Assembly in particular where the SRO has been brazenly and blatantly ignored during the past two years while employing people against various posts. No heed, not even iota of the terms and conditions well laid out in the SRO have been considered in recruitments, prompting people from other departments who were provided jobs under restricted and bracketed pay bands have started raising questions over this gross discrimination, despite being more qualified and far more eligible against those who are getting full pay and perks during the same time period in the Assembly Secretariat.
Sources said as the reports of appointments without considering SRO 332 in LA Secretariat have become public now, people appointed against almost similar category of posts in other Government departments are perturbed and are questioning what they term as i... | |
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| Eluding consensus, cabinet defers new advertisement policy | | | | Mustansir
Srinagar, July 31: The new advertisement policy prepared by the department of information was deferred by the State Cabinet after some ministers suggested amendments in the draft policy.
The State Cabinet which met here today under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah discussed the new advertisement policy prepared by the Information department but was deferred as some ministers raised some queries.
Sources told Early Times on Wednesday that the draft policy was placed before the Cabinet today; however, it was deferred as some of the ministers wanted some changes in the policy before giving node to it.
Sources said the new advertisement policy envisages putting s... | |
| | | | Charging Rs 50 for booklet sponsored by JK Bank | | CAPD selling its integrity pretty cheap | | | Akshay Azad
jammu, July 31: The Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD) department which is entitled to ensure consumer rights, is itself violating the same by providing ration-cards that too without any mention of Maximum Retail Price (MRP), which is mandatory as per Consumer Protection Act.
The ambiguity on part of the CAPD could be gauged from the fact the ration-card booklet is sponsored by J&K Bank but department has been charging amount, five to six times higher than its market price. Sources informed Early Times that in total violation of Consumer Protection Act 1987, CAPD department has been providing ration-card booklets, which san any printed MRP or information about cos... | |
| | | | MLA Kathua clashes with DC over refugee rights | | Disputed land | | | Arun Trisal
KATHUA, July 31: MLA Kathua Charanjeet Singh is at loggerheads with district administration over 106 Kanals of disputed land situated in Janglot Morh.
MLA Kathua Charanjeet Singh has leveled serious allegations over DC Kathua Jatinder Singh and police for harassing people who have claim over the land. Speaking to the ET, the MLA said that about 106 Kanal land under khasra number 803/1 situated at Janglot Morh,Kathua was allotted to the refugees by the state government on 8 July 2013.
The then Tehsildhar Jatinder Mishra gave the revenue documents including Farad Intikhab to the poor people but within 20 days after the possession was allotted, the same tehsildhar, DC Kathua ... | |
| | | | Mufti makes an important statement | | 'Kashmir to stay with India' | | |
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JAMMU, July 31: Patron of PDP and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Tuesday made an important statement in Jammu while addressing a function organised in connection with the foundation day of the party. "Kashmir will not go anywhere from India, as it is the part and parcel of country," he said. Earlier in Kashmir, he had said that the solution to the Kashmir issue had to be within the Indian constitutional framework. He had hailed former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee in Kashmir and he hailed the ailing BJP veteran in Jammu as well, saying the former Prime Minister had a definite roadmap for resolution of Kashmir issue.
The statement of Mufti wou... | |
| | | | Result of cancelled paper likely to be delayed | | BOPEE yet to send representation to experts | | | Avinash Azad
jammu, July 31: Once again the aspirants of various professional courses have to wait for result of their cancelled paper, as the process is going beyond its scheduled.
Sources informed Early Times that the Jammu and Kashmir Common Entrance Test (JKCET) results may be delayed as Board of Professional Entrance Examination (BOPEE) failed to submit representation to experts, with in stipulated time. As per guidelines after the conclusions Jammu and Kashmir Common Entrance Test (JKCET) two days were given to students to file their queries regarding question papers as well as answer key which was published on BOPEE's official website. "The officials compiled these queries and made... | |
| | | | Alienated from Kashmir, Jammu Pradesh deserves statehood | | Opposition of Omar to Telangana intriguing | | | Rustam
JAMMU, July 31: On July 30, the UPA Government ultimately decided to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh and create out of it separate Telangana State. Of course, the Congress-led minority Government accepted the almost 60-year-old demand of people of Telangana keeping into consideration the electoral interests of the unpopular Congress party, which had won 33 Lok Sabha seats in 2009 and is unlikely to win even five seats in the upcoming elections on its own. Notwithstanding this political expediency, the decision needs to be appreciated by one and all, as it was based on the people's just aspirations.
It is intriguing that NC working president and J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, a votary o... | |
| | | | CIC not happy with SRTC for invoking Sec 8 | | Directs PIO to provide information | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, July 31: The Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) GR Sufi has castigated the top officials of State Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) for unnecessarily invoking section 8 of J&K RTI Act 2009 wherein information is withheld on the pretext of security reasons. The PIO of the SRTC has been directed by the State Information Commission (SIC) to provide the information to the RTI applicant who is a class IV the employee of the corporation within 15 days.
As per details a complaint was filed by one Subash Singh Jasrotia a resident of Old Janipur Jammu in the State Information Commission (SIC) on 8.5.2013 stating therein that he had filed an RTI application on 19.1.... | |
| | | | Has Omar Abdullah violated official secrets Act of 1923? | | | |
Early Times Report
jammu, July 31: Has Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, violated the official secrets Act? He seems to have done so inadvertently when he alleged that the Kashmiri separatists were opposing holding talks with New Delhi but were in touch with the Indian intelligence agencies. He went to the extent of blaming the separatists by adopting a double standard. And in support of his contention he claimed that separatists were in touch with New Delhi through its agencies secretly though outwardly these separatists continued to oppose resuming dialogue with the centre.
For the sake of argument if one presumes that what Omar has claimed is right he should not have, as Chief Minister,... | |
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