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Govt seems to have abdicated governance to Centre Home Secretary takes roll call of J&K bureaucracy; Ministers on vacation, Secretariat empty, meetings canceled 8/11/2011 11:32:56 PM Ahmed Ali Fayyaz SRINAGAR, Aug 11: Governor Narendar Nath Vohra, who has been a career bureaucrat and has served as the Union Home Secretary two decades ago, must be feeling jealous over the extraordinary importance his far junior successor, R K Singh, has got on his maiden visit to Jammu & Kashmir. Singh's two-day staying in Srinagar bulldozed most of the official meeting and ministerial tours. With their administrative Secretaries being hijacked by Singh, most of the Ministers preferred to enjoy a vacation. Curfewed corridors of Civil Secretariat on Wednesday and Thursday perhaps served as a testimony to the fact that the state government has abdicated governance to the Centre. When it happens during a coalition regime, whose principal partner has been struggling for 'Greater Autonomy' and telling New Delhi that her jurisdiction was constitutionally confined to just four-odd portfolios, it becomes an irony. Singh demonstrated his bureaucratic courtesy of calling on the head of the state as well as the head of the government but not before sending a loud a clear message to the ...   READ MORE

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Waiting for three years, justice eludes for victims Communal clashes that put Kishtwar on fire on Aug 2008 8/11/2011 11:32:01 PM Asif Iqbal Naik kishtwar, Aug 11: In what could be recalled as the worst communal riots in the history of the Kishtwar District, which is relatively known as the place of brotherhood between the two communities, the tempers from sides have cooled down over the three years when these erupted in the year 2008. But discontent prevails as the vicitims are yet to get justice from any quarter. Kishtwar is known across the state for strong bonds between communities. This is even substnatiated by often cited story about friendship ties between a Hindu youth and sofi saint Hazrat Shah Mohammad Asrar-ud-Din Baghdadi (RTA) commonly known as Asrar sahib though out the state of Jammu and Kashmir. ...   READ MORE   Interlocutors sought justice for Early Times, Union Home Ministry still silent 8/11/2011 11:31:33 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 11: Whether or not Union Ministry of Home Affairs would take report of controversial interlocutors seriously can be gauged from the fact that despite being apprised of official penalization of Early Times by one of the interlocutors, the ministry has seemingly turned a deaf ear. No inquiry has been ordered nor has the state government been asked to explain reasons for putting up family of owners of Early Times newspaper to unparalleled troubles. The only grave mistake for which the institution was penalized was the principled stand that Early Times always took against the administrative and official nepotism. One of the interlocutors who twice met the team...   READ MORE   What does Govt want to convey by the way? ID function without children 8/11/2011 11:31:16 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 11: The government has once again bowed before the separatists. Their appeal to keep children away from August 15 and January 26 functions for the past two decades was never heeded. But today when the government claims a favourable turn in the security situation, the administration has decided not to invite schools children for cultural programmes on Independence Day. A local news agency quoting official sources circulated the news two days ago. The news was carried by some local newspapers from Jammu as well as from Srinagar. The function at Bakshi Stadium on August 15 is going to be a `total sarkari affair'. The decision of the authorities is going to conv...   READ MORE   Govt claim on return of KPs 'hollow' 8/11/2011 11:30:14 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Aug 11: Though Government makes tall claims of discernible change in Kashmir situation but things have not changed for hapless Kashmiri Pandits who are leading 22nd year in exile in Jammu and other parts of their country. Forced to flee from the Valley in 1989-90 after the advent of terrorism, the Pandits have become an eye sore for politicians in the state as well as country who instead of solving their problem in real sense by ensuring their safe and honourable return in their homeland are holding the community responsible for the mass exodus to please the separatist and majority community in the Valley for their vote bank politics. Though the majority of the ...   READ MORE   PDP working as whistleblower for democracy in J&K 8/11/2011 11:29:58 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 11: To pinpoint the lapses of a party in power is the constitutional duty of the opposition in a democratic set up. The People's Democratic Party (PDP) has been discharging that responsibility with maturity and alertness. The recent incidents of custodial death of a youth in the Valley and the murder of a civilian in the Poonch district are horrible and shocking. The PDP has taken the government to task for these incidents and in no democratic set up can a responsible opposition remain silent over these shameful and unpardonable criminal acts. Mehbooba Mufti, the president of the PDP tried to go to Sopore at least two times to console the bereaved family and...   READ MORE   Rains play havoc; 2 killed, several hurt as gushing waters damage 300 odd houses in Jammu, Samba 8/11/2011 11:29:43 PM Bharat Bhushan JAMMU, Aug 11: Heavy rains, that lashed most parts of the region in the wee hours of Thursday, played havoc as both the people and the administration were caught unawares. In several low-lying areas, people woke up between 3.30 to 4 am after the gushing rain waters entered their bedrooms by breaking the doors open. At the time of going to the print, a woman and a labourer were reported dead besides injuries to scores of others. A landslide occurred on the circular road close to the radio station at Panjtirthi and the debris fell on a room of the house of Swaran Kanta. Three labourers - Brij Naik, Sudam Rawat and Suaran Kul, who stayed in the room -- were wounded. While Brij...   READ MORE   Money nepotism play key role in framing Youth Congress panel in J&K …? 8/11/2011 11:29:28 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 11 : The Youth Congress Committee which was awaiting approval for taking a formal shape has been set up finally, after one with go ahead signal to the 'recommendations' by the IYC president. But the selection process is 'dogged' by some controversies with questions being raised over the criteria for choosing the names for as many as 11 general secretaries in the panel. All is obviously not well among the youth cadres of Congress, many of whom waiting for years to get 'adjusted' have once again been sidelined. Reliable sources said resentment is brewing up among a whole lot of deserving and dedicated lot of youth Congress cadres who allege the selection of n...   READ MORE   Mysterious disappearance of two Paddar girls One year on, Police clueless, locals regret 'unconcerned' response from govt 8/11/2011 11:29:09 PM Asif Iqbal Naik kishtwar, Aug 11: Even after lapse of more than one year, Kishtwar police fails to find any clue about mysterious disappearance of two teenage girls from Paddar Tehsil of District Kishtwar. The girls Sapna Devi daughter of Nand Lal and Sangeeta Devi daughter of Janki Nath both residents of Gulabgarh Paddar were picked up by the police along with a youth Pardeep Kumar son of Amar Chand of Gulabgarh Paddar from Maharaja Gulab Singh Qilla (Fort) located at Gulabgarh on July 12, 2010. According to Pardeep Kumar, cousin brother of the missing girls police picked him up along with two girls in the evening of July 12, 2010 at 6:30 p.m when the trio was sitting on Sangam of Ch...   READ MORE

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