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| Will Madan, Lal imitate their counterparts in UP, Maharashtra? | | Replicating Telangana in Jammu | | | Neha
JAMMU, Aug 1: The decision of the Union Government to create Telangana State out of Andhra Pradesh has emboldened elements in several states of the country to demand creation of more states. In West Bengal, the Gurkhas have intensified their agitation to obtain a separate Gurkha State comprising Darjeeling and other areas, including Jalpaiguri. In Assam, the Bodos have intensified their agitation to obtain Bodo State. In Maharashtra, several Congress leaders have asked the Union Government to treat Vidharba at par with Telangana and bifurcate Maharashtra so that the neglected Vidharba region gets statehood. In UP, a number of Congress MPs, including Congress spokesperson Jagdambika Pal, have demanded division of the state into four states. Two Union Ministers, including Jairam Ramesh, have supported the demand, saying small states are the need of the hour. The BJP, which has welcomed the decision of the Union Government to create Telangana State, has urged the Central Government to set up States reorganization commission so that new states are created. It needs to be underline... | |
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| On hiccups, Super Specialty Hospital itself needs resuscitation | | | | Kunal Shrivatsa
JAMMU, Aug 1: Conceived as a dream project with an aim to offer state of the art healthcare facilities to the people of Jammu region, the Super Specialty Hospital (SSH), Jammu that became partially operational some three months back lacks basic facilities and is ill-equipped to cater to the needs of the patients.
Official sources informed Early Times that even as SSH, Jammu got functional partly on May 5 last when the facility of Out Patient Department (OPD) for as many as six departments viz Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery (CTVS), Neurology, Nephrology, Neurosurgery and Urology were thrown open for the general public, the hospital is running without the neces... | |
| | | | What led to ouster of J&K's 3rd senior most bureaucrat from Resident Commissioner's office? | | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Aug 1: Within 3 months and 10 days, the 3rd senior most and a Financial Commissioner rank officer of the IAS Cadre of J&K Sonali Kumar was shown the door after she had taken over as Principal Resident Commissioner Delhi exactly on April 20.
If the sources are to be believed, the writing was on the wall and this had to happen sooner than later. They added that the ostensible reason was that she didn't accompany the House Committee of MLCs that had come to inspect state Government properties in Delhi on the July 20, 2013. Sources further said that the Government chose to ignore the fact that she did show the committee around on the July 18 and 19, July 2013 for wh... | |
| | | | Wani questions PDP's programs, stays mum on his own | | NC shaken by PDP's fervour | | | ET Report
Srinagar, Aug 1: In a clear knee jerk reaction to aggressive campaigning by the Peoples' Democratic Party across the state in last few weeks, National Conference rather than putting their agenda for the forthcoming Assembly elections ion public domain and convince the electorate of its programs has started questioning the programs of the PDP.
Facing serious charges of discrimination from Jammu and Ladakh regions of the state, National Conference Provincial president Nasir Aslam Wani on Thursday ridiculed Peoples Democratic Party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's assertion on "Imaginary solution" to Kashmir issue if given 40 seats reminding them that with 16 seats they div... | |
| | | | Salman Khan's yatra.com promises prove a hoax | | | |
Avinash Azad
JAMMU, Aug 1: Now a days, many national dailies are flooded with "yatra.com" advertisements with famous Bollywood star Salman Khan offering "50% OFF ON HOTEL BOOKING" but beware of such advertisements as they are bound to disappoint you to the core and spoil your well earned holiday.
Contrary to tall claims made by Salman Khan of providing best hotels, you will get only a simple lodge against payment for a five star hotel stay. Yatra.com, an eminent online travel portal in India, US and UK, which claims of providing best deals in flight bookings, hotel bookings and holiday packages is losing trust and credibility amongst its clients who are fast spreading word about its mi... | |
| | | | Telangana stirs Jammu's political aspirations afresh | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 1: With the UPA Government's decision to give separate statehood to Telagana by vertically dividing Andhara Pradesh into two parts has rejuvenated similar aspirations in Jammu region also with protagonist of the demand deciding to re-launch their movement in coming days.
The Jammu State Morcha which had come into being in 2001 and contested the Assembly elections in 2002 was later disbanded. However the lone MLA which was elected on this ticket has kept the slogan alive and continued to call himself as representative of the Party in Assembly despite the fact that State Morcha has not been recognized as a party by Election Commission of India.
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| | | | MGNREGA misappropriation, major scandal surfaces in Uri | | | |
Bashir Assad
Srinagar, Aug 1: In Jammu and Kashmir the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) aimed at providing employment to rural masses with a mission to uplift their living conditions has been victimized at the hands of politicians of the ruling alliance in nexus with other officials of the Rural Development Department.
In block Uri in north Kashmir as per the departmental reports, the developmental works have been nearly 100 percent completed on the papers but on the ground things are entirely different as no works are visible. The persons who are dealing with affairs of MGNREGA are either political workers or Government employees. According to so... | |
| | | | Module was receiving orders from Salahudin to kill Sarpanchs in Sopore, adjacent areas | | Police bust HM module in Sopore, arrest four | | | Jehangir Rashid
Srinagar, Aug 1: Police today claimed to have busted a module of Hizbul Mujahideen in the restive Sopore area of North Kashmir's Baramulla district by arresting four members of the module. Members of the module had last week killed SPO Mudasir Ahmad and also carried out attack on a Sarpanch in the area leading to grievous injuries to him.
A police spokesman while quoting the district police authorities said that the module had got instructions from HM Supremo, Syed Salahudin to carry out more attacks on Sarpanchs in the Sopore and adjacent areas. The spokesman said that Salahudin had asked the members of module to kill at least five Sarpanchs in the Sangrama area of Baramu... | |
| | | | Decision on Telangana upsets Kashmiri separatists | | Patience of Jammu, Ladakh ending | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Aug 1: The July 30 decision of the Congress-led UPA to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh to create a new State of Telangana comprising ten districts has alarmed and upset the separatist leadership in Kashmir. On the day the landmark decision was taken taking into consideration the aspirations of the people of Telangana region as well as electoral interests of the unpopular and declining Congress, NC working president and J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah not only opposed the decision, but also described it as dangerous, suggesting the decision had the potential of inspiring the people of Jammu Pradesh to start a full-scale agitation, coupled with violence, to achieve statehood.
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| | | | "State Congress is a Department which functions on monthly allowances, not a Political Party" | | Kamaal jolts Coalition hard | | | Javaid Naikoo
Srinagar, Aug 1: Hitting hard at the ties within coalition and Pradesh Congress after PCC secretary Mohammad Sultan Mandoo alleged that Dr Farooq Abdullah failed his MBBS exam seven times and it was Sheikh Mohammad Sadiq on who's behest he was declared pass by the college authorities of that time, NC additional general secretary Dr Sheikh Mustafa Kamaal said that state Congress is not a political party but a department which functions on the monthly allowances of the Delhi and all its leaders are incapable and inefficient.
Without naming anybody, Mustafa Kamaal said that it was National Conference top leadership that exposed the Congress politicians to the world, made them ... | |
| | | | BOPEE's mission secrecy that backfired | | | |
Avinash Azad
JAMMU, Aug 1: The 'innovative' concept of compiling and packing of question papers for various professional courses from outside the state, adopted for the first time by Board of Professional Entrance Examination (BOPEE) to bring secrecy is has cost heavy for students, as this decision was found to be responsible for paper leak and chaos created recently.
Sources told Early Times that for the first time in history to bring transparency and secrecy, the BOPEE had adopted a new system which had proved futile. "Earlier, BOPEE's papers were compiled and packed within state, but its new step had failed to ensure secrecy", sources said, adding that now more options w... | |
| | | | "State Congress is a Department which functions on monthly allowances, not a Political Party" | | Kamaal jolts Coalition hard | | | Javaid Naikoo
Srinagar, Aug 1: Hitting hard at the ties within coalition and Pradesh Congress after PCC secretary Mohammad Sultan Mandoo alleged that Dr Farooq Abdullah failed his MBBS exam seven times and it was Sheikh Mohammad Sadiq on who's behest he was declared pass by the college authorities of that time, NC additional general secretary Dr Sheikh Mustafa Kamaal said that state Congress is not a political party but a department which functions on the monthly allowances of the Delhi and all its leaders are incapable and inefficient.
Without naming anybody, Mustafa Kamaal said that it was National Conference top leadership that exposed the Congress politicians to the world, made them ... | |
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