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J&K rewards corrupt, penalizes upright officers 8/27/2011 12:20:08 AM Syed Junaid Hashmi JAMMU, Aug 26: Jammu and Kashmir has unique distinction of being the only state in the country where corrupt are rewarded with prize postings and upright officers are assigned clerical jobs. And when it comes to manning the Universities, academicians of Jammu are shabby treatment. State government brought Prof. Varun Sahini from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to head Jammu University, Dr. Sudhir Baloria out of retirement to resolve Central University (CU) crisis and Dr. B.B.Mishra from Hyderabad to lead the show in SKUAST (Jammu). Left out was Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University (BGSBU). Government framed a so-called committee and ultimately, appointed close friend of the first vice-chancellor of BGBSU Masood Choudhary as University's second vice-chancellor. Prof. Irshad Hamal took over as VC of BGBSU. Hamal was appointed VC of BGBSU at a time when he was facing serious charges of nepotism and Bhai-Bhatejawaad as rector of Bhaderwah campus of Jammu University. There were allegations of Hamal appointing around 40 blue-eyed candidates to manage the universi...   READ MORE

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Why should Omar seek TRC? He has enough powers to administer justice 8/27/2011 12:19:26 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Aug 26: By talking about the Truth and reconciliation Commission (TRC) a few days ago, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah conveyed that he did not have a good understanding of the issues that the sub-continent. The Chief Minister issued this statement in response to State Human Rights Commission's (SHRC) report on unmarked graves in North Kashmir. What does a reconciliatory commission mean by the way? Reconciliation means forgetting the past and forgiving the perpetrator. Is it possible now? Kashmir is passing through a phase where the Chief Minister is forced to deliver a `highly controversial' speech in the Legislative Assembly. In a desperate attempt to woo the an...   READ MORE   Discontent brewing in Pahari folks again.....? NC loyalists say it is high time community gets justice 8/27/2011 12:18:52 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Aug 26: In a bid to keep its political waters protected, NC led coalition government has been trying to pacify Pahari community in the state with the assurance that it has strongly put forward their case with the Union government to grant ST status to lakhs of Pahari speaking people in the state. But the discontent and disgruntlement among this community is far from over. This reflects in the tone and tenor of even party's staunch loyalists who do not hesitate to say 'it is high time they get justice…….or else it would be now or never'. Paharies, who are mostly concentrated in the twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu region and some far flung are...   READ MORE   WB resident among 3 held with fake 5 lakh IC notes at Jhajjar Kotli 8/27/2011 12:06:42 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Aug 26: A West Bengal resident and two others were late Thursday night apprehended by police at Domail in Jhajjar Kotli, about 30 km from here on Jammu-Srinagar road, along with Rs 5 lakh fake Indian Currency notes. A Scorpio cab (JK09/6302), which was hired by them from Jammu for Srinagar and which was tagged with J&K government placard, was also seized, according to police sources. By pumping fake currency into the troubled state, the anti-national elements wanted to destroy its financial fabric, besides funding terror networks, the sources added. Intelligence agencies had tipped off police that a consignment of fake IC notes would be smuggled to Srinagar Thu...   READ MORE   Defunct SRTC engages new drivers, older one up in arms 8/27/2011 12:06:20 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Aug 26: The decision of State Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) management decision to engage new staff after according approval to volunteer retirement of hundreds of its employees has drawn flak as employees and workers bodies' are up in arms against the organization. The organization which according to sources has appointed 200 new drivers after 250 serving drivers opted for voluntary retirement from the organization for its failure to pay salaries and other dues to them in time. Seeing no option in sight after the SRTC workers and employees were not paid perks for months together they opted for voluntary retirement from the service after prolonged agitation ...   READ MORE   Sarfu murdered at JIC, post-mortem report confirms 8/27/2011 12:06:00 AM Sumit Sharma JAMMU, Aug 26: In what could be described as sensational, the alleged suicide committed by Sarfu, a notorious trans-border smuggler, who, police claimed ended his life in the lock-up of the Joint Interrogation Centre (JIC) at Miran Sahib on August 17 last, has turned out to be a case of murder. Sarfu Ram, 48, was found hanging in a compound inside lock-up of the JIC during wee hours of August 17 and it was alleged that he committed suicide. However, the post-mortem report of Sarfu revealed that his stomach and intestines got ruptured which caused profuse bleeding resulting- Peritonitis (basically a blood infection that causes person to go into shock which quickly lead to de...   READ MORE   Running with the hare and hunting with the Hound Duplicity of PK faction......... 8/27/2011 12:04:53 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Aug 26: On August I9, the State Cabinet approved the de-reservation of the reserved category posts under the Prime Minister's package for the Kashmiri Hindu refugees. These 800 posts were falling in different reserved categories as per the government provision. This cleared the bottlenecks for the rest of the 3000 posts for the displaced Kashmiri Hindus for which the Government of India has provided financial assistance. The State Government has already refused to fill up the rest of the 3000 posts for which it had to bear the financial burden citing constitutional and financial reasons. A few days before the State Cabinet de-reserved the posts, the Governor of ...   READ MORE   Two faces of National Conference Accept Or Quit 8/27/2011 12:04:26 AM Neha JAMMU, Aug 26: The National Conference, which has been ruling the state with the Congress' support and perpetrating injustice after injustice on the Dogras, has two faces and two stands. In New Delhi, the NC, which is also part of the Congress-led UPA, has been giving unflinching support to the Congress and talking about the supremacy of the Indian Parliament. These days, the NC leadership is shedding crocodile tears and saying there is nothing wrong with the Anna Hazare's crusade against corruption. At the same time, it is saying that the elected representatives in the Parliament alone have the mandate to enact laws and that nothing should be done that has the potential of underminin...   READ MORE   LeT poster found pasted onto mosque wall at Kishtwar 8/27/2011 12:03:51 AM KISHTWAR: A handwritten Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) poster was today found pasted onto the outer wall of Jamia Masjid in the heart of the town here, disputing police claims that the outfit had been totally wiped out in the erstwhile Doda district. Signed by LeT commander Abu Akasa of Pakistan, the poster paid tributes to LeT commanders - Habib Gujjar alias Salman and Subash Shah alias Wasif - who were shot dead by security forces in an encounter at Renie Nullah near Marwah here on July 27 last. Akasa was active here since the first quarter of 2010 but had fled to safer areas following intensified operations of police and army in Kishtwar woods against militants. The poster handwriting matched ...   READ MORE   Cement scam busted 8/27/2011 12:02:56 AM JAMMU: Busting a cement scam, police today seized a truck at Udheywala in Domana area and seized 400 bags of Ambuja cement. Two persons, including driver, were arrested, according to police sources. Acting on a tip-off that some persons at Udheywala were pilfering cement loaded in a truck (JK02AG/2615), a Domana police party raided the spot and found that 5 to 10 kg of cement from each Ambuja bag was being taken out and then filled in empty bags of JK Gold Cement. The cops then seized the truck along with 400 Ambuja bags and five JK Gold cement bags. Driver Rajesh Kumar alias Raju, son of Om Parkash of Udheywala, and his associate Subash Chander, son of Sain Dass of Sungal, Akhnoor, were...   READ MORE   3 held with sharp edged weapons at Janipura 8/27/2011 12:01:56 AM JAMMU: Three alleged criminals were today apprehended by police from minibus stand at Janipura here along with sharp-edged weapons. They were identified as Lakhvir Singh, son of Gurbaksh Singh of Shivalik, Janipura, Sarwar Shah, son of Ghulam Mohammad Shah of Gujjar Mohalla, Janipura, and Deepak Kumar, son of Prem Lal of Janipur. They were roaming about suspiciously at the Janipura minibus stand when a police patrol stopped them for checking and recovered the weapons from them, police sources said. A case under section 4/25 of Arm Acts was registered against them at Janipura police station....   READ MORE

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