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| BREAKING: Azad, Soz concede defeat?, Opt to stay out from poll fray! | | Congress on sticky wicket | | | LA Polls
Fazal Khan
Srinagar, Aug 3: Two top Congress stalwarts, former Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee chief Prof Saifuddin Soz announcing their decision about they not contesting the forthcoming Assembly elections in the state has proved that Congress is on a "weak wicket" and has conceded defeat even before poll dates have been announced.
Both of them deciding to stay out of the poll fray indicates that Congress is yet to recover from the aftershock of the humiliating defeat faced by the party in the recently held Parliamentary polls. "Top leaders don't want to take any chances this time as they are finding it hard to locate the safe constituencies for themselves," said a Congress insider.
He said Azad was contemplating to contest the forthcoming Assembly polls from his home constituency Baderwah, which at present is represented by his cousin Mohammad Sharief Niaz. However, Niaz recently had announced that he won't vacate his seat for Azad. "I don't want party to make me a scapegoat again. Let others prove th... | |
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| Cong Ministers may join BJP to retain seats | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 3: If the latest political grapevine is to be believed some of the heavyweight Congress Ministers are also in touch with the BJP leaders in the state unit to explore the possibility of joining hands with them ahead of the Assembly elections.
In absence of any formal talks it is the rumour mill which is churning conspiracy theories targeting some of the Jammu based Ministers for their active role in Amarnath land row and flagging the issue of Administrative units forcefully in the State Cabinet meetings.
It is learnt some of these leaders are keen on retaining their seats and have factored in the overall influence of the Modi wave on the minds of electora... | |
| | | | "Faithfulls" back Azad-Soz for Lal Singh's expulsion | | | | Early Times Report
Udhampur, Aug 3: In what could be perceived as a major political development, two warring groups of Congress party on Saturday posed a united face while vociferously demanding expulsion of former Member Parliament (MP) Chowdhary Lal Singh for his anti-party activities.
Setting aside their difference of opinion on several issues, both of the supporters of Congress stalwart and Leader of the Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad as well as Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Saif-ud-Din-Soz, during the day long convention of District Congress Committees of Udhampur and Reasi, yesterday, criticized former MP and senior Congress leader Chowdhary Lal Singh and raised their d... | |
| | | | JUGGLERS SHOW: Puppetry re-enacted; member DIGs penalized for raising objections, new incumbents fill 'old wine in new bottles' | | Establishment Board for police transfers constituted on ET Report | | | Sumit Sharma
Jammu, Aug 3: On the direction of the Police Head Quarters (PHQ), the Establishment Board for transferring of all rank officers/officials including Non Gazetted has been constituted. The board came into being following the Early Times report in its June 30 edition in which it was stated that a senior police officer was questioned in Prime Minister‘s Officer (PMO) over numerous laxities, including random transfers.
The purpose of the Board is to make transfers effective after recommendation of the Board members in which DIGs were prominent, but the same received dent soon after the first meeting of the board, held in Jammu recently. Highly placed sources informed that to m... | |
| | | | MOURNING: Urban poverty alleviation schemes squandered woefully | | Coalition's nonchalance towards poor exposed! | | | No work on 369 dwelling units sanctioned under RAY
Akshay Azad
Jammu, Aug 3: Coalition government stands pathetically exposed over its insensitivity towards the poor and the deprived as urban poverty alleviation schemes of the centre including Rajiv Awas Yojna (RAY), Basis Services to the Urban Poor (BSUP) and Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme (IHSDP) have failed to even take off in Jammu and Kashmir. The documents in possession of Early Times revealed that Rajiv Awas Yojna (RAY) which aimed to make India slum-free by 2022 by providing people with shelter or housing, free of cost has failed to make any headway in state. "A total of 369 dwelling units were sanctioned in... | |
| | | | SHOCKING: Father beheads 8-year-old daughter | | | | Early Times Report
Poonch, Aug 3: In a shocking incident of its kind, a father beheaded his 8-year-old daughter at Dharna village of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir today afternoon. A police official said that class 3rd student Masrat Naz daughter of Zakir Hussain of Dharna in Mendhar was killed by her father by slitting her throat with a sharp edged weapon. He said that the locals of the Dharna village informed the police about the murder, a police team was immediately deputed to the spot where they found the body of girl beheaded.
The official said that the girl was immediately taken to Sub district hospital Mendhar for postmortem. "After conducting all legal formalities the body... | |
| | | | Mr Azad should explain who is polarizing society | | KOUSARNAG YATRA | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Aug 3: "Some forces in the Kashmir valley and some political groups in the Jammu region, including a national party (in this case BJP), are trying to create a situation similar to 2008 ahead of the Assembly elections to reap political benefits," former Union Minister and leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Saturday while talking to reporters at Udhampur. "It is high time to expose those groups which want to polarize the situation for petty political gains," he also said.
He should have named what he termed as "some forces" in the Kashmir valley and some political groups in Jammu province to set the record straight and also referred to the issue... | |
| | | | POOR SHOW: J&K fairs dismally in implementing National Programme for Control of Blindness | | Gujarat, AP; neighbouring Himachal, Punjab occupy top positions | | | Bivek Mathur
Jammu, Aug 3: Under sharp censure for poor implementation of centrally sponsored schemes in the state, Omar Abdullah Government in yet another embarrassment for itself has been ranked poor under the National Programme for Control of Blindness (NPCB) whereas the Western state of Gujarat and Southern State of Andhra Pradesh with neighbouring Punjab and Himachal Pradesh have been listed among the good performers.
As per figures available with Early Times in the year 2013-14, Jammu and Kashmir state was given a target figure to operate 82331 patients of Cataract disease but unfortunately it got success in operating only 16347 patients. For providing free spectacles to the sch... | |
| | | | SERC understaffed even after 13 yrs of inception | | CM apathetic to improve power sector | | |
Avinash Azad
Jammu, Aug 3: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's claims to improve power sector in J&K seem to be halfhearted as even after 13 years of its formation, State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC) continues to be understaffed.
Even after repeated communications by the commission seeking staff strength at par with such commissions in other states, the state government is yet to do anything in this regard.
Sources informed Early Times that the SERC has been working even in the absence of sanctioned minimum staff. Seven months back, the commission had written to state government seeking filling of vacant posts and sanction of more posts but all in vain, the sources added.
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| | | | Centre mulls fundamental policy shift to deal with separatists | | | | New Delhi, Aug 3: The Centre is likely to act tough against separatists and their supporters shortly. The Centre has already informed the State government to take serious and tough actions against such people and forces. It is also likely to brief the top officials of the State about strategy to be adopted to rein in such anti-India forces.
"The separatists can't have their day all the time. They had long played their games and now are up again to their old games using Kousarnag yatra as a ploy. It's time to get them taste of the Modi government,' said a senior Home Ministry official, wishing not to be named.
Modi government had already shown its lack of interest in the so called 'Kashmi... | |
| | | | Local BJP leaders teach Lal Singh first lesson of organisation | | Kept him waiting for hours together for informal meeting | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 3: Two times Lok Sabha member and former Health Minister, Choudhary Lal Singh, ultimately learnt first lesson of BJP after he approached local party leaders for joining the party.
Choudhary Lal Singh, who has been publically announcing that he has direct link with the central BJP leader so there is no need to approach local unit, has realized that BJP is not Congress.
Realizing that stand taken by the local leadership against would be proved costly for him in the days to come, Choudhary Lal Singh on Saturday evening approached local BJP leaders and try to give message of peace.
Highly placed sources in the BJP said that central leadership of party had ma... | |
| | | | Kashmiri separatists revolt against Pak, Arab nations | | Resolution of Kashmir issue | | |
Neha
JAMMU, Aug 3: Kashmiri separatists such as Sayeed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Yasin Malik and Shabir Ahmad Shah, who otherwise do not see eye to eye with each other and run their own money minting shops at the cost of the common Kashmiris, the other day spoke in one voice and stated that it would be an exercise in self-deception if they and the Kashmiri people continue to depend upon the Arab nation or Pakistan. The people of Kashmir have to stand on their own feet if the Kashmir issue is to be resolved as per their aspiration. What made Geelani, Mirwaiz, Malik and Shah, who in the past had depended on the gulf countries for resolution of the so-called Kashmir issue, to... | |
| | | | Kashmir University staff, students not in favour of local Vice-Chancellor | | Want a strong man to take over reins for better results | | |
Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, Aug 3: Quite contrary to the public perception the staff and students of University of Kashmir are not in favour of the appointment of a local Vice-Chancellor and instead they want a strong Vice-Chancellor to be put in the chair even if he is an outsider.
This thing became clear during the interaction of search committee members with the faculty members, other staff and various student representatives of the University of Kashmir. The search committee was constituted by Governor Narendra Nath Vohra for the appointment of the new Vice-Chancellor of University of Kashmir.
The search committee is headed by Professor Goverdhan Mehta, National Research Professor ... | |
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