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As Qazi hangs around, Govt overhauls Forest deptt 9/12/2007 11:26:48 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu|Sep 12 Even as the ministerial future of Qazi Mohammad Afzal of the Peoples Democratic Party hangs in balance, the government is reported to have made sweeping changes in the Forest department that has been mired in controversy since last week. Highly placed sources told EARLY TIMES that the government has made significant changes in the Forest department which were put on hold when Qazi Mohammad Afzal was the Minister in-charge of this department. It is also learnt that even the charge of administrative secretary has been relocated but the official sources were tight lipped on this development. Sources said that the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Irshad Ahmed Khan has been given the additional charge of Integrated Watershed Development Program. This was earlier held by RD Tiwari. The Principal Chief Conservator, who is head of the department, has reportedly been given additional charge. It is also learnt that the administrative charge of the Forest department has also been relocated and given to Anil Goswami, the Principal Secretary to th...   READ MORE

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More autonomy for PSC mooted 9/12/2007 11:25:52 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu|Sep 12: As Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission completes its 50 years of existence, the executive, political leadership and bureaucracy alike have all called for full autonomy and protection of from political interference to the highest recruitment agency of the state. On the golden jubilee function of the Public Service Commission, the Governor SK Sinha said that the responsibilities of Public Service Commissions have increased manifold with increase in the workload in the country's administration. Government functioning has increased considerably and the number of people to be recruited has also gone up tremendously', he said, adding that in such a s...   READ MORE   Siachen open to trekkers 9/12/2007 11:24:58 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu|Sep 12: In a rare feast to the trekkers, Siachen, the world's highest battlefield and an inhospitable terrain, has been thrown open to public. Trekkers can now go up the icy heights of the second largest glacier in the mighty Karakoram range in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir , a dreaded place till four years ago because of continuous shelling from Pakistan. A group of 20 intrepid civilians--teenage girls, NCC and military academy cadets, housewives and corporate executives--would form the first batch to tread the glacial heights, where snow never melts, from September 19, Army officials said here today. Though the Indian and Pakistani troops are at po...   READ MORE   Rival Pak leaders running race projecting their India friendly outlook 9/12/2007 11:24:04 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu | Sep 12 In the excitement and media concentration over dethroned Pak Prime Minister Nawaz Sharief's return to his country and his deportation back to Soudi Arabia leading to wide spread protests in Pakistan, one important aspect that has been missed is the change in the rhetoric of Pakistani politicians about country's relations with India. Whether it is Nawaz Sharief or another former Pak Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and even the incumbent ruler of the country, President General Parvez Musharraf, all appear to be running a race to create the impression that they are for friendly relations with the neighbouring country, India and that if they come to power the...   READ MORE   Farooq worried over Pak situation 9/12/2007 11:22:34 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu|Sep 12: Former Chief Minister and National Conference patron Dr Farooq Abdullah has expressed his worries and dismay over the internal developments in Pakistan which he said might hamper the peace process involving Jammu and Kashmir. The political turmoil in Pakistan is likely to cause a stalemate in its talks with India on the resolution of the Kashmir issue, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah today said. "The internal situation in Pakistan is likely to cause a stalemate in the ongoing talks between India and Pakistan on resolution of Kashmir issue," Abdullah told a seminar, organised jointly by the education department and an NGO in Srin...   READ MORE   Anti-terror panel to meet minus J&K 9/12/2007 11:21:46 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu|Sep 12: To discuss the scourge of terrorism and exchange details of modules the Indo-Pak joint anti-terrorism mechanism will be meeting in the union capital in third week of October There were some jarring notes at this maiden meeting with the Pakistani side suggesting that terror acts in Jammu and Kashmir were excluded from the joint mechanism. This assertion was quickly countered by New Delhi which underlined that all acts of terrorism in its territory were covered by it. Shaken by a recent spate of suicide bombings and keen to signal its seriousness about countering terrorism, Pakistan, after much dilly-dallying, has finally agreed to hold the second me...   READ MORE

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