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Azad’s double shift or Omar’s treble, BOSE babus don’t give two hoots Result is zero after 48 months of exercise to appoint 29 Junior Assistants 9/15/2009 12:13:44 AM AHMED ALI FAYYAZ SRINAGAR, Sep 14: Two of the state’s academic babus---former Chairman of J&K State Board of School Education (BOSE), Nisar Ahmed Ganai, and former Secretary, Veena Rajput---are busy with the process of “recruitment” of 29 Junior Assistants (JAs) even a year after their retirement. Believe it or not, it is a fact that they have not only retained the “selection list” with themselves but also refused to be moved by dozens of letters and telephonic requests from their equally indecisive successors in the last eleven months. While Prof Ganai is assiduously lobbying for Vice Chancellorship of Islamic University of Science & Technology Awantipore and Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University Rajouri, he and Prof Rajput have the dubious distinction of having broken all records of grabbing extensions at BOSE in the last seven years. For the purpose of addressing the problem of shortage of manpower, Board of Governors of BOSE had, inter alia, created 29 posts of JAs on 30th September 2005. Applications were invited after nearly nine months vide Employment Notice No: F(Admn-B)CU...   READ MORE

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Few idle iron rods cut life story short One held for killing cousin 9/15/2009 12:12:56 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 14: As anger and gluttony are said to be the potential enemies of a man, it was proved once more as a youth landed up in Police custody after killing his real cousin over as trivial an issue as missing of a couple of idly lying iron rods. It happened in Gorakh Nagar locality on outskirts of Jammu City. Surinder Kumar son of Sinda was away to Katra along with his family with their house locked. On his return home, he found few iron rods, that were lying on the rooftop before they left, missing. Lock at the outer gate was intact. Sinda asked his cousin and immediate neighbour Vijay Kumar about the missing rods. The tone of Sinda’s inquiry about rods was lik...   READ MORE   Pakistan national, guide arrested 9/15/2009 12:12:27 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 14: A Pakistan national and a guide were arrested in two different areas of Jammu region here today.Army spokesman informed that army has arrested a Pakistani national, who crossed over to Poonch district from across the border today. While as a guide was arrested from village Buttle in Akhnoor by 15 Raj Rifle today. Army is quizzing them to elicit information,he maintained. Troops patrolling the Line of Control noticed some movement near forward post Balakote in Mendhar block of the district last night and asked the intruder to surrender, police said today. Later, troops arrested the Pakistani national identified as Pappu Hussain. During questioning, he ...   READ MORE   MS of Gandhi Nagar hospital removed 9/15/2009 12:12:05 AM SUMIT SHARMA Jammu, Sept 14: Days after some women doctors at Gandhi Nagar hospital level allegations of indecent advances against the Medical Superintendent, vehemently denied by him, the latter was today removed from hospital and attached with Directorate of Health Services following an inquiry personally supervised by Health Minister Sham Lal Sharma. The decision was taken after Health Minister Sham Lal Sharma oversaw a two-day argument between the lady doctors and the accused Medical Superintendent. Director Health Services Jammu Dr Jasbeer Singh confirmed to Early Times that Medical Superintendent of Gandhi Nagar hospital Dr Vinod Gupta has been removed and charge of the post has...   READ MORE   Not literally, Farooq ‘tall stature’ comes in the way of Sonia’s austerity measures 9/15/2009 12:11:41 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Sept 14: One after the other, the Ministers of Union Cabinet are shedding their plush lifestyles to retain or make their entries into good books of the UPA chairperson and Congress President Sonia Gandhi but one of them, the Minister for New and Renewable Energy Dr Farooq Abdullah, has spelled out a genuine problem for not flying in the economy class of budget commercial aircrafts. Farooq’s tall stature –not the political in literal sense of term but physically huge structure –is coming in the way of implementing the austerity measures as proposed by the UPA chairperson and discussed in the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s cabinet. Farooq and Agriculture Mi...   READ MORE   Cross border terrorism threat persists, observes Chidrambram 9/15/2009 12:11:25 AM AGENCIES New Delhi Sept 14: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Monday expressed deep concern over terrorism emanating from across the border, saying it continues to remain a persistent threat to India’s security. Inaugurating a two-day security conference of Directors General of Police and Inspectors General of Police at Vigyan Bhavan here, Chidambaram said groups like Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad continue to plan terror strikes in India. He added that local support to Pakistan-based terror groups has not ended. While saying India was facing formidable security threats, the Home Minister said the Mumbai terror attacks of November 26-29, 2008 were a game changer. The mini...   READ MORE   Indo-Pak back channel talks may resume 9/15/2009 12:11:05 AM Islamabad Sept 14: India and Pakistan are likely to start their stalled composite dialogue through backdoor channel diplomacy to resolve outstanding issues, according to a report Sunday. According to an Online news agency citing reliable sources in the Pakistani Foreign Ministry claimed that Islamabad is considering assigning responsibilities of backdoor diplomacy to former foreign secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan. According to sources, while Khan's name for this task has not been made final, he is considered the best diplomat to handle issues related to India after the death of former foreign secretary Niaz A Naik, the report said. ...   READ MORE   Economy to stabilise in 6 months 9/15/2009 12:10:53 AM New Delhi Sept 14: India's economy will stabilise in the next six months and loan growth is showing signs of improvement, the plan panel deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said on Monday. According to media reports Asia's third-largest economy grew 6.7 percent in 2008/09, slower than 9 percent or more expansion clocked in the previous three years, and policy makers expect growth to slow towards 6 percent in 2009/10 ...   READ MORE   CWC message reaches Jammu 9/15/2009 12:10:39 AM Early Times Report Jammu , Sept 14 Meanwhile, the Congress party’s austerity measures message has reached Jammu with AICC Secretary Capt Praveen Dawar briefing the office bearers about Congress Working Committee’s August 19 resolution. In a meeting held at PCC headquarters, Capt. Davar gave the details of the CWC meeting and stressed upon the implementation of the CWC-resolutions as per which all MPs, MLAs, MLCs, Corporators and Chairmen of various corporation will offer voluntary cut of 20% from their salaries, party spokesperson said. This step is part of austerity measures emphasized upon by Congress President, Smt. Sonia Gandhi in view of the drought situation, the visitor said....   READ MORE   SC notice to J&K on delimitation 9/15/2009 12:10:01 AM New Delhi Sept 14: In a vociferous argument against the order of Jammu and Kashmir High Court on delimitation of fresh assembly constituencies, the Panthers Party leader Bhim Singh has obtained a direction for the state government to file a reply within four weeks. According to Bhim, the Supreme Court Division Bench comprising Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan and Justice P. Sadashivam today issued four weeks notice to the Government of Jammu and Kashmir on the special leave petition (SLP) filed by the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party against the judgement of the J&K High Court. Bhim Singh’s spokesperson stated that JKNPP chairman had filed a petition against the judgement of J&K H...   READ MORE   MLA’s missive to Speaker: ‘Your directives being observed in breach’ 9/15/2009 12:09:47 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 14: As bureaucracy continues to do things in its own way no matter what the Chief Minister repeatedly reiterate to them, a legislator has send a grim reminder to the Speaker of Legislative Assembly that his and Chief Minister’s directions are not being taken care of. Peoples Democratic Party MLA from Darhal Chowdhary Zulfikar Ali has moved a motion with the Speaker on breach of his privilege by the Engineers of the Prime Minister’s Grameen Sadak Yojna. While Speaker could not be reached for comments, Zulfikar told Early Times, “it is high time bureaucracy is reminded of the role, rights and privileges of the legislators”. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and ...   READ MORE

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