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Baseer Khan indispensable or Government a lame duck? 9/25/2013 12:02:45 AM Abodh Sharma JAMMU, Sept 24: By allowing Baseer Khan, DDC Kishtwar who was arrested by the state vigilance organization and later released on bail by a competent court the previous day in the infamous Gulmarg land scam to assume office immediately after he was bailed out, the government has proved itself to be a lame duck that needs support of the corrupt bureaucrats to keep standing. The arrest of Baseer Khan in the infamous Gulmarg Land scam wherein he was accused of misusing his official position to regularize possession of prime state land in favour of a local businessman under Roshni Act at throw away prices was already delayed for want of permission required for arrest of IAS officers. However, eventhough SVO had a clear cut case against him, he was allowed by the Government to continue at sensitive administrative post including DDC Srinagar. He was also posted as DDC Udhampur and was recently posted as DDC Kishtwar following communal flair up there on August 9 last. Baseer Khan however, is not an isolated case in point that on the hind side of Omar's rhetoric to provide tr...   READ MORE

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SSH 'euphoria' turns misadventure for patients Power goes off in middle of critical surgeries 9/25/2013 12:02:36 AM Kunal Shrivatsa JAMMU, Sept 24: The apprehensions that 'state of the art' Super Specialty Hospital, Jammu is ill-equipped and lacks proper infrastructure to cater to the needs of the patients proved true today when power went off in two operation theaters at the 'prestigious' health institution for at least one hour in the middle of surgeries being performed by Cardio-Thoracic Vascular Surgery (CTVS) Department. Two patients, including a child and woman lying on operation tables at the SSH, Jammu went through their one of the worst possible experiences in a hospital - a prolonged power cut in the middle of surgeries. The claims of the Hospital authorities that SSH, Jammu is having stat...   READ MORE   Third Front configuration: First meeting convened today 15 members to discuss roadmap for 'viable' political alternative 9/25/2013 12:02:18 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 24: At a time when the political spectrum of J&K is surrounded by highly controversial clouds with revelations made by ex Army chief VK Singh, which has in particular ruffled feathers in the ruling elite, a political activity is taking place albeit quietly in the summer capital, which when takes a formal stride may upset many a stalwarts and the parties already in reckoning in the state. In what can be seen as the political ball being set rolling towards formation of a Third Front, alternative to regional outfits in government formation in the sensitive state, first formal meeting is taking place in Srinagar tomorrow. Sources said that a meeting has be...   READ MORE   Engineer Rashid demands immediate expulsion of Mir from cabinet Says Omar should resign if he can't sack Minister 9/25/2013 12:02:05 AM Jehangir Rashid SRINAGAR, Sept 24: Awami Itihaad Party (AIP) today asked Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to sack Agriculture Minister Ghulam Hassan Mir from the state cabinet failing which Omar should tender resignation as the Chief Minister. The party has also demanded registering of First Information Report (FIR) in the army pay-off case. "Since serious allegations have been leveled against the Agriculture Minister that he received money from army to topple the government in 2010 the Chief Minister should respond and sack him from the state cabinet. If the Chief Minister is not able to do so then he should tender his resignation so that people have some belief in the mainstream political s...   READ MORE   File bites dust due to bureaucratic interference Land Acquisition near Srinagar Airport 9/25/2013 12:01:21 AM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Sept 24: The issue related to land acquisition at Karewa Damodar in Budgam is becoming a lengthy process day by day as the officials of the State Home department are not issuing the notification under form J of J&K Land Acquisition and Requisition Act 1968 which actually was to be issued more than a year back as per the provisions of the said act. According to locals all the formalities have been completed by the DC Budgam and the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir but the officials at civil secretariat Home department are not processing the file . According to reliable sources some bureaucrats and top officials from Revenue department have purchased land few y...   READ MORE   Asks Omar why he did not accept CBI probe into death of Yousuf Haji Bhim bats for Singh 9/25/2013 12:01:06 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 24: Expressing concerns over the recent controversy over setting up of secret unit and alleged enticement to J&K Minister to topple state government, Prof Bhim Singh, Chief Patron of National Panthers Party said that allegations against former Army Chief, General VK Singh are politically motivated, malafide and without substance. The NPP leader asked NC Leadership why it did not accept CBI probe into the custodial death of Yousuf Haji on 29th September, 2011. "These allegations that money was paid to a Minister deserve appreciation that General V.K. Singh kept all such transactions intact and on record so that the functionaries would know the working of th...   READ MORE   Says 'curious' to know names of 'paid Ministers' 'Shocked' Azad backs Omar Abdullah 9/25/2013 12:00:07 AM Early Times Report NEW DELHI, Sept 24: Saying that he was 'shocked' by former Army chief General VK Singh's statement of the army 'paying Ministers' in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said that, "I was also CM for two and a half years, but I never came to know. ... If I did not come to know, how will the present Chief Minister or the earlier CM get to know this?" "These statements are not going to bring any stability, but I was myself shocked because I watched that interview yesterday. So, I was shocked to know this because I have myself been the Chief Minister, and I must say that I have no clue and had no clue at that point of time that such ...   READ MORE   Farooq demands CBI inquiry into 'fund scam', Shinde seeks names of beneficiaries Former Army Chief churns apolitical storm 9/24/2013 11:59:54 PM Early Times Report srinagar, Sept 24: Voicing concern over the controversial 'Fund Scam' allegedly involving former Chief Of the Army Staff and Agriculture Minister Ghulam Hassan Mir, National Conference Patriarch and Minister for New and Renewable Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday demanded a CBI probe into charges made by former Army Chief VK Singh, which alleged that politicians are being paid by the Army. "I think the time has come when a CBI enquiry should be held immediately to see what is the funding the Army has done, and who are the people who have received these funds, and how those funds have been utilized," Abdullah said. "I think it is a very, very terrible statement that he has m...   READ MORE   After Singh expose, NC wants Mir to resign before it is too late 9/24/2013 11:59:39 PM Javaid Naikoo srinagar, Sept 24: Hours after former Army chief exposed the money lanes to Kashmir politicians through Army, National Conference (NC) in clear words today warned tainted Agriculture Minister to resign voluntarily or get ready to face consequences. Senior leaders of the N.C, Ali Mohammad Sagar and Dr Mustafa Kamaal while taking a serious note of the circumstances prevailing in Kashmir since the revelations of V.K Singh on some national T.V channels about Kashmiri politicians today said that Ghulam Hassan Mir has given birth to a new controversy in Kashmir and instead he should resign voluntarily. He is using people like V.K Singh to defend his shabby image which is now i...   READ MORE   What will the Cong do now? Kamaal's blistering attack 9/24/2013 11:59:30 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 24: NC president Farooq Abdullah's brother and NC working president and J&K CM Omar Abdullah's uncle Sheikh Mustafa Kamaal has declared that he would continue to attack the Congress party. The question arises what will the Congress do in the wake of what the NC additional general secretary said? On Sunday, the NC additional general secretary said that no one could prevent him from speaking the "truth". "The Congress leaders have conveyed their concerns to Ghulam Nabi Azad and Ambika Soni about my statements against their party leadership but I don't care and I would keep on speaking the truth," he reportedly said, and added that the "Congress party is scared...   READ MORE   Congress conspiring against General VK Singh? Moves afoot to demoralize Army 9/24/2013 11:59:18 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sep 24: The Congress and the minority UPA Government has been conspiring against former General VK Singh for quite sometime now. This is what General Singh says. Why are the Congress and the UPA doing so and demonizing General Singh? Some of the reasons are as follows:- General Singh had specifically named the "Adarsh lobby" (of Adarsh Housing scam, Mumbai) for maligning his name because he had held out a promise and ordered a detailed inquiry into the Adrash scam. The scam had culminated in the resignation of Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan and created an awkward situation for a number of former Generals, including General Kapur, who were allegedly inv...   READ MORE   NC should feel grateful to General VK Singh 9/24/2013 11:59:04 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 24: The pro-autonomy National Conference (NC), which hates the Indian Constitution from the core of its heart and speaks for and on behalf of Pakistan and anti-India forces in Kashmir day in and day out, has unleashed a vilification campaign through one Jammu-based party leader against former Army chief General VK Singh and demanded CBI inquiry against him. The NC, which never felt comfortable with the General Singh, took the Defence Ministry leaked report as an opportunity to settle score with the former Army chief. General Singh had rejected out of hand the NC's demand seeking revocation of the AFSPA and withdrawal of the Army from Kashmir. The Defence M...   READ MORE   Desperate NC cornering General at its own peril 9/24/2013 11:58:56 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 24: National Conference which has ruled the state for the maximum period is trying to corner former Army chief to project Chief Minister Omar Abdullah as the sole guardian of rights of Kashmiris fight against the Army. Army has always been projected as the hate figure in the Kashmir by National Conference for its own public survival. Though NC has always enjoyed the benefits of power, despite the fact that Army has overwhelming presence in the Kashmir. The party had been trying to rake up this issue for the last three-day but it failed to generate momentum and there was very less public concern visible. But not to build up further pressure, all NC Minist...   READ MORE   Meeting between Manmohan, Sharif at New York Congress seems out to outrage the nation 9/24/2013 11:58:48 PM Neha JAMMU, Sept 24: Only in January this year, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had stated that there could not be business as usual with Pakistan following the Mendhar gory incident that culminated in the gruesome murder of Lance Naik Hem Raj and Lance Naik Sudhakar Singh and their decapitation and beheading of Hem Raj. On January 8, the Pakistani barbarians had breached the line of Control, entered deep inside the Indian territories and attacked the Indian soldiers. The barbarous attack had outraged the nation with the angry Indians demanding stringent action againstPakistan so that the murders of the Indian soldiers on duty could be avenged and Islamabad taught a lesson. The Prime Ministe...   READ MORE   Maintaining unity and integrity of J&K Congress convention 9/24/2013 11:58:34 PM Rustam JAMMU, Sept 24: Within a short span of 22 days, the Congress adopted two resolution emphasizing the need to maintain unity and integrity of Jammu and Kashmir state. The Congress adopted a resolution to this effect in Jammu on August 31 during its convention and it adopted a similar resolution on August 22 at Srinagar during a similar meeting. AICC general secretary and in-charge Jammu & Kashmir Congress Ambika Soni, JKPCC chief Saif-ud-Din Soz and Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad addressed the convention in Jammu and Srinagar. The adoption of resolutions on the unity and integrity of Jammu & Kashmir by the Congress was meaningful. It was meaningful in the sense that many in t...   READ MORE   JK Govt under pressure to amend TP Act, imposing property tax 9/24/2013 11:58:22 PM Mustansir SRINAGAR, Sept 24: There is tremendous pressure on the State Government for implementation of the controversial Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security (SARFAESI) Act in the backdrop of an agreement reached between Jammu and Kashmir and New Delhi in 2009 to resolve their differences on protection of investments made by financial institutions in the state. Not only this pressure is also mounting on the Omar Abdullah government from the Centre to impose property tax in the state. Pertinently the government constituted Property Tax Board on August 21, however, following stiff opposition from the stake holders, the government ha...   READ MORE   Only Provincial presidents to speak on `fund scam' Omar puts 'gag' on Party Ministers, leaders 9/24/2013 11:58:14 PM Early Times Report srinagar, Sept 24: Days after Congress party expressed its dismay over what they said 'anti- Congress' statements by National Conference Additional General Secretary Dr. Mustafa Kamaal, Chief Minister and party's working President Omar Abdullah has directed all his senior party colleagues against issuing statements regarding the 'fund scam'. The two provincial presidents Davinder Singh Rana and Nasir Aslam Wani have been authorized by the Chief Minister to speak and issue statements on behalf of the party on the issue that has sent shock ways across the political spectrum of the state. Highly placed sources in the National Conference said that a mee...   READ MORE   Kishtwar, Gool, Shopian to dominate proceedings Autumn session likely to be stormy 9/24/2013 11:58:01 PM Bashir Assad SRINAGAR, Sept 24: With the Autumn session of the bicameral Jammu and Kashmir legislature round the corner, the political parties are busy in pushing their agenda while having submitted the requisitioned business for the discussions during the seven- day session. The Autumn Session which commences here from September 30 is likely to be stormy as the main opposition PDP is all set to take the Omar Abdullah government head on particularly in the aftermath of Gool and Shopian killings and Kishtwar communal riots. Though the Assembly secretariat has made all preparations for a normal session and has even received requisitioned business from the members but the chances o...   READ MORE   Vodafone salesmen selling sim-cards inside GCW Gandhi Nagar Who says cell phones banned inside colleges? 9/24/2013 11:57:48 PM Akshay Azad JAMMU, Sept 24: Mocking at the instruction of government banning use of cell phones by students in colleges, a private company salesmen were today found selling sim-cards inside college premises in the heart of city, raising a serious question mark over sensitivity of college administration. Sources informed Early Times that salesmen of a private cellular company Vodafone have been selling free sim-cards inside premises of Women College Gandhi Nagar since last two days. "On Monday morning, Vodafone company salesmen installed a canopy in campus and started selling free sim- cards among students", a student informed, adding that in the last two days the company has sold hundreds...   READ MORE   Fresher assaulted for resisting raggi ng at JU 9/25/2013 12:00:49 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept. 24: Close on the heels of a murderous attack on a Sanskrit scholar, yet another incident of violence was reported at JU campus today when a student was assaulted openly in the Law department. According to reports, a group of senior students led by one Deepak Charak (Deepu) claiming to be the NSUI leader and student of Law department entered department's library and started passing obscene lousy comments on three freshers including a girl. While the embarrassed girl left immediately, seniors led by Deepu targeted Kanav Sharma for resisting their overtures. Kanav approached Dean and then the Head of the Department who asked him to file a written complaint....   READ MORE   Will Omar lift ban on Shahtoosh shawls? Not by advertisements alone 9/25/2013 12:01:43 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 24: The Chief Minister is scheduled to inaugurate Dast-e-Hunar (The National Handloom Expo) on September 25. The `grand exhibition' shall be hosted by the Kashmir Haat at Srinagar. The main objective of the exhibition is to honour and encourage the craftsmen. A noble idea indeed. The craftsmen have been ignored right from the beginning. The masterpieces produced by them have made the dealers wealthy as they make two ends meet with difficulty. In 1997, noted human rights activist, Maneka Gandhi visited Kashmir and expressed serious concern over killing of the Tibetan antelope whose fur was used to produce delicate Shahtoosh shawls. These shawls could even...   READ MORE   HC orders personal appearance of SSP Jammu, Director SWD Sexual Exploitation of Mentally Challenged Girls 9/24/2013 10:18:33 PM early times report Jammu, Sept 24 (JNF): The High Court today sought personal appearance of SSP Jammu and Director SWD in the infamous sexual exploitation nof mentally retarded girls. In a letter written by differently abled person (visually handicapped) practicing Advocate Suraj Singh seeking monitoring of investigation of FIR NO 183/2013 of P/S Trikuta Nagar (infamous sexual exploitation of mentally challenged girls at Rotary Inner Wheels Home at Channi Rama Jammu), a Division Bench of the State High Court comprising First Puisne Judge Justice Virender Singh and Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey after hearing petitioner in person and Advocate Sheikh Shakeel Ahmed for the PIL and Senior Add...   READ MORE   Chairman complains against General Secretary Alleged misappropriation of funds in Chenab Hydro Power Project Workers Union 9/24/2013 10:18:15 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Kishtwar, Sept 24: Chairman Chinar Power Projects Workers Union Joginder Bhandari filed a complaint against Javed Ahmed Zargar, General Secretary of Chenab Hydro Power Projects Workers Union Din Mohammad R/o Kilotran, Tehsil Thathri, Distt. Doda in State vigilance Organisation for his alleged involvement in misappropriation of Union Funds collected from the workers of Dulhasti H.E. Project Kishtwar and Baglihar H.E. Project Chanderkot, thereafter utilization of the same for his personal use. As per the complaint written to SSP Vigilance Organisation Jammu copy of which was available with Early Times, Javed Ahmed Zargar, General Secretary Chenab Power Project Wo...   READ MORE   Dengue sets dubious record Over 50 cases detected so far 9/24/2013 10:18:02 PM early times report JAMMU, Sept 24: Around 50 cases of dengue have been detected so far in Jammu region, which is the highest among the last eight years, as claimed by the Health Department. Director Health Services, Jammu Dr B S Pathania informed that most of the cases were from rural areas of the region including Samba, Kathua, Bari Brahmana and Vijaypur. "About 15 to 20 patients are approaching their primary health centres on daily basis with symptoms of dengue which are being further referred to Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC) Jammu for blood test," he stated. He further said, "After 2006, when 42 cases of dengue had been reported, dengue has been reported only this yea...   READ MORE   Gazetted officer evacuated forcibly from Govt accommodation 9/24/2013 10:17:47 PM early times report Rajouri, Sept 24: The presence of magistrate, police and after the directions from Deputy Commissioner FC Bhagat notwithstanding, the household items of a gazeted officer identified as Sandeep Sharma , assistant director planning were thrown out from his government quarter in highly protected DC colony today. FC Bhagat ,DDC said the said officer was in illegal possession of the quarter, which was not sanctioned to him by the authorities. However, Sandeep Sharma claimed that he had shared the quarter with a sectional officer who was later transferred in February this year and since then he was staying in the quarter along with his wife and two children and was paying ...   READ MORE   JU fails to take action against erring officials 9/24/2013 10:09:37 PM Mohd Irfan Jammu, Sept 24: The Jammu University administration has seemingly turned a Nelson’s eye towards gross violation of norms and has been shielding erring officials rather than taking action. According to reply of RTI application no.370 dated 17-09-2012 from office of public information officer no.PIO/JU/12/3422, according to which 3 officials who were found appointed in JU in contravention of prescribed norms & eligibility criteria. According to RTI, Non-technical officials were given the post of technical officers and three officials were bestowed with much higher posts than what they deserve according to their qualifications. As per documents, One is Sanitary Inspector who...   READ MORE   Funds diverted for modernization of police force to combat insurgency State's fire fighting disaster management ill equipped 9/24/2013 10:09:30 PM Siddharth Salathia Jammu, Sept 24: Eight years down the line since the deadly earthquake had hit the state in 2005 claiming hundreds of lives, State Home Department seems to be in no-win position to signal go-ahead for proposed 86 fire fighting stations in the state. Immediately after the deadly trembler of 2005, state government shot up a proposal to Home Department to set up additional 86 fire fighting stations along with already 170 existing catering to the needs of nearly 1.25 crore population of the state. The project however failed to make a headway, reason manifold, finance being the topmost impediment. Fire fighting disaster management has become least priority for the governm...   READ MORE

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