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| Cong has some Govt employees in organizational 'role'...... | | Ministers also encouraging their association with 'political matters' | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 3: State unit of Congress which often cries foul for wrong things in the system, is in itself in the center of such aberrations, in this case at the level of the party and its Ministers too. The party has taken on board some people in various capacities in the organization who are serving in different Government departments as employees of the Government, something which goes against the spirit of the politics as also amounts to gross violation of service rules laid down for Government employees.
Sources said there are number of employees who are directly associated with the Congress and working against the posts and organizational duties thereof by the party. These employees are brazenly attending the organizational chores regularly and registering their presence more at the PCC headquarters as also with some Ministers while working as 'political help' for some of them , rather than attending their official duties for which they get their salaries from the Government exchequer, sources said. Most of these employees are of lower and insignifica... | |
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| Gang raped in 2008 A 'Damini' awaits justice posthumously | | Senior police officers allegedly shielding accused | | | Sumit Sharma
JAMMU, Sept 3: Five years after she was allegedly gang raped, a woman is awaiting justice posthumously while his accused move scot free, thanks to some senior officers of the state police.
As per documents available with the Early Times, the woman was gang raped by three persons namely Mohd Yousuf alias Shama son of Fakkar Din of Narwal Bala, his cousin brother Aslam Choudhary and Liaqat Ali son of Munshi Ram of Narwal Bala on 29.4.2008. After the incident the FIR was lodged accordingly against the three persons.
In the statement woman recorded under section 164 A, "I was going to home when three persons kidnapped me and took me to the field where the accused Shama tied my... | |
| | | | Police lets lose reign of terror on petty business owners | | Vendors allege extortion, Police refute | | | Abodh Sharma
Jammu, Sept 3: Tens of small business owners in Bikram Chowk area have been astounded by the tyranny of men in khaki who have reportedly raised the monthly booty from each one of them by several times.
Many of these petty business owners divulged strictly on condition of anonymity that ever since the new I/C PP took over the charge of the chowki, he has let lose a reign of terror on them demanding double and in certain cases triple the money they had been paying Police every month till now.
"Ration dealers, scrap dealers, sugar cane juice vendors, cement store owners, vegetable vendors and illegal liquor vendors have been asked to pay the monthly extortion according to 'revi... | |
| | | | SP suspended in Kishtwar incident gets decoration | | Credibility brushed off Police Gallantry awards | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 3: A miss on Part of police administration has given serious dent to the credibility of the gallantry awards given by State police to its officers and men for exemplary performance in duty.
Shockingly, SP Sunil Gupta who was put under suspension for his failure to control communal clashes in Kishtwar figured in the list of officers who were awarded with police medals for gallantry. This however was not the first miss by the police administration as earlier also, encounter specialist Sub- Inspector Sonu who was booked in terror incident in district Doda was also nominated for the award leaving Police bosses blushing.
As per reports, ADG Housing Dilbagh Sin... | |
| | | | Promotion aspirants of Technical Education in jeopardy | | Ex Director returns file without signatures | | | Mustansir
srinagar, Sept 3: Subjecting scores of poor employees to humiliation, the then Director Technical Education, has returned the file of DPC months after he was transferred without signing the minutes of the DPC meeting held in February.
Reliable sources told Early Times on Tuesday that ex-Director Technical education conducted meeting of the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) as early as in February in which nod was given to the promotion of about 40 officials of different categories. They said the Director SC Sahni after his superannuation was appointed as Director SSA but he never returned the file back to the technical education department.
It was only after the news-rep... | |
| | | | Angry stone pelters target Minister in his own backyard | | | | Early Times Report
SAFAPORA, Sept 3: Police swung into action Monday evening to rescue the Higher Education Minister's, Muhammad Akber Lone's cavalcade from angry stone pelters at Safapora (Manasbal) in his (Sumbal) constituency Monday evening.
Eyewitnesses said the Minister was on a visit to different areas of his constituency when youth at different places like Kondabal, Safapora, Barkati Mohalla attacked his cavalcade with stones.
They said the security personnel accompanying the Minister exercised restraint and did not use force to disperse the pelters. "It were the policemen who saved the Minister. They provided him cover and took him out from the troubled areas," one of witnesses ... | |
| | | | Even as Congress says no to pre-poll alliance, NC keeps option open | | Crumbling coalition | | | Neha
Jammu, Sept 3: The NC, which has lost its sheen and appeal across the state, including its strongholds like Kashmir and Kargil where it just lost elections to the Congress, is so desperate for a pre-poll alliance that its working president and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday stated that the option of pre-poll alliance with the Congress is still open. He expressed this view despite he fact that the bulk of JKPCC and members of its executive committee had on August 31 overruled the possibility of any such alliance on the ground that any pre-poll alliance with the NC would not be in the interest of the Congress party. The upshot of the discussion that took place ... | |
| | | | Congress has limited constituency in J&K | | Assembly Elections | | | Rustam
Jammu, Sept 3: The Congress party has a limited support-base in the state. The Congress leadership realizes it. At the same time, it asks members of the executive committee of the JKPCC that it must start working in right earnest to capture a minimum of 50 seats in the 87-member Legislative Assembly. It was none other than Union Health Minister and former JKPCC president who actually talked about the Congress constituency in the state and urged the party leaders and workers to put in hard work so that the party captures 50 seats and forms Government in the state on its own.
Speaking at the Congress convention in Jammu on August 31, Azad had said that the Congress has strong a suppo... | |
| | | | Complaints of financial irregularities in SMVDU | | CVC, Director SVO at loggerheads | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Sept 3: In the first case of clash of functional responsibility, the Chief vigilance commissioner and the Director State Vigilance Organization have come to confront each other in the case of alleged financial irregularities in the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU).
Shockingly, the highest anti-graft body of the state, the Jammu and Kashmir State Vigilance Commission on Tuesday grilled the Director, State Vigilance Organization for complying the court orders to investigate into the alleged financial irregularities in Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University.
Reliable sources told Early Times today that the full bench of CVC today summoned the Director Vigila... | |
| | | | Fake employment racket surfaces, case registered in Doda | | Social Welfare Society dupes unemployed youth | | |
Akshay Azad
Jammu, Sept 3: The dual policy of Jammu and Kashmir Police can be well gauged from the fact that it frequently organizes press conferences following arrest of bovine smugglers, but same police have failed to aware public and especially the job aspirants about fake job racket of Social Welfare Society, against which a case is already registered at district Doda.
These days majority of photostat shop owners across Jammu city are looting job aspirants by selling application forms of Social Welfare Society.
As per advertisement being sold by photostat shop owners, a fake agency under the name of Social Welfare Society (SWS), claimed to be registered by Government of India, has ... | |
| | | | How can a starving person be stress free? | | Director Health Services needs to explain | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 3: The Directorate of Health Services has issued an advertisement urging people to have a balanced diet to avoid malnutrition.
The advertisement also urges the people to avoid junk food and take rice, roti, vegetables etc.
The Director perhaps is unaware of the basic realities. The Government has already slashed down the quantity of ration available at CAPD depots.
For every ration ticket, the CAPD officials have to give 2 kilograms of sugar and around 30 kilograms of rice. This means that the people will now be getting less amount of ration. And, in such a background when the director talks about balanced diet, it does not make any sense.
The Govern... | |
| | | | Corrupt panchs turn money minting machines | | | | Saahil Suhail
Anantnag, Sept 3: The failure of the government to cater to the genuine needs of the elected panchayat members, has forced them to resort to corruption to make a living.
Logrigam Aishmuqam villagers in Anantnag told Early Times that panchs of sign their documents in lieu of consideration. For every single document, the villagers have top pay Rs 15 to the panch or the sarpanch.
Bilal Ahmad, a resident alleged that a Panch, Shakeela Akther baked by ruling National Conference along with Panch Afrooza and Gulam Mohmmad Chopan are openly demanding money besides compelling residentsto bribe officers to get their works done.
The above named panches have vouched for two ... | |
| | | | Govt continues to treat Jammu tourism as country cousin | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 3: The State Government's indifferent attitude to tourism potential in Jammu has once again come to the fore. In a recent advertisement published in national daily, the only spots of tourism potential shown in broad pictures are Patnitop and Bhaderwah.
Patnitop is already on the tourist map and Bhaderwah is slowly emerging as the tourist hot spot in Jammu division.
The other places shown in the advertisement are Surinsar, Mansar Lakes and Mubarak Mandi complex. The pictures of these places have been displayed in very small size.
The picture quality of the advertisement showcasing tourism in Jammu is abysmally low. Tourism is one of the fastest emerging ind... | |
| | | | `Kamaal is a mental patient, NC a group of Corrupt' | | Kargil defeat has frustrated NC | | | Javaid Naikoo
SRINAGAR, Sept 3: The war of words between coalition partners continues even as the Assembly elections are drawing nearer.
Terming the defeat to NC in Ladakh Hill Development Council elections a historic win in Kargil district for Congress, senior leaders say that the outstanding decision of people of Ladakh has frustrated the whole camp. "This frustration is the reason behind provocative statements against the Congress and its leadership", said State Secretary, Muhammad Sultan Mandoo.
The war of words which started between the two senior members of State Congress and NC in last week took an ugly turn after National Conference senior leader and additional general secretary... | |
| | | | SBTE goofup: ITI students get wrong question papers | | Instead of Fitter, papers of Trade Electrician distributed | | | MOHD MAJID MALIK
DODA , Sept 3: In a bizarre incident, the Jammu and Kashmir State Board of Technical Education distributed question paper of electrician (theory) instead of Fitter to the students appearing in Electrician Trade at ITI Ramban on August 31.
Sources informed that the goofup has not only been reported in Ramban, but in 20 centres across Jammu division, where wrong papers were distributed among students. The students and their parents alleged that during the exams being conducted by Jammu and Kashmir State Board of Technical Education on Saturday 31st August, the officials of Industrial Training Institute, Ramban, distributed wrong question papers to the students.
The stude... | |
| | | | Autonomy not viable for the State: Taj | | All political parties pro-India' | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 3: Senior Congress leader Taj Mohi-ud-Din on Tuesday said that all the mainstream parties of the State are pro-India and stood for democratic principles of India.
"People are being mislead that Congress is an Indian party. The reality is that all the mainstream parties including National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party are pro-India parties," Taj was addressing party workers during a one day political convention in Sriangar.
He said it is a misnomer that Congress party is an Indian party. "All the political parties are Indian. Every political leader while taking oath pledges to uphold the sanctity of the country and this pledge was once taken by ... | |
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