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| Dragging feet by Azad on Qazi erodes his credibility | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Sep 5
By rejecting the resignation of Qazi Mohammad Afsal from his Council of Ministers and giving him a clean chit, absolving him of his personal responsibility in the bungling and irregularities in the forest department, the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has placed himself on weak wickets, viz. a viz. his main coalition partner in the government, the PDP, the party to which Qazi Afsal belongs. While the letter written by Ghulam Nabi Azad to Qazi Afsal, rejecting his resignation from the Council of Ministers is defensive and looks hardly convincing, the resignation letter addressed by Qazi to Azad is aggressive in tone and challenges the prerogative of a Chief Minister in the coalition government to allot or take back any portfolio from a minister belonging to the party other than that of the Chief Minister. The Chief Minister's contention that the Qazi was stripped of the portfolio of forest, environment and remote sensing with the latter's consent and his own suggestion, after he had alleged mess in his department and had himself agreed to leave... | |
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| JU tells why Rekha was removed as HoD | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Sep 5
University of Jammu today said that removal of Rekha Chaudhary from the post of HoD of political science has nothing to do with the controversies surrounding her. It, however hinted that her removal has come in wake of an open letter written by her to Chief Minister, Governor and HRD minister.
In communication sent across various media organizations by the dean of academic affairs of Jammu University (JU), the institution stated that while the rules of the university allows suspension in case of misconduct, no such action was taken against the HoD. It further said, “Instead, the Vice-Chancellor acting on the recommendations of the dean academic affairs... | |
| | | | Azad teaches 'Gandhigiri' to teachers | | | |
Early Times Reporter
Jammu| Sep 4: Repeating the history of last year's Children Day,
today on the eve of Teachers' Day which is celebrated across the
country coinciding with the birthday of former President of India, Dr
Sarvapali Radhakrishnan, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad once again
sought to convey that he believes in the Gandhian principles and
asserted that is the only way to get rid of the prevailing evils in
the society.
As history was made on November 14 last year when over 50,000 children
were drawn from across the region to celebrate the Children's Day
which coincides with the birthday of first Prime Minister Pandit
Jawahar Lal Nehru, this year the thousands of tea... | |
| | | | And 600 proved lucky | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu |Sept 4: Even though thousands of teachers today rushed in to
winter and summer capitals today to attend the first ever high level
teacher's day function but some 600 of them were lucky enough to get
an announcement from the Chief Minister about their promotion to next
higher post.
Addressing the teachers' day function, the Chief Minister said that
600 Post graduate teachers and Masters would be promoted as Lecturers
very soon. His this announcement was received with thumping applause
from the teaching community.
Earlier, highlighting the achievements registered in education sector,
the Chief Minister said last five years were historic in so far as
exp... | |
| | | | KU Registrar resigns | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Sept 4: It is not that controversies are confined to the Jammu
University alone, its counterpart; the Kashmir University is mired
into more deep mess.
In a reflection of much deeper disarray in the Kashmir University, its
Registrar Prof Mehraj-ud-Din today tendered his resignation. Sources
told EARLY TIMES that this development came in after large lobby of
academicians and officers were pressing in for his resignation on
moral grounds.
Sources said that Prof Mehraj-ud-Din had forwarded his resignation to
the Kashmir University Vice Chancellor Prof Abdul Wahid Qureshi on
Monday. Sources also confirmed that the Vice Chancellor accepted the
resignation ... | |
| | | | Qazi replies CM's love-letter | | Not ready to join back, party will decide | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu, Sept 5: A day after the Chief Minister relented from his stand
rejecting the resignation of Housing and Urban Development Minister
Qazi Mohammad Afzal also promising to return his Forest portfolio in
due course of time, the controversial Minister today replied the
letter with obvious remarks that issue will now be decided at the
party level.
Amidst a game of mudslinging, the Peoples Democratic Party has almost
blown up the Qazi Afzal issue in a full blown controversy even as the
Chief Minister had relented from his stand by rejecting resignation of
the Minister. Sources close to Qazi told EARLY TIMES that the minister
was keen to continue but his party... | |
| | | | Hidden skeletons tumble out of coalition cupboard | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Sept 4: With the coalition partner washing their dirty linen in
the open skeletons of business houses planning major projects in
violation of rules have tumbles out of the cupboards. In the course of
leveling allegations against each other, the coalition partners are
now revealing the names of business lobbies who one or the other
partner has been clandestinely promoting.
Names of a Jammu based firm pushing the proposal of an amusement park
and a Delhi based firm planning a shopping mall and a housing colony
has come to the fore. It is learnt that these companies had almost got
their multi-million projects through in clear violation of the norms.
The ... | |
| | | | Mehbooba threatens poll battle | | Congress says, she is just joking | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Sept 4: Despite Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad's firefighting
efforts to save crisis in the coalition, the Peoples Democratic Party
today threw yet another spanner by "informally" announcing elections.
In an indications that going was getting tough with both the partners,
Mehbooba explicitly said that elections should be round the corners.
The Congress circles, however, skirted the PDP president's statement
by describing it as a pressure tactics. "We have heard several such
jokes in past one and a half year…let them come to the elections".
After a meeting of the PDP leaders held at Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's
Gupkaar Road residence in Srinagar, Mehbooba t... | |
| | | | City's Most Classic Theft | | Thieves walk away with Rs 14 lakh cables, 6500 phone lines snapped | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu| Sep 4: It was least a tragedy and more a comedy as bunch of
thieves simply walked away with telephone cables worth lakhs of rupees
in full view of the cops of Jammu and Kashmir Police and the Central
Reserve Police Force.
More than 6000 people have got their telephone connections snapped due
to this "theft" but none is ready to believe that it was actually a
theft. This happened just under the walls of highly fortified and
thickly guarded building of the Reserve Bank of India at Rail Head
Complex adjoining Bahu Plaza.According to the case story, an interesting bunch of thieves came riding on a tractor and leisurely parked their trolley near the Reserve B... | |
| | | | Limited tax waiver on fruits | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Sept 5: Jammu and Kashmir government today announced the
exemption of entry tax on all outgoing fruit-laden trucks from the valley and other parts of the state from October to December, the peak harvesting period.
The move is aimed at promoting horticulture in the state.
A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting held here for devising ways to facilitate transportation of fruit from the state to other terminal markets of the country, state Transport Minister Hakeem Mohammad Yaseen said. He said the decision would provide benefit of about Rs 1.75 crore to the transporters and fruit growers of the state, he added.
Yaseen said the truck, which would be c... | |
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