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BJP's 370 stand: emblematic power syndrome 9/6/2007 11:57:58 PM NIRBHAY JAMMUAL Jammu|Sep 6: The meeting of the controversial working group on Center-State relations which concluded recently in the union capital after enormous delays has exposed the bankruptcy of conscious prevailing among some political parties –more particularly the Bhartiya Janta Party. Out of the five working groups constituted by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the end of second Kashmir roundtable conference held in Srinagar in May last year, the fourth working group on the center-state relations has been the most controversial ones for the obvious reasons. This is the reason that four working groups formed their recommendations within the stipulated period while this group is still in the process of consultations. As already expected, the political parties which were invited in the meeting of this working group demonstrated their rigid stands on the center-state relations viz-z-viz the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. The Peoples Democratic Party and the National Conference called for devolution of more powers while the Congress adopted a middle path by maki...   READ MORE

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What is truth Mr Khalid Bashir? 9/6/2007 11:56:21 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu|Sep 6: Is somebody dragging the Chief Minister's additional secretary Khalid Bashir into a controversy or the journalist turned bureaucratic aide has been made to eat his words on the national broadcaster Prasar Bharti. This evening a well cooked up and eloquently written story was circulated through email to all newspapers and individual journalists across the state, at national level and even outside the country. The mail carried a full blown loathing against the Prasar Bharti and its arms the All India Radio and the Doordarshan. This list of the recipients of this mail crossed over 200 individual journalists and media houses. Interestingly, an hour later...   READ MORE   SP in dock for torture 9/6/2007 11:55:29 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu|Sep 6: For a change, looking beyond the routine course of corruption cases, the State Accountability Commission has taken a serious note of a case of worst kind of human rights violations at the hands of two senior police officers asking them to explain their position. The case pertains to one Prabhakar Singh and Ghulam Rasool who were allegedly kept in illegal confinement in Chinore Police station and were mercilessly beaten up by Additional SP of Jammu Rural district Shakti Pathak and SHO of Chinore Police Station US Wazir. The complainants submitted in the court that they were arrested without any complaint, lodged in the police station without registratio...   READ MORE   Army acts, Maj Gen attacked for misconduct inquiry 9/6/2007 11:54:23 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu|Sept 6: In first ever major action against the erring officers, the top authorities in the Indian Army have ordered attachment of a Major General with the Srinagar based Corps headquarters following allegations of sexual harassment by a woman officer. Maj Gen AK Lal, General Officer Commanding of the Leh Division was today attached with the Srinagar based 15 Corps pending inquiry into the allegations against him. This action took place following a complaint of Captain Neha Rawat, a Signal Officer posted in Leh, who accused Maj Gen Lal of misconduct. This is the first major action at top level in the Indian Army which has already seen suicides by two of its wo...   READ MORE   New Kala: Art work allowed rotting 9/6/2007 11:53:30 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu, Sept 6: The Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, also known as Cultural Academy and considered as custodian of the rich heritage and art of the state seems busy with its public relations and other entertainment activities leaving precious art work to rot in the Kala Kendra. The breathtaking beautiful art work done by artists and evaluates at lakhs of rupees is getting destroyed in the Kala Kendra because of ill treatment of Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages and negligence of staff appointed there. The staff appointed by Academy does not have any required professional qualification or technical expertise preserve the ...   READ MORE   Gopal Sharma is DG SSB 9/6/2007 11:52:38 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu|Sep 6: The Chief Minister's Security Advisor Gopal Sharma has been appointed as new Director General of the paramilitary force Special Services Bureau. Sharma, who headed the Jammu and Kashmir police for over four years and led anti-militancy operations from the front, is a 1972 Indian Police Service (IPS) officer from the state cadre. Sharma, who was the longest serving director general of police (DGP) in the state, was made security advisor to the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister in July this year. Senior IPS officer Kuldeep Khuda took over from him as DGP. "I am very happy in being appointed as DG SSB", Sharma told reporters after the getting the informa...   READ MORE

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