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| Hard pressed of time Sonia not likely to resolve coalition crises on her Kashmir Visit | | | | ET Special Correspondent
Jammu | Sep 8
Believing in the Agade "where eloquence is silver, silence is gold", the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad is maintaining studied silence over the stalemate and crises in his government and a stand off between him and the former Forest Minister in his cabinet Qazi Mohammad Afsal and in the process between the Congress and the PDP. Or alternatively Azad puts faith in the dictum that time is the best healer. But this Ostrich like attitude, letting the crises to prolong is adversely affecting the governance in the state, with uncertainty looming large over the stability of the government. The speculation that Azad is depending upon the Congress President... | |
| | | | SRTC employees bare chests to protest | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu, Sept 8: A large number of SRTC employees, in topless, on saturday staged a protest march against continued apathy of the state government towards the hapless and poor employees of the corporation.
Shouting anti-government slogans the protestors, baring their chest marched from Bikram chowk blocking traffic on the busy Tawi bridge over for one hour.
"Yaan chursi chodho yaan humey salaray do, humey sarkar girana bhi aata hai banana bhi aata hai" were the main slogans raised by the demonstrators whose strike entered the sixth day thereby paralyzing the interstate and inter district transport services operated by the SRTC. The federation leaders including Am... | |
| | | | Mufti leaves Qazi hanging | | | | ET SPECIAL
Early Times Reporter
Jammu|Sep 8: Amidst a war of egos between the leaders of two coalition parties, the victim of the controversy Qazi Mohammad Afzal has nursing grouse against his own Peoples Democratic Party which has left him in a lurch.
Sources close to Qazi told EARLY TIMES that he is too keen to join back as Minister with the Housing and Urban Development Department, leaving the Forest department at disposal of the Chief Minister, but his party is making him a pawn in the chessboard of ego with the Chief Minister.
Meanwhile, with Qazi's future still hanging in the balance, the CPI(M) leader Mohammad Yusuf Tarigami has thrown a new spanner by demanding an inquiry by ... | |
| | | | Two dozen officers reshuffled | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu|Sep 8: The state government today effected a minor reshuffle in the administration with transfers and postings of over two dozen officers. Barring conferment of full-fledged charge of the Commissioner of inquiries to an IAS officer, all transfers have been made at the middle and lower rung of administration.
According to the official report, Sunita Sharma, IAS, Special Secretary ARl and Trainings holding additional charge of the post of Commissioner of Enquiries has been posted as Commissioner of Enquiries on full time basis.
Anal Kumar Gupta, KAS, awaiting orders of adjustment has been posted as Additional District Development Commissioner, Kathua against... | |
| | | | No ceasefire this Ramzaan | | | | NIRBHAY JAMMUAL
Jammu, Sept 8: Just few days have left for the commencement of Ramzaan, but this month of feasting there is no possibility of a ceremonial peace gesture of ceasefire as was widely expected.
It is learnt that the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad too was of the opinion of announcing a ceasefire during the Ramzaan to mount a moral pressure on separatists and militants leadership but the security experts did not find any benefit of such a ceasefire. Even though different mainstream and separatist political groups have strongly advocated announcement of a unilateral ceasefire but since the dialogue is already in a slow pace, the government does not find any advantage of the ce... | |
| | | | NC demands judicial probe in JU affairs | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu, Sept 8: The controversy hovering over the Jammu University took a political turn today with the senior National Conference leader and provincial president Ajay Sadhotra accusing the Vice Chancellor of furthering his political agenda by using the institution as a platform.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah's death anniversary, Sadhotra criticized the Congress led coalition government for its failure to bring transparency in the administration, and demanded a high level probe, by a sitting High Court Judge, in the affairs of Jammu University.
"There is large scale misappropriation of funds, while the financial and statutory po... | |
| | | | Panthers begin home work | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu |Sep 8: Riding high on its four-seat strength in the assembly, the beleaguered Panthers Party is all set to explore possibilities of victory in more constituencies than it contested in 2002 elections.
While the lead coalition partners Peoples Democratic Party and the Congress and also the Opposition National Conference are yet to set their poll strategies right, the Panthers Party has already started home work on identifying the potential candidates for the upcoming elections.
The party will initially form a panel which will make assessment of the potential of the candidates who can be chosen for the forthcoming elections.
Those included in the panel would... | |
| | | | BSF, Rangers discuss border smuggling | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu|Sep 8: Top officials of BSF and Pakistani Rangers today began three-day talks in Lahore to address issues of cross-border drug smuggling and repatriation of prisoners.
In the highest-level contact between the border forces, the two sides will also discuss repair of pillars along the International Border.
Before crossing over to Pakistan for the talks, BSF Additional Director General G S Gill said the meeting aims at creating better understanding between the border guarding force of the two countries.
The two sides will be focusing on ways to check drug trafficking through the border areas of Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir .
The 24-member delegation, headed ... | |
| | | | GMC lady doc accuses senior of 'blue' comments | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Sep 8
Close to the heels of sexual harassment case in the Leh division of Army, a molestation case has rocked the prestigious Government Medical College here.
A lady doctor, Post Graduate student whose name is being withheld has complained of sexual harassment by one of the senior doctors. According to sources she made complaint before the Principal of GMC regarding this but after the interference of some senior doctors, the lady doctor took back her complaint.
Sources said that the lady doctor, a student of PG from Government Medical College, blamed that a senior doctor who is also taking her classes tries to harass her whenever he finds her alone at the... | |
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