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Mehbooba set to take over as 'caretaker' CM PDP-BJP start final negotiations on 'interim plan' 12/31/2015 10:41:41 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Dec 31: Given the ailing health of Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed who is hospitalized at AIIMS, his daughter and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti is likely to replace him as the "caretaker" CM. Highly placed sources said the leaders of the PDP and the BJP have agreed that the negotiations over "rotational CM" could be held later but the need of the hour was to immediately replace Mufti with Mehbooba as the former needs rest and medical attention while the Government work should not suffer. The negotiations on the issue of "caretaker CM" have geared up as the doctors treating Mufti at AIIMS are understood to have conveyed to the Government that the CM would need rest for around a month and thus wouldn't be able to attend the Assembly session, which is scheduled to commence from January 18 in Jammu. "Given the necessity to instantly replace the CM, the best way out to avoid any controversy over rotational CM of three years is that Mehbooba be taken as the caretaker CM," said a party insider. He said this way options would remain open on future negotiat...   READ MORE

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Government itself pricking Rs 9000 cr liability balloon Order issued in May 2015, exact figure yet to come up 12/31/2015 10:40:34 PM Peerzada Ummer ET Report Srinagar, Dec 31: The year has come to an end and seven months have passed since the government issued an order to ascertain the liabilities of the previous regime in Jammu and Kashmir but till date the state authorities are yet to receive the exact figure. Top sources within the state's finance ministry told Early Times that the government till date hasn't done much progress to calculate the exact figures vis-a-vis the liabilities of the previous government and the chaos over the claims of 9000 crore liability continues to dominate the scenes. The present government through an order (PD/2011-2012/ Coord-101-01-A) issued on May 13 asked all the departments to co...   READ MORE   2015: A year that saw Jammu attacking its own representatives Betrayal, betrayal, betrayal 12/31/2015 10:40:23 PM Early Times Report jammu, Dec 31: Things in Jammu region worsened with each passing day in 2015, despite the fact that it gave a decisive mandate to a party that it (wrongly) considered its true representatives. The party was the BJP, which sought and got votes in the name of Jammu and took no time in bartering its own constituency for a few loaves and fishes of office. In fact, it sealed the fate of Jammu even before joining the J&K Government for the time on March 1. It all happened due to the high command's changed ideology or changed stand on J&K and Pakistan as well as its desire to prove its "secular" credentials. Hitherto, the BJP used to be a marginal but a very vocal outfit vocif...   READ MORE   Govt coaching for school children starts with wrong teaching 12/31/2015 10:40:12 PM Early Times Report srinagar, Dec 31: It was a wrong teaching by none other than the Education Department itself on the inauguration ceremony of the much-hyped Chief Minister's Super-50 Free Winter Tutorial, as the hosts here today brazenly misused scores of domestic LPG cylinders for heating to keep the VIPs warm and comfortable. The inaugural function held at Government Girls High School, Hyderpora where 10th and 12th standard students will be provided free coaching, during the winters, found the VIPs including Education Minister Naeem Akhter being kept warm with gas bukharis run on domestic gas cylinders to defy biting cold. As per norms, use of domestic gas for heating is an offence w...   READ MORE   'Nomenclatures insignificant as JK is India's integral part' 12/31/2015 10:40:01 PM Early Times Report jammu, Dec 31: The independent MLA with separatist leanings, Er Abdul Rashid Sheikh, who has developed a habit of poking his nose into everything, submitting a bill in the Legislative Assembly to seek discussion on changing the nomenclature of Governor and Chief Minister into Sadar-e-Riyasat and Wazir-e-Azam has drawn flak as critics believe that his only job is to "create confusion." A critic while talking to Early Times said, "Rashid should worry about his constituency (Langate) rather than meddling into the affairs which don't fall in his domain. Someone should ask him has he ever sought a discussion in the Assembly over problems faced by the people living in fro...   READ MORE   DYSS website true reflection of its working Officers retired years back still on web page 12/31/2015 10:39:29 PM Shiv Dev Thakur Early Times Report JAMMU, Dec 31: Government's promised e-Governance plan is yet to take off in several departments of the state whereas in some cases it has succumbed to lethargy and indifference of the bosses. The website of the department of youth services and sports which has been hitting headlines of late for all wrong reasons is true reflection of its working as officers who retired years back are still holding their positions on it. The contact information provided on the website also pertains to those officers who have either retired or transferred to other positions. A call made on the contact number of an officer of the department available on the website reveale...   READ MORE   Thousands throng to celebrate New Year at tourist resorts No takers for separatists, diktats 12/31/2015 10:39:04 PM Javaid Naikoo Earlty Times Report Srinagar, Dec 31: Defying dictations of separatist factions, the New Year celebrations kicked off at tourist resorts with thousands of people including locals, tourists from different parts of country and abroad thronging to celebrate New Year. Tourist Resorts Gulmarg and Pahalgam have once again attracted thousands of people from the state, other parts of country and abroad as well to celebrate new year. Reports received from Gulmarg and Pahalgam said that all the hotels, guest houses and locally rented accommodations are booked after thousands of people of different walks of life arrived in the resorts. A Hotel manager at Gulmarg told Ealry Times t...   READ MORE

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