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| Unconnected with Jammu people, BJP likely to be thrown out! | | BJP to pay heavy price | | | Government Formation in JK
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 10: Soon after the sad demise of Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, the governance in the state coming to a standstill has given enough reason to many stake holders as to what is being cooked under the carpet that has still not become transparent.
Mehbooba's silence on the issue and alleged grapevine making rounds that she has set four pre-conditions to BJP for re-forming the alliance is not meeting face in its actual perspective.
The reports on Mehbooba's alleged four pre-conditions set by her include no deputy Chief Minister role for BJP.
The other three making rounds in media circle are enhancement of portfolios, more central assistance and avoidance on speaking on sensitive issues.
Given such speculations, the BJP seemingly standing on the sticky wicket, is a pointer that it has lost its credibility.
"Since the formation of the BJP government in the state, all its leaders, ministers, MLAs, and MoS had started behaving like the kingmakers that doomed their credibility in Jammu. They snapped all their connecti... | |
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| BJP faces revolt within, young demand Ministerial berths | | | | Muhammad Mukaram
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Jan 10: Aimd Governor's rule in Jammu and Kashmir after the Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed passing away, BJP's young elected faces have triggered a massive resentment in the party by demanding cabinet and other ministerial berths.
The differences within the Party among the disgruntled BJP MLAs over demanding of ministerial issues have been getting higher forced Party's top leadership to convene two all party meetings in two consecutive days and some of them have already launched a whispering campaign against party leadership.
In Srinagar meeting, Sources said some of the BJP MLAs have expressed their anguish and were upset ove... | |
| | | | Will the BJP group hold its ground firmly? | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 10: Certain "important" leaders of the J&K BJP today held an "important" meeting outside the party office. The objective was to review the situation arising out of the demise of the incumbent Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on January 7 and the PDP's "negative attitude to the suggestion that the power-sharing formula between the two parties needed to be reviewed so that the BJP and the PDP lead the state for three years each and Jammu gets more space in the Cabinet and some 'vital' portfolios". This was what a senior party functionary told this correspondent on the condition of anonymity.
Senior PDP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hus... | |
| | | | Powerful BJP Ministers turn ‘powerless’ overnight | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Jan 10: The delay in government formation and imposition of Governor's rule in JK are giving sleepless nights to the BJP leaders who lost power overnight. They slept as all powerful ministers and woke up in the morning as "powerless" legislators.
Sources told Early Times that imposition of Governor's rule in JK caught the BJP leaders off guard as most of them had not even imagined that PDP president Mehbooba Mufti would show reluctance vis-à-vis taking oath as the 13th Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir after her father's demise.
Insiders revealed that the people within the BJP who were making noise about having a rotational Chief Minister have been ask... | |
| | | | Cong wooing PDP to keep BJP out of Govt | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 10: The Congress, which from day one was against the prospect of the "communal" BJP joining J&K Government, has finally got an opportunity to woo the PDP with a view to forming "secular" government in the state. The demise of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has provided the Congress this opportunity. In fact, his death has changed the whole political scenario in the state with the parties like the Congress making "very serious" efforts to cultivate the PDP under the garb of "secularism" and in the name of "Kashmiriyat".
The only difference this time is that the Congress is not floating the idea of grand alliance consisting of PDP, NC, Congress and three Kashmiri non... | |
| | | | 'Chamcha' Govt officials poke nose | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Jan 10: Even as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leadership, mourning the demise of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, was yet to finalize the conditions for future of alliance with Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), for the last four days some "Chamcha" officials from the State Government have been unduly poking their nose into the "sensitive political issue" of new government formation.
Sources said at the Fairview residence of Mehbooba Mufti here, some of the government officials, including top and middle-rung, have been trying to step into the shoes of PDP leadership by giving uninvited advises on the government formation and leaking "manipulated news" to some media per... | |
| | | | Dr Sunil Gupta in dock, embezzlement worth lakhs surfaces at SSH | | Morcellator worth Rs 75 lakh missing, many instruments appearing in purchase list not visible | | |
Avinash Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 10: Lakhs of rupees were allegedly embezzled during the tenure of a blue eyed doctor, who headed the Urology and Surgery departments at Super Specialty Hospital (SSH) here.
The doctor, according to the sources, enjoyed the political patronage and during his tenure as HOD he purchased equipments and instruments worth lakhs of rupees.
Highly placed sources told Early Times the accused doctor ostensibly hatched a well planned conspiracy to dent the state ex-chequer. "At the time of creation of separate department for Urology at Super Specialty Hospital Jammu the blue-eyed doctor was appointed as Head of the Department as of Urology due to ... | |
| | | | JK admn requires imminent reshuffle, retiring Babus leave vital deptts headless | | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 10: Whether or not PDP President Mehbooba Mufti chooses officers of her liking after taking oath as Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir is debateable but retiring Babus have already mandated an imminent reshuffle in the state administration.
State administration is already battling with shortage of officers owing to which a number of IAS officers have been assigned additional responsibilities of other departments apart from the ones they are already holding. 2001 batch IAS officer Parvez Malik who is heading PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control Department is retiring by the end of this month. With possibility of extension in services bl... | |
| | | | Sonia Gandhi, Nitin Gadkari join thousands to pay tributes to former CM | | Mufti Mohammad Sayeed remembered on Chaharum at Bijbehara, Fairview-Gupkar | |  Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Jan 10: A galaxy of top political personalities of the state and centre converged at Fairview on the Gupkar road here to offer their condolence to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti on demise of her father and former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.
Union Minister for Surface Transport, Nitin Gadkari and Congress President Sonia Gandhi were some of the renowned political personalities who visited Mehbooba and ot... | |
| | | | Sidhra Golf Course promotes 'VIP culture' | | Divides visitors into gazette, non-gazetted categories; Officials violate right to equality, extort money from businessmen | |  G S Asgotra
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 10: The influential continue to walk away with bounties in the neglected land as the lesser mortals get peanuts and at times brickbats.
The Sidhra Golf Course has become a centre of `modern apartheid' with the non-gazetted members who are mostly businessmen being denied the right to share the parking place with the VIP members despite paying four times the amount that they (VIPs) pay as membership fee.
The authorities have classified its member... | |
| | | | Mendhar SDH faces acute shortage of doctors, paramedicos | | The hospital is without a gynaecologist, surgeon specialist for 3 years | | | MS NAZKI
Early Times Report
Mendhar, Jan 10: Notwithstanding the tall government claims of upgraded health infrastructure in the state, SDH, Mendhar, is short of doctors and paramedical staff. The hospital also does not have a gynaecologist and surgeon specialist for the last three years.
Sources said against the sanctioned strength of 30 doctors, the SDH had only eight. Also, only a few paramedics were there against the sanctioned strength of 97, the sources added.
"There has been no gynaecologist and a surgeon specialist in the hospital for the last three years. Though the hospital is 30-bedded and caters to the needs of over 2 lakh souls, its two ambulances are non-functional," ... | |
| | | | A favourite digs tube wells for PHE Department | | | | Arun Singh
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 10: In a shocking incident of inefficiency and financial impropriety, the Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department went ahead to incur an amount of over Rs 12 crore allegedly to oblige its favourite contractors throwing the proposal for procurement of two dual rotary rigs for which funds to the tune of Rs 9 crore were put at the disposal of the department.
Sources told Early Times that in order to construct tube/dug wells, a ground water division of the state was allocated funds for purchasing the two dual rotary rigs one each for Srinagar and Jammu both for using these rigs for digging well/tube and also to create asset for the department for... | |
| | | | Two potters sustain injuries in landmine blast in Keran sector | | | | S.Tahir-ul Haq
Early Times Report
KUPWARA, Jan 10: Two potters sustained critical injuries when they inadvertently stepped on a landmine along the Line of Control (LoC) in Keran sector of Kupwara district in North Kashmir on Sunday afternoon.
According to sources, panic gripped in the border area of Keran sector in Kupwara district, when landmine exploded which made a big bang noise, with the result two potters were injured on spot.
After a loud noise army from nearby camp rushed to the spot and found both the persons injured, said sources.
Sources said that police have identified the potters as Parvaiz Ahmad Mir and Abdul Majeed Mir of Keran who were airlifted in an army chopper to Ba... | |
| | | | Infiltration attempts declined, youth joining militancy increased in 2015 | | | | Akshay Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 10: The constant vigil online of control and international border by security forces has resulted in decrease in infiltration attempts from across the border but within the state a disturbing trend has come to fore as youth joining militancy has recorded increase.
As per the latest data of Home Ministry, the cross border infiltration attempts have decreased in state during 2015 as compared to corresponding period of 2014 but youth joining militancy in the same period recorded increase.
A total of 180 infiltration attempts were recorded till September 2014 but in the corresponding period of 2015 the infiltration attempt were contained to 92 till ... | |
| | | | Govt leaves non-insured flood hit traders high and dry | | `Sell belongings to feed their families' | | | Majid Nabi
Srinagar, Jan 10: The flood hit non-insured traders in Srinagar city have been forced to sell their belongings as the government left them high and dry. In a shocking revelation the flood hit non-insured businessmen in
Srinagar are at the verge of starvation and many of them have started to sell leftover commodities to make a living.
"Many traders have started to sell of their belongings for survival; recently a man from Shaheed Gunj sold his Samovar after floods damaged his shop. He had nothing to feed his children and this forced him to take such an extreme step," Imtiyaz Ahmad told 'Early Times:. Despite repeated assurances, the government has failed to rehabilitate the... | |
| | | | Job card holders ignored, JCBs put into use at Barwal | | MGNREGA guidelines 'violated' | | | Arun Kumar
Early Times Report
Kathua, Jan 10: According to the government guidelines, there is a strict restriction on the use of machines in any MGNREGA work, but in Barwal area of Kathua district, JCBs are being used to construct roads under the ambitious central project.
As per the MGNREGA guidelines, work is to be provided in rural areas to job card holders.
Locals today expressed their resentment against the rural development department, alleging that a road, leading towards the primary health centre in the village, was being made with the help of JCBs, while no work was being given to the MGNREGA job card holders.
Kuldeep Singh, a local, alleged the concerned officials were makin... | |
| | | | After Pathankot attack, security beefed up: SSP Ramban | | | | Danish Muzafar
Early Times Report
Banihal, Jan 10: After the Pathankot attack, like other parts of the state, the security were also beefed up in district Ramban as well as on Jammu Srinagar highway to avoid any untoward incident in the area.
Police and army jointly did round ups in the different areas of the district Ramban.
Police have made checking nakas at different locations on highway and increased the routine checking. Checking of vehicles were increased by police and army on highway. The Police and army forces are jointly rounding in the different areas of the district for the safety purposes and to avoid any untoward incident .
When contacted SSP Ramban Randeep Kumar told... | |
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