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NC-Cong regime preferred influential junior docs over seniors Nepotism 1/23/2015 11:44:53 PM Akshay Azad Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 23: As the 6-year long "misrule" of the National Conference- Congress coalition has come to an end skeletons have started tumbling out. A recent revelation which has come to fore is that the previous regime committed alleged irregularities in postings of doctors and preferred "influential juniors" over seniors. Sources told Early Times that some of the blue eyed medical officers of Health and Family Welfare department included Dr Anjum Mirza, who is on serial number 775 in the seniority list but has been appointed as Medical Superintendent Rajiv Gandhi Leprosy Hospital Jammu. Dr. Anjum Mirza was close to former Health Minister Shabir Khan, who went out of way to give him a plum posting. Moreover, another one is Dr Arun Sharma, who stands at serial number 709 in the seniority list, was appointed as Nodal Officer National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). Earlier he was posted as In-charge Superintendent Sarwal Hospital and was later posted as Nodal Officer, only due to his close political links. Another one is Dr Shamim Mir, who has been pos...   READ MORE

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From media hungry to media introvert, BJP's decree 'not to speak' irking Jammu "High Command" will decide-is a common phrase 1/23/2015 11:44:42 PM "Off the Cuff" ET Report JAMMU, Jan 23: Since the outcome of the results of the state assembly elections, followed by the stalemate over the government formation and imposition of Governor Rule in Jammu and Kashmir, the ever media-hungry Bhartiya Janta Party has self-styled itself into an impregnable forte turning to be media introvert. Astonishing it may sound, but the fact is that during electioneering in the state, from Prime Minister Narinder Modi to the lowest rung state leader in Jammu and Kashmir, all were very vocal and desirous for being n the limelight to grab 'mission 44+ impossible', but let go the elections and come the results, the party announced decree 'not to speak'. T...   READ MORE   PDP's announcement of RS candidates is first step toward formation of Govt with BJP 1/23/2015 11:44:23 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 23: Formation of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and BJP is looking certain now because former has sent an olive branch to the later by announcing two candidates for the four Rajya Sabha seats from Jammu and Kashmir. With the official announcement of PDP to contest elections on only two seats one thing has become clear that PDP has entered into "undeclared" alliance with BJP for the polls of Rajya Sabha elections. This gesture shown by PDP is observed as first step towards formation of the PDP-BJP coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir. The PDP today announced to field Fayaz Ahmad Mir and Nazir Ahmad Laway for two Rajya Sabha seats. Credible sources in t...   READ MORE   Local VC for JU unlikely, competence sole criterion 1/23/2015 11:44:14 PM Syed JunaidHashmi Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 23: In what could be termed as major development, University of Jammu is likely to have non-local, non-Jammuites as Vice-Chancellor (VC). Sources said that more than 70 people have applied for this prestigious position which includes almost all eligible Professors of the seven universities of Jammu and Kashmir. They have submitted their detailed CVs and are now, anxiously waiting for the search committee to meet. If the sources are to be believed, the committee members have not only received CVs of the eligible professors but also copies of the allegations and complaints against some of the contenders. They added that even the Governor N.N...   READ MORE   Omar's announcement to grant RBA status to 39 villages proves hoax Officials in no mood to oblige former CM 1/23/2015 11:44:07 PM GS Asgotra ET Report JAMMU, Jan 23: The much hyped announcement of the ousted chief minister Omar Abdullah about granting Registered Backward Area (RBA) status to 39 villages in the state has proved to be a hoax as till date it has remained confined to papers only. Sources informed Early Times that even after the lapse of nine months, the Social Welfare Department (SWD) and General Administration Department (GAD) have failed to publish notification granting RBA status to 39 villages of Jammu and Kashmir. "Owing to lackadaisical approach of both the departments, the proposal to grant RBA status to different villages of J&K is gathering dust and officials seem least bothered to work...   READ MORE   Desperate Azad wooing NC for support Rajya Sabha Elections 1/23/2015 11:43:55 PM Rustam Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 23: Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, who before, during and after the election campaign umpteen times lambasted the then J&K Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, who is also the working president of the NC, and held him responsible for the defeat of the Congress party, is moving heaven and earth to woo the same NC leadership in his desperate bid to garner its support so that he could re-enter the Rajya Sabha and remain relevant in political arena. Azad had on occasions more then one questioned the leadership and working style of Omar Abdullah and had bemoaned the high command's decision to allow Omar Abdullah, who, according to him, had failed as an admi...   READ MORE   NC, Congress must unite to get one seat each: Mustafa Omar in dilemma again as Kamaal lobbies for RS seat 1/23/2015 11:43:30 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Jan 23: Another family feud has erupted within the National Conference (NC) as its additional general secretary has started lobbying for the RS seat, asking the party men that he deserves it more than anybody else in the party. Sources privy to this development told Early Times that the brother of NC patron Dr Sheikh Mustafa Kamaal who recently lost the Gulmarg assembly segment along with his security deposit, is making serious efforts for his entry in Rajya Sabha. Sources said that Kamaal has already held meetings with senior NC leaders including general secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar and has telephoned his brother Dr Farooq who is undergoing treatment in Lond...   READ MORE   Valley and Pakistan-centric approach will boomerang What about Jammu-Delhi and Leh-Delhi axis? 1/23/2015 11:43:19 PM Neha Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 23: Anti-national and pro-Pakistan elements in Kashmir and their supporters outside the Valley, including mercenaries, have unleashed a relentless campaign that is designed to make New Delhi ignore the people of Jammu and Ladakh and their political aspirations, needs and compulsions and break the "status quo" by accommodating the communal and separatist urges of Kashmiri leadership and Pakistan. They have been asserting that high voter turnout in the Valley in the just-held Assembly elections just cannot be described as the victory of Indian democracy or resolution of the so-called Kashmir issue. Elections and resolution of Kashmir issue are two differen...   READ MORE   Kashmir valley observes shutdown against publication of blasphemous caricatures Protests break out in some areas of summer capital 1/23/2015 11:10:19 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Jan 23: Protests broke out in some parts of summer capital during a strike call given by a religious organization against the publication of blasphemous caricatures in the Charlie Hebdo magazine. Some protesters got injured due to the action of police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel. At the same time the authorities enforced restrictions in the Maisuma locality and some other areas of the city in order to foil a rally supposed to be led by Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Chairman, Mohammad Yaseen Malik. Malik was arrested by the police along with some of his supporters during the preceding night. Police and CR...   READ MORE   CAPD fails to provide cheap ration, people forced to rely on open market 1/23/2015 11:10:02 PM Early Times Report RAJOURI, Jan 23: Most of the people living in for flung areas in Rajouri district have been complaining that the Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution (CAPD) department officials have failed to provide cheap ration at government shops and the poor people are left with no option than to purchase ration from open market at high prices. The majority of the population in remote areas in Kotranka and Budhal tehsils belongs to Below Poverty Line (BPL) category and facing many hardships in feeding their families in the absence of government ration which include wheat, sugar, rice, atta etc. Inhabitants of Kotranka tehsil have been holding protest demonstrations for the las...   READ MORE   Political parties yet to decide on candidature for 4 RS seats 1/23/2015 11:09:56 PM Bashir Assad Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 23: Following the notification for the 4 RajyaSabha seats issued on Jan 20, it is reliably learnt that PDP has zeroed in on its two defeated candidates, Nazir Ahmad Laway and Fayaz Ahmad Mir for nomination on two of these posts. Laway and Mir contested the elections from Kulgam and Kupwara constituencies unsuccessfully since 2008. Laway lost to the Marxist MY Tarigami with a thin margin both in 2008 and 2014. Fayaz too lost to NC's Mir Saifullah for the second time since 2008. Meanwhile, no political party including PDP, BJP, NC and Congress have officially nominated their candidates so for. PDP and BJP, according to the reliable sources...   READ MORE   SSB cracks cruel joke with job aspirants, selection lists of various cadres pending for years 1/23/2015 11:09:49 PM Shakeel A Khan Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Jan 23: Services Selection Board (SSB) is fast losing its credibility as this recruitment agency has miserably failed to discharge its responsibilities. The job aspirants have been left high and dry as this agency, responsible for filling of non-gazetted posts, hasn't succeeded in keeping pace with the time. It is worth annoying that SSB couldn't come up with the final selection of the cultural assistants for which the interviews were conducted some three years before. The candidates who had applied for the post of cultural assistant are all fire against the SSB saying that the process which should have been completed just in a few mont...   READ MORE   PDP-BJP alliance before RS elections may shock NC, Congress Farooq's road to RS likely to meet dead end 1/23/2015 11:09:43 PM Bivek Mathur Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 23: Notification of Rajya Sabha elections has suddenly seen the political temperatures soaring in the state. While ice has started breaking between BJP and PDP over government formation in the state, former coalition partners turned foes NC and Congress have also started coming closer, seeking at least one seat each in the House of eleders. The political analyst observe that alliance between BJP and PDP who have 25 and 28 seats respectively may shock the NC as well as Congress who had all the four seats in Rajya Sabha with over 45 members in Legislative Assembly in 2009 LA elections. The likely alliance will wipe out former coalition allies fr...   READ MORE   Hospital Development Fund utilized for salaries of employees, maintenance takes a hit 1/23/2015 11:09:31 PM Mudasir Tariq Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Jan 23: A scandal has come to fore in the health department as the Hospital Development Funds (HDF) meant for developmental process has been utilized as salaries for the employees in the department. Over the years the health sector of the state has been in news pertaining to the loopholes in the department and the latest scandal has added yet another dimension to the 'malfunctioning' of the department. Sources in the department reveal that over the past many years the funds have been diverted towards the salaries of those employees who were recruited in contravention of norms by the higher authorities. "Violating all the norms large ar...   READ MORE   e-governance award draws flak, website provides wrong contact details 1/23/2015 11:04:44 PM Shiv Dev Thakur Early Times Report Reasi, Jan 23: Recently announced e-governance award for the State of Jammu and Kashmir by Department of Administrative reforms has drawn a flak from the stake holders, information seekers, data collectors, RTI Activists as well as research scholars as the information provided by many of the districts is either wrong or incomplete. Although funds in Crores were being diverted every year from ADB, World Bank, Central Government as well as State Government for the smooth functioning of the important Departments, the officials at the helm of affairs have gone weary to utilize the amount effectively. The government led by Omar Abdulla failed to main...   READ MORE   Admin turns back towards rescued bonded laborers 1/23/2015 11:02:40 PM K Koushal Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 23: Authorities have failed to send a family of six to its native place after rescuing it from the clutches of a brick kiln owner, who had allegedly turned the family into bonded labourers. The district administration Kathua, on the complaint of an NGO Voice for Rights and a social group Social Organization for Universal Living (SOUL) had freed the family of bonded labourHira Singh along with his wife, three daughters and one infant from the claws...   READ MORE   Respect people’s mandate: New legislators urge top leaders 'Re-election no solution, Govt formation only way out' 1/23/2015 10:59:49 PM Muhammad Mukaram Early Times Report Srinagar, Jan 23: : As the negotiations over government formation in Jammu and Kashmir are showing no signs of conclusion and breakthrough seems to be eluding, newly elected legislators are apparently losing patience and are not in favour of re-elections being held in the state. Several newly- elected PDP and BJP MLAs are of the opinion that parties should respect the mandate given by the people rather than imposing one more election on the masses. “We won many seats by a narrow margin. There is no guarantee that we will be able to retain those seats in case of re-election. So having another poll is not practical,” said a PDP MLA, Zahoor Ah...   READ MORE   Director NHM drags feet after ‘violating norms’ 3 ill -equipped PHCs come up in Kathua in few days 1/23/2015 10:59:33 PM Bijay Charak Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 23: As the issue of three “ill- equipped” Primary Health Centers coming up in haste in Kathua district snowballed into a major controversy, Director National Health Mission (NHM) today distanced himself from the opening of these PHCs which were allegedly set up on his directions Sources told Early Times the Director NHM, Dr Yash Paul Sharma violated Indian Public Health Standard (IPHS) norms by getting three “ill-equipped” PHCs inaugurated within a couple of days. PHCs were opened at Krishna Colony, Nag Nagar and Govindsar under National Urban Health Mission in urban areas of Kathua district. “Surprising all three PHCs have been set ...   READ MORE   Four among Six Players of Shopian to represent JK at InternationalMartial Art Event After bringing laurels at national level, players enthusiastic to top in Bhutan 1/23/2015 10:19:50 PM JavaidNaikoo Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 23: After bringing laurels for Jammu and Kashmir at national level Championships played across the country, four among six players of District Shopian will represent India at an international Martial art-Sqay Championship scheduled to held in Bhutan. Four players namely MehranNaseer,Suhail Ahmad Teli, AfaqAbas,Rasiq Asharf of South Kashmir's District Shopian after recently wining gold medals each at a national level Championships held at Mysore and Goa are among the total six players of Jammu and Kashmir who have been selected by the Martial art-Sqay federation of India to represent the country and Jammu and Kashmir as well at an international...   READ MORE

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