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| NC ‘likely’ to contest Assembly polls | | | |
ET Report
Srinagar: Even as the National Conference patron, Dr Farooq Abdullah and his son Omar Abdullah have been under detention since the abrogation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, 2019, the party is likely to contest the upcoming Assembly elections in the Union Territory.
Source said the party has snubbed its senior leader, Dr Mustafa Kamaal who is also the brother of Dr Farooq Abdullah, for having told media that the party would not be part Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir till the restoration of the special status.
On December 10, Kamaal, in an interview to media said that the NC will not be part of Assembly elections.
“They have demolished the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. We can’t take part in any political process (Assembly elections) in this system,” Kamaal had said in reaction to a question on NC’s stand on the Assembly elections likely to be held in the summer of 2020.
The NC is understood to have conveyed to Kamaal that he was nobody to speak on behalf of the party to decide on contesting the upcoming elections.
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| Kashmir-centric leaders created scare to rule J&K | | Enjoyed perks, privileges at cost of people | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 30:
Kashmir-centric leaders, who were detained on or after August 5, are slowly becoming a history as confining them has not had any effect on the people.
An analyst while talking to Early Times said, "It is strange that the leaders who used to claim that they are representatives of people have become irrelevant just within the span of 5 months. People of Kashmir have not even staged a single protest to seek their release."
He said that recent developments have proved it beyond doubt that Kashmir-centric leaders had no mass following. "The detained leaders were asked by the administration to give a written assurance that they won't indulge in any such... | |
| | | | Juniors promoted at the cost of seniors at University of Kashmir | | ‘Blue-eyed’ boys continue to make merry | | |
Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, Dec 30: The practice of promotion of juniors at the cost of seniors has become a norm at the University of Kashmir and there is nobody who would take note of the matter and take the remedial measures.
Sources told Early Times that a junior faculty member of the university was recently appointed as the Coordinator of Directorate of Admissions and Competitive Examinations. The position was recently held by one of the senior professors of the varsity with the incumbent being an Assistant Professor having very little experience.
“The university administration recently appointed Dr. Yahya Bakhtiyar, Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology as Coordinator, D... | |
| | | | ACB books ex-JCC Bank manager for financial irregularities | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 30: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) booked a former manager of the Jammu Central Co-operative Bank Ltd (JCCB) on Monday for alleged financial irregularities in the bank in Jammu and Kashmir''s Rajouri district, officials said.
The ACB registered a formal case against Rajinder Raj Sharma, a former district manager of the bank, at Rajouri, they added.
The case was registered upon a verification exercise carried out by the ACB on the basis of a complaint lodged by Parmanand alleging financial irregularities and mismanagement by the officers and officials of the bank, they said.
During the course of the verification, it surfaced that Sharma abused his off... | |
| | | | New Year celebrations turn Melancholic as tourist arrival witnesses 97% dip in Valley | | Its a No Go Zone! | | |
Jammu: Last year, Irfan Ahmad Mir won more than five thousand rupees only as a tip from tourists, who in droves, amid the thick flakes of snow flocked to Kashmir’s famed tourist destination- Gulmarg-to celebrate new year with all gaiety and festivity.
This year, however, fate for this 23- year-old horseman isn’t in his favour. He was waiting eagerly , since spring, for the winter to arrive. The tourists whom he hosted last year had promised him that they would come to again to Kashmir and that he was going to take them on horseback to the enchanting hills of Gulmarg- rimmed on both sides with tall pines and wrapped with thick blankets of snow. None came in and the tourist resort, othe... | |
| | | | Despite reservation by senior leaders Sangh Parivar adamant to continue Raina as president | | | |
Jammu, December 30: After ignoring wishes and aspirations of the people of Jammu region on domicile issue, a faction within Sangh Parivar is adamant to impose its blue-eyed boy as president of BJP of UT of J&K. Despite reservations shown by some senior leaders, this faction has taken a tough stand that incumbent president Ravinder Raina to continue as president and there is no need to select any other president.
Credible sources said that during their meeting with P Murlidhar Rao and V Deodhar senior leaders were divided on the name of party president.
Rao along with national secretary of the party V Deodhar was deputed by the high command to take all senior leaders into confidence bef... | |
| | | | Govt official serves a Political Leader | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 30: A strange case has come into fore that a government senior employee, who is posted in a University outskirts, has been drawing salary from Jammu and Kashmir government but he has been serving a political leader for last many months and highlight his activities.
If highly placed sources are to be believed, any government employee cannot associate with any political leader during his services and if anyone is found involved in any Political activity, the suitable action would be taken against the employee.
Sources further old that a senior employee of a University has been working for a Political Leader and highlights the various events under the nose ... | |
| | | | Start of critical care ambulance service still a distant dream in JK | | | |
Ishtiyaq Ahmad
SRINAGAR: Eight years on, government is yet to make much awaited 102-108 Critical Care Ambulance service operational in Jammu and Kashmir.
The 102 and 108 free ambulance services project aimed to deal with emergencies and ferrying of referral patients from one place to another was conceived in 2011. As many as 416 ambulances were supposed to be rolled out under this project. However, it has missed multiple deadlines over the years.
In January this year, authorities of the Health Department decided that service will be rolled out by the end of the April. While later the final deadline was extended to November 2019.
An official of National Health Mission programme sai... | |
| | | | CBI searches premises of two senior IAS officers; 17 locations raided | | Gun-licensing racket | | 
Srinagar/Jammu, Dec 30: The CBI on Monday carried out searches at 17 locations in the new Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and three states, including the premises senior IAS officers Yasha Mudgal and Kumar Rajeev Ranjan, in two cases related to an alleged gun-licensing racket unearthed by Rajasthan Police in 2017, officials said.
This is the first major operation of the agency in Jammu and Kashmir after the reorganisation of the erstwhile state as a Union Territory under which the CBI... | |
| | | | NNHM plays foul, adjusts blue eyed illegitimately without tendering, kicks genuine company out | | | |
Masood Malik
Early Times Jammu, Dec 29: In sheer violation and high-handedness being forced on the genuine workers and companies taking up contractual works under the legal format through tendering process, the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) has used the illegitimate ways to adjust their blue eyed.
Among many instances of such illegitimacy being practiced by NRHM , a tender approved by the Court to one JannBaaz Security and Management for supply of manpower and other allied works in hospital management, NRHM offensively kicked the company out to adjust another of its own choice .
A rider has been issued by NRHM to JaanBaaz Security and Management to pack up it bags before the fa... | |
| | | | ISM dispensary buildings incomplete in Pathanateer, Salwa villages since years | | |  M S Nazki
Early Times Report
Poonch, Dec 30: The construction work of buildings for ISM dispensaries in Pathanateer and Salwa villages which started in the year 2010 and 2014 respectively were still incomplete sources said here today. Sources said in 2010 the construction work of ISM dispensary Pathanateer started but later on the work was stopped for the reasons best know to the men at helms.
Sources said that in 2014 AYUSH department released an amount of Rs 62. 38 lakh as project cos... | |
| | | | Localities of Border area snub politicians for fraudulent promises | | |  Early Times Report
Noshwera, Dec 30: The major proportion of the border belt of Nowshera sector suffering due to insufficient transportation conditions due to the deliapated condition of the road connecting Noshwera to Sunderbani via Seri,deeing gagrote. The local residents has raised the concern of the ill condition of the road.
Rakesh Kumar Tilak Raj Hans Raj, Ramesh Choudary, Ram Parkesh Ranjeet Singh, Darshan Lal and many more has lambasted the high claimes of the government for so man... | |
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