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Forest Secretary tosses IFS officers; keeps Altaf's 'frequent transfer' legacy alive Guv taken for ride? 2/13/2015 12:15:25 AM Syed Junaid Hashmi Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 12: Virtually ruined and turned into a fish market by ex-Forest Minister Mian Altaf, forest secretary has seemingly taken even Governor N.N.Vohra for a ride and recently reshuffled 20 officers, with most of them not even having completed three months at their earlier posting, ordered by the NC-Cong coalition government. Ironically, Governor N.N.Vohra, who is known for being meticulous and serious administrator allowed Secretary Forest, Environment and Ecology Mohammed Afzal to shuttle around 20 senior officers in January 2015, who had earlier been reshuffled through a cabinet order in October 2014. A department which had the distinction of having resorted to brute violation of rules and regulations while issuing transfer orders during the tenure of NC MLA and ex-Minister Mian Altaf continued with the established practice. Barring officers of a particular category, records bear testimony to the fact that Altaf's secretary allowed none to complete tenure. In Forest department, transfer orders issued since January 2009 clearly poin...   READ MORE

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Ortho patients of Jammu victims of Govt's discriminatory policies, vested interests GMC Kashmir provides implants to patients free of cost, those in Jammu pay through their nose 2/13/2015 12:15:10 AM Abodh Sharma Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 12: Discriminatory policies of Department of Health and Medical Education and alleged criminal nexus between doctors of the department of Orthopedics in Government Medical College Hospital Jammu and suppliers of implants used for repair of fractures of various kinds is not only burning holes in the pockets of poor patients for decades, but also impelling them to go to hospitals in Amritsar, Ludhiana and other parts of the country for treatment. The department of Health and Medical Education cannot feign ignorance to the fact that it had pursued discriminatory policies against the GMC Jammu. While the implants like nails, rods and plates requir...   READ MORE   Handloom Expo-2015 goes unnoticed; leaves weavers in despair Financial Commissioner's directions regarding publicity fall on deaf ears 2/13/2015 12:14:55 AM Akshay Azad Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 12: Meager publicity given to the Jammu and Kashmir National Handloom Expo-2015, "Dast-E-Hunar", organized by Directorate of Handloom at Dushehra ground Gandhi Nagar, has left nearly one hundred weavers in despair, who have come from various parts of the state to sell their merchandize, as little publicity efforts by the department could have given far better dividends. Surprisingly, the directions given by of Financial Commissioner, Khursheed Ahmed Ganai, during his speech at inaugural function, which was held on third day of fifteen day event also fell reportedly on the deaf ears of department, which failed to give required publicity to Expo-...   READ MORE   Issues which deserve immediate consideration Conciliating Jammu 2/13/2015 12:12:58 AM Rustam Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 12: It is an established fact that the people of Jammu province have never got what they legitimately deserved as part and parcel of the state polity during all these 67 years of the state's accession to India. All the commissions which were appointed from time to time or all the committee which were set up from time to time to look into the complaints of the people of Jammu province candidly acknowledged that they were not treated fairly by the powers-that-be and that the authorities should undertake steps calculated to mitigate their hardships and redress their grievances. The people of Jammu province have several grievances. They have little say ...   READ MORE   Legislative Council elections: BJP leadership opposes tickets to "newcomers" 2/13/2015 12:12:03 AM Avinash Azad Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 12: After crushing defeat in Delhi assembly elections BJP leadership is moving very cautiously in selecting candidates for the Legislative Council seats. The party has almost decided not to give mandate to those new-comers who have joined party when popularity of BJP was growing. Credible sources in the BJP said that a Union Minister, who is projecting these high-profile influential "new-comers" at the cost of genuine workers is also sidelined by the high command after Delhi's disastrous because it was the same Union Minister who had play a dominate role in distribution of party tickets in Delhi elections. The same Union Minister has been pl...   READ MORE   Mufti seeks measures for hassle free LoC trade 2/13/2015 12:10:46 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 12: Observing with satisfaction that the Cross-LoC trade has benefited the people of state of both the regions in Jammu and Kashmir, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Thursday said that there was urgent need to take this system to next level. "PDP is seriously considering to work for removal of all the bottlenecks so as to ensure smooth trade cross LoC enabling the people of Jammu and Kashmir to reap the benefits of the initiative',Mufti said while interacting with a joint high level delegation of Chamber of Commerce and Industries of Kashmir and Jammu today. Prominent members of the delegation included Mohammad Ashraf Mir, presi...   READ MORE   Babus dare Governor on APRs 2/13/2015 12:09:06 AM Early Times Report srinagar, Feb 12: Even as the Governor's deadline for filing APRs ended today, more than 200 officers including , eight IAS officials have ignored the order and have not submitted their Annual Property Returns (APRs). The IAS officers who dared to ignore the direction inlcude Dheeraj Gupta (former Adviosor Planning Commission, Government of India), Anal Kumar Gupta (Managing director of J&K's Handloom Development), Raj Kumar Bhagat (Member J&K Special Tribunal) Saleem Mohammed (Director, J&K Rural Sanitation), Dilshad Khan (Transport Commissioner) Basharat Saleem (Registrar Cooperatives Societies, J&K), Sajad Ahmad Khan (Special Secretary to the government Indu...   READ MORE   2/13/2015 12:08:03 AM Avinash Azad Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 12: Already in lime lights for all bad reasons, the authorities' at university of Jammu have reportedly re-employed one of their retired colleague last month. Source told Early Times that Professor Narinder Kumar Tripathy had retired from the department of Zoology in May 2014 and got reemployed in January 2015. "Formal interview for Prof Tripathy's reemployment was held on January 28, 2015", sources said, adding however, Prof Tripathy is close to Prof R D Sharma, acting Vice-Chancellor university of Jammu. They said that there was provision of re-employment for faculty members if in JU's offsite campuses. "But Prof Tripathy has been adjusted i...   READ MORE   Deadlock on LoC trade ends after 6 days 2/12/2015 11:59:09 PM S.Tahir-Ul Haq Early Times Report BARAMULLA, Feb 12: Finally the deadlock on LOC Trade came to an end after hectic six days on Thursday ,which was suspended after the recovery of 305 packets of Brown Sugar from a Pakistani truck here on Feb 7. While as 15 trucks of goods from Indian side crossed other side of LoC today, however no truck from PoK turned here in Salamabad Facilitation Centre of Uri town in Baramulla district of North Kashmir. A senior official from Trade Facilitation Cente...   READ MORE   Government departments encroach river Sindh in Ganderbal district 2/12/2015 11:58:17 PM Shakeel A Khan Early Times Report GANDERBAL, Feb 12: It is true that people are involved in the encroachments of the water bodies but what could be said when the governments departments get involved in the same unlawful activities. This way the water bodies not only get endangered but at the same time it increases the risk of floods. In Ganderbal district 60 percent of the population lives on either banks of the river Sindh. During last 25 years people have succeeded in raising the illegal structures on the banks of the river and the process still continues. "Ever since the Ganderbal got the status of the district, the cases of illegal occupation and raising of illegal structures...   READ MORE   Transporters fleecing passengers, JK Transport Department silent 2/12/2015 11:57:14 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Jammu, Feb 12 : Even though the rates of Petrol and Diesel fell constantly in last one year in the global oil market and triggered the tenth cut in fuel rates since August, but the transporters in Jammu and Kashmir continue to fleece the passengers including the pilgrims travelling to Jammu and Katra for religious pilgrimage. While talking to Early Times several people complaint that instead of reducing the transportation charges, the transporters are charging more than the rates fixed by the government of Jammu and Kashmir last year, accusing transport department of having hand in glove with the transporter associations."I boarded a minibus bearing registration No. JK...   READ MORE   Clashes leave 15 persons injured in Kupwara district 2/12/2015 11:57:05 PM S Tahir-ul Haq KUPWARA, Feb 12: Clashes erupted between security forces and protesters today in some pockets of this frontier district in which at least 15 persons including 12 security personnel and officers sustained injuries. The 'mysterious' death of 'murder accused' Nazir Ahmad Mughal son of Abdul Rehman, an adopted son of Bahadur Khan aged 32 years of Gujjar Pati, Zirhama, Kupwara sparked violent protests in Kupwara town and its adjoining areas. The protesters observed shut down and held demonstrations against the death of a local man allegedly in police custody. Kupwara town and its adjoining areas observed a complete shut-down today after violent incidents of stone pelting bro...   READ MORE   Omar had denied audience to Sanjay Singh during floods Now NC lauds AAP for its victory, asks PDP to learn lesson 2/12/2015 11:56:48 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 12: Statements are being issued by various political parties congratulating Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for its historical victory in Delhi elections. National Conference leaders also have issued similar statements and have even advised Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to take a lesson from AAP . Omar Abdullah and Ali Mohammad Sagar NC's General Secretary and other leaders have been applauding AAP but just a few months back when senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh who is also the party's National Spokesman had come to Srinagar for flood relief work was denied an appointment by Omar Abdullah . Sanjay Singh had been made to wait for four days by Omar Abdullah and finall...   READ MORE   Government formation: Mufti to meet Modi shortly 2/12/2015 11:56:29 PM Bashir Assad Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 12: PDP patron and former chief minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed will be meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a couple of days to cement the power sharing agreement in Jammu and Kashmir. Highly placed sources today said that Sayeed will be flying to Delhi in a day or two to sign the power sharing agreement in Jammu and Kashmir. They said that PDP president, Mehbooba Mufti who was scheduled to fly to Delhi today from Srinagar, landed in Jammu this afternoon to have a final word with senior Mufti in presence of a highly respectable person who is mediating the power sharing agreement between PDP and BJP in Jammu and Kashmir. Sources s...   READ MORE   Sain Baba Enterprises dupes investors Stakeholders approach police, want it to act fast 2/12/2015 11:56:21 PM Sumit Sharma Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 12: A Jammu based private finance company, ' Sain Baba Enterprises Ltd' that had opened up its branch at Preet Nagar Digiana is alleged to have conned around Rs 3 crore from gullible investors in the Jammu region. A group of investors, reportedly ninety in number, who suspect they have lost their hard earned money as the owner of the company namely Akash Gupta of Nanak Nagar has been absconding, approached the Gandhi Nagar police station to register their complaints, here on Thursday. They urged the police to act under relevant sections of law so that the owner of the private finance company could be compelled to return the money inves...   READ MORE   50 percent unregistered private hospitals, nursing homes function in Srinagar 2/12/2015 11:56:10 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report Srinagar, Feb 12:Seriousness of the authorities to set matters right in the health department has always been doubted and a latest revelation had put the entire system in the quandary with the situation becoming all the more messy. Around 50 percent out of the 18 registered private hospitals and nursing homes in the summer capital of the state have not renewed their registration. This is despite the fact that the registration of some of the private hospitals and nursing homes has expired more than five years back. In reply to a Right to Information (RTI) application moved by Abdul Rashid Khan Resident of Gulberg Colony, Hyderpora, Dr. Anjum Afsha...   READ MORE   As LA remains suspended, MLAs elect enforce their writ 2/12/2015 11:56:02 PM Kunal Shrivatsa Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 12: Even as the State Legislative Assembly is in suspended animation, the MLAs elect particularly some of those representing the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) though not yet entitled to the privileges enshrined for the elected representatives as they haven't taken oath as legislators are flouting the laid down norms with impunity by holding meetings with the officers and issuing instructions to them. Few BJP MLAs including Dr Nirmal Singh- MLA elect Billawar, Sat Sharma-MLA elect Jammu West, Kavinder Gupta- MLA elect Gandhi Nagar, Shakti Raj Parihar- MLA elect Doda and Dr Gagan Bhagat-MLA elect RS Pura, who have yet to take oath as legislat...   READ MORE   CM's post no issue: PDP 2/12/2015 11:55:55 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Feb 12: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday made it clear that Chief Minister's post is no issue for the party. The PDP Chief spokesman Naeem Akther while talking to Early Times said, "Some people are trying to create confusion by propagating that PDP wants Chief Minister's post. For us issue based alliance is more important than CM's post."...   READ MORE   NC spreading 'canards' to prevent PDP-BJP alliance Re-elections not an option: Akther 2/12/2015 11:55:48 PM Fazal Khan Early Times Report Srinagar, Feb 12: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) emerging victorious in New Delhi with a thumping majority in the recent assembly polls has provided National Conference a chance to suggest to People's Democratic Party (PDP) through different means to opt for re-election in Jammu and Kashmir rather than forging an alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Sources told Early Times the NC leaders have asked their workers to spread a word of mouth that if AAP can get thumping majority in Delhi why PDP cannot get the same in JK. "There is no sincerity in what NC is trying to suggest. The party wants uncertainty to prevail and somehow wants to keep PDP and BJP away...   READ MORE   Development mocks in summer capital as slums come up unchecked 2/12/2015 11:55:26 PM Mudasir Tariq Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Feb 12: As the successive governments in the state have been sleeping on the issue of mushroom growth of slums in the summer capital, over the years several areas in the city have become dwelling places of slums. These slums have now turned into full-fledged colonies, proving a nuisance for the local residents. A large number of non-local slum dwellers live at Padshahi Bagh, Mehjoor Nagar, Parimpora, Lasjan-Byepass, Barzulla and Bemina, proving delinquent for the locals who blame them for many social evils including alcoholism, drug addiction, robberies and communicable diseases. "These people are highly exposed to infections, they live in ...   READ MORE   Azad's attack on Mufti has no basis Govt formation 2/12/2015 11:25:14 PM Neha Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 12 : Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, who on February 7 was re-elected to the Rajya Sabha with the support of the NC and three non-Congress and non-NC MLAs, has attacked patron of PDP Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and asked him to refrain from forging an alliance with the "communal" BJP. "Alliance of PDP and BJP can change political situation of J&K. PDP which till yesterday was against BJP is in alliance with them. People in Kashmir voted for PDP as it claimed that it could stop communal BJP. But now against the secular credentials of the state they (PDP) went with BJP," he has been said. On the other hand, he has congratulating NC president Farooq Abdullah ...   READ MORE

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