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| Azad puts his credibility at stake by deciding to fight RS polls from J&K | | Begs before NC for support in order to re-enter house of elders | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Feb 1: Former Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Ghulam Nabi Azad has put his credibility at stake by taking a plunge into the elections for Rajya Sabha from Jammu & Kashmir scheduled to be held on February 7. Azad, who also served as Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir between November 2005 and July 2008 is banking upon the support of the Congress and National Conference legislators for an entry into the Rajya Sabha yet again. However, odds seem to be against him and it is quite likely that he might not get a chance to re-enter the Rajya Sabha from Jammu & Kashmir.
Given the fact that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Bharati... | |
| | | | Patient care in jeopardy due to shortage of specialists | | Blue eyed specialists manage administrative posts | | | Akshay Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 1: The scarcity of specialist doctors in various health institutions across state has failed to invite the attention of higher officials of Health department, who have done nothing to detach specialist doctors, who have been holding various administrative posts rather than doing their prime job.
Sources informed Early Times that on one hand there was shortage of specialist doctors across Jammu and Kashmir, owing to which the retired specialist doctors were engaged in various hospitals under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scheme, on the other, services of available specialists are not being put to judicious use.
These specialist doctors... | |
| | | | NC insiders blame Omar's coterie for defeat | | Cong wants black sheep out | | | Fazal Khan
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 1: The six year "misrule" of National Conference-Congress coming to an end in Jammu and Kashmir has opened a Pandora's box as many defeated leaders and ministers in both the parties are blaming their own men for the debacle.
Sources told Early Times that a few top NC leaders who figured among the losers in the recent assembly elections are of the opinion that former chief minister Omar Abdullah dividing the NC into two camps proved disastrous for the party.
"Omar remained surrounded by his yes-men and maintained a distance from the senior leaders. He (Omar) used to listen to the people around him and refrained from paying mush heed toward... | |
| | | | PDP, BJP likely to upset Azad's calculations | | Rajya Sabha polls | | | Rustam
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 1: Congressman and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, who was decimated by the Jammu electorate in the last Lok Sabha elections and under whose "unpopular and uninspiring leadership" the Congress performed very poorly in the Jammu province, including the erstwhile Doda district (considered Azad's pocket borough), the just-held Assembly elections, last week filed his nomination papers hoping that he would again be able to make it to the Rajya Sabha with the help of the NC, Congress and independent MLAs. Elections would be held on February 7.
Azad needs the support of 30 MLAs to win the election, which is very crucial for his poli... | |
| | | | Beig asks the Geelanis to 'understand Quran' | | WP refugees issue and middle path | | | Neha
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 1: Only on Friday, BJP leaders like Nirmal Singh, MLA, and Ashok Koul, state BJP general secretary (organization), dismissed the spurious claim of the communal forces and separatists in the Valley that the grant of citizenship rights to the refugees from West Pakistan would change the demography of the state and described the whole issue as "humanitarian" that deserved to be dealt with as such.
Their view evoked a mixed reaction from the Valley. While PDP MP and former Deputy Chief Minister Muzzaffar Hussain Beig appreciated the view, fanatics like MLA Hakim Muhammad Yasin of the so-called Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) and independent MLA Er Rashid di... | |
| | | | J&K faced with shortage of IPS officers | | 3 ADGs, 7 IGPs among 21 on central deputation | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 1: J&K is faced with the shortage of IPS officers as 21 of them, including three ADGs, seven IGPs and other officers of SSP and SP ranks, are on central deputation. Some of them are working in their own states and don't want to return to J&K. The state at present has a total of 99 IPS officers. Four of them were allotted J&K cadre in the recent past. They are undergoing training in Sardar Vallabh Bhai National Police Academy. Saji Mohan, a senior IPS officer of J&K cadre is booked in an alleged case of narcotics smuggling. He has been suspended from his service. Due to the shortage of officers created by those IPS officers who are on deputation to the Centre... | |
| | | | Upset with state unit, Modi personally monitoring developments | | Granting citizenship rights to WP refugees | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 1: Displeased over the manner in which state unit of BJP is accomplishing the vital assignment of granting citizenship rights to the west Pakistan refugees and thwarting separatists propaganda against it, PM Narendra Modi has reportedly taken control of the project personally.
It is after PM's intervention that PDP softened its posture on this issue. PDP MP and one of the most important leaders of the party Muzaffar Beigh had told a local daily that the settlement of the WPR is a humanitarian issue. The PDP chief spokesperson Nayeem Akhtar had earlier said that it' was a complex issue but he didn't outrightly reject their settlement in the State.
The Natio... | |
| | | | 31 illegal clinical establishments operating in Rajouri | | District administration, Health Deptt in deep slumber | |  Sumit Sharma
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 1: Around thirty one nursing homes and other clinical establishments have been running illegally in district Rajouri, risking the lives of the people. These include diagnostic laboratories, dental clinics, X ray clinics and nursing homes. As per reports, 17 of them are operating in block Manjakote, 5 in block Sunderbani,6 in block Nowshera,one in block Darhal and two in block Kandi. The matter was brought to the notice of Health Department by ... | |
| | | | Police, security agencies ensure fool proof security for Katrina's shooting in valley | | | | Majid Nabi
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Feb 1 : Jammu & Kashmir Police and other security agencies have made fool proof security arrangements for Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif who is in Kashmir nowadays to shoot for her upcoming movie 'Fitoor'. Sources told Early Times that security has been beefed up for the shooting of the film following the slender rise in militancy that left 13 people including 10 militants and three security personnel killed during January 2015. Katrina who landed here on Wednesday last amid tight security appeared at the scenic Nishat garden on Friday last and started her first shoot for Abhishek Kapoor's 'Fitoor' that lasted till evening. She had arrived at ... | |
| | | | State Government fails to commission 44 health sub-units in Budgam district | | NRHM doctors without salary for 9 months | | | Shakeel A Khan
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Feb 1: The health department has failed to fulfill its commitment of creating sub-units in the Central Kashmir's Budgam district. The orders for the creation of these health centres were issued before the floods, but despite passing of around five months the department has failed to deliver.
The health department had ordered for the creation of 44 sub-units in the Budgam district but as of now only 11 are operational. The dreams of the people that the health facilities will be provided to them at their doorsteps has so for been only a dream for them.
"Flood was no excuse as far as the drug scams are concerned, be it the drug scam or the r... | |
| | | | BJP MLA vows to spend salary for social causes | | | | Bivek Mathur
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 1: BJP MLA from Nowshehra constituency-Ravinder Raina has decided to lead from the front and use his salary for social causes in his constituency.
Raina, while talking to Early Times said that he would spend his salary for the social causes like getting poor unmarried girls of his constituency married, helping widows and destitute, providing succor to those families who could not afford to treat their children or parents in illness, constructing shelters for the beggars, differently able patients and for other important social issues in his constituency.
"After the constitution of 12th assembly, I will write to the prospective speaker not ... | |
| | | | Daily wagers to register protest to seek regularisation | | EJAC supports programme | | | Javaid Naikoo
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 1: The daily rated workers are once again on the streets to press for their regularisation. The issue forced the former minister of PHE, Sham Lal Sharma to resign.
Giving reasons for his resignation, the minister said some ministers in the previous government were creating hurdles for regularisation of the daily rated workers.
However, the workers have pinned their hopes on the governor and have decided to agitate the matter on on February 3, 2015.
The protest programme has been supported by Employees Joint Action Committee (EJAC). The EJAC has appealed all the daily-rated workers of different government departments to assemble at Prat... | |
| | | | A day after chillai kalan ended, Kashmir receives snow fall | | |  S Tahir-Ul-Haq
Early Times Report
KUPWARA, Feb 1: With the end of Chillai-Kalan on Saturday Kashmir Valley received fresh snow fall on Sunday morning including north Kashmir were maximum hilly areas witnessed the driest winter. The Deputy Commissioners in north Kashmir have directed the concerned officers to keep all the requisite precautionary measures in place in order to avert any untoward incident.
Fresh snowfall was recorded on higher reaches in north Kashmir including the tourist... | |
| | | | Throwing norms to wind, junior medico posted as Dy CMO in Baramulla | | | | S Tahir-Ul-Haq
Early Times Report
BARAMULLA, Feb 1: Nepotism has not only polluted the system but also ruined the career of senior doctors in Health and Medical Education Department. Junior doctors are given the promotions and adhocism has strengthened its roots as well.
The adhocism in the health department in this North Kashmir district has created instability among senior medicos. Despite having no eligibility, a junior doctor has been promoted to the position of Deputy Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in the Baramulla district.
Ironically, the said doctor was posted as in-charge Block Medical Officer in the Zachaldara area of Kupwara district, before one month of his new posting as D... | |
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