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| Omar, a man of double standards | | He welcomed Liaqat's release by NIA but did not utter a word on court bail to his party colleague Tallo | | | ET Report
JAMMU, Feb 6: It seems as if ex-J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah does not base his thought process on logic and instead prefers to make his arguments based on his personal likes and dislikes. Take for example his welcome statement on the NIA exonerating Liaqat Shah of terror charges and his "silence" over his own party colleague and ex-MLC TS Wazir alias Tallo getting a bail from the court. It speaks of his double standards and also shows that how politically important Kashmir is for him and how negligible is Jammu for him and NC.
Early Times strongly feels that Omar should treat both Jammu and Kashmir regions equally and not constantly apply double standards in dealing with the... | |
| | | | Transport department fails to repatriate 8 inspectors to Mechanical department | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
jammu, Feb 6: In a brazen violation of rules and regulations, the transport department has failed to repatriate eight inspectors attached with them on deputation basis to mechanical department.
As per the details available with Early times, the issue was raised during the departmental meeting held with Commissioner Secretary to government Transport Department in chair on 19-01-2015 and accordingly an information was sought from Regional Transport Officer (RTO) Jammu regarding the over stay of such officials in the department.
As per the direction of Commissioner Secretary Transport, RTO Jammu vide letter No. 243-44/RTOJ/PA/2015 dated 27-01-2015 su... | |
| | | | IRCON blames PDD, rebuts ex-power secretary's allegations | | J&K's much delayed T&D strengthening project | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 6: Awarded for meritorious public service, ex-Power Secretary Arun Mehta allowed Power Development Department (PDD) to continue with its novel ways of delaying completion of projects for strengthening transmission and distribution network across Jammu and Kashmir.
As the bleak power scenario indicates, Mehta did nothing exceptional as PDD secretary but was given state award and that too at a time, when he had already been posted as Joint Secretary in the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest. Mehta failed to force PDD to address serious issues being raised by various internationally reputed companies involved in completion of various ... | |
| | | | End of political road for BJP's Ashok Khajuria? | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 6: Bhartiya Janta Party former MLA senior national executive Ashok Khajuria who was denied ticket in the assembly elections held recently is unlikely to be considered for MLC also.
As per the party sources, serious allegations leveled against him by the then chief minister Omar Abdullah of "bartering" away the interests of the Jammu region for its "personal gains" followed by his diminishing popularity in the state unit of Swayamsevak Sangh has added to his woes which, the national high command has taken seriously.
"BJP does not want to take chance to compromise on certain issues which may send wrong signals to the people of state, particularly to Jammu. Des... | |
| | | | CMO prefers coffee over patients | | Goes missing amid jr docs strike | |  Nitesh Sangral
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 6: Amidst strike called by the junior doctors, Causality Medical Officer (CMO) of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH)'s emergency wing left the patients in lurch during duty hours and preferred having coffee with a local MLA to seek his blessings.
Pertinently, the junior doctors are on strike seeking registration of FIR against miscreants, who allegedly manhandled their colleagues.
Due to the strike called by the junior doctors at leas... | |
| | | | Sacked home secretary could have helped Azad's cause! | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 6: Sacking of Anil Goswami as union home secretary just before the Rajya Sabha polls in Jammu and Kashmir has added to the woes of the Congress stalwart Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is contesting the RS polls as a joint candidate of National Conference and Congress to seek re-election to the upper house from J&K.
The former union home secretary Anil Goswami was the principal secretary to the Azad and he (Azad) was instrumental in making Goswami the home secretary, the first IAS officer from the State to hold this post. The home secretary is influential and privy to many files and developments and even his verbal directions can make or mar the career of politicians ... | |
| | | | Worried Azad to face litmus test today | | Er Rashid, Hakim Yasin hold the key | | | Kunal Shrivatsa
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 6: Locked in one of the toughest poll battles of his political life, the election for the four Rajya Sabha seats to be held tomorrow is nothing less than an acid test for the Congress stalwart and former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is also one of the contenders among the seven contestants.
Veteran Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, whose nearly forty year long political career started to nosedive after he received a shock defeat in the Lok Sabha polls from Doda-Udhampur constituency in May last year at the hands of Dr Jitendra Singh of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
However, being a Rajya Sabha member Azad managed to salvage some prid... | |
| | | | Hopes Hakim Yasin, Er Rashid would vote for him | | Soz supports beleaguered Azad | | | Fazal Khan
ET Report
Srinagar, Feb 6: As the speculations about two independents, Hakim Mohammad Yasin and Er Rashid, may stay away from the Rajya Sabha polls, spread in the political circles today, the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee chief Prof Saifuddin Soz put up a brave face and exuded hope that former union minister and leader of the opposition in the upper house Ghulam Nabi Azad would win the RS seat from JK.
Talking to Early times Soz said, "We are sure about Azad sahib's victory. We have got the requisite numbers and I am hopeful that the two independents (Hakim Mohammad Yaseen and Er Rashid) you are talking about would also vote for Azad sahib."
Soz dispelled ... | |
| | | | Today is a crucial day for Azad | | Rajya Sabha polls | | |
Rustam
Early Times Report
jAMMU, Feb 6: The elected MLAs will exercise their right to vote in the Rajya Sabha election on Saturday and elect four members to the Rajya Sabha. These elections are crucial for all the four players - the PDP, the BJP, the NC and the Congress. The PDP and the BJP, which are contesting the election jointly, will work for the success of all their four candidates. Both parties have fielded two candidates each and the number of MLAs of these two parties is 53. Besides, while the PDP also has the support of at least one independent MLA from Zanskar (Ladakh), two Peoples Conference MLAs are also at the back and call of the BJP. So, their combined strength is 56 in ... | |
| | | | Farmers shift to horticulture in Kashmir | | Reap more benefits | | Sunaina Malik (Rajouri) | 2/6/2015 11:37:27 PM |
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Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Feb 6: Success stories emanating from the horticulture industry has encouraged the people from agriculture industry to say goodbye to their traditional occupation and take up horticulture as their fresh occupation.
Kashmiri farmers' appetite to earn more money from horticulture has led to the fast decline of agricultural land. Over the last two decades a huge area of agricultural land has been converted into horticultural land as farmers seek to earn more revenue against horticultural products.
Since the horticulture brings six times greater economy than agriculture, more and more people tend to change the land patterns. According to eco... | |
| | | | Info denied under RTI: Penalty notice served to Tehsildar Jammu North | | | | Early Times Report
jammu, Feb 6: The State Information Commission (SIC) has issued penalty show cause notice against Tehsildar North Jammu as the said officer failed to discharge his duties as Public Information Officer (PIO) while he was posted as Tehsildar Bishnah . The said officer had not provided information about Mutation and copies of Fard e Intikhaab one information seeker who alleges that he was done illegally in favour of his brothers after the death of his father. The information seeker who works with Border Security Force (BSF) finally filed a complaint against the officer before State Information Commission (SIC) who issued penalty notice against the then Tehsildar Bishna... | |
| | | | 550 unregistered coaching centers flouting HC guidelines with impunity | | | | Javaid Naikoo
Early Times Report
srinagar, Feb 6: Violating Norms set by the High Court regarding regulation of Coaching centers, 550 coaching centers functioning illegally across Kashmir are yet to submit their undertakings with Registrar Judicial High Court.
Coaching centers Mafia across Kashmir blatantly violatied norms set by the High Court, wherein it directed all the coaching centers to submit their undertakings before the Registrar Judicial High Court; but according to details received , these coaching centers are yet to follow the court directions.
Chairman Coaching Centers Association Kashmir, GN Var while admitting that hundreds of unregistered coaching centers have become h... | |
| | | | IFC deptt allows illegal sand extraction in Jhelum | | | | Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
anantnag, Feb 6: Throwing norms to winds, Irrigation and Flood Control department has allotted a contract to a blue-eyed contractor without going through the tendering process. Official sources said that the influential contractor was picked up by a top official of the department who has close connection with him. They said that the department skipped the tendering process, mandatory according to the prescribed norms and allotted the contract of widening of Jhelum in Bijbehara town to the contractor. However the contractor in nexus with the IFC officials under the garb of widening and dragging, extracted sand worth lakhs from the river bed illegally and... | |
| | | | Railways has no spare trains to run in place of DMU | | | | Shiv Dev Thakur
Early Times Report
KATRA, Feb 6: Tall claims of the Government to provide railway facilities to the Yatries as well as the locals who wish to visit Katra fall flat as the railway department sans spare trains to run on the place of the DMU trains that were running in the past.
Reliable Sources told Early Times that the lessening of the Trains to Katra have become a point of discussion again as various locals as well as the Yatries have suffered due to this decrease in Trains. Sources again said that the office bearers from Katra and posted in Jammu as well as Students studying in Jammu who used to Travel by the early DMU (Local Train) that was Scheduled to leave Katra a... | |
| | | | Sewage trench excavated in river Lidder | | Fisheries Department, police takes cognizance of ET report | | | Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
ANANTNAG, Feb 6: A day after Early Times reported that an influential hotelier had dug a sewage trench in Lidder river at Movera Pahalgam, the Fisheries department and police took cognizance of the report and vowed to dismantle the trench.
However, the Irrigation and Flood control (IFC) department hasn't yet taken any action against the violator despite informed by the Early Times three days ago.
Assistant Director Fisheries, Mohammad Sadiq Baba told Early Times, "I am thankful to you for exposing this unlawful activity being carried out in the river which could badly affect the precious aquatic life in this famous river. Let me assure that tomorr... | |
| | | | Despite lapse of 5 months after flood GMC Srinagar cries for Government attention | | Students allege that walls of classrooms are wet, left to be dried by fans | | | Shakeel A Khan
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Feb 6: Despite the passing of five months after the flood the authorities are yet to restore the damaged infrastructure in the health sector and the Government Medical College, Srinagar is no exception to this disturbing situation.
The enthusiasm on part of the authorities to bring on track the functioning of Government Medical College, Srinagar is missing. The interior of the college which was deluged has still a foul smell to offer. Some of the students said that their classrooms are too damp and the authorities have taken no worthwhile step for drying of the same.
"The Medical College is of great significance given the fact that it pr... | |
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