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| CM assigns portfolios to Ministers | | | | JAMMU, MARCH 03- Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today assigned the charge of the Departments to his Council of Ministers.
Dr. Nirmal Singh (Deputy Chief Minister) has been assigned the charge of Power Development and Housing & Urban Development Departments.
Cabinet Ministers
Mr. Abdul Rehman Veeri has been assigned the charge of Horticulture and Haj & Auqaf.
Mr. Chander Parkash has been assigned the charge of Industries and Commerce.
Mr. Javaid Mustafa Mir has been assigned the charge of Revenue Department.
Mr. Lal Singh has been assigned the charge of Health & Medical Education and ARI & Trainings.
Mr. Abdul Haq Khan has been assigned the charge of Rural Development
Mr. Bali Bhagat has been assigned the charge of Social Welfare, Forest, Ecology and Environment.
Syed Basharat Ahmed Bukhari has been assigned the charge of Law, Justice & Parliamentary Affairs and Relief and Rehabilitation.
Mr. Sukhnandan Kumar has been assigned the charge of Public Health Engineering.
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| ------- 6-month 'holiday' ends, babus pull up their socks ------- | | NC-Cong regime politicized bureaucracy! | | | Fazal Khan
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Mar 2: Officials, including the top bureaucrats, have been "enjoying life" since the day floods hit Jammu and Kashmir in September 2014. JK witnessing the worst floods in the past 50-years sealed the fate of the Omar Abdullah led regime as state government couldn't do much to help the marooned people. Floods proved to be the last nail in the coffin of NC-Congress regime but these proved to be a blessing in disguise for the officials. Soon after flood waters receded assembly polls were announced and Model of Code Conduct was imposed in JK giving a pretext to one and all to "stay away from work."
The formation of the new PDP-BJP government has end... | |
| | | | Mehbooba defends father, calls for peace in J-K | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 2: People's Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday defended her father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's remark regarding the elections in Jammu and Kashmir and called for peace in the troubled state.
"Mufti saab considers the entire populace of the state. There is no need to put people in jail, no need to bash each other up. Our agenda of alliance [with the Bharatiya Janata Party] has clearly listed how peace can be achieved in Jammu and Kashmir, with whom we can engage and hold dialogues and how we can bring forward (Former prime minister Atal Bihar)Vajpayee's agenda for peace," Mehbooba told the media here.
The PDP chief further said that any talks... | |
| | | | I stand by my statement on violence-free J&K polls: Mufti | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 2: A day after his remarks on peaceful polls in Jammu and Kashmir triggered a row, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed on Monday said that he stood by his comments and accused those raising a hue and cry over it of trying to "make mountain of a mole hill".
"What I said, I stand by it," he told reporters after casting his vote for the Council election at the Legislature Complex here.
"What I said yesterday about Pakistan and Hurriyat... the recovery and working of democracy in Kashmir and faith in it (was that) they (Pakistan and Hurriyat) have recognised and understood that the voter slip is the destiny of the people, not bullets or grenades," he sai... | |
| | | | NC,PDP, BJP settle for two LC seats each | | Er Rashid voted for NC | |  Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 2: In a dramatic U turn in Legislative Council elections by independent MLA Er. Rashid, the National Conference candidate Qaser Jamsheed Lone today defeated Peoples Democratic Party candidate Saif ud Din Bhat of Angam Badgam on one of the two Kashmir province seats..
Before announcing his support to NC candidate, Engineer Rashid today appeared in front of the media outside the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Secretariat and showed the letter.in whi... | |
| | | | DES modifies orders to extend olive branch to favorites | | Additional charges of lucrative posts to few SAs | |  Arun Singh
Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 2: In a glaring example of favoritism, Directorate of Economics and Statistics (DES) Jammu and Kashmir modified an order before it getting released in public domain regarding the adjustment of outgoing trainees of Statistical Assistants to extend undue benefits to some of the blue eyed staff members by giving them additional charges of lucrative posts in some departments.
The documents in possession of Early Times revealed that Directorate of Eco... | |
| | | | BJP forgets Sab ka saath, sab ka vikaas | | Ignores displaced Kashmiri Pandits | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 2: The return formula authored for the displaced Kashmiri Pandits by BJP led Union Government has come under criticism from none else than Kashmiri Pandits after the Party failed to give representation to the community in council of ministers in the State.
There is a lot of resentment among the Kashmiri Pandits scattered all over the country after their mass exodus in 1989-90 over the BJP's role and for the community Party has not proved better than Congress, National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party.
The majority of KPs feel that the process started by Ghulam Nabi Azad as Chief Minister by not giving representation for the first time to this min... | |
| | | | ------ VC's recommendation to nominate Prof Dilip Singh in JU Council ------ | | University faculty declares open war on social media | | | Avinash Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 2: Inviting resentment from within the teaching fraternity in the university, acting vice Chancellor, Prof RD Sharma has reportedly recommended name of Prof Dalip Singh Jamwal Head and Professor, Department of Mathematics as member JU Council.
Well placed sources told Early Times without conducting elections for Jammu University Teacher's Association (JUTA), "Prof Dalip Singh Jamwal Head and Professor, Department of Mathematics, is already member of JU council through JUTA, quota. His tenure has expired on January 16, 2015. Instead of conducting elections for JUTA, his name was recommended in last of week of February 2015", they said.
They f... | |
| | | | JKCA scam, Haji Yousuf murder: Will Mufti constitute SIT to investigate NC's misdeeds? | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 2: As Mufti Mohammad Sayeed took over as new Chief Minister of corruption ridden state of Jammu & Kashmir on Sunday , People of the state are expecting an announcement from the CM about constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) which would probe into all the corruption cases of Omar Abdullah led Government which includes infamous JKCA scam and corruption scandal involving selection of MLC's which led to murder of Haji Mohammad Yousuf allegedly in the house of Omar Abdullah few years back.
Last summer Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had accused the Peoples Democratic Party of giving tickets to corrupt people, the PDP president Mehbooba Muft had ... | |
| | | | JKPSC postpones AD exams again | | Aspirants anguished over Officers' absence at PSC | | | Akshay Azad
JAMMU, Mar 2: Headless Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC) has postponed the examination of Assistant Director, Statistics cum Evaluation for the second time, in less than one month, evoking strong resentment among aspirants, especially of Jammu province.
Despite heavy downpour on Monday in Jammu, hundreds of aspirants assembled outside the office of JKPSC at Resham Ghar colony, only to be told that the officials in the examination centers were waiting for phone call from Srinagar to start the examination.
"None of the officials of JKPSC was present in the examination halls, which were made in the office of JKPSC. Initially it was told that examination sched... | |
| | | | Will new Govt end VIP culture from J&K ? | | No VIP lounges, no barricades, no beacons for helmsmen | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Mar 2 : As the new government took over the reins of Jammu and Kashmir, people hope that this dispensation would end the VIP culture that has ruined JK.
It was ironic indeed to see that when former J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah tried to streamline the state's VIP list by excluding the legislators from such privileges, there was tremendous opposition. The miffed legislators, including NC MLAs, staged a walkout from the house. Probably, they too wanted the VIP treatment, they too wanted to be guarded by SPOs, they too wanted their kith and kith be provided the luxurious accommodations in and outside the state of Jammu and Kashmir. They wanted the servant... | |
| | | | Udhampur gets a berth in council of ministers after 53 years | | | | Bivek Mathur
Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 2 : With the formation of BJP-PDP coalition government, Udhampur constituency also got representation in the council of ministers after more than 50 years.
Pawan Kumar Gupta, the expelled BJP leader who contested LA elections independently and won from Udhampur assembly segment by bagging 36226 votes against 21576 votes bagged by National Panthers Party's Balwant Singh Mankotia was declared Minister of State (MoS) along with 17 cabinet ministers and 8 Minister of states in the Mufti led coalition government. Pawan Kumar Gupta being inducted into the council of ministers is a monumental moment for the people of Udhampur assembly constituency as ... | |
| | | | 'None in Congress in Jammu fit for leading JKPCC' | | | | Rustam
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 2 : Congress high command has once again let down the Jammu-based Congress leadership and appointed Ghulam Ahmad Mir from Kashmir as president of Jammu & Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee replacing Saif-ud-Din Soz, an ethnic Kashmir belonging to the same religious sect. Controversial former tourism Minister Mir, who was eyeing third consecutive victory from the Dooru Assembly constituency in the Kashmir Valley in the 2014 Assembly elections, could not win the election.
Mir, who is considered close to AICC vice-president and son of AICC president Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, was today nominated as the JKPCC chief hoping that he would rejuvenate the Con... | |
| | | | Militant held at Sawjian with Pak wife, 4 children | | | | M S Nazki
Early Times Report
POONCH, Mar 2 : A Sawjian youth, who had exfiltrated to Pakistan in 1991 and received training in the handling of arms and ammunition, was arrested by police today after he reached his village along with his Pakistani wife and four children.
To infiltrate into the Indian territory, he adopted the Nepal route and reached Sawjian where he was arrested by a Loran police station team led by SHO Rouf Lone at about 2.30 pm, according to police sources. He travelled such a long distance from Nepal to Sawjian and crossed several police checking points but nowhere the agencies developed suspicion about him. His Pakistani wife and four children, who were born in Paki... | |
| | | | Mufti sets up 5-member cabinet sub-committee to help flood victims | | |  Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Mar 2 : What former chief minister Omar Abdullah could not do after a month or so following the devastating flood in September last year newly appointed chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed did it with a pen of his stroke. While chairing the first meeting of his council of ministers at Jammu today, Mufti ordered for the setting up of a cabinet sub-committee to look into the grievances of flood affected people. The members of the cabinet sub-committ... | |
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