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Says, her father is well, would return to Kmr today Mehbooba getting ready for 'bigger role' 9/1/2015 12:03:51 AM Early Times Report srinagar, Aug 31: The PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday put the speculations to rest that Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed is not well and he is planning to pass the baton to her. Talking to the reporters at a sidelines of a function at Baramulla in north Kashmir, Mehbooba said, "All is well with the grace of Allah and Mufti sahab will be returning home from Delhi tomorrow." Mehbooba said that the Chief Minister had gone from Delhi to Mumbai to Bangalore to meet his son. "Today he came back to Delhi and will return to Valley tomorrow," she said, adding that her father was all well. "If people will speculate, what can I do," she said. However, sources told Early Times that Chief Minister has dropped enough hints about his plans to handover the baton of the state and the party to his daughter Mehbooba Mufti and there is every possibility of him bringing back his close aide Muzaffar Hussain Beigh into the state politics. "Beigh is likely to be given the portfolio of the Finance Minister," sources added. They claimed Mufti not keeping well is an "o...   READ MORE

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Top bureaucrats stake claim for CS post Khanday step down Aftermath 9/1/2015 12:01:02 AM Early Times Report jammu, Aug 31: The Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir Iqbal Khanday putting in his papers ahead of his retirement has created a flutter in the bureaucratic circles the top bureaucrats are somehow trying to convey it to the Government that they are the right choice for the post. Sources told Early Times that a few bureaucrats have started hectic lobbying for the post and are making all the possible efforts to get themselves projected as the best available option for the top post. In a related development the 1982-batch IAS officer, Khurshid Ganai, who is presently Financial Commissioner Industries and Commerce has reportedly met the ministers-one each from PDP ...   READ MORE   Ganaie may 'resign' 9/1/2015 12:00:44 AM Early Times Report srinagar, Aug 31: Senior IAS officer Khursheed Ahmed Ganai is learnt to have decided to quit if the Government would not take a call on the appointment of new Chief Secretary of the State "as per the seniority and set rules." A close aide of Financial Commissioner Industries and Commerce Khurshid Ahmed Ganie told a news agency that there is not an iota of doubt that Ganie would resign in case Government violates seniority norms and appoints BR Sharma as the new Chief Secretary of the State. He said Principal Secretary Planning, BR Sharma, who probably is the favourite of the Government for CS post is on the 5th number in the seniority list behind Ganai....   READ MORE   Dearth of lecturers in Jammu peripheral colleges exposes 'rationalization policy' 9/1/2015 12:00:01 AM GS Asgotra Early Times Report jammu, Aug 31: After assuming office in March this year, the Minister for Higher Education, Naeem Akhtar, had announced that Government was committed to implement 'rationalization policy' regarding posting and transfer of lecturers. Six months later, it appears the announcement was a hoax, as the government has failed to provide even lecturers to peripheral colleges in Jammu, where students have been protesting for many days. Students of different colleges including GDC Billawar, Reasi, Kathua, Basohli and others have been staging protest demonstrations, demanding filling up of the vacant posts. Ironically, two months are left for the current academic sess...   READ MORE   50 casual labourers engaged in last five years in violation of norms Major recruitment scandal surfaces in JK Sports Council 8/31/2015 11:59:43 PM Akshay Azad Early Times Report jammu, Aug 31: A major recruitment scandal has surfaced in Jammu and Kashmir Sports Council, wherein nearly 50 casual labourers have been engaged in the last five years during tenure of National Conference-Congress Government. Instead of advertising the posts, the engagements were made merely on the approval of the then Secretary or vice president of Council, who happens to be the Sports Minister. In response to an RTI application filed by Sudhir Kumar, the JK Sports Council furnished a detailed reply, according to which 31 casual labourers were engaged on the approval of the then Secretary of JK Sports Council while 20 casual labourers were appointed on the...   READ MORE   Mantris, Babus skip Civil Secretariat Itna Sannata Kyun Hai Bhai? 8/31/2015 11:59:25 PM Abdul Majid Early Times Report Srinagar, Aug 31: The Civil Secretariat wears a deserted look for the past few days. The attendance was thin even on Monday when it opened after two day weekend break. Reasons for this unusual development are manifold. One, last week the Chief Secretary Muhammad Iqbal Khanday dropped a bombshell by formally announcing that he would quit services following his "differences" with the Government. Two, Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, is out of station for an official tour. So, many taking advantage of the "absence of the boss" skipped their offices. Three, rumor mills are rife over change of guard as some faces are likely to face axe on the portfolio th...   READ MORE   Noorani invokes Dogra to question Mufti's association with BJP State Flag 8/31/2015 11:59:05 PM Early Times Report jammu, Aug 31: AG Noorani, who championed the Chinese cause for years and has been advocating a solution to the so-called Kashmir problem that is acceptable to Pakistan and Kashmiri separatists, has been opposing the alliance between the PDP and the BJP, saying it has only helped the BJP to create a space for itself in the Valley (which is not a fact) and weakened the Kashmiri cause. What has provoked pro-Pakistan and pro-separatist Mumbai-based Noorani to attack Chief Minister Mufti Sayeed was the absence of the BJP ministers from the official function organized on July 13 in the memory of 21 traitors, called martyrs in Kashmir. A BJP MLA had described July 13 as Bla...   READ MORE   Farooq demands autonomy, Sagar says J&K an unsettled issue What about Jammu? 8/31/2015 11:57:58 PM Early Times Report jammu, Aug 31: The National Conference, Which suffered a massive defeat in the Assembly elections last year even in the Valley, its core constituency, is unlikely to change its stand on Jammu & Kashmir, which is integral part of India. It had fought the election on the autonomy plank, but could win only 18 seats, including 14 from Kashmir, 4 from Jammu and nil from Ladakh - its lowest ever tally in any election. In 1996, it had won 57 seats and in 2002 and 2008, 28 seats each. In other words, the majority of population in Jammu & Kashmir rejected the NC's autonomy demand. That the NC could win only 4 seats outside Kashmir was a vindication of the nationalist politics tha...   READ MORE   This can happen in J&K only: "Powerful" Minister gets lady medico "attached" with him She has no work to do other than checking BP of his family members 8/31/2015 11:57:38 PM Early Times Report jammu, Aug 31: Alleged to be fond of princely lifestyle, a "powerful" J&K Minister has got a lady doctor attached in his house. Her patients are the "high profile" family members of the Minister. The doctor was attached by the authorities concerned in his residence during the Amarnath pilgrimage. A cabin was also carved out for her, official sources said. The yatra was over now but the lady doctor "continues to attend her duty at the Minister's residence. She reaches there in the morning, checks the blood pressure (BP) of his family members and leaves for home after lunch in the afternoon", the sources informed, alleging that the minister's vast family had got a doctor...   READ MORE   Police go slow on issue of MMS of sr officer's wife Involvement of a big businessman suspected 8/31/2015 11:55:37 PM Early Times Report jammu, Aug 31: Police are alleged to have slowed down their investigation in an alleged case of MMS of the wife of a senior administrative officer after the needle of suspicion pointed towards a prominent business of the city. The officer, who is now on deputation, lodged a complaint with police a few days back that someone had made the MMS of his wife. "Since the officer, who has also remained posted with the State Governor, is quite influential in the State administration, police started investigation in the case, using all their resources," police sources said. The officer's wife then worked with a private insurance company. Police first of all questioned a lower ra...   READ MORE   Police go slow on issue of MMS of sr officer's wife Involvement of a big businessman suspected 8/31/2015 11:52:31 PM Early Times Report jammu, Aug 31: Police are alleged to have slowed down their investigation in an alleged case of MMS of the wife of a senior administrative officer after the needle of suspicion pointed towards a prominent business of the city. The officer, who is now on deputation, lodged a complaint with police a few days back that someone had made the MMS of his wife. "Since the officer, who has also remained posted with the State Governor, is quite influential in the State administration, police started investigation in the case, using all their resources," police sources said. The officer's wife then worked with a private insurance company. Police first of all questioned a lower ra...   READ MORE   Shopian resident cheats authorities; gets job under SRO-43 In J&K, 8-yr-old child can adopt 30-yr-old man! 8/31/2015 11:50:56 PM Avinash Azad Early Times Report jammu, Aug 31: Believe it or not, a man got a government job in J&K in 2006 after he convinced the authorities that he was adopted by an 8-year-old child, though he himself was 30-year-old that time. The case of Javed Ahmed Shah, now 39, has been challenged in the court of law, nine years after he joined the service. Javed has claimed that he was adopted by Mohammad Aslam Shah, a resident of village Dursoo in Bhavnad area of Shopian district. He also claims that Aslam had adopted him when he was born in 1976. But the complaint in the case (Aslam's sister Saleema) says that when her brother was killed, Javed was already 22-year-old. Yet he managed to conv...   READ MORE   BJP leaders shielding accused cops; Justice Sharma report being ignored Agreement over Amarnath agitation in trash 8/31/2015 11:50:42 PM ET Report jammu, Aug 31: Following pressure from the various organisations BJP leadership including some Ministers had participated in the function which was organised to pay tributes to martyrs of 2008 Amarnath land agitation but the BJP after attaining power in the State has done nothing to provide justice to the martyrs' families. What to say of providing justice to the families who lost their dear ones in the 60 days long agitation, BJP leadership even rubbed salts on their wounds by shielding and promoting those officers who were responsible for committing atrocities on agitators and other supporters of the agitation. BJP is in power at the Centre from May 2014 and in Jammu and Kas...   READ MORE   In violation to RTE, GCW-Udh allegedly denies admission to NIOS passout Shattered Dreams: 8/31/2015 11:49:13 PM Principal GCW refuses to honor letter from DDC Udh Ashwani Sharma Early Times Report Udhampur, Aug 31: In violation to the tall claims of right to education to younger India and women empowerment, the Govt College for Women (GCW) Udhampur allegedly refused to give admission to a student for her only fault of clearing her 12th (SSC) from National Institute of Open School (NIOS) and shattered her dream of attaining higher education. The GCW management's decision has given a nightmarish experience to the girl student Chetna Sharma who blamed the college Administration about mental agony and harassment to her as the decision was communicated to her. She said that college refused ...   READ MORE   SIC dismisses appeal against its own PIO 8/31/2015 11:48:58 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 31: The State Information Commission (SIC) has dismissed an appeal filed by a Jammu resident against the order of the Public Information Officer (PIO) of the SIC. Details available with Early Times reveal that one Gurdev Singh, R/O Nanak Nagar, Jammu-180004 submitted an RTI application dated 12.02.2015 before the PIO/J&K State Information Commission, Jammu under State RTI Act, 2009 seeking certain information with respect to the second appeals filed in the Registry of J&K State Information Commission (SIC). The appellant sought some information related to disposal of his second appeal filed before the SIC sometime back. The information was sought from...   READ MORE   Session to end in 2 months, Govt yet to appoint lecturers in GDC Thana mandi 8/31/2015 11:48:45 PM Bijay Charak Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 31: Want to know how non-serious J&K government is towards improving education sector in the state? Sample this: Just two months are left for the current academic session to end but the Education Department is yet to appoint lecturers in Government Degree College Thana mandi. There are 21 sanctioned posts of associate professors, assistant professors and lecturers but at the moment only five people-four lecturers and the principal-run the college. In July 31 this year, contract of many contractual lecturers expired and since then the vacancies are yet to be fulfilled, sources told Early Times. Ashiq Hussain, a student of the GDC Thana man...   READ MORE   Arts and Emporium Deptt dying a slow but sure death 8/31/2015 11:48:38 PM Muhammad Mukaram Early Times Report Srinagar, Aug 31: Once the state pride, the state owned Arts and Emporium Department is dying down slowly but surely due to government apathy. The Arts and Emporium Department is on the verge of losing its credibility across India as successive regimes have neglected the department. However, reliable sources told Early Times that with the decline of tourist arrival here, the functioning of arts and emporium has suffered. "The gap between artisans and emporium is one of the major causes behind its decline," sources said. They said that the brokers between the artisans and emporium are taking their own benefits from it, which led to the no los...   READ MORE   2 militants give sleepless nights to security agencies! 8/31/2015 11:48:09 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 31: Two militants are giving sleepless nights to security agencies in Kashmir valley. Both have a different modus operandi. The security agencies are clueless. Burhan, who is emerging as the poster boy of militancy in Kashmir valley, is said to be active in south Kashmir's Tral area of Pulwama district. He is busy in recruiting youth. Another is Hizbul Mujahiddin rebel, Abdul Qayoom Najar, operating in north Kashmir's most volatile area, Sopore. He is considered to be responsible for attacks on mobile towers in the valley. As security agencies have all the requisite information about of Burhan including his photo, they don't any such information availa...   READ MORE   Faulty CT Scan, inadequate resources compounding miseries of patients at DH Kathua 8/31/2015 11:46:25 PM Arun Trisal Early Times Report Kathua, Aug.31: The District Hospital (DH) Kathua catering the needs of lakhs of patients from across the district besides the floating population of pilgrims coming to state itself is limping due to lack of basic infrastructure and faulty radio diagnostic gadgets which further are exaggerating the miseries of the people who are looking for better healthcare to this hospital. Hospital sources said, "The much needed the Dental X-ray and CT Scan Machines are l...   READ MORE   Faulty CT Scan, inadequate resources compounding miseries of patients at DH Kathua 8/31/2015 11:44:19 PM Arun Trisal Early Times Report Kathua, Aug.31: The District Hospital (DH) Kathua catering the needs of lakhs of patients from across the district besides the floating population of pilgrims coming to state itself is limping due to lack of basic infrastructure and faulty radio diagnostic gadgets which further are exaggerating the miseries of the people who are looking for better healthcare to this hospital. Hospital sources said, "The much needed the Dental X-ray and CT Scan Machines are l...   READ MORE   Faulty CT Scan, inadequate resources compounding miseries of patients at DH Kathua 8/31/2015 11:43:07 PM Arun Trisal Early Times Report Kathua, Aug.31: The District Hospital (DH) Kathua catering the needs of lakhs of patients from across the district besides the floating population of pilgrims coming to state itself is limping due to lack of basic infrastructure and faulty radio diagnostic gadgets which further are exaggerating the miseries of the people who are looking for better healthcare to this hospital. Hospital sources said, "The much needed the Dental X-ray and CT Scan Machines are l...   READ MORE   Mehbooba downplays role of separatists in Indo-Pak talks on border shelling, 'terrorism' 8/31/2015 11:42:38 PM S.Tahir-Ul Haq Early Times Report BARAMULLA, Aug 31: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President and Member Parliament, Mehbooba Mufti today said that it is not imperative to involve separatists in the dialogue process between India and Pakistan to solve Kashmir problem. Mehbooba while talking to media persons on the sidelines of a party convention here said that she does not think it is necessary that they (separatists) are involved when the two nations talk of political resolution. "When In...   READ MORE   Buddhist Deptt cancels Ph.D exam after paper "leak" 8/31/2015 11:37:51 PM Early Times Reoprt Jammu, Aug 31: In yet another incident of capricious approach of Jammu University, the administration of Buddhist Department has cancelled entrance examination of Ph.D after the alleged paper leak. According to sources, the Department of Buddhist Studies was scheduled to conduct examinations for the Ph.D entrance, but at the eleventh hour, the administration cancelled the examinations, leaving aspiring candidates in the lurch. Meanwhile, officials of the concerned department gave another reason for the cancellation of the exam and held a "nexus" responsible for it. "The head of Buddhist Department wrote a letter to vice chancellor, claiming that the paper set for the...   READ MORE   Fearing trouble, Govt to defer Smart City selection 8/31/2015 11:30:36 PM Javaid Naikoo Early Times Report Srinagar, Aug 31: Sensing dispute over nomination of 'Smart City' between Srinagar and Jammu regions, the state government has decided to defer the issue. Days after the government had to face tough time in Jammu and Kashmir division over AIIMS, the government, according to Minister of State for Urban development Mohammad Ashraf Mir, has decided to keep nomination of one Smart City out of the two cities of the state lingering for time being. Mir told Early Times that there is no proposal with the government as of now to choose one city between these two cities. "For some obvious reasons now we cannot choose between Srinagar and Jammu as of now. We all k...   READ MORE   State loses Crores to wildlife officials at Aru post Minister assures enquiry 8/31/2015 11:29:17 PM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Anantnag, Aug 31: Jammu and Kashmir government is being duped each day by the Influential officials and employees of the wildlife department posted at Aru valley Toll post in Pahalgam for collecting tax from the visiting tourists as they sniff major amount from the collection. Documents reveal that the wildlife department is collecting Rs 3-4 Lakhs rupees each year from the toll post which puts the figure of visiting tourists shockingly in hundreds. "Every year thousands of national and international tourists visit Aru Valley, however the tax collected by the department is too less. I was shocked to see that department has collected just 4 lakh rupees l...   READ MORE

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