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'Power hungry' BJP shedding crocodile tears | Sacking of Vishal, Parimoksh | | Early Times Report
jammu, Sept 24: The 'power-hungry' BJP has again done it. Its ministers, like before, have again sought to hoodwink and mislead the people of Jammu region by saying that the PDP violated the coalition dharma by not taking them into confidence before contemplating stringent action against Additional Advocate General Vishal Sharma and Deputy Advocate General Parimoksh Seth. In fact, according to party sources, "BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav and other senior leaders directed the local BJP leadership to take recourse to a lame excuse and feign ignorance so that an impression goes that the BJP had nothing to do with the removal of Sharma and Seth".
Sharma and Seth were humiliated and removed from their respective positions by the PDP-BJP coalition government on Tuesday obviously on the ground that they dealt with cow killing and beef eating issue in a manner that made the J&K High Court upheld the relevant laws and direct the concerned authorities to strictly enforce the law. To be more precise, they were removed because they logically and convincingly... | |
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Vandalisation of forests goes unabated in Kashmir | | | S.Tahir-Ul Haq
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sep 24: The green gold in Jammu and Kashmir is in danger because of unabated loot of forests by the timber mafia in collaboration with corrupt officials.
Despite substantial spending to protect its once thick forests, the state is also losing them fast to urban expansion, fires, and lack of planning.
Sources told Early Times that the trees along the rivers which worked as a flood defence have disappeared in the past few years and hardly any new ... | |
| | PDP committed to complete full term with BJP | | | Javaid Naikoo
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sep 24: The PDP legislators including Party Patron Mufti Muhammad Syed are committed to complete full six year term with BJP to address expectations of people. While admitting "Complications" in forming alliance with BJP, Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Syed assured his party colleagues that coalition government would complete its full six year term with BJP to address expectations of people in general.
The meeting was attended by PDP Cabinet Ministers and Minister's of State, MLC's, PDP Chief Spokesman.
However Parliament Members and Senior party leaders Muzaffar Hussain Beg and Tariq Hameed Qara did not attend the meeting for some unknown... | |
| | Now, CUJ charges Rs 1000 'dissertation fee' | | | Bijay Charak
Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 24: The Central University of Jammu is charging each student Rs 1000 as 'dissertation fee' without explaining what it means.
Students pursuing MA in various courses in CUJ told Early Times that in the second year it was the responsibility of students to do field work, get the dissertation typed and printed.
"The students have to bear the entire expenditure and submit the dissertation to the university. It is beyond our imagination for what purpose are we are asked to shell out Rs 1000," said a student.
Criticizing the varsity administration, the student said the payment demand points towards increasing privatization of education.
"The Uni... | |
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