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| Govt terminates services of 4 Anganwari helpers appointed unlawfully at Minister Manohar Lal's behest | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, July 16: The Government has, in compliance to an order of the State Vigilance Commission (SVC), terminated the services of four Anganwari Helpers who were allegedly appointed through backdoor at the behest of Billawar MLA and Minister of State, Manohar Lal.
They included Geeta Devi, wife of Kuldeep Singh of Malti, Billawar, Reeta Devi, wife of Karnail Chand of Nargari, Punam Kumari, daughter of Kewal Krishan of Mandli and Sunita Devi, daughter of Prem Chand of Dugara. The services of all of them now stand terminated.
Their termination order was passed by Social Welfare Department on April 23, 2014, vide order No SW/ICDS/28/2014 in deference to the SVC directives. The order was implemented by CDPO, Billawar, who on June 3, 2014, issued the order, terminating their services with immediate effect and charges were handed over to the respective AWCs.
It is worthwhile to mention here that an order was passed by SVO bench of Kuldeep Khoda, Chief Vigilance Commissioner (Chairperson), R K Jerath (Member) and Gous-ul-Nisa, (Member) wherein the Vigilance Commiss... | |
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| Cong Ministers stage walk-out over financial package for Pak refugees, seek removal of discrepancies | | Cabinet meeting | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 16: Three Congress Ministers today staged walkout from the state Cabinet meeting as there was no consensus on the approval of proposal for financial package to Pak refugees.
A Cabinet Minister said that Congress Ministers wanted the time bound proposal to get through but the consensus eluded the same. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah who chaired the Cabinet meeting had bifurcated the proposal saying that one part of it needs constitutional amendment which will be addressed in the state and while other part including recommendations will be put forth before the Government of India.
However, some of the Cabinet Ministers said that since the proposal seeking... | |
| | | | Twist in sexual exploitation case, complainant teacher being framed as accused | | | | Syed Tahir Bukhari
BARAMULLA, July 16: A Government school teacher, who claims to have first highlighted the case of sexual exploitation of girls in Baramulla district, is now being framed as an accused in the case allegedly at the behest of a powerful lobby which is stated to be running the racket.
The teacher claimed that he was being framed as an accused in the case to "silence" him.
Abdul Hamid Ganie, a teacher in a Government girls high school at Wanigam in Pattan Tehsil of Baramulla, claimed that he had sent a letter in 2008 to the district magistrate, alerting him about the alleged sexual exploitation of minor girls by some Government officials.
The district magistrate had then r... | |
| | | | SVC detects abuse of Roshni Act, recommends action against guilty officers | | **Prime state land in Srinagar mutated in dead woman's name; ex-JMC employee turns out to be main accused | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, July 16: In what can be construed as the major abuse of the Roshni Act provisions in the state, the State Vigilance Commission (SVC) has discovered that four kanals of prime land at Rajbagh in Srinagar was mutated in the name of a dead woman and later transferred by an ex-employee of Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) in his name allegedly through a "fake" will deed.
The SVC has asked the State Vigilance Organisation (SVO) to register a case in the matter for its thorough investigation and written to the Chief Secretary for administrative action against the delinquent revenue officers who had mutated the land. A grand hotel stands constructed on this land.
In a h... | |
| | | | Homeland for Kashmiri Pandits may not be feasible asserts ML Kak in his new book | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, July 16: Is the demand for a separate homeland for the displaced people within the Kashmir valley possible ? The answer to this question has been dished out by vetern Journalist, M.L. Kak, in his latest book "Away from Homeland", which has hit the stalls in north India. The book has been published by Utpal publications and is available in Gulshan Book House Residency Road Srinagar, Raina News Agency, Residency Road, Jammu, Radha Krishan Anand and Sons Jammu city.
Kak does not believe that homeland for the displaced people within Kashmir can be feasible as the demand has found no support from either the central Government or the state authorities or from the maj... | |
| | | | GMC Hospital living hell for patients, air conditioning remains distant dream | | Rising mercury, humidity wreak havoc | | | ET Report
JAMMU, July 16: Rising mercury coupled with humidity has made Government Medical College & Hospital (GMC&H) Jammu living hell for patients admitted in various wards of the multi-story building.
These patients, mostly belonging to various far-flung areas of Jammu region are bearing brunt of the summer heat while Medical Education Department is unaware of the traumas and problems which patients encounter in Government Medical College & Hospital (GMC&H) Jammu. From ground floor to top, patients are the ones who are treated shabbily and made to suffer for no fault of theirs.
Student café's, canteens, halls, library, administrative blocks alongwith rooms of the faculty have all been... | |
| | | | Administrative inertia hampers emergency medical care delivery | | Where are Govt's 108 Control Rooms? | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 16: Over two years have passed since Chief Minister Omar Abdullah announced his plans to introduce computerized high quality pre-hospital ambulance service for citizens during accidents. However, no progress with regard to his announcements on emergency medical care delivery in the state is visible on the ground.
On February 9, 2012, while addressing an International Congress on Medical Service System at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) New Delhi, Omar had announced that 108 control rooms would be established in the State to facilitate timely response during emergencies.
Not only control rooms, the Chief Minister had promised: "We are als... | |
| | | | Persons like Vaidik creating troubles for the nation | | Independent Kashmir | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, July 16: Just recall when the self-styled chairman of JKLF murderer Yasin Malik met Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief and mastermind and perpetrator of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack dreaded Hafiz Saeed in Islamabad in February, 2013. They shared the platform and mourned the execution of the Parliament House attacker Afzal Guru. Earlier, in February 2012, Congress Rajya Sabha MP and former Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar had appeared on a television talk show with Hafiz Saeed, who considers India his number one enemy and wants J&K to become part of Pakistan. Aiyar is a known supporter of regressive and anti-Jammu Kashmiri leadership.
On July 13, 2014, a photograph of Ved Pratap V... | |
| | | | Blunders of NC responsible for Cong's defeat: Soz | | Option of alliance with PDP open | | | Rustam
JAMMU, July 16: On July 14, senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad refused to utter a single word on the performance of the Omar Abdullah-led NC-Congress coalition Government. He simply said that it would be not proper on his part to make any comment on the performance of the state Government, as the Congress was also a part of it. He, however, did say that the workers of his party, like the workers of the NC, were opposed to any kind of pre-poll alliance with the NC, as they believed that a pre-poll alliance with the NC would only benefit the Abdullah party and mar the poll prospects of the Congress. He made this comment while responding to one media quer... | |
| | | | 8 killed, 2 injured in Dachhan cab mishap | | Poor road conditions continue to play with lives of people | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Kishtwar, July 16: In another tragic road accident in the hilly district of Kishtwar, 2nd in last one week, eight people, including two police personnel, were killed while two others sustained injures when a Tata Sumo met with an accident near Pingrari, 55 km from here. The sumo bearing registration No. JK14-8968 was on its way from Dangduru (Dachhan) to Kishtwar. It fell from a height of 500 ft into river Marru Sudar, a tributary of river Chenab. Among the dead, two were police personnel, including an ASI and a constable, two kids, a lady and driver of the vehicle.
The two injured were shifted to District Hospital, Kishtwar, where doctors were attending on them. The co... | |
| | | | Experts motivating farmers to return to organic farming to save 'green planet' | | 'Profuse use of chemical leads to toxicity in soil and make it infertile' | | |
Syed Tahir Bukhari
Kupwara, July 16: Modern organic farming was introduced long back in Kashmir, and its spread is not on widespread. Agricultural community has pressed the panic button and is now motivating the farmers to return to organic farming in north Kashmir's Kupwara district to save the planet earth from premature soil erosion and its infertility.
According to scientists at Sher-i Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences (SKUAST) Wadoora, the use of profuse chemicals leads to toxicity in the soil and also makes the soil infertile.
"When it comes to organic farming it has no side effects and should be adopted at all levels of farming, says an official at this university.
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