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| ! Two Cong Ministers deliberately deleted in list by Information Deptt | | Govt 's achievement list a poetry in CM's praise | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 1: Inauguration of 49 projects, foundation stone of 22 projects and 34 Cabinet decisions are the major achievements of the Omar Abdullah led coalition Government which completes fourth year in Government this week.
The State Cabinet had 36 meetings which should have been 48 meetings as CM himself had in the past said that Cabinet will meet every Tuesday of the week. One of the important decisions of the Cabinet include 18-hole golf course at Sidhra.
This is one major achievement of the Government which claims to be people friendly. The inauguration of the medical camp at Jammu University recently is also termed as its achievement for the year gone by. The ... | |
| | | | Cabinet expansion, reshuffle likely on Jan 10 | | | | Early Times Report
jammu, Jan 1: Decks have finally been cleared for the long-awaited expansion cum reshuffle of the State Council of Ministers in Omar Abdullah led coalition Government. The expansion is likely to take place on January 10.
Reliable sources told Early Times on Monday that the long overdue expansion in Omar Abdullah led Council of Ministers has been officially slated for January 10 soon after Chief Minister returns from London where he has gone to celebrate Christmas with his mother and the rest of the family.
They said that on his return Chief Minister will call a meeting of his Cabinet followed by swearing ceremony of new Ministers. "It is now confirmed that Cabinet exp... | |
| | | | Insufficient facilities, infrastructure affect healthcare in SMGS | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 1: The only child-Maternity hospital in Jammu, SMGS does not have sufficient equipments and infrastructure to provide quality healthcare to growing footfall of patients.
Shri Maharaja Gulab Singh (SMGS) hospital is overburdened with the patients as there is no other Child-Maternity hospital in the winter capital. Even after the frequent deaths of children in GB Pant hospital in Srinagar last year, the SMGS authorities had reviewed all their arrangements and facilities in the hospital and claimed that the incidents like GB Pant hospital would not happen here, But the fact is that the GB Pant hospital has more facilities, equipments and infrastructure as compar... | |
| | | | No need for celebrations………needs a closer look | | NRHM in J&K a money minting scandal…….? | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 1: Flagship national programme, the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) is one of the most ambitious and prestigious national level programmes on whose implementation depends the health and well being of millions of people living in the villages of the country.
Like all other such ambitious and well meaning national level programmes, the NHRM in Jammu and Kashmir State has also become a huge money minting scandal. As per the statistics released by the State Government out of Rs. 941 crores an amount of Rs. 741 crores have already been spent out of this plan.
Out of the funds utilized Rs. 321 crores have been utilized on infrastructure development, 400 stake... | |
| | | | Bureaucracy's hypocrisy and Road safety | | 'Traffic violation week'! DDC Kathua's official car with Beacon light atop on the wrong side at the National Highway | |  Early Times Report
kathua, Jan 1: 'Practice before you preach' is a famous saying, but it is barely applicable to politicians and bureaucrats.
In a bizarre incident, Zahida Parveen Khan DC Kathua was seen boarding her official white Toyota Etios car which was parked on wrong side on National Highway near RTO Office Kathua. Interestingly, the DDC was on her way to inaugurate the Road Safety Week in the office of RTO Kathua.
The DDC made an impressive speech at the venue on road safety and nee... | |
| | | | Nightmare at PCJ DySP spoils function, beats scribe | | | | ET Report
JAMMU, Jan 1: The New Year celebration organized at Press Club Jammu aiming for entertainment turned into a nightmare when a DySP gave a sound thrashing to a scribe at the entrance of the Press Club building. To add colour to the function, the Press Club had invited noted singer Preet Harpal for a concert.
The victim identified as Madan was roughed up by the PSOs of the erring Dy SP when he failed to satisfy his query about the locked gate of the club.
The victim was present in the club premises when the DySP approached with his PSOs but found the door locked. The official ordered his PSOs to jump inside the PCJ premises and beat the media man. He was later taken to the hospita... | |
| | | | HM-HUJI join hands in J&K | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
kishtwar, Jan 1: Two dreaded Pakistan based militant organizations Hizbul Mujahideen and Harkat-Ul-Jihad-e-Islami (HUJI) have reportedly joined hands in Jammu and Kashmir to counter the security grid that had launched massive operation against them causing heavy losses to them.
According to the sources, both the militant organizations are at the verge of extinction and have joined hands for their survival. The sources further added that both the dread militant organizations are facing shortage of weapons, funds and power to resist the mounting pressure from security forces. "Even though few militants manage to infiltrate into the State in recent past, but still the numbe... | |
| | | | Number of voters in Kashmir and Jammu almost equal | | Excessive Representation To Valley | | | Neha
JAMMU, Jan 1: The population of Jammu province is equal to Kashmir, if not more. It is a different story that those who conducted census operation in Jammu & Kashmir, according to the BJP and the Panthers Party, "fudged the census figures" to put Kashmir in an advantageous position. The argument advanced by these two parties and others in Jammu used to be that "since the number of voters in Jammu province was more as compared to Kashmir, it was obvious that the population of Jammu was also more as compared to Kashmir". It was only in 2008 that the number of voters in Kashmir suddenly increased and quite substantially. Why did the number increase? Only the concerned authorities could g... | |
| | | | Ancient Kashmir shrine threatened by greed, gluttony of land mafia | | | |
Early Times Report
srinagar, Jan 1: With land grabbers given a raw deal by the Government, there is no end to the grabbing of Hindu religious places land by anti social elements in Kashmir valley.
After the encroachments of Hindu shrines land in Wanpooh, Kapal Mochan Shopian, Cremation Ground Sopore and other places in Kashmir Valley, the land grabbers wielding political influence have encroached the land of famous Naran Nag temple at Wangath Kangan in Ganderbal district of Kashmir Valley.
According to sources entire land belonging to this religious place has been grabbed by the people wielding the political influence in the area and having a patronage of a Minister. The local populat... | |
| | | | Rapes In Kashmir Gen Singh calls Habibullah's bluff | | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Jan 1: On December 27, former Chief Information Commissioner and presently National Minorities Commission Chairman and the Prime Minister's right hand man Wajahat Habibullah castigated the Indian Army and accused our soldiers of committing rapes in Kashmir. Actually he condemned former Army chief General VK Singh for his participation in the ongoing protests in Delhi over the gang-rape incident in a moving bus and accused him of watching rapes committed by his soldiers in Kashmir as a mute spectator. "In his (Gen Singh's) case, I am sorry to say so he was Commander-in-Chief of the Army. There are, at least in the State of Jammu and Kashmir, massive allegations of rape against... | |
| | | | Vicitm mourns indifference of society | | Cop promoted for molesting girl | | | ET Report
JAMMU, Jan 1: As the civil society across the country seems aghast over the unfortunate Delhi incident, molestation of a girl in a police station of Jammu Kashmir has almost gone un-noticed. Surprisingly the separatist leadership in Kashmir which misses no opportunity to take the men in uniform to task for every wrong that happens in the State remained mum and the girl from Kashmir was left to fend on her own.
Vinisa Chisti, resident of Kashmir, now in New Delhi, was molested in Gandhi Nagar police lock up by former SHO. The girl in her complaint alleged that she was molested by the SHO in police station Gandhi Nagar. She said while she was sitting with her foreign friends in Ja... | |
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