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| House Committee constituted | | NC gave away state property on paltry sum; Mangat | | | Sandeep Bhat
Jammu, Jan 19 Following persistent demand of the members, Speaker Legislative Assembly Tara Chand today announced constitution of a House committee to look into the huge encroachment on sate owned property in various parts of the country and its mismanagement.
The issue evoked huge uproar when Congress member Yogesh Sawhney dissatisfied by the reply on his question alleged that like previous governments, coalition has also failed to vacate the encroachment on the state property which could earn crores of rupees in the form of rent every year for state exchequer.
Members from both treasury benches who were on their feet expressed deep concern over failure of subsequent governments to vacate encroachments on state owned property in Delhi, Mumbai , Chandigarh and Amritsar.
While members cutting across party affiliations took the government for task over its failure to vacate encroachment on the state property in Delhi, Mumbai, Amritsar and Chandigarh, Minister for health Mangat Ram Sharma alleged National Conference of giving away state property in Mumbai on paltry su... | |
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| Army's views need careful study: Antony | | | | BL KAK
NEW DELHI, JAN. 19: The Defence Minister, AK Antony, does not want anyone in the country to ignore or under-estimate the Indian Army's views on the future of Siachen glacier--particularly the issue of demilitarization. After his unpublished consultations with the Chief of Army Staff, Gen. JJ Singh, on the vital question of how to go about the issue, theDefence Minister first interacted with the Minister for External Affairs, Pranab Mukherjee, and then with his Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh.
Antony declined to make public all that came up for discussions he had during his separate meetings with the Army Chief, Prime Minister and External Affairs Minister. Antony may not be a ... | |
| | | | New threat from Myanmar's UWSA | | Lethal weapons being smuggled into J&K | | | BL KAK
NEW DELHI, JAN. 19: It is the sensational story of drugs to guns. The story's origin is in Myanmar. And the threat from the characters involved in it is so serious that the troubled State of Jammu and Kashmir has not been left out. The characters have been identified as Myanmar's United Wa State Army (UWSA). It is the world's largest armed narcotics-traficking group.
Reports reaching Delhi say that Myanmar's UWSA is dangerously diversifying its business interests into a new type of contraband--that is, newly produced war weapons. And if these reports were to be believed, Pakistan's ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence), with its effective network across Myanmar, has also been re... | |
| | | | MLA's kin manages 22 years in service without testimonials | | JKIL management proves its incapability in front of political pressure | | | Jammu | Jan 19
The authorities of J K Industries Limited (JKIL) have been deliberately avoiding punitive action against the son of a late Minister, who is currently holding the post of Manager, Government Joinery Mill, Bari Brahmna unit without submitting his academic and technical education certificates despite 22 years of service. This influential person, who is also the brother-in-law of a sitting MLA of the ruling coalition from Kashmir province, has disobeyed all the departmental orders requesting to submit all the certificates and still continuing at his position much to the discomfort of his fellow counterparts.
According to sources, the said person was appointed as Assistant Manag... | |
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