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NC offers "safe passage" to CM Walkout to allow discussion on grants 1/28/2008 11:15:21 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu | Jan 28 The belligerent National Conference after several days of uncompromising protests and stalling the proceedings of Legislative Assembly today offered a safe passage to the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to hear the grants of his departments. All eyes were today focused on the action of National Conference as grants for the departments headed by the Chief Minister were listed for discussion today. Had the opposition National Conference continued with its unprecedented protests the Speaker would have forced to adjourn the House once again. However, this did not happen today. When the Speaker Legislative Assembly Tara Chand announced discussion on the grants pertaining to departments headed by the Chief Minister, the opposition members again got up seeking discussion on the Kundal report into Forest department irregularities. Amidst noisy scenes, the Chief Minister assured the House that the government is not hesitant to have discussion on the issue but the Opposition should first behave properly and cooperate with the Chair for smooth running...   READ MORE

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Your intentions were good but initiatives have failed: MLAs tell Azad 1/28/2008 11:11:26 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu | Jan 28 As the grants of the departments headed by the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad came under discussion in the legislative assembly, the members cutting across the party lines hailed his initiative against corruption but concluded that the crusade has failed to bring in the desired results. The Chief Minister heads the important departments of Home, General Administration, Revenue and Information. While talking about the corruption, most of the members said that the Chief Minister must have been feeling as the most disappointed person as he could not curb the corruption the way he had wanted. Bringing home some true examples, Harsh Dev Singh of the Panth...   READ MORE   'Peerzada was heard before sacking' 1/28/2008 11:07:15 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu | Jan 28 The senior Congress leader and former Education Minister Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed was sacked after giving him an opportunity of being heard and not merely on the allegations, said Health Minister Mangat Ram Sharma. Mangat's this confirmation came today while the opposition was demanding sacking of two PDP Ministers –Qazi Mohammad Afazal and Tariq Hameed Karra. Mangat was talking to the reporters while reacting to the Opposition's demand. Mangat also confirmed that Peerzada's driver upon his arrest has confirmed that the money he had accepted from the legislator (Shoaib Lone) was meant for the Minister. The driver was arrested later and he has reporte...   READ MORE   Over crowded Paediatrics section of SMGS Hospital One bed for three patients, with mothers also sleeping there 1/28/2008 11:01:13 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu | Jan 28 The pediatrics section in the SMGS Hospital Jammu, attached to Government Medical College Jammu, is highly over-crowed with a very large number of child patients coming to the hospital, particularly in the extreme cold weather of this winter. The present bed strength of the hospital as well as the strength of doctors and nursing staff falls much short to cope with the rush. The hospital has the sanctioned 200 bed strength in five paediatrics wards, including the emergency ward and the intensive care unit, while the occupancy in average is 200 per cent that is double than the number of beds available. On occasions the number of child patients crosses 50...   READ MORE   PDP comes to Ministers' rescue, officially 1/28/2008 10:59:00 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu | Jan 28 The Peoples Democratic Party today officially came to the rescue of its two Ministers currently in the line of fire from the Opposition National Conference for their alleged involvement in the Forest scam. So far, the Ministers (Tariq Hameed Karra and Qazi Mohammad Afazal) had been defending themselves at their own while the party had not officially and formally reacted. However, the party today issuing a statement at the behest of PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed said that the National Conference was finished on the ground and was seeking refuge in the assembly. In a statement issued here today, the PDP spokesman said the continued disruption of the ...   READ MORE

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