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| Session begins with storm | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Jan 7
The last budget session of the present coalition government today took off at a stormy note with the Opposition National Conference holding forte outside the complex and the Panthers Party rocking the House inside.
Meanwhile no business was transacted on the day one of the session as the Speaker adjourned the House for the day even though the opposition members had returned to the House after boycotting the Governor's address.
As already expected, the main Opposition National Conference boycotted the Governor's address to the joint sitting of the state legislature here this morning. Instead, the National Conference legislators staged a protest outside ... | |
| | | | 2007 was year of roads | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Jan 7
If for nothing else, the year 2007 in Jammu and Kashmir can well be declared as a year of roads and buildings as expansion remained phenomenal.
At least 365 kilometers of new roads were constructed in different parts of state and a double to this length were further improved by lacktopping, shows the annual report of the government. On an average, one kilometer of road has been added, two kilometers blacktopped, 10 running meters of bridge and 4000 sq. ft. of new buildings constructed every day during 2007 in the R&B sector. Among the mega projects up for completion next year the work on the Assembly complex project at Srinagar resumed during 2007 is li... | |
| | | | Bhim's brigade of four rocks House | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Jan 7
As the Opposition National Conference preferred to stay away from the Governor's address to the joint sitting of the legislature this morning, the four member brigade of Bhim Singh's Panther's Party stole the show inside the Hall.
As soon as the Governor entered the Central Hall the Panthers Party legislators started fuming and renting slogans against the government. There was quite an interesting scene as all Panthers Party legislators stood at their desks raising slogans.
However, ordered soon returned as every body stood up when the National Anthem started playing. Immediately after the National Anthem was over, the Panthers Party legislators got up... | |
| | | | Mufti in Dubai | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Jan 7
Though bonhomie in their relations with the Congress is quite evident but the top brass of the Peoples Democratic Party was conspicuous by their absence in the legislative assembly when the session began.
It may be mentioned here that the PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed is away in Dubai and is likely to return in next couple of days.
Three senior most leaders of the Peoples Democratic party Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Muzaffar Husssian Baig and Ghulam Hassan Mir were conspicuous by their absence during the opening day of the budget session of the state legislature. As a result seats numbers two and three, allotted to PDP patron and deputy chief Minister ... | |
| | | | No administrative reshuffle for now | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Jan 7
Despite many top levels administrative positions lying vacant for quite sometime, the government does not appear in any mood to affect a reshuffle in the administration.
In indication in this connection was got today when the Government conferred some additional charges of important positions on two officers instead of making full time postings.
The Commissioner-Secretary to government Cooperative Department Mr. D.K. Nargotra has been asked to hold the charge of the post of Administrative Secretary, Animal and Sheep Husbandry Department in addition to his own duties till further orders.
Besides, Director General Jammu and Kashmir Institute of Manageme... | |
| | | | The likely NC allies in 2008 assembly elections | | | | Early Times Special Correspondent
Jammu | Jan 7
The present ruling coalition partners, Congress and PDP having ironed out their differences and their fighting the next assembly elections in the state in alliance, having now become more or less a certainty, while another coalition partner in the government People's Democratic Front having for all practical purposes merged with Congress, the main opposition party in the state, National Conference is desperately in search of alliance partners to face the formidable combine of the present ruling parties. The National Conference, which had earlier announced that it would go alone in the next elections and would not form alliance with any party... | |
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