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Even authorised kilns produce carcinogenic emission in Budgam No environmental impact assessment by PCB, Department of Environment 10/13/2009 12:08:16 AM Ahmed Ali Fayyaz BUDGAM, Oct 12: While as none of the owners or operators of 155 completely illegal and unauthorized brick kilns in the Central Kashmir district of Budgam has faced any action from the authorities for brazen violation of a dozen-odd revenue and ecology related laws in the last over 10 years, even remaining 47 have shown little regard for the undertaking given to the Jammu & Kashmir State Pollution Control Board (PCB). Consequently, the violations of PCB’s physical as well as technical parameters are galore---causing serious threat to human life, agriculture crops and orchards. Under section 19 of The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act of 1981, Government of Jammu & Kashmir has notified the state as an ‘air pollution control area’. Haven of the brick kiln operators---Budgam---falls in it fully. This particular notification authorised the government to place all 17 of the highly polluting industries in category ‘A’ and ‘B’ for the purpose of issuing environmental clearance in favour of the units operating in conformity with a host of guidelines and...   READ MORE

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Was Rajneesh taken to a magistrate while in custody? 10/13/2009 12:07:38 AM SANT KUMAR SHARMA JAMMU, October 12, 2009: Rajneesh (alias Rajesh) Sharma was subjected to severe torture while in custody at Ram Munshi Bagh police station in Srinagar. There were burn marks on the body, obviously inflicted by his tormentors. What methods were used to inflict burn injuries on him while he was alive? It is not clear whether the burn marks were due to (a) electric shocks or (b) lighted cigarettes? Forensic science laboratory (FSL) staff will find out now whether it was (a) or (b). A very good beginning has been made to confuse the issue. What next? Can burning of a suspect by cigarette butts be deemed acceptable? Can burning of a suspect by electric shocks be deem...   READ MORE   Doctors’ Govt horn locked, health services at crippled 10/13/2009 12:07:20 AM Early Times Report Jammu Oct 12 As the deadlock between doctors and government continued the ongoing eight-day long indefinite strike by government doctors on Monday has affected the health care not only in city but also in its peripheries in the district. Over 3000 doctors, demanding revision in their pay packages, intensified their agitation after talks to break the deadlock failed on Sunday. "All emergency services in the peripheral institutions of the province have been brought under the purview of strike from today as a protest against irresponsible and suppressive attitude of the government," spokesman of Doctors Joint Action Committee (DJAC) Dr Neeraj Sharma said. It needs ...   READ MORE   Editors conference to begin tomorrow in J-K 10/12/2009 11:49:01 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 12 A conference of editors on social and infrastructure issues with focus on Jammu and Kashmir will be held here on Oct 13 and 14. Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni is likely to inaugurate The All India Editors Conference being organised by the Press Information Bureau (PIB), officials said. Senior officers of key ministries including Home, Tourism, Minority Affairs, and New and Renewable Energy will address the conference, being held for the third time. The officials said each session will begin with an opening statement by the Union minister concerned and be followed by background discussion and a question-answer session. The co...   READ MORE   Shopian Case: CBI Probing J&K Police's FIR 10/12/2009 11:48:18 PM NEW DELHI | OCT 12 CBI, probing the alleged double rape and murder case of two women in Shopian, has said it is investigating whether the FIR filed by the Jammu and Kashmir Police was right or wrong. "Our immediate task is to focus, to prove, whether the FIR was right or wrong. That investigation is on," CBI Director Ashwani Kumar told . The CBI chief however, refused to say anything about the allegations of mishandling of the case by the state police saying that it was not the subject of investigation. "I do not know. We are not looking into that. That is not our subject. We have been asked to investigate in the case, which we are doing," he said. The agency which will submit its pr...   READ MORE   Army commanders brief JK Governor 10/12/2009 11:47:42 PM Early Times Report Srinagar | Monday, Oct 12 Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra was today briefed on the security situation in the State by the senior army officers here. Official sources said the Army Commander, Northern Command, Lt Gen B S Jaswal, called on Mr Vohra at Raj Bhavan here. He was accompanied by Corps Commander, 15 Corps, Lt Gen Bikram Singh. During the meeting, the army commanders briefed Mr Vohra on the measures taken to foil infiltration attempts from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). He was also briefed on the overall internal security situation in the state. This was Lt Gen Jaswal's first meeting with the Governor after taking over as Army Commander, Northern Co...   READ MORE   No campus yet for 11 new Central Universities 10/12/2009 11:47:18 PM NEW DELHI: Eleven of the 16 new Central universities (CU) have started offering courses from makeshift campuses as land has been acquired only by the varsities in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. On Tuesday, the vice-chancellors of 14 of them will make presentations before the HRD minister outlining their vision and the work done so far. In case of the varsity in Himachal Pradesh, the state government wants the campus to be located in Kangra, while Congress leaders R K Dhawan, Ranjana Kumari and others have petitioned HRD minister Kapil Sibal that it should be located at another place. Sources said the reason for this is that Kangra is CM Prem Kumar Dhumal’s stronghold. Due to an agitation i...   READ MORE   Govt constitutes pay anomaly committee 10/12/2009 11:47:02 PM Early Times Rporter SRINAGAR October 12- Government has accorded sanction to the constitution of Pay Anomaly Committee comprising of Administrative Secretary, Finance as Convener, Administrative Secretary, General Administrative Department, Administrative Secretary, Law Department, Administrative Secretary, ARI/ Trainings Department and Representatives of HCM’s Secretariat not below the rank of Special Secretary as members and Director Codes as member/secretary. The terms of reference of the Committee shall be to examine various anomalies in the existing pay structure as may come to the notice of the Committee and suggest measures to remove such anomalies, to examine issues of legitim...   READ MORE

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