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| Non-Commissioning of industrial estates leads to wasteful expenditure of more than Rs 50 crores | | Industries Deptt fails to retrieve land from more than 1300 defaulters | | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, Oct 15: Department of Industries and Commerce has been hogged by various ills over the past many years and as such the basic objective of the creation of this department has taken a hit. This has resulted in under growth of industrial sector in Jammu & Kashmir.
In its report for year ending March 31, 2012, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has said that due to unplanned execution and consequent non-completion/non-commissioning of five industrial estates by the department, an expenditure of Rs. 56.65 crores remained unproductive. Further, due to non-acquisition of land for Industrial Growth Centre, Samba, Rs. 36.61 crores advanced to the collectors remained locked up, the report said.
"An amount of Rs. 24.74 crores realized as revenue on account of rent premium of the plots of land was mis-utilized towards payment of salary, wages etc. of the employees by SIDCO and SICOP. Non observance of guidelines/instructions governing packages of incentives for the industrial entrepreneurs resulted in inadmissible and irregular payment of subsidie... | |
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| NC blames Congress of pursuing ``rout the NC formula'' | | Coalition again on collision path | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 15: The joining of some NC leaders in Congress including Aslam Goni the former advisor to NC patriarch, Dr Farooq Abdullah yesterday had further strained the relations between the two coalition partners with former accusing the latter of violating coalition dharma and working on ``rout the NC formula''.
According to Party sources the decision of Congress to induct some of its disgruntled leaders into Party was backstabbing and violation of coalition dharma. Instead of strengthening NC to take on the divisive forces Congress was forgetting its role as a national party as it is trying to weaken the NC in the border State which is facing the turmoil for over... | |
| | | | SIT produces challan against 12 for murdering handicapped PHE employee | | Kishtwar Violence | | | 28 more declared absconders
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Kishtwar, Oct 15: In pursuance of ongoing investigation into August 9 and August 10 communal violence in Kishtwar and Padder that left 3 killed, beside wide spread loot and arson of government/public property, Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the state government to probe the incident produced challan against 12 accused allegedly involved in brutal murder of a handicapped PHE employee Bashir Ahmed Moochi resident of Sangrabata Kishtwar before the court of Principal District and Sessions Judge Kishtwar.
In another case FIR No: 146/2013 registered U/S 436/353/336/435/332/427/147/148/149 RPC, Sessions court declared 28 persons... | |
| | | | Omar contemplating to contest Parliamentary polls……… | | Ishfaq Jabbar to contest from Ganderbal | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 15: As the preparedness for polls next year has begun in the initial phase in all political parties, the grapevine has something interesting to offer: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is contemplating to contest Parliamentary elections for Srinagar-Budgam MP seat. In Ganderbal, the traditional political constituency wherefrom Omar has been contesting Assembly polls would be given to Sheikh Ishfaq Jabbar, a fresh entrant into NC from Congress who has considerable hold in the constituency and therefore remains safe for NC.
Sources say that amid the poll activity commenced with deliberations and assessment taking rounds with the party, the NC high command , m... | |
| | | | Despite 2 surgeons, most surgeries referred to GMC Jammu | | DH Rajouri turns into a referral centre | | | Akshay Azad
Jammu, Oct 15: Surgeons posted in the District hospital Rajouri seem to have lost their scalpels as they have relegated the hospital to a mere referral unit by referring majority of cases to the GMC hospital in Jammu despite available staff and infrastructure at their disposal.
Sources informed Early Times that it has become a routine at District Hospital Rajouri that majority of patients, who were recommended surgeries, even minor ones have been referred to GMC&H. "Along with separate Surgeon of ENT, Eye, Ortho and Gynae, two more surgeons are deputed at district hospital Rajouri, but for the last many months, less than a dozen surgeries have been performed by two general ... | |
| | | | Wailing over death of their young son, Family faces brutality of Police, hospital security staff | | | | Avinash Azad
Jammu, Oct 15 : The pain and agony of a poor family that lost their 19 year old son allegedly due to medical negligence at the GMC hospital here were redoubled by insensitive police and hospital watch and ward staff when they physically assaulted members of the family wailing over the death of their young son. "May God's wrath fall upon them" yelled Vaiso Devi, the broken mother of the deceased complaining negligence of the doctors and brutality of the security staff who forcibly drove the family out of the emergency where their son breathed his last.
Narrating the tale of her woes, Vaiso told that for the last three days, they were at GMC to get their elder son Vinod tr... | |
| | | | Prominent entrants had formally requested for joining: Soz | | NC to discuss Goni's issue: Kamaal | | | ET Report
Srinagar, Oct 15: A day after, Mohammad Aslam Goni political secretary to Dr Farooq Abdullah said he has no knowledge how his name crept in the list of prominent citizens who have joined Congress, Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC), president Prof Saif-u-Din Soz, today said the prominent figures approved by the Congress High Command had formally requested him for the membership.
Prof Soz, said: "Let me tell you that all the prominent people who are in the list had formally requested for the membership in Congress. We are going to organize two welcome functions in the honour of the new entrants in Srinagar and Jammu on October 20 and 21 respectively. Thos who have joined from Sri... | |
| | | | Shortage of teachers affects education in Vijaypur | | | | Arun Singh
Jammu, Oct 15: The real picture of education in government schools can be gauged from the fact that many high schools and high secondary schools in block Vijaypur of district Samba are functioning with low strength of teachers.
Sources told Early Times that High Secondary School (HSS) Raya in tehsil Vijaypur of District Samba is running with only two teachers, similarly the condition of other schools in Vijaypur is equally disturbing.
The quality of education in government schools has always remained in criticism due to indifference of the authorities. These schools are lagging far behind from private educational institutions in our state directly impacting pass percentage ... | |
| | | | CHRI criticizes SIC's order in favour of State Bank of India | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 15 : Prominent International Civil Society Organisation working on RTI and Police Reforms in South Asia Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has strongly criticized the order issued by the Jammu & Kashmir State Information Commission (SIC) on October 1t wherein the SIC upheld the order of Public Information Officer (PIO) SBI branch Thathri in Doda district as well as the First Appellate Authority (FAA) of State Bank of India Jammu . The State Bank of India (SBI) had denied information to an RTI applicant by invoking section 8 of JK RTI Act 2009 and some of its sub sections .
In addition to it SBI invoked Bankers Book Evidence Act (BBE Act) C... | |
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