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| Mid-year review presents gloomy picture | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 16: Dismal view of performance on various sectors of development has emerged as Governor NN Vohra today took a midyear review of state finances and functioning of Planning and Development department.
At a high level meeting in Srinagar, attended by all Advisors and Administrative Secretaries, the Governor issued strict instructions to all the concerned departments to ensure that the assets created with huge costs were made functional in all respects, as physical structures alone could not carry forward the odyssey of development.
"All schools, colleges and hospitals should have adequate staff, equipment and other wherewithal in place before the close of this financial year", he added.
The Governor also issued directions for accelerating the pace of execution on various projects, especially those being implemented under the Prime Minister's Reconstruction Plan. He expressed concern over the slow pace of implementation of the Annual Plan funded projects despite the fact that the funds had been released well in time. He exhorted the implementing a... | |
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| Pak vows to respect ceasefire after 131 breaches since Jan | | | | ET DESK
JAMMU, Oct 16: After foiling of fifth infiltration bid of the week and 131st since January this year Pakistan has assured India to respect ceasefire on Line of Control and International Border.
Reports reaching in from Rajouri said that alert troops today shot a militant dead a militant in Peer Badeshwar forward post of Keri sub sector in Nowshera when he was trying to cross over the Line of Control. "Alert troops guarding the LoC laid a cordon in the area and launched a search operation during which the gunbattle erupted," reports said. This was the fifth infiltration bid in a period of less than one week and 131st on past ten months.
Meanwhile, amid New Delhi's serious conce... | |
| | | | Fresh trouble on Chenab waters | | | | AGENCIES
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: Pakistan today threatened to go for third party arbitration if, it said, India does not compensate it for the loss of two million acre feet of water due to an alleged reduction in the flow of the Chenab River.
Accusing India of diverting water from the Chenab to fill the Baglihar dam in Jammu and Kashmir, Indus Waters Commissioner Jamaat Ali Shah said Islamabad will neither drop its claim nor "sell" its share of Chenab waters.
Shah's comments came days after President Asif Ali Zardari warned that a row over the sharing of waters of the Indus river system could affect bilateral ties.
Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a conference in Lahore yesterday, S... | |
| | | | Omar cooks instant noodle | | Says, NC ready for polls anytime | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 16: Taking a quick U-turn of the instant noodle kind of politics, the National Conference President Omar Abdullah today said that his party was fully prepared for going to elections but it is for the Election Commission to decide dates.
''The National Conference is ready for elections, no matter whether the EC announces the final dates now or later,'' he said. Till today, the public stand of the National Conference was on deferring elections till situation was normalized in the Kashmir Valley.
"J&K is in the grip of uncertainity due to EC's failure to announce its decision. They should end this state and announce the decision whether yes or no on the polls... | |
| | | | Taking sleep out of Congress BSP begins with bad omen | | On embarrassing retreat, party’s J&K chief says, | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 16: I was hypnotized by BJP leaders to speak against Gen Sec Narinder Kashyap. Now I am feeling guilty
Ex-Minister and PDP leader Manjit Singh and NBP leader Dr Sat Pal have given their consent to rejoin BSP
Few months back the Congress was not only worried but seemed deeply wary of its constituency being run over by the elephant but when elections are drawing near the Bahujan Samaj Party is hit by first bad omen of revolt.
Earlier this year when BSP leader and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati had a massive rally in Jammu, the Congress had the ground slipping beneath its feet. With four Scheduled Caste MLAs in its kitty after 2002 assembly electi... | |
| | | | US Army Chief visiting Siachen Base | | | | AGENCIES
NEW DELHI, Oct 16: Visiting US Army chief General George W Casey will be treated to an exclusive tour of Siachen Glacier base camp near Leh by the Indian Army during his three-day-long stay in the country beginning on Thursday.
That apart, Indian defence establishment will hold a lengthy discussion with General Casey on the emerging security scenario in South Asia, particularly in the wake of heightened tension on the Pak-Afghan border.
The US Army’s chief of staff will arrive in New Delhi to hold talks with the top brass of the Indian defence forces to further enhance the growing military relations between New Delhi and Washington, Defence Ministry sources in New Delhi said o... | |
| | | | Now Urdu comes in way of early polls | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 16: Besides a widely reported split in the opinion of Election Commission, Urdu has emerged yet another obstacle in the way of holding timely assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
The troubled state of Jammu and Kashmir needs a large strength of security forces for guarding the election exercise. These troops can be drawn from any state, wherever available, but they must be Urdu knowing. This is reported to be a major obstacle in way of announcing assembly election schedule for Jammu and Kashmir.
The Election Commission, which was divided over holding the assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir, appears to have veered around to the view that the democratic... | |
| | | | Nehru's flawed beginning, haunting J&K till date | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 16: Jawahar Lal Nehru, by virtue of his association with Sheikh Abdullah before 1947, perceived himself as the sole policy-maker as far as Jammu & Kashmir was concerned. In retrospect, it appears that he was keen that the State should not be integrated in the manner in which the other acceding states were integrated in the Indian Union. For him, Jammu & Kashmir was a special State deserving a special status. So much so, he excluded Jammu & Kashmir from the purview of the States Ministry headed by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and put it under the care of the Foreign Ministry. Gopalaswami Ayyangar, a close aide of Nehru, was asked to handle Kashmir affair on a day t... | |
| | | | Eyebrows raised in Police promotions | | | | SUMIT SHARMA
JAMMU, Oct 16: Eyes brows are raised in section of police department following promotion of 60 Inspectors as Deputy Superintendents of Police as various Inspectors alleged that pick and choose policy was adopted during the selection process. They alleged that even those on whom the enquiry was going on too were included in the promotion list.
When contacted, AIG Personnel told EARLY TIMES that if this has happened the matter will be looked into. One such glaring example was the inclusion of the name of one Inspector Mohammed Farooq Khan in the promotion list as Dy SP ordered by the Home Department vides order NO Home-707(P) of 2008. The name of the said Inspector was included... | |
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