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| Elderly widow robbed of her plot in Paloura, Police seeks order to act | | Land mafia on prowl | | | Abodh Sharma
JAMMU, Oct 18: Unholy nexus between land mafia and Police has pushed an elderly widow to the wall by first encroaching upon the piece of land that belonged to her late husband allegedly with the active support and patronage of Police and then by demanding huge sum of money for conceding their illegal possession over the said land.
Fragile and aged, Ujala Jamwal, widow of late Budhvir Singh was swept off her feet when she came to know that the plot measuring little above a kanal and a half her late husband bought as a security for his family was encroached upon by the local mafia who were notorious for similar shady deeds and had earlier also made an attempt to usurp the same plot. "We could not visit our plot in Paloura for a few weeks due to first a death in the family, followed by curfew and bandh in August last; but when we did, we were shocked to discover that our plot was encroached upon by the land mafia and a shed was constructed in the plot," said the elderly woman.
Ujala and her family narrated their tale of woes to the Janipur Police, but according to her,... | |
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| 'Retired' officials make merry as State pays Rs 75 lakh as salary to them | | Government order banning re-employment torn to pieces | | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, Oct 18: The State Government has paid around seventy five lakh rupees as salary to officials who after getting superannuated from Government services were either re-employed or given extension in their services in their parent departments or different department since over the past one year.
According to the information made available by General Administration Department, Rs. 74, 94, 449 were paid as salary to the re-appointed Government officials in the State since September 2012. This has been done despite a Government order banning re-employment or extending the services of retired officials.
Inayatullah Khan who retired as Director, Forensic Science Laborato... | |
| | | | Face lifting of roads, kerb stones makes official-contractor nexus of R&B rich | | | | Javaid Naikoo
SRINAGAR, Oct 18: A major scam of using illegal methods by Roads and Buildings (R&B) Department Srinagar in nexus with concerned contractors is fetching crores to the concerned officials and contractors. The document details along with video proofs in possession of Early Times reveal that during the process of beautification, facelifting, painting of police beats, grills, iron railings and poles etc. of many roads including the Indira Gandhi Air Port Road the R&B officials in nexus with contractors not only violate the prescribed guidelines mentioned in the allotment order for the work but also use fraudulent methods which include use of substandard material to grab a make ... | |
| | | | SIC directs University to provide information under RTI Act | | Suspension of SMVD University faculty member | | | ET Report
JAMMU, Oct 18: The State Information Commission (SIC) has directed the Public Information Officer (PIO) of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University to provide Information under J&K RTI Act 2009 to a faculty member of the university who has been suspended by the University. The applicant has sought details relating to his suspension and the University authorities denied the information under various sections of JK RTI Act 2009 and the case finally ended up at SIC.
As per details available with Early Times, Dr. Amit Sharma a resident of Nai Basti Kana Chak, Akhnoor Road Jammu who is also a member of SMVD University faculty moved an application dated 17-04-2013 under J&K Right to Info... | |
| | | | PSUs owe Rs 1450 cr to J&K Govt: CAG report | | | | Mustansir
SRINAGAR, Oct 18: Fourteen Government companies and two statutory corporations owe Rs. 1,450 crore to the State exchequer as successive Governments since 1996 could not initiate remedial measures in the once-flourishing Public Sector Undertakings (PSU) in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India's report, presented in the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council at the end of the Budget session on April 5, has pointed out a cumulative red balance of Rs. 1,450.46 crore with the 16 PSUs. The J&K Power Development Corporation tops the list with the cumulative borrowing of Rs. 816.03 crore, followed by the J&K State Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) a... | |
| | | | 'Party has undermined all its principles' | | NC can do anything for power: Goni | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 18: Mohammad Aslam Goni, former political secretary to Dr Farooq Abdullah, today said that he was compelled by 'circumstances' to leave the National Conference and join the Congress.
Talking to a local news agency, Goni alleged that NC at present has undermined its basic principles and that the party is losing its base in the State. "I was very uncomfortable and felt suffocated as they are eroding the party's base," said Goni. He further accused NC of 'disrespecting' the party workers and not listening to the party men.
Goni further mentioned that he has sacrificed 29 years of his life to strengthen NC. "I can only say that what I have done for this party... | |
| | | | BSF, IB apprehend major terrorist strike around Diwali | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 18: BSF and intelligence agencies are apprehending a major terror strike around Diwali in Jammu. The recent spurt in firing along the border and the targeting of civilians is an indication of the game plan of ISI to make leeway for pushing in terrorists.
Top BSF and intelligence officials said they have tracked intercepts suggesting that Pakistan will continue to fire along border till Diwali. Sources said that the intensity is only going to increase in coming days.
Intelligence officials said Pakistan is working on two pronged strategy for terror strikes again in Jammu and also in other parts of the country.
Sources said the reason for spurt in firing alo... | |
| | | | Choudhary Aslam re-elected CLP leader, Niaz Dy leader in House | | 'Move' washes away aspirations of two Ministers | | | ET Report
Jammu, Oct 18: In what can be seen as move by J&K PCC leadership to dispel aspirations of some to 'grab' the post and rule out the possibility of any replacement for the incumbent leader, Choudhary Mohammad Aslam, the octogenarian Congress stalwart was today unanimously re-elected the CLP leader. A new development that came as surprise for many is the creation of Deputy Leader for the same post for the first time which is also seen as reducing to nil the 'desire' of a couple of leaders to be a replacement for Choudhary Aslam. Mohammad Sharif Niaz has been declared as the deputy CLP leader.
Sources said a meeting of Legislators was today called by the PCC president Prof S... | |
| | | | Political parties have failed for past 5 yrs-I | | Give Jammu what it deserves | | | ET Report
JAMMU, Oct 18: The upcoming Darbar move from summer capital to winter capital will be crucial for all political parties in Jammu and Kashmir as it will be the last opportunity to give Jammu what it deserves ahead of crucial Assembly elections of 2014.
For the past five years, the Omar Abdullah led National Conference-Congress coalition Government has given nothing to the people of the region. They have been deprived of even basic amenities like food, water, social and personal security. People have developed a sentiment that Government only works for those people who have some say in the society and common people don't get anything.
Even the local Ministers of Jammu region, irr... | |
| | | | Congress unlikely to win 100 seats in the upcoming general election | | National mood | | |
Rustam
JAMMU, Oct 18: Will the Sonia Gandhi Congress repeat the 2009 performance in 2014? If one goes by the recent pre-poll survey conducted by the C-Voters for TIMES NOW and INDIA TV, then it can be said without any hesitation that the Congress is destined to be doomed. The survey said that the Congress would win 102 seats. In other words, the survey said that the Congress would lose as many as 104 seats. In 2009, the Congress had won 206 seats and its allies like the NCP, NC and the RLD about 50. The Congress-led UPA formed the Government with the outside support of the SP, BSP and the RJD.
The findings of the survey, which were made public on October 16, clearly said that the Congre... | |
| | | | Pakistani troops resort to heavy shelling on LoC, IB | | 10 Indian posts targetted, 2 BSF jawans injured | | | Sumit Sharma
JAMMU, Oct 18: Pakistani troops today resorted to heavy firing and shelling along the Line of Control and International Border in Jammu and Kashmir.
Reports said heavy shelling was reported from the RS Pura and Akhnoor sectors. The Pakistan rangers resorted to firing on International Border at Suchetgarh, RS Pura at 11 pm on Thursday night which remained continued till 2 am. The same was retaliated by the BSF jawans. In the incriminating firing, 2 BSF jawans received bullet injuries in Nikowal BoP. The injured have been been identified as Constable Gangan Thakur and Hasda of 193 battalion of BSF. They were rushed to the GMC hospital for treatment. A senior police officer giv... | |
| | | | CM spoke on 'Rule of Law' two days after a Sikh cop was stoned to death in a Taliban style at Palhalan | | Omar's topic at judicial conference should have been "Rule of Lawlessness in my regime" | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 18: "Arnob Goswami can not dictate to National Conference", a bitterly stung Farooq Abdullah grumbled at the Times Now TV correspondent at Nawai-e-Subah, headquarters of his National Conference and the venue of a press conference in 2008. In a prime time programme overnight, the television anchor had been stoically critical of the NC leader Dr Mustafa Kamaal's act of attending the funeral prayers of the two militants who had got killed in an encounter with security forces at Palhalan village in Pattan Assembly segment of Baramulla district.
Journalists from Srinagar to Delhi had viewed it as a marked shift in the NC policy vis-à-vis the militants. Claiming... | |
| | | | Self-styled J&K experts speaking separatists' language | | At the cost of nation | | | Neha
JAMMU, Oct 18: There are many persons outside Jammu and Kashmir who say they are experts in the State affairs and their solutions, if accepted would end unrest in Kashmir and resolve the so-called Kashmir problem on a permanent basis. One such expert is Dileep Padgaonkar, former chief interlocutor, who has been hailing the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly for passing a resolution against former Army chief General VK Singh. General Singh had made certain startling disclosures during an interview to TIMES NOW following a report in a leading English language national daily that the Army, at the behest of former Army chief, had bribed Agriculture Minister Ghulam Hassan Mir in Omar Abdullah's co... | |
| | | | State short of 2395 health institutions | | | |
Bashir Assad
SRINAGAR, Oct 18: As per the population criteria with reference to 2011 census, there is a deficiency of 1757 health institutions in the State.
In written reply to a question of PDP MLA, Sayed Basharat Bukhari, the Minister in-charge Health, Shabir Ahmad Khan during the recently concluded Assembly session said that there is deficiency of 1062 and 695 health institutions in Kashmir and Jammu divisions respectively.
Khan while giving the break up of the deficiency of the health institutions in Kashmir Division, said that there is a requirement of 42 Community Health Centers, 122 Primary Health Centers and 898 Sub-Centers while in Jammu Division 22 Community Health Centers, 7... | |
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