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| JCCB staff to go on indefinite strike, 3 GMs too aim gun against Chairman | | Increments, DA elude staff, illegal appointments, scandals mar JCCB | | |
SUMIT SHARMA
Jammu Oct 23: While the Jammu and Central Cooperative Bank (JCCB) is dragging its feet for getting its license renewed from Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the nodal banking agency, the employees of Jammu Central Cooperative Bank have decided to go on indefinite strike after three of their office bearers raised demand of increments and DA were transferred by Chairman Mohinder Singh with immediate effect.
The dark clouds are looming over the chair of chairman as at one hand the employees have decided to go on indefinite strike in support of their demands of increments and DA on the other hand the three General Managers of Bank namely Abdul Qayoom (Advs), RL Choudhary (Admn/CEO) and Ganesh Chandel Sharma (I&V/BP&D) alleging they are devoid of any executive powers as the same are with Chairman thus have decided to aim their guns towards the present chairmanship. They alleged they had no free hand command at administrative machinery effectively while centralized power has caused total chaos in the institution which is already passing through financial crises.
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| “Repeated ceasefire violations by Pak aimed at providing cover to militants” | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 23: A senior army officer today said the repeated incidents of firing by Pakistan in violation of the border ceasefire were part of its old tactics to provide cover to militants waiting on their side to enter the Indian territory.
Quoting intelligence inputs, he said there were a number of militants waiting in the forward Pak posts to enter J&K.
“Since both the International Border (IB) and the Line of Control (LoC) have been fenced, it has virtually become impossible for the Pak-trained militants to sneak into the state,” the officer, who did not want to be quoted, said.
He said alert Indian troops had been on round-the-clock patrolling along the fencin... | |
| | | | Govt may give additional cylinders on its own | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu , Oct 23
The State government is contemplating on giving additional three subsidised LPG cylinders to consumers on its own after getting rebuttal from the Centre. This would cost the State government an additional Rs 500 crores.
“The government is seriously considering it. As unrest on this account across the State, especially in the Kashmir, can pose serious threat to peace, which the government can’t afford,” said a cabinet minister.
The state government was pinning its hope on Prime Minister to give his word on giving additional cylinder which he politely refused to commit.
“The PM categorically told Dy CM and other minister that Centre can’t make e... | |
| | | | DM imposes restrictions around examination centres | | Curbing copying in Kishtwar | | |
Asif Iqbal Naik
Kishtwar October 23:- The District Administration has imposed restrictions under Section 144 CrPC around examination centres in Kishtwar to curb the menace of copying as Chief Education Officer, Lok Nath Butt vide his order No: CEO/K/12/8837-8839 appointed Dy CEO as Chief Inspector of Examination centres falling in Marwah, Dachhan and Warwan areas of the district.
The examinations are scheduled to be held from 25th of October 2012 at 36 examination centres spread over 7 education zones across the district. Overall 3138 students from 93 High/Higher Secondary schools including some recognized private schools will appear in the said examination.
The CEO Kishtwar sai... | |
| | | | Displaced Pandits deserve a better deal | | `We have sacrificed for India’ | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 23: The pandits have sacrificed for the country and deserve a better deal. This was stated by angry youth from the displaced pandit community during an interaction with civil society actors from Kashmir comprising mostly of the majority community here yesterday. The interaction was facilitated by an NGO.
A senior journalist from Valley who participated in the interaction said the anger displayed by the youth was fully justified. “They have suffered for the past two decades and their own community was treating them as outcastes”, he said.
Shockingly the employment package announced by the Prime Minister to accommodate educated youth from the community stands... | |
| | | | Ex-Chief Secretary S.S.Kapur’s re-employment merely promise fulfilling exercise? | | SWRRA not a constitutional body | | |
Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Oct 23: Ex-Chief Secretary Sham Singh Kapur’s accepting the re-appointment as Chairperson of State Water Resources Regulatory Authority (SWRA) has come as surprise to the bureaucrats who have retired earlier to him.
They are agog over the fact that a 1974 batch IAS officer, Sham Singh Kapur has accepted to head an institutions whose control, according to the act rests solely with the state government. Section 143 of the Jammu and Kashmir Water Resources (Regulation and Management) Act-2010 empowers the state government to remove the chairperson if he has been found guilty of proved misbehavior or has abused his official position or has acquired financial or ot... | |
| | | | ‘A’ for ‘ASHA’-for- ‘T’ for Tarigami ‘N’ for ‘nirasha’- hoping against hope | | | |
Bashir Assad
Srinagar, Oct23; Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) Tuesday observed a day long protest demonstration here at Municipal Park demanding regularization of their services, State Secretary CPI(M) , M Y Tarigami led the protest rally.
Speaking on the occasion, Tarigami lambasted the state and central governments for totally ignoring the crucial component of the much hyped National Rural Health Mission. He said the only achievement of NRHM on ground is the selfless service of the Asha worker and unfortunately, the woman activist alone is the victim of official apathy.
However, what was interesting to note was that Tarigami repeatedly urged the Asha workers to stay u... | |
| | | | Congress losing space because of its association with NC | | Anti-Congress Wave | | |
STARK REALITY
RUSTAM
JAMMU, Oct 23: People of Jammu Pradesh, barring a few exceptions, are not happy with the Congress party. They have come to believe that it is the Congress which has complicated things in the state by extending unflinching and unqualified support to the National Conference (NC) and that whatever the NC leadership in and out of the government has been doing since January 2005 to widen the gulf between the state and New Delhi it has been doing it with the full backing of the Congress party. There is a view that the Congress will pay a very heavy price in the next elections, as the people of this Pradesh by and large consider the association of the Congress with the... | |
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