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| Sordid saga of PHE division Samba! | | Fudged figures, fictitious inquiry reports, misappropriation of funds! | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 24: Officers of Samba division of Public Health Engineering (PHE) fudged figures, prepared fictitious inquiry reports, exaggerated loss due to floods, misappropriated funds meant for various schemes and are still holding prize postings.
The officers during their respective periods along with the active support of district administration blatantly misused their official positions and looted state exchequer. A detailed ground report prepared by group of volunteers belonging to Samba division, copy of which is with Early Times, has made these spine chilling revelations.
The report pertains to the purported construction works undertaken to undo damage caused by floods in the year 2003. Volunteers have disclosed that the report prepared by PHE division Samba had stated that on July 17, 2003; 300 meters of 80mm main distribution pipe to village Keni under Bhupnairgarh Water Supply Scheme (BWSS) had got washed away while around 150 meter pipe had got badly damaged.
PHE department had put the loss at round Rs. 2 lakh. Rebutting this part of the report, V... | |
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| 1300 deaths, over 10,000 injuries in road accidents during last 15 Months | | Chief Justice to hear PIL today | | | Asif Iqbal Malik
srinagar, Oct 24: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by a number of doctors through advocate Rohit Kapoor is fixed for hearing before the Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Tuesday (October 25).
The PIL seeks effective measures to control the growing number of deaths and injuries from tragic road accidents in Jammu and Kashmir.
The PIL says in traffic congestion, Jammu is stated to be World's number two city after Tokyo. The state of J & K is at number two in the country so far as deaths due to accidents are concerned.More than 1300 people have died and over 10,000 been injured in various road accidents in Jammu and Kashmir in the past 15 mont... | |
| | | | Court directs VO to proceed against Director CDC | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 24: Additional Session Judge (Anticorruption) today directed the Vigilance Organization to take appropriate action under law against Director CDC for demanding illegal gratification. The order was passed in a complaint filed by Tilak Raj Kohli, Chairman, Shastri Memorial College of Education, Reasi through his counsel Deepak Kumar Atri against. Rajeev Gupta Director, College Development Council, University of Jammu,
In the complaint it has been alleged that Rajeev Gupta has biased attitude towards the Institution of the complainant (Tilak Raj Kohli) and the accused granted one seat to the complainant's Institution for the session 2.009-10 in order to give un... | |
| | | | NC is above law, accountable to none: PDP | | Has New Delhi acceded to Abdullah Family? | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Oct 24: The Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) president, Mahbooba Mufti today said New Delhi has been conveying a message that government of India had acceded to Abdullah Family which was above law and could get away with anything. She was addressing a mammoth rally here today.
She said NC government denied justice to the kith and kin of 120 innocent persons killed during last year's agitation. "Earlier also the NC had imposed state terror through SOG which was ended by PDP in 2002. We were fewer then but with growing strength of PDP we want to warn the NC and convey to center that our fight against corruption won't stop short of its objective. How is it that t... | |
| | | | After partition of India, external sovereignty reverted back to Hari Singh: HC | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 24: "Even the external sovereignty of His Highness, Maharaja Hari Singh reverted to him after the lapse of the paramountcy of the British crown. His Highness thus became an omnipotent sovereign after the new dominions of India and Pakistan came into existence."(SIC) . This is what the state High Court has held in Magher Singh v/s State of Jammu Kashmir (AIR1953, J and K 25 Vol 40.C.N.17). A division bench comprising Janki Nath Wazir CJ and Shahmiri J delivered a landmark judgment in 1953 in the above mentioned case.
The appellant, Magher Singh, prayed for a declaration that the Jammu Kashmir Big Landed Estates (Abolition) Act was ultra vires to the powers ... | |
| | | | Swamy does some plain-speaking | | Accession Day -- I | | | Rustam
Jammu, Oct 24: The accession day is on October 26. It was on that eventful day that Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, Hari Singh, who had suffered at the hands of the Indian National Congress in general and Jawaharlal Nehru in particular for his great role in the roundtable conference, held in London, in the early 1930s, took a historic decision and linked the fate of the state with India. He exercised the authority vested in him by the Indian Independence Act of 1947.
Before August 1947, there were two Indias, British India and the Princely India or Indian India. The British India consisted of eleven provinces -- Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, United Provinces, Assam, Punjab, Madras, Bombay... | |
| | | | Srinagar Amar Singh Club gets Rs 30 lakh; Jammu looks forward to similar gesture of CM | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 24: When chief minister Omar Abdullah today announced a Rs 30 lakh financial aid to Amar Singh Club (ASC) in Srinagar, it generated hopes in the winter capital that ASC here too may get a similar help.
And, there was no reason for Omar for not extending a similar financial help to the ASC here.
If he could give money for the development of Srinagar ASC, he should not hesitate from giving such a help to Jammu ASC too, a club member said.
Omar was the chief minister of Jammu as well and it was hoped that he would come true to the expectations of the Jammu ASC too, he added.
Earlier, he termed Srinagar ASC as the focal point for social activities and called f... | |
| | | | As a journalist Raina epitomised perseverance, patience | | | | ML Kak
Jammu, Oct 24: If there is a term like gentleman journalist J.N.Raina was an epitome of it. I has yet to meet a journalist who like Raina remains calm and cool despite provocation. I had come into contact with him in late 70's when he was the UNI correspondent in Srinagar. Right from my first meeting with him I had found him very hard working, and dedicated to his profession.
As UNI man he had developed vast network of field sources with the result he could get the details of events and incidents on telephone while sitting in his office right from morning till late evening. Invariably his face reflected a soft and sober smile which would change into a frown only when as a News age... | |
| | | | Jamboo appropriate name of what we call Jammu city | | Defeating Anti-Jammu Forces | | | Neha
Jammu, Oct 24: Yesterday, Panthers Party president and MLA Balwant Singh Mankotia mooted a noble idea of changing the name of Jammu city saying it has become absolutely imperative in the larger interest of the people of Jammu province and to defeat the evil designs of the Kashmiri leadership which is implanting ruthlessly the policy of divide and rule in order to erode the age-old identity of Jammu province and weaken the ongoing movement in the province for its empowerment within the state if possible and outside the present politico-administrative set-up, if necessary. He suggested that Jamboo would be an appropriate name for the Jammu city. It is important to note that this city of... | |
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