FRONT PAGE STORIES |
|
|
| Bloodshed on roads unabated! | | As families lose their bread winners, Govt stays inert | | | Abodh Sharma
Jammu, Nov 26: Tragic death of 19 people in a bus mishap at Dudu in Udhampur the previous day has failed to jolt the government inebriated by power. Three days after tens of families lost their bread winners, indifferent Government is yet to fix responsibility of the incident on authorities of transport, Police or civil administration- it has infact done little beyond offering lip service to the injured in the hospital and shamelessly extending meagre Rs. 5000/- to the next of kin of the deceased.
Repeated road accidents and rising death toll in them has reportedly emptied the coffers of the Transport department. Little over 90 lakhs that it had in the passenger welfare fund ... | |
| | | | Omar concedes its only Cong-PDP fight | | | | early times report
Jammu, Nov 26: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has conceded that it will be PDP-Congress fight in the next Assembly with NC playing the role of either a second fiddle.
"Omar by announcing pre-poll alliance even before the elections, has conceded the hard fact that NC is not in the picture and it will be a fight between PDP and Congress," said a senior NC leader not wishing to be named.
The CM in his addresses at different rallies for the MLC elections has been saying that NC-Cong will go in for poll alliance. Though Congress hasn't made any comment about it, while Health Minister Sham Lal Sharma, has discounted it by saying party high command will take decision on it.
I... | |
| | | | NC in more advantageous position in tie up with Cong | | | | early times report
JAMMU, Nov 26: With Congress and National Conference (NC) contesting one seat each in Kashmir Valley and Jammu region on Party level, the former ahs conceded its support base to NC in Jammu and allowed the later to consolidate its position in the region where the Party had a strong base and where it used to sweep the elections previously.
There is already a brewing resentment among the Congmen in the state over the Party decision to continue coalition with NC even after the controversial statements given by NC Additional General secretary and former Minister Dr Mustafa Kamal.
According to sources majority of Congress workers who are not satisfied with Parties alliance... | |
| | | | CAPD retirees bear brunt of Accountant General's indifference | | Pension claims unsettled for months | | | early times report
Srinagar, Nov 26: Hundreds of retired storekeepers and depot assistants of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD) department are suffering due to the alleged negligence of Principal Accountant General office as the latter has failed to settle their pension claims.
Despite clear cut recommendation by Secretary CAPD, M Abass to Princ-ipal Accountant General to settle the pension claims of these unfortunate storekeepers/depot assistants the latter has failed to comply even though six months have passed since the order was passed on 20 March 2012.
While implementing the non-gazetted higher standard pay scale scheme rule 1996 under SRO 14 dated 15-01-1996, the CAP... | |
| | | | Where touts, RC's relatives rule the roost | | Relief Commissioner's office | | | early times report
Jammu, Nov 26: Even as people are eagerly waiting for a clarification on allotment of Jagti flats, a relative of the Relief Commissioner has added to the woes of the organization.
One Sachin Rawal who happens to be a relative of the Relief Commissioner allegedly snatched a leaf of the official cheque book of Zonal Officer Digiana and after putting forged signatures succeeded in withdrawing Rs 7000 from J and K Bank Gandhi Nagar branch.
On 20-10-2012 he produced the cheque in J&K Bank Branch Gandhi Nagar and withdrew cash of Rs. 7000/- through one Dileep Kumar after putting forged signatures on cheque No 419965 from the official bank account of Zonal Officer Digiana... | |
| | | | 'PDP sets political agenda in JK’ | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 26: Even if some people do not admit that People's Democratic Party (PDP) has emerged as an alternative to National Conference (NC), it has already changed the mood of the people if not the course of Jammu Kashmir's history.
PDP happens to be the only party that pushed NC out of power through democratic means. Earlier, attempts were not democratic. In 1953 Sher-e-Kashmir was humiliated and dethroned and finally imprisoned. In 1984 NC lost power to horse trading by late Ghulam Mohammad Shah.
But PDP did the inevitable in 2002. NC's Chief Ministerial candidate, Omar Abdullah lost from Ganderbal. This particular constituency was always NC's strong bastion. S... | |
| | | | Suspension of Jethmalani good development for J&K | | | | RUSTAM
JAMMU, Nov 26: BJP national president Nitin Gadkari, who is being accused by a section of civil society and bulk of the print and electronic media of committing serious financial irregularities for amassing wealth, yesterday suspended with immediate effect noted Supreme Court lawyer and BJP MP in the Rajya Sabha Ram Jethmalani. The final decision will be taken today by the BJP Parliamentary Board. Announcing the suspension of Jethmalani, BJP national spokesperson Shah Nawaz Hussain told media persons in New Delhi that the national BJP president suspended Jethmalani because his statements were helping the Congress and the UPA Government and damaging the BJP. The immediate provocation... | |
| | |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
STOCK UPDATE |
|
|
 |
| BSE
Sensex |
 |
| NSE
Nifty |
|
|
| |
CRICKET UPDATE |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| |
|