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| PDD unable to peg back T&D losses, AT&C losses reach 73 percent | | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
Jammu, Nov 27: Despite receiving grants from Government of India for controlling annual transmission and distribution losses, Jammu and Kashmir has failed to show any notable improvement in controlling the losses.
According to a report of Planning Commission India, T&D losses in the state as reported by Power Development Department (PDD) continue to hover above 60 percent. The actual losses as reported by JKPDD were 63.04 percent for 2009-10, 62.03 percent for 2010-11 and 61.44 percent for 2011-12. Though the government did boost of bringing it down to 46.72 percent by the end of last financial year and even said that these losses would come down to 46.36 percent by end... | |
| | | | BSNL withholds code to defeat MNP | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 27: Fed-up with erotic mobile service of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), its customer can't even switch to other telecom operators, with Mobile Number Portability (MNP), as BSNL is not providing the unique code, which is mandatory for MNP.
As BSNL was the first telecom operator to start mobile services in the state in 2003, most of the people were using BSNL services. Now days, due to erotic service of BSNL, a government entrepreneur, many of the customers want to switch to other telecom operators in the state. But the BSNL is reluctant to provide the MNP.
"Whenever I send a SMS on 1900 to get the unique code for MNP, it always shows message sending f... | |
| | | | Nawaz prefers choice to seniority while selecting new Army chief | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 27: Having become wiser from his mistake of having appointed Gen.Pervez Musharaff as the Army chief in Pakistan,who later toppled the Government in a coup, Nawaz Sharif is said to have given importance to his personal choice instead to seniority while picking up the new Army chief.
After weeks of intense speculation, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has finally made the selection of two senior army officers as chief of Army Staff and Chairman Joint Chief of Staff Committee.
Lt Gen Raheel Sharif is being appointed as the COAS whereas Lt Gen Rashad Mahmood is being appointed as the CJCSC. Raheel is currently serving as Inspector General Training and Evaluation wher... | |
| | | | Land purchased by Ministers, legislators from 2002 to 2013 | | SIC directs Tehsildar (T) Jammu to divulge information | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 27: In a significant order the State Information Commission (SIC) has directed the Tehsildar Territorial Jammu to reveal all the details about land purchased by present Ministers , MLAs , MLCs etc in Jammu district from 2003 till 2013 . The information sought includes details of land acquired as gift deeds and mutations made thereof. The details were not earlier divulged by the office of DC Jammu as well as Tehsildar (T) Jammu on the pretext that information was voluminous and would require lot of manpower and official resources.
As per details available with Early Times, Jammu based RTI Activist and Advocate Vilakshana Singh moved an application on June 20,... | |
| | | | After setting dead line for enquiry, Minister forgets to form committee | | Srinagar face-lift scam | | | Javaid Naikoo
SRINAGAR, Nov 27: Taking cognizance of a Early Times report about a scam in Srinagr's city's face-lifting on the occasion of darbaar move early this year, the concerned Minister, Abdul Majeed Wani set a deadline for enquiry but forgot to form a probe committee.
After firstly exposing the Srinagar face lifting scam on 18.10.2013 and later carrying repeated stories on the said scam with elaborate document details in connection with the same, Minister for Roads and Buildings, Abdul Majeed wani on 18.11.2013 on record said that he has came to know about the fraudulent measures used during the face lifting of roads, kerb stones, police beats, electric poles conducted by the cont... | |
| | | | Search committee undecided as trust deficit piles up | | BOSE continues to be headless | | | Bashir Assad
SRINAGAR, Nov 27: Like many other institutions, the Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education which is headless for last six months is completely in mess which is adversely affecting the careers of thousands of students enrolled with it.
After the serious allegations of out of syllabus papers for Class 12th, the BOSE is now facing credibility crisis in other parts of the state. Reports of paper leakage in Reasi, protests in Kishtwar on paper setting, mass copying in Budgam, Kulgam and Kupwara districts in Kashmir valley have shattered the faith of the people in this institution.
This according to some one is only because the institution is without chairman for last ... | |
| | | | Blast turns marriage into mourning at Galigard | | 42 injured; 20 critically | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
kishtwar, Nov 27: In a tragic incident that took place during a marriage ceremony at Galigard village of Sarthal in Kishtwar district, 42 persons mostly women and children got injured as a gas cylinder filled with a petro-max caught fire triggered a massive blast.
The police rushed to the spot immediately and started rescue and relief operation with the help of the local people and shifted 35 injured persons with severe injuries to District Hospital Kishtwar from where 20 critically injured patients where shifted to Government medical college Jammu for advanced treatment.
According to police, the incident took place inside the house of Kewal Krishan son of Kant Ram res... | |
| | | | As joining spree continues, retd bureaucrats, businessmen also in race...? | | Lalkar rally excitement reaches crescendo | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 27: As the euphoria for December 1 Lalkar rally reaches its crescendo, rumour mill is also getting rife with the same pace with respect to people joining BJP in presence of party stalwarts or a day ahead of the mega event, given the constraint of time visiting dignitaries might be having for these 'miscellenous' exercises, no matter it is on account of Modi factor and motivation that would be driving the aspirants to come into BJP fold. In addition to speculation of expelled MLAs also showing inclination to join the party again on this occassion, speculations are also doing rounds for some known public figures, heavy weights in their own fields, who may join... | |
| | | | Evil effects of atrocious Article 370 | | Defeating the sinister game plan | | | Neha
JAMMU, Nov 27: Article 370 is not a boon; it's a deadly poison. It's divisive and essentially anti-India. It's anti-people. It's anti-democratic. It's anti-Scheduled Castes. It's anti-Other Backward Classes. It's anti-Scheduled Tribes. It's fundamentally anti-minorities. It has only empowered the Kashmiri ruling elite to exercise unbridled legislative, executive and financial powers and exploit the people. It has empowered the ruling classes to the extent that no one can question it. It has promoted corruption and inefficiency.
Article 370 has simply promoted politics of separation in Kashmir, based on religious fanaticism. It has hampered the growth of people's democracy in the stat... | |
| | | | Re-looking dialogue policy with Pakistan | | DGP Prasad hits nail on the head | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Nov 27: J&K Director General of Police (DGP) Ashok Prasad had on Tuesday hit the nail on the head and virtually asked New Delhi to refashion its whole foreign policy vis-à-vis aggressive Pakistan, saying the Indian foreign policy is flawed. He made this very important statement during a seminar on national security, organized by the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA). The theme of seminar was highly significant and it was "Terror and Trespasses in India's Northern Borders".
DGP Prasad did not mince words. He was candid and made not one but several significant statements indicating his concern over what Pakistan had been doing in the state to harm Indian interes... | |
| | | | NC doing damage to Omar by bringing in 2003 alleged BOPEE scam | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 27: National Conference in a desperate bid to salvage the credibility of Omar Abdullah governance, hit by the latest instance of sale of MBBS paper, is harming itself more than the PDP, which it's targeting.
NC provincial president Devinder Rana had said that there should be a judicial probe on the functioning of Board of Professional Entrance Examination (BOPEE) with regard to alleged leakage of papers pertaining to papers of postgraduate courses in 2003.
He said the action against beneficiaries was stalled. Rana has made statement after taking a cue from the statement of Omar Abdullah who strangely said his government especially he is blamed if there is a... | |
| | | | 2 Anganwari centers in Reasi closed for 6 months | | Residents allege misappropriation of assistance | | | Ajay Sharma
REASI, Nov 27 : The poor implementation of Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) across the state can be gauged from the fact that two Anganwari centers in Panchayat Sangrah of district Reasi are non-functional since last six months. Sources told Early Times said that two Anganwari centers Ward No. 3 situated at village Gahai near Ransoo Shiv Khori and Ward No. 1 placed at village Khori both of Panchayat Sangrah are lying closed for the last more than six months allegedly to misappropriate all assistance sent to these centers for their personal benefits by the workers employed in these centers. "These two Anganwari centers are not working and the nutrition meant for the ... | |
| | | | Over 4000 BJP activists from valley likely to attend Modi's rally | | | | Saahil Suhail
Srinagar, Nov 27 : Over Four thousand Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) activists from Kashmir valley are likely going to attend, Narinder Modi's Lalkaar rally in Jammu.
Party's Kashmir unit under the supervision of its senior leader Sofi Yousf who had contested several assembly elections from Bijbehara and Pahalgam constituency respectively-has geared up to ensure maximum participation in the rally at MAM Stadium.
Sofi Yousf, who is himself organizing meetings with party activists in different areas of South Kashmir, told Early Times that they have completed all the arrangements related to participation of activists in the rally. "All arrangements like transport facility, acc... | |
| | | | HC asks Govt to take stand on ReT posts in backward areas | | | | S Sabaqat
Srinagar, Nov 27 : A Division Bench of High Court has asked state government to take a stand regarding filling of Rehbar-e-Taleem posts in socially and educationally backward areas and areas near Line of Actual Control. Hearing a petition filed by one Shaheeda Shafi of Budgam, the DB comprising Justics M H Attar and Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey asked the government to clarify whether the ReT posts are to be filled up from amongst those eligible candidates, who can produce Reserved Backward Area certificates before the Competent Authority, who issues the advertisement notification for filling up of such posts in such areas. The court issued notice to S A Naik, AGG for his appear... | |
| | | | BOPEE scam: Crime Branch opposes release of accused | | Ex-chairman BOPEE moves court for bail | | | S Sabaqat
Srinagar, Nov 27 : Crime Branch of police has opposed bail to one of the arrested accused in a scam involving selling of Common Entrance Test papers by the Board of Professional Entrance Examinations (BOPEE) last year.
In objection to the bail plea moved by the accused before an anti-corruption court here, Sajjad Ahmad, the Crime Branch said that investigation indicates that the he is involved in hatching of a conspiracy with the other accused leading to leakage of examination paper of CET during the year 2012. "The investigation conducted so far has revealed that the applicant has been a close associate of Farooq Ahmad Itoo a kingpin of the racket," the Crime Branch said. ... | |
| | | | Experts hold primitive modes of cultivation responsible | | Saffron production declines by 50% | | | Irshad Bhat
Jammu, Nov 27: After experiencing a good crop last year, saffron growers said that the production has reduced to about half this year compared to last year owing to insufficient rainfall and problems in saffron corm.
The farmers said that last year the production of saffron flowers per Kanal was about 15-20 kilogram which has reduced to seven to ten Kilogram this year. "The land I am having under saffron cultivation is about 30 kanals which on average yielded eight to ten Kilograms of flower production per Kanal which is half the production that the fields yielded last year," said Irshad Ahmad, a resident of Patal Bagh. The farmers said that the production depends upon the... | |
| | | | Kishtwar Polytechnic students asked to appear in practical exams at Jammu | | Students threaten stir | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Kishtwar, Nov 27 : Annoyed over the callous attitude of Department of Technical Education, the 3rd semester students of Polytechnic College Kishtwar on Tuesday held a protest inside college premises against Board of Technical Education.
The protest was triggered against department of Technical Education following its directive to the students to appear for practical examination at Jammu as Kishtwar Polytechnic College lacked laboratory facility.
While talking to media Persons, Aaga Shaie, a student leader said that most of students were from poor families and could not afford the expenses for staying at Jammu. He said that despite repeated request to the concerned offi... | |
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