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| CM's probe order eats dust | | Inquiry officer running from pillar to post for facilities | | | Sub standard' material used in Samba bridges
Sumit Sharma
JAMMU, Nov 7: The 'hollow claims' of National Conference- Congress coalition government to maintain accountability in governance once again came to fore as even after the lapse of two months, the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's announcement to probe the irregularities in construction of bridges in Samba district is still waiting to take off. The Chief Minister had ordered an inquiry against the alleged use of sub standard material for the construction of bridges which were heavily damaged after few months of their commissioning due to incessant rains in district Samba.
The probe order in this connection was himself made by Chie... | |
| | | | Welcome Darbaries……to Jammu's 'changed' face! | | Roads get swift facelifting, renovation works completed overnight | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 7: Jammu is being literally spruced up like a bride-all thanks to Darbaries for whom this massive exercise of 'facelifting' continuing with pace is meant to be. All the city roads which lay in shambles and in a complete dilapidated condition for months have turned smooth with blacktopping still going on a rapid spree. The renovation works which were left half by various departments like Municipality, PWD, PHE are suddenly on fast track. Everything is being done u... | |
| | | | JKNPP moves High Court, demands permanent secretariat for Jammu | | No Logic Behind Durbar Move -- I | | | Neha
JAMMU, Nov 7: Notwithstanding several inconsistencies and glaring contradictions in its approach, the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) has not only been playing an important role in the political history of Jammu province since 1982, but also fighting for the country's cause in its own way. The JKNPP was founded in 1982 by Bhim Singh. The JKNPP leadership has approached the highest court of justice in India a number of times to ensure the collapse of the dangerous moves of the Jammu and Kashmir Government and succeeded in applying brakes at least twice.
It was the JKNPP which knocked at the doors of the Supreme Court to ensure the collapse of the 1982 Resettlement Bi... | |
| | | | JU wastes large amounts of money every year on prospectuses, forms | | | | Vaibhavi Chandel
Jammu, Nov 7: The University of Jammu squanders large amount of money on the procurement of examination forms and prospectuses every year which are left of no use in the subsequent year.
There is no mechanism to ensure safe accountability of sale proceeds as also to guard against misappropriation of money that exists in the examination department of the university.
According to an official document a large number of prospectuses are printed every year for sale in Distance Education and other departments of the University of Jammu. A major chunk of these prospectuses is rendered waste due to over printing thus wasting money.
The document says, 95,208 prospectus were got ... | |
| | | | Senior cop among 30 injured as clashes mar Eid festivities | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Nov 7: More than 30 people, including a senior superintendent of police, were injured as clashes marred the Eid festivities in different parts of the Kashmir Valley, police here said.
Groups of stone pelting youth took to the streets in Anantnag town in south Kashmir immediately after the Eid prayers had passed off peacefully there.
"Stone pelting youth engaged police and CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) personnel in pitched battles in Anantnag town after the Eid prayers passed off peacefully there," a senior police officer said. "Police used batons and tear smoke shells to disperse the protesters who kept on regrouping from different lanes and by lanes in... | |
| | | | Moderate tremor jolts Kashmir | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Nov 7: A moderate earthquake jolted the Kashmir Valley Monday evening even as the people were busy with Eid celebrations. No loss of life or property was reported.
"A moderate intensity quake hit the Valley at 5.29 p.m. this evening. The quake measured 6.0 on the Richter scale with coordinates 36.6 degrees north and 71.1 degrees east.
"The epicenter of the quake was in the Hindukush mountains of Afghanistan," Sonam Lotus, director of the local weather office, told .
"I noticed the ceiling fan swinging and this alerted me. I ran out with children into the lawn," said Bashir Ahmad, 59, who lives in north Kashmir Ganderbal town.
People in summer capital Srinag... | |
| | | | Hina wants result-oriented talks on J&K | | Pro-Active, Not Reactive | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Nov 7: Talking to reporters in Lahore on Sunday, Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar explained her country's stand on Jammu and Kashmir and reflected on what Pakistan has gained out of the ongoing talks between India and Pakistan at various levels. She informed reporters that the "country (Pakistan) has achieved much more than was expected during the dialogue process" and made it abundantly clear that Islamabad believes in a pro-active, and not in a reactive policy. "The cornerstone of our foreign policy is to develop friendly relations with our neighbours and we believe in a proactive, and not a reactive policy," Khar told reporters. She also added that "Pakistan arm... | |
| | | | India committed another diplomatic blunder on MFN status: Oppn | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 7: The recent statement of Indian Prime Minister welcoming the Pakistan Government for granting Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India is a greatest diplomatic failure of the Indian Government as two days later Pakistan Prime Minister Yusf Raza Geelani backtracked from the statement.
The political parties opposed to UPA coalition in the country have taken serious exception to the statement made by Dr Manmohan Singh and the Indian Government welcoming the statement and term it a great diplomatic failure. The BJP, Janata Dal, Shiv Sena and other opposition parties including the Left have ridiculed the UPA Government for committing blunder after blunder on d... | |
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