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Govt approach non-serious, delinquent; DDCs gave incomplete, useless, erroneous information State Finance Commission Report-Part III - - - Telephone, Internet remained out of bounds 12/1/2011 1:27:12 AM Syed Junaid Hashmi Jammu, Nov 30: Jammu and Kashmir State Finance Commission (SFC) has accused the state government of being 'non-serious and delinquent' towards its effective functioning during the three years of its laborious work. Tech-savvy Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's government neither provided landline telephone facility to the commission nor accesses to internet both at its Srinagar as well as Jammu office. Such were the commission members annoyed that they have advised government to dispel the perception among officers who are posted in the commission that it is dumping ground or resting place for unwanted. They have accused the government machinery of putting the politically significant and regionally critical Jammu and Kashmir State Finance Commission (JKSFC) to inconveniences and embarrassments. Commission members have in the report said that they were left to fend for themselves for accommodation and coax and flatter concerned officers to provide furniture and wherewithal. They have taken exception to the fact that tenure of commission was extended in piece meals ...   READ MORE

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Cong cabinet minister talks about expansion, revives hopes of 'rebel rousing legislators' More loyal than the king! - - - New Delhi annoyed over 'ministers speaking out of turn' 12/1/2011 1:25:59 AM Mishu Gupta Jammu, Nov 30: JAMMU, Nov 29: More loyal than the King! Much to the surprise of even the party loyalists of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, an ambitious cabinet minister of Congress today spread the word across the state about the expansion in the state cabinet and New Delhi's refusal to accept the demand for rotational Chief Ministership. Sources said that the ambitious Congress minister after having failed to cultivate a group of MLAs and MLCs in Congress to support his candidature for being projected as the Chief Ministerial choice whenever the issue of rotational CM comes up, ahead of JKPCC President Prof. Saif-ud-din Soz and Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Gh...   READ MORE   SVO presents challan against Ex-VC, Comptroller, Registrar, four other officials Illegal appointments scam in SKUAST 12/1/2011 1:24:40 AM Sumit Sharma Jammu, Nov 30: In a major development, State Vigilance Organization (SVO) Jammu wing presented challan in the infamous SKUAST illegal appointments scam against the ex-Vice Chancellor and six other officials of the university. SVO efficiently conducted the investigations and found ex-VC of SKUAST Dr. Nagendra Sharma alongwith the then Registrar Ashok Kumar Koul, the then Comptroller Vijay Kumar Soi, the then FCLA now security officer Narinder Kumar Raina, Assistant Professor Amit Sharma, the then Estates Officer Iqbal Singh and illegal beneficiary Vinayak Vikram involved in the infamous SKUAST illegal appointments scam. SVO investigation revealed involvement of ex-VC and ...   READ MORE   Let people relish peace dividends: Omar But where is peace Mr CM? 12/1/2011 1:23:58 AM Early Times Report RAFIABAD (Baramulla), Nov 30: The Chief Minister today said that his Government was determined to take peace dividends to the people. He was addressing a large public gathering at Rafiabad in Baramulla district of North Kashmir. "My Government has taken various measures on law and order front to inculcate sense of belonging in people and make them all-encompassing in the process of restoration of peace and development", he said adding that his endeavors in this direction would continue. "We have enhanced the role of Jammu and Kashmir Police in the maintenance of law and order", he said adding that removal of bunkers and reduction in the security forces were other imp...   READ MORE   CS approached to ascertain action against NHPC 12/1/2011 1:23:15 AM Early Times Report srinagar, Nov 30: Based on the information revealed through an RTI application, the state chief secretary, Madhav Lal has been approached on behalf of the civil society through another application to ascertain what action the State Government is contemplating to be initiated against the users of water resources of the State for hydro power generation since the information revealed proves the water resources of the state are being used in absence of any authorization /agreement/MOU or Licence. The application further states that pursuant to the request under the Right to Information Act and also in pursuance of the judgement and order dated 29.07.2011 passed by the Hon...   READ MORE   Is this how Omar Abdullah will solve the unemployment problem? Ban on extraction of MFP deprives rural population of livelihood 12/1/2011 1:23:00 AM Asif Iqbal Naik Jammu, Nov 30: Contrary to the claims of successive state governments of finding the ways and means to resolve the unemployment problem across the state, the ban on extraction of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) on which thousands of people depend in mountainous districts of Kishtwar, Ramban, Doda and other districts of Jammu as well as those of Kashmir province has deprived them of their livelihood. The ban on the extraction of MFP has virtually exposed thousands of villagers in far flung areas of Jammu and Kashmir and particularly in Chenab region where the trade flourished day by day before the decision of the government pushed the trade into dark. The villagers in entire Che...   READ MORE   Rahul Gandhi and the ongoing winter session of Parliament Height Of Irresponsibility 12/1/2011 1:22:28 AM Neha Jammu, Nov 30: Believe it or not, but it is a fact that AICC general secretary, Sonia Gandhi's son and the Congress' prime ministerial candidate Rahul Gandhi has no respect for the Indian Parliament. He rarely goes to the Lok Sabha. Even if he goes, he doesn't speak and whenever he speaks he doesn't make his presence felt. He only courts controversies in and outside the Parliament whenever he opens his mouth, with the henchmen of the AICC president coming to his rescue each time he speaks. He just reads out and even then he commits this faux pass or that faux pass. It is an entirely different story that all the Congress ministers, Prime Minister included, and all the Congress MPs hai...   READ MORE   'We are a neglected and ignored community' Charge Ill-conceived 12/1/2011 1:21:54 AM Rustam Jammu, Nov 30: The Muslim leadership across the country accuses the Indian State of deliberately ignoring and marginalizing them. The charge appears communally-motivated and ill-conceived. The fact is that it is a privileged community, leave alone the fact that the bulk of Muslim leadership wants its co-religionists to remain illiterate or study in the Jamaat-run religious seminaries and schools. It is a privileged community and it enjoys privileges which are not available to the majority community, notwithstanding the fact that our constitution is secular. Indian Constitution doesn't envisage preferential treatment for any community. If sections among the Muslim community are sti...   READ MORE   Bedi Commission to start proceedings after Dec 15th 12/1/2011 1:21:20 AM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Nov 30: National Panthers Party patron Prof Bhim Singh's petition before Supreme Court of India, seeking CBI investigation in the National Conference (NC) activist Haji Mohammad Yousuf's death in controversial circumstances, has come up as an impediment in kick-starting proceedings of Justice (retired) H S Bedi's Commission of Inquiry on the same subject. Justice HS Bedi, who reached here on Monday last, has set up his office-cum-residence at Hari Niwas Palace. This historic building had been renovated during Ghulam Nabi Azad's regime in 2006-08 at a staggering cost and declared as Chief Minister's residence. However, carrying the image of a jinxed premi...   READ MORE   Journos to observe "Black Day" 11/30/2011 12:01:31 AM Early Times Report NEW DELHI, Nov 29: Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) will observe Black Day on 2nd December to protest against moves to scuttle the Wage Board for journalist and non-journalists, and concerted moves to kill the Working Journalists Act. The black day will also spot light increasing attack on journalists in sensitive areas and moves by J&K state governments to withdraw advertisements to select news papers. The black day will be followed by solidarity rally day with the Confederation of Newspapers and News Agency Employees Federation. An action committee of the DUJ, Press Unity Centre Delhi, and various bodies in Delhi is being finalised, the DUJ added. A statement by the...   READ MORE

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