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| A case of victim's victimisation: Woman | | ASP abused by DSP, attached by govt | | | BHARAT BHUSHAN
JAMMU, Dec 12: It is indeed a case of victim's further victimisation. Additional SP (ASP) Anita Sharma was Saturday abused and humiliated by her junior, DSP (headquarters, Reasi) Mohammad Aslam Choudhary in full public view at a NC rally in Reasi town. While the latter was put behind the bars for showing "indiscipline", the lady officer was too punished, with government ordering her immediate attachment with IGP's office.
Though she was the victim, the government virtually made her accused by ordering her attachment.
She was the only woman field officer in the region and ought to have been encouraged to discharge her duties without fear and any political pressure. The gove... | |
| | | | SFC babus maul JKSFC Act | | Create posts of Chief General Manager, Director Finance | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Jammu Dec 12: Throwing State Forest Corporation Act 1978 to winds, the SFC officials have created posts Chief general manager and Director Finance. Pertinent to mention the Act empowers the corporation to create posts of Financial Adviser cum Chief Accounts Officer, General Manager and Secretary.
The Act also empowers the government to appoint seven members, five from the officers and two from the legislature as directors of the corporation. As per the Act, Minister of Forests will be the Chairman of the Corporation and MOS Forest if any the Vice Chairman. The Act also gives power to the government to appoint one of its directors as Managing Director of the Corporation th... | |
| | | | Amid worrying infiltration time, good news is ‘inter, intra-gang’ rivalry between militants | | | | BHARAT BHUSHAN
JAMMU, Dec 12: The number of infiltration bids goes up every year in Jammu and Kashmir during the onset of winter and before the blocking of mountain passes with snow. So, the initial days of the chill here are the worrying time for troops but this winter, as of now, there is a good news too: inter and intra-gang rivalry between militants has deepened.
Before it starts to snow and the mountain passes here are covered with the white blanket, infiltrating groups of militants make bids to pass through them. Their effort is to be on this side of the border to keep the pot boiling. As, this is the tactics they have been adopting for the past 20 years now, border troops plug all... | |
| | | | But where are the halls to house silver screen? | | Of Farooq's cinema talk | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 12: Former Chief Minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah last week talked about opening cinema halls to `attract tourists'. He evoked severe criticism from the separatists and the clergy. An angry Farooq responded by saying that Jammu Kashmir was a secular state. However, amid this high drama, the commoner raised the most important question. Where are the cinema halls?
The cinema halls were closed down in 1990 when insurgency gained momentum. In 1996 the Farooq led NC regime tried its best to open the cinema halls. A few were opened. However, the halls had to be closed down for want of business and security. The posh Broadway had to wind up as no viewers were availa... | |
| | | | Administrative set-up in ‘disarray’, discipline takes back seat | | Compounding J&K’s developmental woes? | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Dec 12: Administrative set-up of Jammu and Kashmir government seems to be in ‘disarray’ and ‘discipline’ has virtually taken a back seat.
Those in the higher echelons of power are content with ordering probes and constituting commissions but even this has failed to create impact on ground. Historic precedence of senior IAS officers holding important positions in the civil secretariat has been replaced with new found mantra of ‘asking local officers to contribute in well being of their state’ and allowing ‘non-locals’ to go either on leave or on central deputation.
Chief Secretary Madhav Lal made several efforts to get some of the ‘deputation IAS officers’ back... | |
| | | | Board, Hindu bodies at logger heads over next year's Amarnath yatra | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 12: The controversy grips the next years holy Amarnath pilgrimage seven months ahead of its start with Hindu bodies VHP and Baba Amarnath Yatri Niyas (BAYN) again on loggerheads with Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) over the duration and schedule of annual yatra.
The VHP has urged the Amarnath Shrine Board headed by Governor, N N Vohra not to interfere in the duration of yatra as it is a religious matter and should be left to religious bodies only. However the Board has rejected the VHP and BAYS assertion saying that a Sub Committee has already been constituted by the Governor N N Vohra its chairman which would hear the interested parties and advise the B... | |
| | | | Transfer of registration powers to revenue officials fraught with dangerous ramification | | Lawyers' Strike | | | NEHA
JAMMU, Dec 12: There is an impression that the Jammu lawyers are on the warpath to protect and advance further their financial interests and that this is the fundamental objective of their movement against the NC-Congress coalition government's sudden decision to transfer registration powers from the judiciary to the revenue officials. This appears to be a wrong impression. Actually, the concerned and awakened lawyers are fighting for the cause of the people. It is indeed appreciable that they have understood the game-plan of the state government and taken the plunge to surmount the problem the people would face at the hands of the revenue officials at the time of getting re... | |
| | | | National Mood: Anna takes on PM, HM & Rahul Gandhi | | India Against Corruption | | | RUSTAM
JAMMU, Dec 12: Social activist Anna Hazare, who has been spearheading movement against corruption in India, yesterday blasted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Home Minister P Chidambaram and AICC general secretary and UPA chairperson's son Rahul Gandhi and once again reiterated that his crusade against corruption would continue till India is not rid of corrupt elements in the political establishment and bureaucracy, including lower bureaucracy. He attacked the Prime Minister and dismissed him as unworthy of taking any decision and enforcing it. He said that nobody in his own government takes him seriously and that there is not one but four five Prime Ministers, who are acting independ... | |
| | | | Bail application of Madan Lal Aggarwal rejected, sent to Jail | | | |
Jammu: 3rd Additional Sessions Judge Jammu with the power Special Court Drugs & Cosmetic Act Sanjay Parhiar today dismissed the bail application of Madan Lal Aggarwal claim to be main trustee of Vishwa Swasth Dham Raghunath Bazaar Jammu where drugs were found stocked and taken in custody and sent him to Jail.
Court after considering the arguments and the contents of the bail application observed that though the complaint does not dislocsed about he being engaged in production of adulterated or spurious drugs, but having regard to the mandate of section 36 A, C sub clause (b), it will he highly improper and premature for this Court to hold that there was no reasonable ground for believing... | |
| | | | Pak-based militant group claims responsibility for attack Sagar | | | |
Srinagar: The attack on Jammu and Kashmir Rural Development and Panchayats, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister took a fresh twist on Monday evening with the Pakistan-based Jamiatul Mujahideen claiming responsibility for Sunday''s assault.
The Jamiatul Mujahideen said that the attack on Sagar was aimed at warning National Conference president and Union Minister for Non-Renewable Energy Sources Farooq Abdullah''s advocacy for reopening liquor shops in the Kashmir Valley.
In a faxed statement, the outfit''s spokesman Jamil Ahmad described Farooq Abdullah demand for the reopening of cinema halls and liquor shops as shameful and warned of more such attacks in future on the Natio... | |
| | | | RDD official absconds, 3 held with solar sets meant for BPL families | | | |
JAMMU: Police were looking for the official of rural development department (RDD) who sold 36 solar system sets, meant for BPL families, to three persons who were late last night apprehended at Ramban, about 150 km from here.
Acting on a tip-off that some solar system sets, which were kept at panchyat ghar, Chanderkote, for their distribution among BPL families of Rajgarh and Ghari villages on subsidiary rates by the block and rural development department, were being illegally carried to Kashmir, police laid a naka on the national highway at Ramban late Sunday night.
During the checking of vehicles, cops, led by Ramban police station SHO, Inspector Varinder Singh, intercepted a truck (J... | |
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