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| J&K's MGNREGA woes continue, targets remain unachieved | | Rajouri, Jammu worst hit | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Dec 18: J&K has left much to be desired from the Centrally sponsored Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
Ineffective monitoring coupled with 'Chalta hai' attitude of the people who were offered jobs under this act has resulted in benefits not reaching to the adequate households. Officers from Civil Secretariat to district headquarters have seemingly preferred documentary evidence over practical ground reality. Focus has seemingly been on filling up muster rolls and showing higher expenditure.
According to report on MGNREGA, a copy of which is with Early Times, 12,39,660 people registered themselves across the state for issuance of job cards. Of these, J&K issued cards to around 10, 97, 887. For reasons best known to the Rural Development Department and local MLAs as well as Ministers; 1,41,773 people were not issued job cards despite being registered with the department.
Staggered pace and computer woes are the reasons Rural Development Department gives you about huge figure of people without job cards. However, a look at t... | |
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| Thanks to official apathy prime property sold to peanuts in heart of summer capital | | Nazool land claimed to be purchased by a business group | | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, Dec 18: A prime property located in the heart of summer capital of the state is all set to go in hands of a business house who trace their success due to the inflow of hawala funds from across the border during the period of militancy after 1989.
Fairdeal Shopping Complex located on the Residency Road is all set to land in the lap of quartet of Khan Brothers as they claim to have paid Rs. 87 lakhs for the property despite the fact that the same would fetch crores of rupees. The Khan Brothers have threatened to take punitive action against the shopkeepers who are running their business in the shopping complex if they fail to vacate.
Sources told Early Times that ... | |
| | | | Sakina's monitoring fails CM, pensioners | | 3076 pension cases pending in Ganderbal | | | Bivek Mathur
JAMMU, Dec 18: Monitoring of Social Welfare schemes by Minister Sakina Itoo have been proving a damp squib even for the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's constituency, as only in Ganderbal constituency, the pendency of Pension schemes is calculated as 3076 for the current year.
As per the official website of Ganderbal District, in the Ganderbal constituency, the pendency of pension cases under different pensionary benefit schemes of state as well as Central Governments, 3076 cases are still pending with 1501 cases in Kangan constituency, thus adding to a total of 4577 pension cases pending in the district.
Under the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP), for the Indira Ga... | |
| | | | Funds for police modernization enhanced | | Annual Plan allocation reduced | | | Akshay Azad
JAMMU, Dec 18: The thrust of Union as well as State Government is seemingly more towards strengthening police force rather than developmental issues related to common person. This is reflected by the annual plan allocation for financial year 2013-14. It has not been enhanced but the budget for police modernization for same financial year shows a four-fold increase.
Sources informed Early Times that despite slash in funding for last financial year, Union Government has enhanced the funds for police modernization for financial year 2013-14.
"The annual plan allocation for state for financial year 2013-14 stood at Rs. 7300 Crores out of which nearly about Rs. 2000 Crores was Spe... | |
| | | | Tainted SFC MD working overnight to secure extension | | Agenda likely to table before BOD on Dec 21 | | | Avinash Azad
JAMMU, Dec 18: Giving a damn to directions issued by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, restricting extensions to officials, a tainted officer in otherwise bankrupt State Financial Corporation (SFC) is reportedly working overnight to secure extension of services.
Sources informed Early Times that incumbent Managing Director of SFC, AR Makroo's tenure as MD would end on January 31, 2014 but the influential officer has been reportedly working overnight to secure an extension.
"The meeting of Board of Directors is likely to be held on December 21, in which the agenda of extension to MD is likely to tabled", sources said, adding that MD has also got the support of some influential B... | |
| | | | Urges others to contest from their home constituencies | | Omar to replace ailing Yaseen Shah in Sonawar | | | Javaid Naikoo
SRINAGAR, Dec 18: Putting all speculations to rest, National Conference (NC) candidate for Ganderbal constituency today said that Omar Abdullah has decided to replace ailing Sonawar constituency candidate in the forthcoming Assembly elections. However, he has urged others to contest from their home constituencies.
NC candidate for Ganderbal constituency, Ishfaq Jabar today said that Omar Abdullah who according to him believes in changing traditional system of election contesting phenomena has not only himself decided to contest from his present home constituency, Sonawar which falls under his Gupkar residence but has also advised others in the party to contest from their ho... | |
| | | | People seeking jobs, promotions on fake certificates in Kashmir | | Unrecognised degrees win VLW 2 promotions | | | ET Report
SRINAGAR, Dec 18: Seeking Government jobs and getting promotions on the basis of fake certificates has surfaced in various places of North Kashmir district of Kupwara with the higher ups in Government maintain a stoic silence on the racket.
According to sources people in the district have managed to seek Government jobs and promotions on the plum posts on basis of fake certificates reportedly got by these students from universities outside the state through distance education despite the fact that these degrees are not recognized by Kashmir University.
Sources said that KU authorities have made it clear through a notification recently that except IGNOU and some other instituti... | |
| | | | Another conspiracy against Kishtwar! | | Unidentified burglars strike at Shiv temple, idol, cash stolen | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Kishtwar, Dec 18: In a fresh attempt to vitiate atmosphere in communally sensitive Kishtwar District that witnessed worst communal clashes on August 9 this year, some mischievous elements struck at Shiv temple in Changer village of Marwah Tehsil of Kishtwar and stole one of the idols installed in the temple. Burglars also decamped with cash kept inside the temple.
As per the details available with "Early Times" the burglars entered inside the temple the previous night by breaking the windowpanes and escaped after committing the crime when temple priest raised alarm. As soon as the incident took place, local people came out of their homes and held strong protest and in st... | |
| | | | CUK's VC too beneficiary of Mushtaq Peer's largesse | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Dec 18: The detained Chairman of the Board of Professional Entrance Examinations [BOPEE] and one-time Director of the Computer Science Centre at the University of Kashmir Mushtaq Ahmad Peer has surfaced as the one who had played a key role in the backdoor appointment of the former Vice Chancellor Wahid Qureshi's two sons in the University. The process had been started during the tenure of Jalees Tareen and taken to its logical conclusion around the timing of Qureshi's taking over as the VC. Qureshi is now completing his term as VC of Central University Kashmir [CUK].
Two officials, one of them a former Registrar and another a Deputy Registrar, are known to hav... | |
| | | | After fielding candidates in Kashmir, NC for pre-poll alliance with Congress | | 2014 General Election | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Dec 18: Strange is the National Conference's concept of coalition dharma. First it declares the names of its three candidates for all the three Lok Sabha constituencies in the Kashmir valley and then proposes a pre-poll alliance with the Congress. Only the other day, NC president and Union Minister for Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah, himself one of the three nominees, declared that the NC and the Congress would contest the upcoming general election together and not separately. A few days ago, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had also virtually suggested at Nagrota that it would be desirable if the NC and the Congress contested the coming elections together and he had made this ... | |
| | | | People of Jammu too are conscious of their identity | | Imposing will in unwilling people | | | Neha
JAMMU, Dec 18: A section of Kashmiri leadership is insulting the people of Jammu province and Ladakh region by putting forth outrageous formulations and trying to impose its sinister and communal will on the unwilling people of these two historically, politically, culturally and ethnically distinct regions. It is saying that the "people of Kashmir have always been conscious of their identity and the history bears witness to the fact that the people here have prioritized the secular principles" and that "our state is unique wherein we have constitution within the constitution and we have to preserve the identity of the state".
Even a superficial look at these formulations would make o... | |
| | | | Claims of prosperity cause a nauseautic feeling | | | | ET Report
JAMMU, Dec 18: An advertisement issued by the Power Development Corporation (PDC) titled JK on road to progress has been perceived as a crude joke by the people who chill it out without electricity. The Chief Minister has laid the foundation stone of 35.5 MW hydel project on Surhan River in Poonch district.
How this is going to make a difference to the lives of the people of the state, the Chief Minister and the PDC alone know. During the past few years, the people have witnessed scores of foundation stone laying functions. The process has gained momentum over the past few months to win votes.
While the foundation stones mislead the gullible public, the saner elements know what... | |
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