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| Cong on 'forefront' to ensure empowerment of Panchayats: Soz | | Advocates for 'honorarium' to Sarpanches, Panches | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 24: Asserting his stand once again on the commitment of the party, Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee President Chief and Former Union Minister Prof. Saifuddin Soz today made it loud and clear that Congress party is on the forefront to fully empower the Panchayat Raj Institutions in the state on the pattern of 73rd Amendment of the Constitution in order to make the Panchayats as effective institutions of local self government.
" Full empowerment of Panchayat Raj Institutions has to be there not only to realize the dreams of former Prime Minister late sh. Rajiv Gandhi but it is essential to make the Panchayats effective instruments of service... | |
| | | | Jammu Kashmir witnessed political and not security turbulence in 2011 | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 24: The state of Jammu and Kashmir experienced political and not security turbulence during 2011.People had respite from the turbulent summer of 2010 and during the year that is to end within next 125 hours the security scenario remained comfortable as compared to the earlier years.
A major political turbulence was in the shape of a tussle between those demanding withdrawal of the AFSPA and troops from within the civilians areas in the state and those opposing it tooth and nail.At one stage the tussle assumed the shape of a conflict between leadership of the National Conference and that of the Congress.
Equally the roar in favour of reintroduction of rotatio... | |
| | | | Traffic Insp demoted, SI among five others penalized for corruption | | | | Sumit Sharma
Jammu, Dec 24 Seven police officers including a lady inspector, who became the first victims of the high tech surveillance cameras installed by police at different locations in the city, have been penalized severely including the denial of time bound promotions and other monetary benefits.
Sources in the Police said that the lady officer Inspector identified as Inspector Anita Chopra also Bunty Chopra, posted as DTI in traffic police who along with her team of six police officers was put under suspension after surveillance cameras installed in the city caught them accepting graft from the violators has been demoted to one rank from her present rank besides, increments of the... | |
| | | | NC worker shot dead in Srinagar | | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Dec 24: An activist of the ruling National Conference (NC) was shot dead by militants in Jammu and Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar during the wee hours on Saturday.
Unidentified gun men on Saturday morning appeared in the Batamaloo area of Srinagar and fired upon Bashir Ahmed Bhat from close range.
Militants after striking successfully managed to escape from the spot, said local media.
Bhat, according to eye witnesses, died on spot. However, he was rushed to SMHS hospital where he was declared dead.
According to reports, Bhat's father had also become a prey of the bullets of militants some 15 years ago.
In 1996, Bhat's father Muhammad Jamal Bhat, a bloc... | |
| | | | Cong eyeing bye elections on 7 seats | | Soz starts campaing for Cong | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 24: Eyeing on the seven assembly seats of BJP, Congress has launched a campaign in these constituencies. The Party which is demanding bye elections for these seven seats have also appealed the Speaker to go through the rule.
The PCC chief Prof Saif-ud-Din Soz has also given indications to this effect recently in a prèss -conference here asking the Speaker to go through the rules as the seven BJP MLAs disqualified by the Party for cross voting deserve to be unseated.
The party which is the alliance partner of National Conference (NC) is determined to get the seven MLAs unseated so that bye elections are held in the state. This has been the main reason that t... | |
| | | | NHPC, Forest department nexus in misappropriation of Crores | | Large scale irregularities in CAT scheme | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 24: The implementation of the catchment area treatment (CAT) plan in Jammu and Kashmir has come under public scanner as the physical achievement of the multi-crore scheme is totally missing on ground and there are apprehensions of huge scams in the implementation of this much hyped scheme.
Large scale embezzlement and misappropriation of funds released under centrally sponsored CAT scheme is likely to surface within next few weeks as an application under Right to Information Act (RTI) 2005 was filed today in the office of Executive Director National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) at Narwal Jammu, asking the corporation to provide detailed informatio... | |
| | | | Where are Rupees nine crores swindled by Hajeej India? | | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Dec 24: Rupees nine crores collected fraudulently from aspiring Hajj pilgrims by Hajeej India have vanished into thin year!
Hajj travel operators, Hajeej India collected money from aspiring Hajj pilgrims who were finally told their visas had not been received from the Saudi embassy. The agitated aspiring pilgrims demanded their money back and this forced the owners of Hajeej India to go underground leaving the pilgrims high and dry.
Fabiyan Wahid, the owner of the company who had gone underground was arrested by the State police from Rajasthan and brought to Srinagar for interrogation. The owner of the company is in police lock up in Srinagar after he was re... | |
| | | | Sagar owes an explanation to people | | `Implement rules framed by High Court' | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 24: Last year when the Assembly was in session , the Law Minister Ali Muhamamd Sagar apporoved rules framed by the High Court. The rules were meant for speedy disposal of habeas corpus petitions.
While applying the rules, Sagar said "it was a right step in the right direction." Twenty months on, the implementation of `approved' rules remains a distant dream.
Talking to news men immediately aftyer approving the rules, Sagar had said: "Yes, I have given the approval of rules and regulations for courts and Case Flow Management in the High Court. I approved the matter the day it came to my office. These will go a long way in providing speedy justice in different... | |
| | | | Bhim's Attack On NC, Congress | | Achieving pious goals through occasional statements | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Dec 24: Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) Bhim Singh has once again urged Governor N N Vohra to invoke section 92 of the Jammu and Kashmir Constitution and bring the state government under his direct control. His argument is that the NC-Congress coalition government has simply promoted corruption in the state and failed to deliver on any front. Yet another refrain of Bhim Singh is that the present dispensation is anti-democratic and anti-people. According to him, the only alternative to "save the people of Jammu and Kashmir from the pangs of death and destruction" is the immediate dismissal of the Omar Abdullah-led government. "Free the people of J... | |
| | | | NC again ignored Congress | | Lawyers' Strike | | | Neha
JAMMU, Dec 24: The striking lawyers yesterday met with JKPCC president and chairman of the Congress-NC Coordination Committee Prof Saif-ud-Din Soz and sought his intervention so that the ongoing controversy over the state government's decision to transfer registration powers from judiciary to revenue officials is amicably resolved and the courts resume normal functioning. The lawyers' delegation was led by the BAJ president B S Slathia under whose leadership the legal fraternity engineered movement against the official decision, which was taken so suddenly. It was a very positive interaction between Prof Soz and the BAJ leadership. The JKPCC president assured the BAJ delegation that h... | |
| | | | After forces, police too put border posts on alert to tackle infiltration; VDCs activated, villagers do night patrolling | | | | Bharat Bhushan
JAMMU, Dec 24: After security forces, police too have put on high alert their border posts in the region as intelligence inputs suggested that infiltration bids by militants are likely to go up with the fog getting thicker in days to come.
Village defence committees (VDCs) too had been activated, and at some places, it were the villagers who had been engaged for night patrolling.
This time of the year is very crucial on borders. Taking advantage of foggy weather conditions, when visibility is very poor and drops to three metres, or so, militants make repeated attempts to infiltrate.
A police officer said while troops were already there on the first line of defence, police... | |
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