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| Sher-e-Kashmir awards on hold for years as CM has no time | | When Awards spell embarrassment | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 26: The Jammu and Kashmir council has failed to honour its outstanding sports persons despite announcing the Sher-e-Kashmir awards way back but the function to give away the awards has been postponed several times.
The lackadaisical attitude of the Government and the council is demoralizing the sportspersons who have brought laurels for the state at national and international levels. These awards were for the year 2010, but two years since they were announced, the Council has not been able to get a function arranged.
Sources in the sports council told Early Times that several times the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was apprised about the matter and the date for holding function was sought but nothing was heard from the CM's Secretariat, forcing repeated postponements. Not only this, the Government is also not looked interested in getting the function organized.
"This time the function was scheduled for December 5, but it was again postponed due to non-availability of Chief Minister" sources said.
Now, recently the Minister for sports has said th... | |
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| Omar cooling off in London.......! | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 26: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is away in London, and will be back after celebrating Christmas and New Year with his family members.
He is expected to resume duties in the first week of the January.
Omar Abdullah, though elected in a West Minister Parliamentary democracy, makes it a point to enjoy vacations as per the US presidential system.
Even though he is away from the State but is keeping himself update and tweeting about events. A proposal by the State Power Development Corporation has been cleared by him from the London itself.
The CM had before moving to London presided a function in Goa and also attended to scheduled assignments in N Delhi. Th... | |
| | | | Wazir proposes Govt forgets, Zainapora still craves for CD Block | | | |
Early Times Report
srinagar, Dec 26: Translating recommendations of Wazir Commission into reality still seems a distant dream for the people of South Kashmir's Zainapora area of District Shopian.
On the recommendations of Wazir Commission, the then Director of Rural Development Department vide letter no. DRD/K-phyt/99/76186 dated 5-10-1999 submitted a proposal to the state Government for the creation of CD Block for Zainapora on need basis. The proposal was dumped for five years only to be taken up in the District Development Board meeting held eight years ago under the chairmanship of then Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.
During the meeting it was resolved that the CD blo... | |
| | | | Cong starts parroting issue again; NC silent, yet to respond | | Empowerment of Panchayats | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 26: After remaining in limbo for nearly three weeks, the State unit of Congress is in active mode raising political issues core to its policies in J&K. Last two days saw JKPCC leadership once again parroting the 'empowerment of Panchayats', an issue which the party raked up throughout this year, albeit without any concrete outcome till date. Whatever reasons for delay in making Panchayats fully empowered the way Congress has been seeking with its alliance partner NC, one wonders whether it would stretch the matter for one more year only with assurances to masses that Congress is firm on its commitment or get things done despite NC's tough resistance.
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| | | | Fanfare over, cross LoC trade dying a slow death | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 26: The trans LoC trade and travel which were started as huge CBMs between India and Pakistan are dying a slow death as officials and traders connected with the much hyped exercise seem to have developed cold feet.
The recent meeting between the traders and officials from across the LoC at Chakan-da-Bagh has ended without any result as officials of the two sides reportedly remained adamant at their positions. While the PoK officials are reported to have laid emphasis on increasing the number and frequency of cross LoC movement of passengers, the officials of the Central and State Governments have said the same can only be decided by New Delhi and Islamabad at... | |
| | | | They went to Pakistan to demand their inclusion in Kashmir talks | | Desperate And Opportunistic APHC (M) | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 26: The 7-member APHC-M delegation under its chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq went to Pakistan ten days ago to hold discussions with the Pakistani ruling elite, opposition, religious leaders and others who matter in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied-Jammu and Kashmir (POJK). It concluded the process of meetings three days ago. They will be back to Kashmir in a few days.
What was the purpose behind the APHC-M leadership's visit to Pakistan - visit that was opposed by other extremists and separatists like Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Shabir Ahmad Shah for varied reasons? Mirwaiz himself had explained the reasons just on the eve of their visit to Pakistan. Apart from urgi... | |
| | | | Chairman Co-Op society demands money for Minister's nephew, allege Employees | | | |
Early Times Report
kathua, Dec 26: Employees of the Kathua Co-operative Marketing Society have raised serious allegations of corruption against its chairman.
Aslam Khan an employee of Cooperative Medical Shop at District Hospital, Kathua has alleged that the Chairman has been pressurising the employees to give him Rs.1, 50,000 and Rs. 3000 per month to nephew of Cooperative Minister Manohar Lal Sharma.
Aslam charged the chairman of promoting corruption in the Kathua Marketing Society and causing harassment to employees. Narrating the saga of illegal and unethical practices of the chairman, Aslam has made a representation to Assistant Registrar cooperative societies of kathua wherei... | |
| | | | Blaming people of Jammu for Jammu's defeat | | Weak Leadership | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 26: While talking to certain local leaders in Jammu on Tuesday to find what has failed the people of Jammu province, some of them blamed the people for the raw deal they had been getting since 1947. "The people of Jammu never supported the Jammu-centric parties. They either voted for the anti-Jammu Congress or the Valley-based and Kashmir-centric National Conference. Had they voted for us in large numbers and supported our calls, the condition of the people of Jammu province would have been altogether different and they would have by now attained a status equal to that of the politically conscious Kashmiri people. They weakened their own cause by voting for ... | |
| | | | Migrants aghast over Apex Committee decisions v | | `Quit or face consequences' | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 26: The migrant youths are aghast over the decisions taken by the Apex Committee for Kashmiri Migrants. The Committee was formed in September 2009 vide Government Order No. Rev/MR 116 OF 2009 Dated16-09-2009.
Although the government projected the constitution of the committee as a major achievement by the State Government, the youth have accused the members of taking decisions prejudicial to the interests of the migrants. The have urged the members to dissociate from the Committee or face the consequences.
The Committee's mandate was limited to ensure effective implementation of PM's package to the migrants for return of migrants to the Valley.... | |
| | | | Awarded for poverty reduction, J&K's 'developmental Zero' goes unexplained | | Twenty Point Programme (TPP) report card | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Dec 26: Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has punctured vehement poverty reduction claims of Jammu and Kashmir government, raising serious questions over the manner in which Surveys are conducted at the national level to rate performance of governments across the country vis-à-vis implementation of various developmental schemes for poor.
Either the awarding agencies do not rely on data available with government organizations or they prefer going by some 'high profile' recommendations. This is concluded from the developmental report card of the states prepared by Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. Early Times has as... | |
| | | | Income Tax officer encroaches Irrigation canal | | | |
Early Times Report
srinagar, Dec 26: The district administration Budgam particularly the officials of the Revenue department are under scanner for allowing illegal construction of a house on Irrigation canal at Wathoora Shahpora in Central Kashmir's Budgam district.
As per reports, an influential Income Tax Officer purchased the land in the area early this year for more than a Crore of rupees and now the said officer is constructing a residential building at the site by encroaching the Irrigation Canal locally known as "Thalan Kul ". The local Zamindaran Committee along with Sarpanch Mohammad Ameen Qadri approached the Deputy Commissioner Budgam who in his order vide letter No: DCB ... | |
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