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| Omar puts pressure to take action against Army officials | | | | ET Report
Jammu, Dec 26: Chief minister Omar Abdullah had put pressure on the Defence Ministry to take action against the army officials involved in the alleged Machil encounter which had decided to hold court martial against eight army personnel including two officers.
The Chief Minister who had not been successful in convincing army in agreeing to even partial revocation of AFSPA was looking for desperate measures to have some thing to say about his stand on alleged killings by the Army.
Chief Minister had put the blame squarely on the army for killing of 110 youth in 2010 turbulent summer by saying that it had all started after the Machil killing.
"Omar was trying for quite long t... | |
| | | | Will Rahul Gandhi visit Kishtwar also? | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 26: Vice president of All India Congress Committee (AICC) has done a commendable job by visiting relief camps of Muzaffarnagar riots and exposed "secular" Akhilesh Yadav Government but victims of infamous Kishtwar riots are still waiting for the VIP visit so that their woes could also be highlighted at national level.
More than four months have been passed but authorities have failed to release compensation for the businessmen who lost their every thing in August 6 riots. Families of Arvind Kumar, who was killed during the violence and other victims, are waiting for justice but nothing has been done so far. Patience of Kishtwar riot victims is running out.
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| | | | Bureaucrats, Police bosses tearing apart Govt's austerity measures | | Spouses, wards misusing official vehicles with impunity | | | Abodh Sharma
JAMMU, Dec 26: At a time when Government of the AAP that is being institutionalized in Delhi is setting new benchmarks of austerity in political and public life, the almighty bureaucrats of the Jammu and Kashmir Government are throwing Government's recently announced austerity measures to cut down on its expenses, out of the window.
While successive Governments have announced scores of measures to cap Government expenditure which are to be implemented by the heads of departments and bureaucrats, it is a pity that they are themselves turning out to be biggest violators of official instructions.
Misuse of Government vehicles by the families of the bureaucrats alone contributes... | |
| | | | Jairam opposes Congress' support to AAP, talks about CMP | | Congress' different approach towards NC | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Dec 26: Even as the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal is preparing to assume office of Chief Minister in Delhi on December 28, there is growing disquiet within the Congress over its decision to back an AAP Government. Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh said the other day in Mumbai that the Congress was committing "political hara-kiri by propping up an AAP Government". Jairam Ramesh's view is reportedly shared by a section of the party leaders.
Reports emanating from New Delhi said efforts are being made to persuade AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi to have a rethink on the issue of extending support. A section of senior Congress leadership believ... | |
| | | | Arun Kumar hits nail on the head, demands application of progressive laws to J&K | | Debate on Article 370 | | | Neha
JAMMU, Dec 26: The Jammu and Kashmir Study Centre, which has been doing a wonderful job by disseminating true information across the nation and neutralizing the baneful influence on the ill-informed opinion-makers and others in the country by carrying on a no-holds-barred misinformation campaign on Article 370 and the status of Jammu and Kashmir vis-a-vis New Delhi, on Wednesday organized a debate on Article 370. The purpose was to find if it had benefited the state and its people and accelerated the process of the state's integration into India in the manner it happened in the case of other princely states or it had produced negative results. It was an impressive debate by any yardst... | |
| | | | LeT commander killed in Chadoora encounter | | Militants give slip to forces in Tral | | | Mustansir
Srinagar, Dec 26: 12 hour long gunfight between militants and security forces ended here today morning with the killing of a LeT militant.
However, the identity of the slain militant has been disputed as the police identified him as Pakistani while locals claim the deceased was a local militant hailing from Kakapora town in South Kashmir's Pulwama district.
A joint team of police and security forces had on Wednesday laid a cordon around the village Hufroo in Chadoora tehsil of Budgam district in Central Kashmir after receiving intelligence inputs about the presence of militants in the area.
A Police spokesperson said as the forces started the search operations, the militants h... | |
| | | | SAC, SIC, SVC; Commissions but for what? | | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Dec 26: Created reluctantly, made functional hesitantly and now, three high profile commissions which were supposed to weed-out corruption from public life in Jammu and Kashmir have been reduced to toothless tigers.
Mantris in collusion with Babus have ensured that these three commissions do not bite them and instead, go for routine inquiry, draw conclusions, prepare reports, make recommendations and then, wait endlessly for the State Government to launch witch hunt, as and when it wishes. They have been seemingly made to adhere to the official stance which says "Recommend action but do not penalise heavily." And also 'Suspend officers, let them to go to court o... | |
| | | | Transfer officers out of their home districts in accordance to EC guidelines | | Govt in slumber .....? | | | Bashir Assad
Jammu, Dec 26: With the general Lok Sabha elections round the corner, the Jammu and Kashmir Government seems to be in slumber as regards to the transfer of Government officers out of their home districts or places where they have served for long time in accordance to the Election Commission of India guidelines which provide that no officer connected with elections, directly or indirectly, should be allowed to continue in the present district of posting.
Pertinently the Commission has, in the past, issued various instructions on transfer/posting of officers for conduct of free and fair elections. These instructions have now been consolidated which provide that officers, who ar... | |
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