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| Coupling Pipes get Crores from Chandigarh for Taj friends | | More trouble for PHE Minister | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 29: The Minister for Irrigation and Flood Control, Taj Mohi-ud-Din is in for more trouble. Apart from facing annexing forest land and prime land at Polo View, he has now being accused of helping his friends from Jammu by overt and covert means.
Reports that speak of allotment of contract in violation of rules for procuring quick coupling pipes from Nidhi Pipes Ltd, Chandigarh being done to benefit his close friends from Jammu. As if it was not enough,allegations of encroachment of State land along Tawi River side in the name of beautification/re-alignment of Tawi have also come to the fore suggesting Minister's involvement in the encroachment.
Sources told Early Times today that when he took over as Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control in 2009, Taj Mohi-ud-din entered into an agreement with Nidhi Pipes Ltd. Chandigarh for supply of bigger-dia Quick Coupling Pipes supposedly to give benefit to his two friends from Jammu.
They said that without actually ascertaining the technical feasibility for making use of coupling pipes in difficult ter... | |
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| Omar gives Rs 82,000 crores wish list to Centre | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 29: Chief minister, enjoying cool weather of London, thousands of miles away from N Delhi, listed out an ambitious list of wishes to the Centre. Omar , probably the only chief minister to skip National Development Council (NDC) meeting held at New Delhi and chaired by Prime Minister had asked the Centre to grant Rs 68,000 crores for development during 12th plan and an additional Rs. 32,000 crores for laying metro in Jammu and Srinagar.
He didn't stop there and went to add that Centre should also give another Rs. 2500 crores annually for policing, in view of national security concerns.
The list of demands was presented by finance minister Abdul Rahim Rat... | |
| | | | Police now admits Bijbehara tourists were attacked by militants | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Dec 29: It is not that the state police has a short memory when it admits that the militants killed in the Pulwama encounter were behind the grenade attack that killed four women tourist in Bijbehara this July.
Refuting strongly the media reports those had clearly said that militants had hurled a grenade at the tourist bus that exploded inside resulting in fatal injuries to the passengers, the state police had categorically said a cooking gas cylinder had exploded inside the bus.
Early Times had carried a front page story about the explosion in which it was stated that the police assertion was wrong and it would only provide space to the militants to attack... | |
| | | | Disciplined Army as the target of seditionists | | Geelani Appreciates Habibullah | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Dec 29: Tehrik-e-Hurriyat chairman and a well-known India-baiter and protagonist of Pakistani Syed Ali Shah Geelani yesterday appreciated and criticised simultaneously National Minorities Commission (NMC) chairman Wajahat Habibullah, who held important positions in Jammu & Kashmir for years before taking up assignments in New Delhi. He appreciated Habibullah because he on day before yesterday criticised former Army chief General V K Singh for his participation in the protests which are being organized in Delhi since December 17 against the Congress-led UPA Government and Delhi Police Commissioner for their failure to secure the life of womenfolk and pass stringent laws agains... | |
| | | | White paper needed on Dal conservation | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 29: Whenever the executive has failed in rectifying the wrong the judiciary has no other alternative but to intervene. And surprisingly the judiciary in Jammu and Kashmir had to intervene when it found the executive or even the legislature having failed in ensuring pollution and encroachment free Dal Lake in Srinagar which has, over the last one hundred years, been a source of attraction for home and foreign tourists. Though the plan of conservation of the Dal Lake had been initiated around 1978-79 by the then Chief Minister, Sheikh Abdullah, who had conceived the scheme of building and developing the foreshore around the Lake so that all the Houseboats cou... | |
| | | | Anantnag court convicts murder accused | | | |
Saahil Suhail
Anantnag, Dec 29: A local court here on Satu-rday convicted two persons accused of kidnapping and murder of a businessman.
District and Session Judge Anantnag Abdul Rashid Malik convicted the two accused ten years after committing the crime. The deceased businessman, Mukhtar Ah-mad of Dangarpora Ana-ntnag was kidnapped by the accused Fayaz Ahmad Shah and Syed Bhat on 10 October 2003 and later killed brutally.
The Public Prosecutor, Abbas Hamid Dar recalled that on October 10, 2003, the victim was kidnapped by the duo and later his body was recovered from Kanelwan Bijbehara.
He said that accused duo was convicted under Section 302, 364, 34 PRC for kidnapping and murder. T... | |
| | | | Ripples in BJP: Has State chief conceded Nagrota seat to NC….? | | Jugal sharing stage with Rana | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 29: It has now almost become official that BJP MLA , the new State chief of the party Jugal Kishore Sharma has surrendered his political constituency to NC 's most powerful man and Political Advisor to Chief Minister Devinder Singh Rana. That the duo despite being political rivals were having proximity was already known in political circles. It became evident on Friday when both shared a common yet unusual platform , with utmost levels of comfort and visible com... | |
| | | | Heavy snowfall adds woes to people of valley | | | 
Javaid naikoo
Srinagar, Dec 29: As Kashmir valley received the season's heavy snowfall in upper reaches, the snow choked roads and power outages reported from various District headquarters of the valley are adding more woes to the people of valley particularly in far remote areas.
Snowfall in the upper reaches is continue from last 24 hours and according to the reports upper reaches of District Kulgam like Aharbal and tangmarg received more than three feet, Mughal road, Sedow and Heerpo... | |
| | | | Post Pulwama Encounter: Curfew continues in town Pulwama | | | |
Early Times report
Srinagar, Dec 29: After some civilians got injured yesterday in Chandgam-Babgam in clashes between security forces and youth, the curfew which was imposed remained strictly imposed in main town Pulwama on the second consecutive day today. According to the Government statements, due to violent protest demonstrations which took place in Chandgam-Babgam and in main town Pulwama yesterday which resulted in injuries to more than twelve civilians, District authorities had to impose curfew strictly in the area to maintain law and order. Meanwhile Deputy Commissioner Pulwama, Shafat Noor has ordered a magisterial probe into the security forces firing incident which according... | |
| | | | J&K village headmen security: NHRC puts Centre, State on notice | | | |
Early Times report
NEW DELHI/JAMMU, Dec 29: Taking cognizance of the petition of RTI activist Raman Sharma regarding security of 33,000 Panches and Sarpanches of Jammu and Kashmir state, the National Human RightsCommission of India, vide its order no. 334/9/13/2012 issued on 27th of this month has served notices to the union government through Secretary Department of Home, Chief Secretary and Director General of Police of Jammu and Kashmir state.
The human rights apex body has directed all the three public authorities to file report in the matterwithin four weeks. The commission in its order has further said "Now therefore take notice that you are required to submit the requested ... | |
| | | | Fearing extinction, Kashmiri Hindus advocate three-child norm | | Countering Genocidal Destabilisation | | |
NEHA
JAMMU, Dec 29: Fearing extinction of the miniscule minority of Kashmiri Hindus inhabiting different parts of the country, the political organization of internally-displaced Kashmiri Hindus, Panun Kashmir (PK), yesterday not only took on the "weak", "irresponsible" and "ambivalent" Indian State for its failure to protect the minorities in the state, including the Kashmiri Hindus, and demanded creation of a separate homeland for the community in the Valley, but also adopted a comprehensive resolution on the need to have more children so that they are able to "maintain and perpetuate their demography".
The resolution was adopted at the national convention held in Jammu to discuss t... | |
| | | | Hooligans damage over one dozen vehicles in Kishtwar | | | 
Asif Iqbal Naik
Kishtwar, Dec 29: As police sleeps, some unidentified miscreants during intervening night of 28/29 December 2012 went on rampage at Kishtwar and damaged over one dozen private vehicles in ward No 9 and 10 of Municipal Committee Kishtwar.
According to the victims, they parked their vehicles outside their homes in night and in the morning they found the window panes of their vehicles were broken with iron rods and stones. After breaking the window panes, these miscreants de... | |
| | | | Molestation by Constable: SSP Samba assures protection | | | |
Early Times report
Jammu, Dec 29: While referring to the molestation by constable in a mini bus who later was beaten by the girl, SSP Samba Israr Khan today assured privacy and protection to the girl who dared the mischievous cop in a mini bus few days ago.
The SSP's assurance came to effective after father of the girl expressed his fear of revenge from the accused cop who was booked under section 294 RPC at Police Station Bari Brahmana. SSP Israr Khan, who joined today after an official training course, said that the father of the girl was not happy over the media limelight given to the issue as he apprehends security risk to his daughter.
SSP however assured him that the name of ... | |
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