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| Madhav Lal takes over as new CS | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 31: Madhav Lal took over the charge as Chief Secretary of the State this afternoon. His predecessor S. S. Kapoor shook hands with new Chief Secretary and presented bouquet to him.
Madhav Lal an IAS officer of 1977 batch J&K Cadre has served the State in different capacities earlier in the State. Before his appointment as Chief Secretary of the State, he was in the union government as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, B.B. Vyas, Principal Secretary, Home B.R. Sharma, Principal Secretary, PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control A.K. Angurana, Commissioner/Secretary, GAD Mohammad Sa... | |
| | | | Audit assets of ministers, legislators, bureaucrats: Tarigami | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 31: Expressing strong resentment against increasing graph of corruption in the state, CPI (M) State Secretary and MLA Kulgam Mohammed Yusuf Tarigami has said that the menace in its various manifestations is hampering implementation of welfare programmes and making the delivery system in-effective.
He said that none of the powers in the state so far has dared to annihilate corruption and give a clean and credible administration to its people, though keeping the same on the top of their agendas during elections. In a statement issued here today, Tarigami said that a nexus between the political set up and bureaucracy was encouraging corrupt practices and victim... | |
| | | | Estranged relationship leads to murder; lover among 4 held | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Jan 31: Working out the blind murder of a girl that took place at Chak Balotra near Ramgarh in Vijaypur, Samba, on January 19 night, police today said the gruesome killing was committed by her estranged lover after he came to know that she had a new boyfriend. The lover -- Raj Naryan alias Raju, son of Sagar Mal of Kullian, Akhnoor -- had been apprehended by police. His friends -- Avtar Sharma alias Kaka, son of Ajeet Raj Sharma of Kullian, Rakesh Kumar alias Keema, son of Bachiter Kumar of Jadh, and Raman -- who helped him after the murder, were also held.
The body of Nisha Devi (22) of Chak Balotra was found lying in a village field on January 20 mornings.... | |
| | | | Chidambaram compliments Omar Govt for handling BJP's 'Ekta Yatra' tactfully | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Jan 31: Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday complemented Jammu and Kashmir Government for handling the situation tactfully and firmly when Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) attempted to take 'Ekta Yatra' to Srinagar ostensibly to hoist the national flag at Lal Chowk.
Presenting the monthly report card of his ministry, Chidambaram said: "As you are aware, the BJP attempted to take a yatra to Srinagar ostensibly to hoist the national flag at Lal Chowk. Despite my appeal to the BJP leaders, they appeared determined to defy the restrictive orders issued by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir. Hence, they were removed to Madhopur in Punjab."
"The next day, when t... | |
| | | | Restore Trans LoC telephonic ties | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Jan 31: Notwithstanding the assurance of the coalition government to strengthen relations between people living across the LoC, the telephonic ties have not been restored between Pakistan administered Kashmir and this part of the state till date.
The Finance Minister, while presenting the budget last year promised restoration of telephonic ties across the LoC. Although Rather's budget evoked widespread criticism, the people welcome the Finance Minister's announcement. The divided families of the state felt relieved.
Soon after, the Chief Minister while addressing a public rally at Kupwara talked about a rail link across the LoC. The Chief Minister evoked thunde... | |
| | | | HC justifies incentives to J&K industrial units | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Jan 31: Division Bench comprising of Justice JP Singh and Justice Hasnain Masoodi today allowed 20 appeals against order of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal Amritsar.
The Bench had reportedly denied the appellants deductions under Section 80-1B of the Income Tax Act, 1961, on the excise refund and Interest Subsidy, etc., holding that the excise refund and interest subsidy received by them (appellants), in pursuance to the New Industrial Policy and other Concessions announced for the state of Jammu and Kashmir by Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry was revenue receipt, and not capital receipt, hence liable to tax.
Court after hearing the parties observed that in... | |
| | | | Army chief diagnoses Kashmir's ailment | | | | RUSTAM
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Jan 31: The Prime Minister has appointed three interlocutors to diagnose what ails Kashmir and prescribe medicine that could cure it. Earlier also, the Government of India had appointed interlocutors for the same purpose. Besides, the Government of India has been resorting to track-II diplomacy to find out what could ail the Kashmir's ailment. But nothing has emerged out of these initiatives. Nor is there any possibility of the interlocutors and the track-II channels ever diagnosing the Kashmir's ailment because they are incompetent, ill-trained and half-baked doctors. In fact, they are no more than mercenaries. They know the ailment but they do not want t... | |
| | | | BJP examining legal options on Tiranga Yatra: LK Advani | | | | Ahmedabad: Terming as "illegal" the Jammu and Kashmir government's action of not allowing BJP activists to hoist the tricolour at Lal Chowk in Srinagar, senior BJP leader LK Advani today said his party was examining availability of legal options.
"Today the situation is such that if somebody hoists tricolour in Kashmir they will be put in jail. What is this? It is illegal," Advani, who was here to attend a meeting of the Somnath Temple Trust, told mediapersons.
"If I break law and I am arrested then one can understand, but how can the state government arrest somebody arbitrarily? This (Jammu and Kashmir) government does not want to hoist the tricolour in the state," the former deputy prim... | |
| | | | J&K Bank ATM, computers burnt at Bhaderwah | | | | JAMMU: A J&K Bank ATM and computers were gutted in a fire at Bhaderwah early this morning.
Estimated loss was put at lakhs of rupees, official sources said. Sources said fire broke out in the J&K Bank ATM computer in Bhaderwah town early in the morning and soon engulfed two computers and a printer of the adjoining branch. The electric wiring was also damaged, the sources added.
Fire tenders were later pressed into service and the fire was extinguished.
Electric short-circuit was said to be the reason behind the incident. Police had registered a case in this connection.... | |
| | | | Cold kills one in valley, toll rises to 12 | | | | Srinagar: A mentally challenged man today died due to cold in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, taking the death toll to 12 due to chill in Kashmir valley this winter, officials said. 50-year-old Bashir Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Handwara town, was found unconscious at Kangan, 45 km from here. Locals rushed him to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead, they said. Meanwhile, the state government has sought air force assistance to airlift passengers stranded in snow-bound Gurez sector of Bandipora district, an official spokesman said. IAF will press Mi-17 helicopter into service between Bandipora and Neeru and Bandipora-Baduab on February 2 to airlift the passenge... | |
| | | | BGSBU teaching asstt, JK Bank employee held with charas | | | | JAMMU: A teaching assistant in the engineering wing of Baba Ghulam Shah Budshah University (BGSBU) and a J&K Bank employee were today arrested by police in Rajouri for possessing over six kilograms of charas.
The accused -- Shakur Ahmad, son of Bagh Hussain, and Farooq Ahmad, son of Mohammad Iqbal -- hail from Rajouri. While Shakur is a teaching assistant in BGSBU, Farooq was an assistant in BGSBU branch of J&K Bank, police sources said. Acting on a tip-off, a police party intercepted their Santro car (JK03/7722) on Sailani bridge in Rajouri. The car's search led cops to the recovery of a metallic box which contained 6 kg charas, the sources added, saying 400 gms poppy straw was also recov... | |
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