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| Despite lapse of 3 years no FIR registered against then Deputy Commissioner Srinagar | | Then Divisional Commissioner Kashmir detects fraud in mutation | | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, Feb 11: The recent alleged delay by police in registering First Information Report (FIR) against erstwhile Health Minister, Shabir Khan is not new as in the past police has been found wanting in taking action against the people who matter in the government or administration.
On April 19, 2011 the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Asgar Hassan Samoon after finding something fishy in a case of mutation ordered for registering FIR against then Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar, Mehraj Ahmad Kakroo. Almost three years down the line no FIR has been registered against Kakroo who is nowadays Managing Director, Jammu & Kashmir State Power Development Corporation (JKSPDC).
"It is prima facie observed that mutation has been attested under Roshni for the share of the deceased lessee. Besides, an amount of Rs 30 lakhs has been deposited against the assessed amount of Rs one crore per kanal. FIR needs to be lodged against the delinquents and Deputy Commissioner concerned," writes Samoon in the order.
The then Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir further writes in the order, ... | |
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| Land occupants get ownership rights, prefer not to pay cost | | Roshni scheme turns out to be big failure | | | Rs. 76 crore realised, 246 crore pending
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 11: With land grabbers preferring not to pay and government appointed committees maintaining lax attitude, much touted and what was then described as historic step, Roshni scheme miserably failed to bring any revenue.
District Price Fixation Committees have so far approved 59930 applications from 20 districts. But the scheme has generated meagre Rs 76.51 crore as against the target of Rs 25,000 crore, which the state government had planned to utilize for tapping the massive hydropower potential of the state.
This amount has been realised despite the fact that state government has approved an area measuring 3.48 lakh... | |
| | | | GMC goes without blood component preparation, discards 1142 units; license yet to be renewed | | Health service defunct in Jammu | | | Sumit Sharma
JAMMU, Feb 11: 'Blood' a precious thing for life is not best utilized in the GMC and Associate hospital as huge quantity of it is discarded every year. Not only this, its components are also not being prepared in the hospital due to paucity of machines and space. Further the license to operate the blood bank for processing of whole Human Blood and for preparation of sale or distribution of its components is yet to be renewed.
The lacunae are admitted by the GMC&H authorities in an RTI query filed by RTI activist Deepak Sharma.
The RTI having No AHJ /RTI/2014/145, divulges that about 20,000 to 22,000 units in SMGS and more than 13,000 units in GMC are issued every year, b... | |
| | | | Kin of a Congress stalwart played important role in allotting Health portfolio to Shabir in 2013 | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 11: Even as Congress leadership has distanced itself from "tainted" former minister Shabir Ahmed Khan after alleged molestation case, a family member of a senior Congress leader had played important role in allocation of vital Health department to Shabir Ahmed Khan.
No one in the Congress was earlier had guts to raise question over allotting important portfolio of Health, with Independent charge to an "inefficient" an efficient but now gradually things started unfolding.
Credible sources in the Congress said that a group within the party was strongly opposing allocation of Health Ministry to Shabir Ahmed Khan when Cabinet reshuffle was held on January 15, 20... | |
| | | | Jammu uses 30 percent less Power, pays 60 percent more tariff than Kashmir | | Of 'cheques' and 'imbalances' | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 11: Jammu and Kashmir has consumed 23, 223 mega units of power in the last two years while Rs 2897 cr. have been collected as power revenue. Of these, 11115.41 Mega Units were consumed in 2011-12, while 12107.66 mega units were consumed in 2012-13.
Giving this information in reply to a listed question in the state legislative assembly today, Government has stated that of the approximately 23 thousand mega units consumed in these two years, Kashmir province consumed approximately 13 thousand mega units and Jammu province consumed approximately 10 thousand mega units.
Out of the approximately Rs 2900 cr power revenue collected in the last two years, Kashmir pr... | |
| | | | Shabir Khan likely to surrender today | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 11: Congress MLA from Rajouri, Shabir Ahmad Khan, who has been booked on the complaint of an anonymous woman doctor in a case of alleged sexual assault on her in his Srinagar Secretariat office on January 28 and is believed to have gone into the hiding, is likely to surrender tomorrow morning.
Sources associated with the investigation believe that the MLA would surrender either before a judicial magistrate or before the Legislative Assembly Speaker Mubarak Gul to remove the taint of being "fugitive" from himself. Sources said that his counsels must have convinced him for surrender well before his bail application comes up for arguments in a bench of Jammu a... | |
| | | | Nationalism a tool to evade arrest | | Molestation charge against Khan | | | Neha
JAMMU, Feb 11: Fearing arrest on molestation charge, former Minister of State and Congress MLA from Rajouri Shabir Khan has sought bail so that he could take part in the ongoing session of the Jammu & Kashmir Legislature in Jammu. His plea was that he is a "nationalist" and he cannot commit such a heinous crime. He has submitted before the Bench of Justice Janak Raj Kotwal at Srinagar that he never "succumbed to politics of separatists" and has always championed the cause of Indian nationalism. His counsel told Justice Janak Raj Kotwal on Monday that his client was apprehending arrest by Police Station Shaheed Gunj in a "false and frivolous case" and that the "petitioner never commit... | |
| | | | Omar's tweet leaves Nayeem fuming | | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Feb 11: Ex-Secretary Tourism and now, a PDP MLC Nayeem Akhtar expressed disgust over 'non-serious' attitude of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
Nayeem, who had staged a walkout during the question hour returned to the House during Zero hour to express his anger over Chief Minister's tweet about the protest of PDP legislators in the state legislative assembly. After the creation of new administrative units, village is pitted against village, brothers are up in arms against brothers, and here you have a Chief Minister, who is tweeting about behaviour of PDP legislators who are agitating for the people of this state, Nayeem said.
Raising the issue during the Zero hour... | |
| | | | Farooq's opposition to Andhra division | | Fear of trifurcation of J&K | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Feb 11: NC president and Union Minister for Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah on Monday opposed the demand in Andhra Pradesh for the creation of Telengana State, saying this southern state should not be divided when its people do not want it. "I think it (the issue of Telangana) has gone out of gear, terribly out of gear. You have seen 70 per cent, 80 per cent of people do no want division, yet a division is taking place....The people of the State do not want division. We should not divide," he told reporters in Delhi as Parliament adjourned once again over the issue. When reminded that the Union Cabinet, of which he is a member, had approved the division of the State, he said... | |
| | | | Out of 67 projects, 34 completed, 28 in progress; cost escalation witnessed in several projects | | Delay in completion of projects under Prime Minister’s Reconstruction Programme | | | Akshay Azad
JAMMU, Feb 11: The projects undertaken under Prime Minister’s Reconstruction Programme (PMRP) have been facing prolonged delay and out of 68 projects only 34 have been completed so far, while 28 are still in progress. Moreover, various projects under PMRP have witnessed huge cost escalation and failed to get completed despite repeated revision of completion deadlines.
Sources informed Early Times that original reformulated estimated cost of 1000 MV (250X4) Pakul Dul Project was amounting to Rs. 8988.05 Crores but now the anticipated completion cost has been worked out to be Rs. 10633.46 Crores.
Similarly, the Uri-II hydro electric project, with capacity of 240 MW, was accorde... | |
| | | | Microphones pulled off, chairs thrown around; PDP MLA injured | | Complete bedlam in LA over new administrative units | | | Could coalition's prime political move backfire?
Abodh Sharma/
Bashir Assad
JAMMU, Feb 11: If what happened in the State Legislative Assembly today is an indication, the move to create new administrative units that coalition government thought would improve its electoral fortunes is likely to backfire badly.
On effectively the first day of the ensuing budget session of the state legislative assembly was witness to unprecedented pandemonium and bedlam as entire opposition created ruckus in the House alleging discrimination and political consideration as the only criteria in the creation of new units. In open exhibition of heightened tempers, the reputation and dignity of the peoples' Hou... | |
| | | | Tourism department’s tall claims of tourism promotion falls flat | | Gummat Gate victim of administration's apathy | | | Bijay Charak
Jammu, Feb 11: The tall claim of state government of promoting tourism in state are falling flat as the ancient historic Gumat Gate, which was constructed centuries back by Dogra rulers, is loosing its sheen, due to negligent attitude of district administration Jammu and Heritage society, supposedly constituted for preservation of Mubarak Mandi complex.
The historic Gummat gate was, once, among the five entrances to Dogra's last ruler Maharaja Hari Singh's secretariat, known as Mubarak Mandi. Century back, it was used by Maharaja and his executives and common masses to visit Maharaja's secretariat.
Long grown "Peeple tree" and some other trees which have virtually surroun... | |
| | | | DAK to shut Hospitals, Casualties across Kashmir | | Sexual assault case | | | Javaid Naikoo
Srinagar, Feb 11: The Doctors Association Kashmir DAK today threatened to close down hospitals and casualties across the Kashmir in case the accused former health Minister, Shabir Khan was not put behind the bars soon.
The DAK accused the state government of shielding the erring minister.
The Amalgam issued a new protest calendar to be implemented from tomorrow onwards across Kashmir.
Calling the measures taken so far to arrest the health Minister inadequate, the DAK said that swift action wasn't taken despite the public outcry. "The government has applied a different yardstick in this case," the amalgam said.
The DAK urged the Chief minister to ensure immediate arrest ... | |
| | | | Out of 21513, 457 industrial units have become sick in J&K | | | | Bashir Assad
JAMMU, Feb 11: Out of total 21 513 (11850 in Jammu, 9663 in Kashmir) industrial units 457 units have become sick with 368 units in Kashmir division and 89 in Jammu division. This was stated by Minister in charge Industries & Commerce Department in reply to a question of Professor Chaman Lal Gupta in the legislative assembly today. The Minister in his written reply to Gupta's question said that there were only 3518 industrial units in the state prior to eruption of militancy (i.e. upto 1988-89) while there are 9663 industrial units in Kashmir division at present and 11850 units in Jammu division. The minister said in order to identify the industrial units of J&K state which h... | |
| | | | Hizb ultra returning from Pak held at Chenani | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Kishtwar, Feb 11: Police today claimed to have arrested a Hizb militant returning from Pakistan along with his family members from Chenani area on National Highway NH-1A after managing to sneak into Indian side vie Nepal route."Irshad Ahmed Rangreez (43) a Hizb militant while returning from Pakistan along with his family members was arrested by the police at Chenani on Jammu National Highway NH-1A, sources said.As per the details available with "Early Times" 43 year old Irshad Ahmed Rangreez resident of District Doda cross over to Pakistan for arms training the year 1995."
He during his stay in Pakistan married to Sumara Begum of Peshawar Pakistan and had three children ... | |
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