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| HC stick on sealings too painful, legislators peeved | | Is government ours or that of High Court? | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Feb 12: Peeved over High Court forcing the state government to act against illegal constructions, legislators of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council today breached the thin line and raised question on authority of High Court to seal hotels and other commercial establishments.
A seemingly peeved National Conference (NC) leader Dharambir Singh Oberio, who is by profession a businessman while raising a supplementary to his original question on drainage projects, said, "Hukumat hamari hai yah High Court kee (Is government ours or that of High Court)." He added that commercial establishments and hotels are being sealed on the directions of the High Court.
He went on and said that it is the duty of government to facilitate hoteliers and other businessmen by constructing Sewerage Treatment Plants (STP). His argument received support from JKNPP legislator Syed Rafiq Shah, who said that there is urgent need to restore supremacy of the legislative bodies. He said "Legislative bodies have lost their supremacy. We are duty-bound to restore its independence, suprem... | |
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| House transacts business amidst din; entire Opposition stages walkout | | Pandemonium continues in LA | | | Bashir Assad/
Abodh Sharma
JAMMU, Feb 12: Despite heavy posse of Marshalls to thwart any attempt by the Opposition MLAs to repeat their showdown of the previous day, it was complete mayhem in the J&K legislative assembly for the third consecutive day today.
Legislators of PDP, BJP, NPP and JSM again disrupted the proceedings of the house in the ensuing budget session of the state legislature over alleged injustice to their constituencies in creation of new administrative units.
Carrying placards depicting demands for inclusion of various areas in the list, recently approved by the state Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, PDP members trooped into the well of the House, raisi... | |
| | | | PDP boycotts Omar's reply to Governor's address | | Omar targets PDP, BJP; sings in praise of Azad | | | Bivek Mathur
JAMMU, Feb 12: In a bid to cash in the support of State Congress, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today used the platform of Assembly to shower praises on the former Chief Minister and now Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad while taking a dig at main opposition-People’s Democratic Party.
The Chief Minister started his speech attacking Peoples Democratic Party for being absent from the house and said, "Wo bahar hi rahen, elections na ladain, main pehle inke shor se pareshan hota tha, par ab mutmayeen hun, Bahut kam logon ko yeh naseeb hota hai ke wo yahan (house) aake bolen".
Later on, the irked Chief Minister, in absence of opposition legislators gave... | |
| | | | Crime rate increasing in Jammu, police unmoved | | | |
K Koushal
JAMMU, Feb 12: Despite rise in crime rate, the police have projected a rosy picture of the situation in the city of temples notwithstanding recent armed robberies. A police official was found praising his team for cracking some burglaries and burglars associated with these robberies. While police utterly failed to crack robbery on gun point in which cash Rs 2 lakh and some valuables looted from the house of Supreme Court Advocate, S. S. Lehar, police officials were seen in good mood as doled too much self (police)-praise, but not enough to repair the damages done to the sense of security among people of winter capital after 'gun point robberies.'
Bugling praise to his differen... | |
| | | | Rs 734.72 lakh spent on renovation/repair of VVIP bungalows in two years | | Austerity measures smothered | | | Ministers draw crores as TA/DA
Kunal Shrivatsa
JAMMU, Feb 12: Mocking at its own austerity initiatives announced by it in December 2009 in view of the bad economic condition of J&K, the privileged class including Chief Minister, Ministers and other VVIPs have continued to enjoy luxurious freebies at the cost of state exchequer.
In a written reply to PDP MLA Choudhary Zulfikar Ali's question, the figures provided by the government for the expenses incurred on Travelling Allowance (TA)/Dearness Allowance (DA), telephone bills, furniture, fixtures, renovation/repair of official/private bungalows of VVIPs clearly reflect that these facilities were extended to them without giving a second tho... | |
| | | | J&K Govt can't grant ST status to 'Pahari' community | | NC-Cong under attack | | | Neha
JAMMU, Feb 12: In Kashmir, the minority community of All-Party Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) has started campaign against the NC and the Congress. Its leadership has been urging the Sikhs across the state not to support these two ruling parties in the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. The grouse of the Sikhs is that the State Government has not conceded their demand seeking minority status. The APSCC has turned anti-NC and Congress all the more because the State Government has not, according to it, taken any action on the suggestions given to it by the National Minorities Commission and President and Prime Minister of India. The Sikhs in Kashmir are also unhappy with th... | |
| | | | PDP, NPP, BJP up in arms against Govt | | Demand for more administrative units | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Feb 12: As expected, the main opposition PDP and other opposition parties, including NPP and BJP, have taken on the NC-led coalition government and accused it of ignoring certain areas while taking decision on the creation of new administrative units in the state. On the second day of the Assembly session, refusing any discussion in Legislative Assembly, PDP president and Leader of Opposition Mehbooba Mufti asked the Omar Abdullah government to grant administrative units to the left out areas. "The NC government trashed the Ganai and Bloria Commission reports over creation of administrative units although they were meticulously prepared. We demanded discussion on Ganai commi... | |
| | | | Renovation of Abhinav Theatre, Tagore Hall in quagmire | | Govt concedes gaffe | | | Bivek Mathur
JAMMU, Feb 12: Government has admitted its fault regarding unplanned execution of renovation work of two important theatres in the twin capital cities of the state through a reply, which it has tabled in the upper house today.
Replying to a question of legislator and former Chief Secretary Vijay Bakaya regarding closure of Abhinav Theatre in Jammu and Tagore Theatre in Srinagar and failure of government to complete the renovation work in the time bound manner, Minister incharge Tourism has admitted that it has failed regarding the same.
The legislator has questioned about the failure of the ministry to organize cultural programmes and dramas in these theatres due to ongoing ... | |
| | | | PDP seeks Governor's intervention in administrative units issue | | | | Bashir Assad
Jammu, Feb12: Opposition party PDP on Wednesday sought the intervention of Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, N N Vohra for creating new administrative units in the areas ignored by the government.
People's Democratic Party legislators today presented a memorandum to NN Vohra in this regard. "We the PDP members, taking cognizance of protesting people of Jammu and Kashmir on having been neglected in the recent expansion of administrative network, presented a list of demands to speaker, we had to press the demands hard against the resistance of the government. During the process, one of our members was inflicted an injury and the house was adjourned," the memorandum said.
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| | | | Govt raps transfer policy; admits affecting premature transfers | | | | Bashir Assad
Jammu, Feb12: While admitting that the transfer policy notified vide Government Order No. 861- GAD of 2010 had not been adhered to in letter and spirit, the government Wednesday said the premature transfers are not to be resorted to ordinarily, but it becomes imperative and unavoidable to make premature transfers.
In written reply to a question tabled by MLA Darhal, Choudhery Zulfkar, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said the state government has notified a comprehensive transfer policy vide Government Order No 861-GAD of 2010 which lays down the broad principles to be followed by all the designated authorities while affecting transfers/postings and making modifications in the... | |
| | | | Chaos in BJP's JK unit to nominate potential candidate for Loksabha election | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 12: Despite strong wave of Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP's) prime-ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi in all over country, the party's Jammu and Kashmir unit is still indecisive to nominate the candidate for Jammu - Poonch and Udhampur-Doda parliamentary seats due to infighting.
As Narendra Modi's 'Lalkar' rally has evokes massive response in Jammu and the state unit of BJP thinking to repeat its 2008 assembly elections miracle, when it had won 11 seats in Jammu, for the first time in the history of electoral politics in Jammu and Kashmir and the same for loksbaha elections.
As the elections are coming near, the high command of BJP is in tight spot to nomina... | |
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