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Amendment to Prevention of Corruption Act in Sixth year! NC's political hypocrisy exposed 2/14/2014 11:36:20 PM Abodh Sharma JAMMU, Feb 14: In yet another glaring example of its political hypocrisy, the NC led Coalition Government of the state is likely to bring an amendment bill which according to it is aimed at making the existing Prevention of Corruption Act more tenacious. This was announced by the Minister for Finance, Abdul Rahim Rather in the State Legislative Assembly the previous day. The very intent and timing of such a move have come under public scrutiny and many are seeing this as yet another initiative taken with coming elections in mind as coalition government has proposed to bring the bill in its last Assembly session. "For over five years of its term, the Coalition Government was patronizing the corrupt officers by giving them promotions and plum postings and the politicians made huge fortunes while government sat on consent to prosecute them," said a retired senior government officer adding that the National Conference has taken the sense of strong sentiment against corruption amongst the electorate across the country and hence has proposed such a bill to project itself as...   READ MORE

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Shabir Khan returns to attend Assembly session 2/14/2014 11:36:04 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 14: Congress MLA of Rajouri Shabir Ahmad Khan, who has been booked in a case of sexual assault on a woman doctor in Srinagar allegedly on January 28 at his office, was permitted today by the Investigating Officer Inspector Ghulam Mohiuddin to return to Jammu for the purpose of attending the current budget session of Legislative Assembly and Council. Informed sources said that Khan would be attending the Assembly and the Council on Sunday when the legislature would start discussion on the annual budget. After he succeeded to get interim bail from Mr Justice Janak Raj Kotwal through senior advocate B.S. Salathia on last Thursday with a direction to appear be...   READ MORE   Out of 19 PSUs, 7 running in loss in J&K 2/14/2014 11:12:54 PM Mustansir SRINAGAR, Feb 14: Out of 19 Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) which are under the administrative control of various government departments, seven are running in loss. Lack of Technology upgradation, poor research and development faculties, overstaffing, under utilization of intake capacity, excessive external interferences and over emphasis on capital intensive technology. In J&K, PSUs were set up as an important part of development strategy, adopted at the national level and in sectors where private investments was not forthcoming. The idea was that these PSUs would generate further surpluses and yield some minimum rate of return on the investment made in them. However, ove...   READ MORE   KCC&I lambasts govt for not keeping funds regarding buy back of power projects from NHPC 2/14/2014 11:12:47 PM Jehangir Rashid SRINAGAR, Feb 14: Kashmir Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCC&I) has expressed dismay and disappointment over the budget presented by Finance Minister, Abdul Rahim Rather in the assembly on Thursday. President, Kashmir Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Sheikh Ashiq Ahmad has said that state government has failed to keep a fund for the buying back of the power projects being run by National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) in Jammu & Kashmir. Ashiq said that if some amount would have been kept for this provision then state government could have easily gone for buying back NHPC power projects. "Finance Minister would have made us economically self sufficient by pro...   READ MORE   Observing HC order in breach, JK denies passports for political reasons 2/14/2014 11:12:17 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 14: Observing a 2009 High Court order stating `an acquitted person has a right to hold passport' in breach, the state government has been withholding travel documents for political reasons. Right to travel is guaranteed under international law. Article 12 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR, 1966), which has been signed and ratified by India reads: "Everyone has a right to leave the country including his own and this right should not be restricted to any restrictions." All over the world travel documents are issued to citizens including dissidents, the only exception being Jammu Kashmir in Asia where the government uses the tra...   READ MORE   No mention of tunnel in budget, 5 yr delay expected Mughal road completion remains a distant dream 2/14/2014 11:12:09 PM Javaid Naikoo SRINAGAR, Feb 14: The much awaited official inauguration of historical Mughal road which is considered as a second life line to Kashmir is likely to get delayed by five more years as the under construction project which needs an important tunnel to make it an all weather road proof has been put on the back foot in state budget with no deadline. An enormous amount of Rs 639.85 crore spent on Mughal road project which was likely to be thrown open to public in the year 2008 missed several deadlines and is likely to get delayed by at least five years. An all important tunnel project from Zaznar to Chatapani can take more than five years in case the work on tunnel project is ...   READ MORE   Beyond tall claims: J&K performs dismally in employment generation Unemployment amongst rural youth alarming 2/14/2014 11:12:39 PM Kunal Shrivatsa JAMMU, Feb 14: Tearing apart state government's declarations that a number of provisions have been made over the last five years to provide employment avenues to the youth, the analysis of data revealed in Economic Survey of J&K 2013-14 has indicated that J&K infact fared poorly in removing unemployment from the state as compared to national as well as its neighbouring states. The survey on employment-unemployment carried out by National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) provides estimates on various characteristics pertaining to employment and unemployment at the national as well as state level. The latest NSS Survey- 68th round conducted during July 2011-June 2012 throughout ...   READ MORE   NC-Cong to bite dust; PDP, BJP all set to capture 4 seats Pre-poll survey 2/14/2014 11:11:48 PM Rustam JAMMU, Feb 14: The latest pre-poll survey predicted doom for the NC-Congress coalition and a great victory for the PDP and the BJP in Jammu & Kashmir. The survey was conducted across the nation and it said that the BJP-led NDA would win 227 Lok Sabha seats and the Congress-led UPA only 101 seats. The BJP will win on its own 207 seats, as against its 2009 tally of 116 and the Congress would lose more than 110 seats. In 2009, the Congress had won 206 seats. The survey was conducted between January 15 and February 8 and the results were made public by Times Now on Thursday. The survey was conducted by C-Voters for Times Now and the survey teams interviewed 14,142 eligible voters. As f...   READ MORE   The Kashmiri Hindu Shrines and religious places (Management and regulation) bill-2009 Averting the impending disaster 2/14/2014 11:11:37 PM Neha JAMMU, Feb 14: "Nasty" moves are afoot in Jammu & Kashmir to hurt the religious sentiments of the minority community in the state. THE KASHMIRI HINDU SHRINES AND RELIGIOUS PLACES (MANAGEMENT AND REGULATION) BILL-2009, drafted by the NC-Congress coalition government is a step in this direction, says the aggrieved community. It says that this Bill, if adopted and implemented, would establish the control of the state government over nearly 35 ancient temples, located in the Kashmir Valley. The aggrieved community the other day said: "The stated purpose of the Bill is to takeover those Hindu religious places which are in ruins or have been encroached upon due to the mass exodus of Kashmi...   READ MORE   From 9.77% in 2006-07, industrial growth falls to 3.79 percent in 2013-14 Industry in J&K dying a slow death 2/14/2014 11:13:06 PM Bivek Mathur JAMMU, Feb 14: Regression in the industrial sector of the state has clearly indicated that the Industry here is dying a slow death. According to data presented in the Economic survey that was tabled in the house the previous day, growth in industrial sector has been estimated at 3.79 per cent for the year 2013-14 compared to 9.77 per cent for the year 2006-07. The survey further said that though the share of industry to State's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is 23.50 per cent as per advanced estimates for the year 2013-14 but it is constantly decreasing. Industry in the state has miserably failed to generate employment among the unemployed youth of his state despite several ...   READ MORE   Wary of tests, unemployed youth appearing for job tests slam Government policy 400% increase in unemployment in JK in last 5 years 2/14/2014 11:12:27 PM Asif Iqbal Naik KISHTWAR, Feb 14: Several unemployed youth of Kishtwar district slammed the government policy of advertising lesser posts for various government departments either through Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection Board or through District board in recent times which according to them is a financial burden for over 6 lakh unemployed youth of the state particularly for the youth living in remote parts of the various districts of the state. While talking to the "Early Times", several unemployed youth who had appeared for written test for the six posts of Junior Computer Assistant in Rural Development Department held at Boys Higher Secondary School Kishtwar have stressed need for ...   READ MORE   Reasi, Ramban, Kishtwar poorest districts of J&K 2/14/2014 11:11:57 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 14: Four out of eight new districts created during the tenure of former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad in the state have been ranked poorest districts in the state with BPL population ranging from 35 to 42 percent of total population. Reasi, Ramban and Kishtwar districts of Jammu region are the poorest districts of the state whereas Bandipora from Kashmir division also falls in top 10 poorest districts. This revelation made by the Economic survey report for the year 2012-13 has put a big question mark on the decision to carve these new districts out of erstwhile Udhampur and Doda districts. In Kashmir region, only one district out of four newly constitu...   READ MORE

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