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| NC's ex-MLC, PDP leader's kin among notified defaulters | | JK Bank asks DPS Anantnag owners to pay back debt of Rs 3.43 Cr | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
srinagar, Feb 15: National Conference leader and the party's former Member of Legislative Council, Altaf Ahmad Wani alias Altaf Kaloo, and brother of PDP leader and former Minister of State for Health, Abdul Gaffar Sofi, are among the owners of Delhi Public School, Anantnag, who have been notified by Jammu & Kashmir Bank as defaulters and asked to pay back debt outstanding of Rs 3.43 Cr in the next two months.
According to officials at JKB's South Kashmir zonal office, NC leader Altaf Kaloo, PDP leader Abdul Gaffar Sofi's brother, Abdul Rashid Sofi, and two other businessmen of Anantnag and Sangam towns set up Mars Educational Trust (MET) Sangam in 2004-05. Within a year, they became franchise of Delhi Public School and set up its Anantnag branch at Sangam on the National Highway. They took term loan of Rs 2.00 Cr for construction of the school buildings in 2006, term loan of Rs 63 Lakh in 2007 for expansion of the complex besides procurement of furniture, computers and labs and in the same year another term loan of Rs 56 Lakhs for purchasing school buses.
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| Checking Road Accidents In Erstwhile Doda District | | Jammu Victim Of Discrimination | |  Neha
Jammu, Feb 15: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah yesterday expressed concern over the "frequent road accidents in hilly areas, especially in erstwhile Doda district" and said that the "Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) is being roped in to conduct detailed survey and formulate report suggesting remedial measures to check these accidents". "Road accidents in Doda-Kishtwar and other hilly districts in Jammu region have remained (matter) of greater concern to the Government", he said. The Ch... | |
| | | | Cong opposed to altering three-year old political arrangement in J&K | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 15: Notwithstanding the fact that the alliance between the National Conference and the Congress in Jammu and Kashmir has turned brittle after the recent episode connected with the resignation of Minister for School Education, Peerzada Mohd. Syeed, and its consequent rejection by the AICC Chief, Sonia Gandhi, to whom the letter was addressed, instructions have gone to senior Congress leaders in the state to avoid escalating any fresh conflict with the NC leadership which could break the ruling coalition.
It was under this tacit instruction from the Congress high command that soon after Sonia Gandhi turned down Peerzada's offer to quit the cabinet that the PCC ... | |
| | | | 6-months to sack officials but just 6-days for minister...? | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 15: The sacking of 13 'corrupt' officials by the government has underscored one important thing: the definition of corruption is lopsided and action depends on the whims and fancies of government headed by the Omar Abdullah.
The government took about six-month to complete formalities in sacking official while in about six-day after the submitting of report, Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed was divested of his portfolio by the Chief Minister.
The action with regard to the minister was taken when the report hasn't been made public and even by the admission of Omar Abdullah there was not direct indictment of Peerzada in the report.
Peerzada had also claimed that h... | |
| | | | Who will tackle godfathers of corruption in J&K? | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 15: The State government's decision to retire 13 of its employees because of serious charges of corruption is a step in the right direction provided it has not been done as a one-time cosmetic exercise.
It is common knowledge that from a gas cylinder to a ration card through a state subject certificate the common man has to pay through his nose despite the fact that services like these have since been brought under the services guarantee act.
J&K has a long and unenviable history of corruption and all of it has been because of the political patronage to the most corrupt among the civil servants. The honest have often been called 'mediocre, non-accommodative,... | |
| | | | Nailing the tainted 'Babus': Amendment in Services Act in offing | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 15: The Jammu and Kashmir government is learnt to have been contemplating on bringing an amendment in the existing State Services Act to nail tainted officials including IAS and IPS officers involved in corrupt practices.
The decision-if taken in the forthcoming budget session-would come as a landmark as it is learnt that government has collected secret report against number of officials including state cadre as well as certain IPS and IAS Babus.
Sources in government indicated that government is contemplating to bring an amendment in services act by brining a Bill in the forthcoming Budget Session in the Legislative Assembly. "The significant move has surfa... | |
| | | | 'DTM Office-GRP cops nexus' in Rlys | | 'Want confirmed railway tickets...?, contact GRP Cops...!' | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 15: Though the Divisional Traffic Manager Northern Railway's Jammu Divison, RS Meena claimed for the up-gradation and modernization of Jammu Tawi Railway Station but the employees of railway have something else to say as resentment is brewing up due to the alleged nexus between DTM Jammu office and GRP Cops.
Leveling allegations they said that DTM Office has its hand in glove with the two influential GRP constables who always are found moving freely in and around the DTM Office. Both allegedly enjoy police, politicians and DTM Jammu's pat and despite numerous complaints lodged to the senior police officers and railways officials against their alleged activiti... | |
| | | | Congress becoming unpopular in Jammu day by day | | LOOKING BACK -- I | | | Rustam
Jammu, Feb 15: The Congress party is becoming unpopular in Jammu province, its core constituency, day be day. The reason: It has failed to come up to the expectations of the people of this province, as also because the Congress ministers have failed to identify themselves with the problems the people in this province are facing. In fact, the Congress party and almost all the Jammu-based Congress ministers have made common cause with the National conference (NC) at the cost of their own constituency and left the people of Jammu province in the lurch.
It is time for the Congress party to look back and redesign their approach towards the NC and the people of Jammu province. It is a m... | |
| | | | HC seeks reply on Anantnag fake encounter petition against Gen Bikram | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 15: Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Wednesday sought response from Defence Ministry to submit its response to a petition alleging fake encounter at Janglat Mandi in Anantnag District in March 2001.
Justice Hasnain Masoodi in his direction today gave four weeks time to the counsel of Defence Ministry, Union of India, to file objections to the petition .
The petitioner Zaituna Khatoon claimed that her son was killed in a fake encounter in March 2001 at Janglat Mandi in Anantnag District and later branded as a foreign militant.
Zaituna, a resident of Kalaroos in north Kashmir's Kupwara district, filed the petition before the High Court last... | |
| | | | What happened to Major Avtar's extradition? | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 15: Eleven months have passed since the state government said that a team of officials had gone to Delhi to press for Major Avtar's extradition. Major Avtar Singh who is wanted in a case of murder in Srinagar was arrested by US Police for a family dispute in February last year.
The officials expressed hope that the team's efforts would bear fruit. However, while, the government was feeding lies to the people, a video circulated by human rights defenders showed an American top official telling his sub-ordinate that no request for Major's extradition had been received from Delhi. He was accordingly directed to release the Major.
The video evoked severe reacti... | |
| | | | Complaint lodged against DySP Traffic, IGP orders inquiry | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 15: Inspector General of Police, Traffic, Himmant Kumar Lohia directed SSP Traffic, Jammu Manmohan Singh to hold inquiry against DySP Traffic Anwar -ul-Haq following a complaint filed by one Sudesh Raina who alleged he was assaulted by the said officer.
In his complaint, copy of which in possession of Early Times, to the IGP Traffic, Sudesh Raina alleged while he was traveling with his family in a car on service lane track of National Highway at Channi Himmat some traffic cops intercepted him and asked him to go back and then come on other track.
Sudesh, who happens to be the husband of woman posted in General Administration Department (GAD), on a... | |
| | | | Khoda, Bhan rivals for CVC post | | Mehbooba's 'vote' would matter in meeting | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 15: Director general of police Kuldeep Khoda and former vigilance commissioner AK Bhan are rivals for the post of chief vigilance commissioner. While Khoda, who is to attain age of superannuation in May, 2012 is supported by the ruling national conference and AK Bhan's name is being proposed by the alliance partner congress.
Dr Bhan, apart from honest, sincere and dedicated IPS officer throughout his career, has remained non-controversial police officer.
The opposition leader Mehbooba Mufti, who is part of the selection committee for the post of chief vigilance commission, is to be seen as to whom she supports in the meeting to be attended by deputy chief ... | |
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