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| 200 diploma holders in North Kashmir await engagement in PDD | | | | Syed Tahir Bukhari
BARAMULLA, Feb 16: The state government has made it a habit of ignoring decisions taken during the cabinet meetings and also gives a damn to the orders passed by the High Court regarding service matters. This time scores of diploma holders seeking engagements in different departments in North Kashmir are at the receiving end..
Around 200 persons of this district who have received training in the form of two year diploma course from Industrial Training Institutes in Electric trade are yet to be engaged as casual labourers in the Power Development Department (PDD) in North Kashmir. Only those ca didates having some political affiliation or lineage are recommended not on... | |
| | | | J&K unable to improve power scenario, 21.6 percent deficit highest in country | | UP, MP, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab likely to be power surplus | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Feb 15: On March 31, when this financial year would come to a close; Jammu and Kashmir would be the only state in the country after Union Territory Andaman and Nicobar, whose power deficit would be highest.
According to Union Ministry of Power, Jammu and Kashmir has miserably failed to bridge power deficit despite being capable of producing more than 20,000 megawatt of hydroelectric power. This is despite the fact that the department is headed by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, the two other states in Northern region have managed to bring down power deficit to a large extent.
However, J&K continues to peg behind. Chandigarh, Delhi, Hary... | |
| | | | Congress' PCC jigsaw: New faces 'accomodated' | | Shabir Khan's 'trouble shooter' too rewarded | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 15: Congress High Command has finally woke up the need to have a reorganized state unit in place, a step that would help the party to set the momentum of poll preparedness in time to come. In the jigsaw of new Pradesh Congress Committee, the party has dropped some old faces and adjusted new ones at all levels in the hierarchy. Each such 'adjustment' makes an interesting case where the leadership has weighed its own interests and benefits first. One for instance, is that of BS Salathia, a name in reckoning for many reasons, who has ultimately found his way in the coveted list of executive members of PCC.
Salathia's name is no new to party nor is he any lesser... | |
| | | | MP, ex-DIG gave shelter to ex Health Minister | | Molestation case | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 15: It has been reliably learnt that the former Minister of State for Health, Shabir Khan was given shelter by a sitting Member of Parliament (MP) and ex DIG of Jammu police during the days when hunt was on for him.
Khan went underground, after Speaker of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly gave nod to police to arrest him. Khan was coming to Jammu from his constituency at Rajouri when he came to know that he would be arrested as FIR stood registered against him on the allegation of molestation by a lady doctor at Shaheed Gunj police station.
Highly placed sources giving information said that, Khan put off his official vehicle right after reaching at Akhnoor and hire... | |
| | | | Much ado about nothing in J&K, growth in Agriculture sector still elusive | | | | Kunal Shrivatsa
Jammu, Feb 15: Amid series of workshops, farmer tours to other states with an objective of progress of agriculture, the growth in agriculture sector of the state including allied activities which, undoubtedly, is the backbone of an agro-based economy like ours in Jammu and Kashmir still remains somewhere less than 2 percent which is not only alarming even much below if compared to the overall national scenario in the same segment.
And, to make the situation worse, the growth rate for agriculture sector has dipped further this year considering that during the Economic Survey of 2012-13, the growth rate for this sector was shown to be hovering around 4 percent.
An extensi... | |
| | | | Tourism Deptt sleeps on decline in arrivals | | | |
Sandeep Bhat
Jammu, Feb 15: Despite promotional activities by the department of Tourism to attract domestic and foreign tourists to visit the state of Jammu and Kashmir, there is decline in influx of tourist arrivals during last three years in the state of J&K.
As per the ES report recently released in Assembly compiled by Directorate of Economics and Statistics government of Jammu and Kashmir, the figures given show decline in domestic and foreign tourist arrivals since the past three years.
No doubt the department of Tourism took many promotional activities like appointment of reputed Ogilvy and Mather Pvt Ltd as advertising agency to manage its media plans. A promotional film has ... | |
| | | | Needed: A white paper indicating unemployment rate in Jammu province and Kashmir valley | | NC-Cong coalition fails to tackle unemployment problem | | | Rustam
Jammu, Feb 15: The other day, the Jammu & Kashmir Government tabled in the Legislative Assembly the Economic Survey Report for 2013-2014. The report, inter-alia, said that the state witnessed 190 job seekers registering themselves with the government-run employment exchanges over the last five years. "At the State level the number of registered job seekers has increased from 106130 in 2008 to 307827 in 2013, thereby registering an increase of 190 per cent," the report said.
"In last nine months, 25,280 under-Matric youth got themselves registered with employment exchange. During the same period, 62,901 Matric pass, 41,460 Graduates, 11,074 Post-Graduates, 4558 Engineering Degree h... | |
| | | | Encroachment of State land in Poonch, documents destroyed | | SIC directs DC to lodge FIR against officials for missing file | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 15: The State Information Commission (SIC) has directed the Deputy Commissioner Poonch to lodge an FIR in case a file pertaining to construction of a hotel allegedly on state land near SK Bridge Kannuyan Poonch is not traced . An applicant from Poonch had sought information under State RTI Act from DC office Poonch about the said file and when the said information was not provided to him , the case landed in State Information Commission (SIC). The Public Information Officer (PIO) DC Office Poonch i.e. Additional DC while appearing before the SIC on Feb 13 said that the said file was not traceable and the SIC gave directions to the PIO to locate the file and i... | |
| | | | Senoo's pickles tickle taste buds of people across boundaries | | Gives up steering wheel, becomes instant hit | | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, Feb 15: A driver is only expected to drive and not to prepare delicious varieties of pickle at home. However, a driver over the past two decades or so has been preparing mouth watering varieties of pickles at his home.
Ghulam Qadir Senoo, a transporter by profession has given up the steering wheel and instead is trying his hands on preparing various varieties of pickles. He has earned name and fame all over the world with orders being placed with him both from within the country and outside.
"There are 110 varieties of pickle available at my shop. By the grace of Almighty my pickles have earned the reputation of being the best in the market. Besides vegetables... | |
| | | | 268 ultras avail rehabilitation policy, 4132 still in across | | | | Bashir Assad
Jammu, Feb16; Jammu and Kashmir government today said that under the procedure for return of persons (prospective returnees) formulated in November, 201, however, 268 individuals along with their families have returned via Nepal during past three years up to January 2014.
In written reply to NPP legislator, Harshdev Singh, chief minister, Omar Abdullah said the state government has notified a policy and procedure for return of persons in November, 2010 who belong to J&K, had crossed over to PoK/PaK for arms training, but have given up violence due to change of their heart and are willing to return to the state to join the mainstream and contribute in state and nation build... | |
| | | | 11 dead, 34 injured as overloaded minibus falls into gorge | | Killer roads of Ramban | | | ASIF IQBAL NAIK
KISHTWAR, Feb 16: In a tragic accident on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, at least 11 people died while 34 others got injured when an over loaded minibus bearing registration No. JK14 A-9162 on its way from Banihal to Ramban met with an accident at Battery Chasma Ramban.
A 10 month old baby and another minor miraculously escaped unhurt in this tragic accident. As per the details available with "Early Times", the 24 seated capacity minibus with 38 passengers on board met with an accident at around 3.45 PM today. The ill-fated vehicle rolled down into 800 Feet deep gorge resulting in on spot death of 9 persons while two others died enroute to hospital.
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