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| Sahni tipped to take over as FC Home | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Feb 17
In the next round of cabinet meeting which is likely to be held later this month, the Financial Commissioner Agriculture Production Satinder Singh Sahni is tipped to be appointed as Financial Commissioner Home.
The post of administrative secretary in the Home department has been lying vacant since October 2007 after the elevation of then incumbent BR Kundal to the post of Chief Secretary. Temporary charge is presently being held Dr Pawan Kotal, the secretary in the Chief Minister's Office.
Sources said that the government is also mulling a huge overhaul in the Crime Investigation Department of Police. There are many positions from top to bottom in the... | |
| | | | Mehbooba replies Farooq with venom, fire | | Mehbooba says Farooq used to admire Jagmohan as "father, philosopher and a guide" | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Feb 17
After three days of National Conference leader and former Chief Dr Farooq Abdullah's marathon allegations against his successor and the bitter political opponent Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, the Peoples Democratic Party today hit back with some typical venom and fire.
Taking Farooq to task, the PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said the recent contradictory statements dished out by the top National Conference (NC) leaders has not only brought in open the inherent contradictions within the party but also depicts the desperation and frustration that has overtaken its ranks. She was addressing a public meeting at Nagrota near here today.
"While on one hand NC Patr... | |
| | | | JKP man among four people caught with heroin | | | | Amritsar | Feb 17
Punjab Police Sunday arrested four people here, including a constable of the Jammu and Kashmir police, and recovered one kilogram of heroin from their possession. The drug haul is worth Rs.10 million in the international market, an official said.
The arrested constable, identified as Sajid Mahmood, is a resident of a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district.
The special narcotics cell of Punjab Police arrested three other smugglers along with him. A police team apprehended them while they were waiting in a car for someone to take the heroin consignment from them. They were nabbed from near the Kathunangal bus stand in rural Amritsar district.
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| | | | Mush hangs in balance as Pak votes today | | | | Islamabad | Feb 17
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Sunday vowed to go ahead with Monday's key general elections, keenly watched by the world, despite a fresh wave of violence while the Opposition warned the dictator, whose fate hung in balance, of massive street protests if the vote is rigged.
"Any effort to derail the democratic process or the holding of elections will be foiled," Musharraf told said as a violence-marred campaign which was overshadowed by the assassination of Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto, ended on a bloody note with two suicide attacks on Saturday night that left 50 dead and 100 injured.
Analysts pointed out that Pakistan's problems might not end... | |
| | | | Pay power tariff to claim salary | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Feb 17
Listen government officials –before claiming your April salary, be sure that your electricity bills till March are clear.
The Chief Engineer M&RE has urged state employees to clear their power dues by ending March 2008 in compliance to the instructions issued by government to this effect already.
He said that it has been made obligatory on the part of all drawing and disbursing officers/treasury officers to draw and disburse the salary of the officers/officials for the month of February every year in favour of the employees under their jurisdiction after satisfying themselves about the clearance of power dues.
He urged all the drawing and disbursin... | |
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