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| Enquiry against Wakhloo | | | | Jammu: The SAC initiated regular enquiry against Khem Lata Wakhloo chairperson J&K Social Welfare Board. The SAC observed that she is drawing the salary and enjoying the other amenities which are admissible to a Minister of State. She seeks to rely, for showing her entitlement on Govt order No. 1092-GAD of 2009 dated 12-8-2009, but the bare perusal of the said order indicates that it can have no application to her case when the said order only provides for the staff strength in personal section of the Ministers.
SAC observed that withdrawal of pay/salary without valid authority of law amounts to mis-appropriation of the Government money. The bare fact that the Government is aware of all th... | |
| | | | SAC puts CM on notice for ‘political favoritism’ vAxe likely to fall on Gul, Rana | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 17: With the State Accountability Commission (SAC) taking cognizance of `political favoritism', the axe of the highest anti-graft body of the state is likely to fall on Chief Minister's advisors and scores of `influential' people.
The SAC in an order of far reaching consequences issued notice to Omar Abdullah, the Chief Minister of J&K State, Mubark Gul, Advisor to the Chief Minister; Devinder Singh Rana, Political Advisor to the Chief Minister; Mushtaq Ahmad Shah (Bukhari), Vice Chairman, J&K State Advisory Board for Dev of Pahari Speaking People; Ch. Bashir Ahmad Naz, Vice Chairman, J&K State Advisory Board for Development of Gujjars and Bakerwals; Rachpa... | |
| | | | BOSE has a history of neutralizing FIRs | | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, Feb 17: Even before neatly escaping action in the recently flared up matter of unfair means involving Minister of Education Peerzada Sayeed and his family members, J&K State Board of School Education (BOSE) has managed to hush up equally serious criminal matters in the past. Under political intervention from top echelons of the state government, BOSE officials and reported to have got hushed up the matter of an objectionable illustration in the text book of First Primary class.
Informed sources revealed to Early Times that parents of some government school children complained to SSP Anantnag, R K Jalla, in the month of December 2011 that part-1 of 'Baharistaan-e... | |
| | | | Is J&K govt's drumbeating over return of power projects logical? | | | | Irtiqa Hussain
Jammu, Feb 17: After the much celebrated fiasco over revocation of AFSPA within days, state government has begun drumbeating over a cabinet sub-committee's report which has recommended buying back of three major power projects from NHPC.
Though it is not known what compelled the government to form a sub-committee over an issue which has been debated in detail by ace economist of the country and head of Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (EAC) C.Rangarajan in his report, which is now gathering dust both in New Delhi and in the secretive corridors state power ministry.
Constituted by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on March 29, 2005, the high-powered Rangarajan tas... | |
| | | | Cabinet decision to buy back NHPC projects? | | | | ET Report
Jammu, Feb 17: The State cabinet's approval of the cabinet sub-committee report for buying back the hydel power projects from NHPC is a welcome decision, but its exact implementation would only determine the seriousness of the decision.
The State government has been hyping the taking over of the hydel power projects in the state ever since the public debate over the sharing of the generated electric power by NHPC owned projects started. Jammu and Kashmir has been incurring a whooping sum of Rs. 2000 crores annually on the purchase of electricity from the country's northern Power Grid. A financially poor State like ours cannot afford such an extravaganza for long as all dev... | |
| | | | Contempt against JK newspapers likely | | Yusuf hearing on July 20 | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 17: The Supreme Court has fixed a petition on National Conference (NC) worker, Haji Yusuf's alleged custodial killing on July 20. The petition has been filed by Panthers Party MLA Balwant Singh Mankotia seeking CBI inquiry into the mysterious death.
Yusuf, it may be mentioned died in the custody of Crime Branch oin September 29 last year. He was picked up from the residence of Chief Minister where he had gone to fix an alleged `money deal'.
Meanwhile the State Legal Aid Committee has decided to move contempt application against some newspapers of Jammu Kashmir for having misreported the Supreme Court Order dated February 3. The newspapers had reported that... | |
| | | | ACR to hold inquiry, submits report to SHRC by March | | 'Inmates killing' at Kot Bhalwal | | | Sumit Sharma
Jammu, Feb 17: Deputy Commissioner Jammu has entrusted the responsibility of investigation on Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Municipality, Charandeep Singh in the alleged killing of four inmates in Kot Bhalwal, Jammu in 1993 to ascertain the facts, sources said.
Brief facts of the case is that four persons were allegedly killed and around 18 others prisoners received injuries in the firing of police in the year 1993, when some inmates including some hardcore terrorists allegedly were trying to break the Joint Interrogation Centre (JIC) .Pertinent to mention here that the JIC,Kot Bhalwal later turned into Central Jail in 1997.
Thereafter the family members of an inmate alleg... | |
| | | | Legislators, political workers agree to disagree | | Empowerment of Panchayats in J&K | | | Bashir Assad
Jammu, Feb 17: It is like catch-22 situation for the coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir that the empowerment of panchayats in accordance to the recent cabinet order, has drawn flak from the legislators and political workers of both the coalition partners who are annoyed by the decision and fear alienation from the people.
Though the government has announced devolution of powers of about 14 government departments including Rural Development, Agriculture Production Department, Animal & Sheep Husbandry Department, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Department, Education Department, Fisheries Department, Forest Department, Health, PHE, Irrigation and Floo... | |
| | | | Despite court orders KVIB aspirants pestering for job since '09 | | | | Sumit Sharma
Jammu, Feb 17: The aspiring candidates for various posts of Khadi Village Industries Board (KVIB) who have been running from pillar to post for the last three years to get the final selection list publicly for which interview were held in the year of Jan 2009 finally took refuge of RTI Act which raised eyebrows on the transparency of the selection procedure.
Despondency housed among the candidates interviewed in 2009 after they received response of RTI application, filed to KVIB to know the status of the selection list of assistant Executive Officer, Assistant Registrar, Accounts Assistant, Driver, Field Man and Orderlies.
Responding to RTI application vide No 614/PS/I&C, th... | |
| | | | Congress accuses BJP of indulging in divisive politics | | Motivated Charge | | | Rustam
Jammu, Feb 17: We are a democratic and secular country. This is what the Congress and similar other formations claim. It is difficult to believe them considering what has been happening in the country under the present Congress-dominated dispensation in New Delhi. The Congress also says that it is a genuinely secular and democratic party and that it hates and denounces "divisive" politics. Besides, the Congress also dismisses the BJP as a communal and accuses it of indulging in "divisive" politics.
Only the other day, some Congress leaders from Jammu & Kashmir contemptuously dismissed the BJP as a "divisive" outfit. "The divisive politics of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has alway... | |
| | | | Jammu Pradesh fed up with hollow sloganeering | | Equitable Development | | | Neha
Jammu, Feb 17: J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and other NC leaders consistently maintain that the NC-Congress coalition government has been striving for "equitable development of all regions of the state and that the amelioration of general public is the most important part of the development policy". "Our government is determined for equitable development of all regions of the state and we have focused specifically on the holistic progress of far-flung and remote areas," is the bottom-line of their oft-repeated argument advanced to prove that the NC is state-centric, and not Kashmir-centric.
This correspondent today interacted with people to know what they actually ... | |
| | | | Will MLAs cooperate, let Assembly run 'peacefully'..? | | 'Smooth conduct' emerges key word in All Party meeting | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 17: Even as the All Party Meeting called the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Mohammad Akbar Lone today focused on the conduct of various political parties and their representatives during the forthcoming budget session and sought cooperation of members in running the House proceedings smoothly, the session is all set to witness aggressive and attacking strategies by the opposition on a host of issues that rocked the state recently. The key word in today's meeting was cooperation for smooth conduct of the Assembly and all members including those from opposition agreed on that but the moot point remains that in the backdrop of vital i... | |
| | | | Govt. fails to check inflow of fake pesticide brands | | | | early times report
JAMMU, Feb 17: There is strong resentment brewing among the farmers against the agriculture department for its failure to check the inflow of fake brands of pesticides in the market which have taken a heavy tool on the agriculture production in Jammu and Kashmir.
The latest in the series is the case of widely used batches of Butaveer, a weedicide and KRICEL, an insecticide, which due to their ineffectiveness resulted in huge losses to the farmers. Sources said that the enforcement wing of the department has advised cultivators not to use Butaveer batch No BuTJK0190 and KRICEL batch No KRE1JK/256 as these have been found substandard in the quality control lab test.
Sim... | |
| | | | Kashmiri youth shunning violence, Pakistan: Survey | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Feb 17: Kashmiri youths are increasingly leaning towards non-violence and also moving away from Pakistan. So says a survey by a New Delhi-based research body.
The survey by the Institute for Research on India and International Studies (IRIIS) also holds the "historical baggage" of Jammu and Kashmir and the "presence of security forces" for the disconnect between the Kashmiri youth and the Indian state.
But there is a significant departure from the past when the youths from Kashmir were interested in Pakistan.
Conducted in 2011 on behalf of the Indian home ministry, the survey says the young in Kashmir spend more time listening to music and watching Hindi ... | |
| | | | NC exploited city for own comfort, alleges Mehbooba | | 'A new vision got unfolded during the previous PDP- Cong regime' | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Srinagar, Feb 17: Hold-ing the present regime led by National Conference responsible for developmental deficit in the state in general and Srinagar in particular, Peoples Democratic Party President, Mehbooba Mufti Friday said that the major initiatives taken by the previous PDP- Congress government have been altogether abandoned.
While addressing the Zone meetings of district Srinagar she said, "the city has been adjudged second dirtiest city in the country besides turning it into world's fastest developing slum."
"The conscious citizens of the city are questioning NC as to whether the deterioration of the city could occur only in three years of Mufti regime or it has... | |
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