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| After being denied justice people lose hope with grievance cell as well | | No substantial results achieved even after five years | | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, Feb 20: With much pomp and show Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah announced the formation of a grievance cell to solve the day to day problems of the people. However, five years down the lane the cell has become a useless tool with hardly a grievance being addressed and then redressed.
Scores of persons have been disillusioned with this exercise since they have not got justice at the end of the day. People have written letters to the Chief Minister and also emailed their grievances with the hope that there would be some light at end of tunnel, but the passage continues to be bleak.
On July 21 last year, Tariq Ahmad Shah presently residing at Jawahar Nagar here wrote a letter to Chief Minister about the misuse of official position by Abdul Majid Bhat, Managing Director, Jammu and Kashmir Agro Industries. Majid has misused his position and helped his brother in law Mohammad Ashraf Budoo to encroach upon a 12 feet lane on the Dr. Ali Jan road enroute Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura.
Tariq was expecting that Omar through his grievance cell w... | |
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| 'Tough' Minister fails to deter engineers, just 20 percent Panchayat Ghars complete | | Kargil tops; Doda, Kishtwar, Srinagar score zero | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Feb 20: Rural Development Minister Ali Mohammad Sagar may claim to be a tough Minister but officials of the department especially those involved in the construction of Panchayat Ghars have seemingly little regard for his repeated announcements and pronouncements.
Sagar had claimed in an official handout released on March 18, 2013 that Panchayat Ghars across the State would be completed by September 2013 but status report which the department had annexed with the reply to question of National Conference (NC) leader Dr. Shehnaz Ganai reveals a dismal picture. Despite NC's firebrand leader Ali Mohammad Sagar issuing threats through media, the engineers have cared li... | |
| | | | The big question: Why have a Question Hour? | | | | Abodh Sharma
JAMMU, Feb 20: At a time when the entire nation is debating the conduct and demeanor of the legislators both in the State Assemblies and the Parliament, the very need and relevance of the Question Hour, which was once considered to be the most sacred segment of the legislative proceedings has come under scanner.
E- governance which has been launched effectively in many states of the country and the Right to Information Act have empowered the people to seek and get any information from the Government and the public functionaries are not only duty bound to provide the sought information, but are liable to be reprimanded if the information is not provided in stipulated time. The... | |
| | | | J&K crumbles under debts worth Rs 42283.57 crore | | Beyond Rather's 'zero deficit' Budget | | | Kunal Shrivatsa
SRINAGAR, Feb 20: Though the Government over stretched itself to cover up its financial mis-management through jugglery of figures while presenting the Budget-2014 a few days back in the State Legislature, the balance sheet of pending liabilities of J&K on various accounts has presented a gloomy state of State's economy, contrary to the rosy picture painted by the Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather.
The liabilities of J&K are on the constant rise with each passing year which completely negates the Government's claims that finances of the state are in good shape.
In reply to a question tabled by MLA Prof Chaman Lal Gupta in the State Legislative Assembly here today, the G... | |
| | | | Valley hospitals have 68 ventilators, Jammu 16 | | | |
Avinash Azad
JAMMU, Feb 20: Discrimination against Jammu has once again come to fore. GMC, Srinagar and its associated hospitals have 46 ventilators against availability of 19 ventilators for GMC Jammu and its associated hospitals.
The facts were revealed in State Government's reply in a question asked by MLC, Mohammad Muzaffar Parry.
The member of upper house sought number of ventilators in various hospitals in J&K including SKIMS. "Government Medical College, Jammu and its Associated Hospital 19, while the GMC, Srinagar and its associated hospitals have 46 ventilators", the reply reads, adding that other district/ sub district hospitals and other health institutions of Jammu divisio... | |
| | | | Dismal performance of Govt to construct infrastructure in schools | | 2.87 % of targeted toilets completed in last financial year under SSA | | | Akshay Azad
JAMMU, Feb 20: The Omar Abdullah led coalition Government might have been patting its back over various issues but the achievements on account of creating infrastructure in various Primary and Upper Primary Schools, paints a very gloomy picture. On account of providing toilet facilities in Government Primary and Upper Primary Schools under Sarav Shiksha Abhiyaan, state had been able to complete only 2.87 percent works, it had targeted for last financial years, while on account of constructing additional classrooms, state has shown 22 percent completion percentage. Documents in possession of Early Times revealed that under Sarav Shiksha Abhiyaan (SSA), State Government had fixed... | |
| | | | Centre to seek financial package proposal for refugees | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 20: The Centre has asked the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to send proposal of financial package for refugees at the earliest. The Centre has asked the State Government to take issue as a priority and submit it at the earliest.
"The Centre is going to shoot a letter in this regard to the State Government very soon. Centre is going to ask the State Government to send the proposal soon so that it could be approved before the model code of conduct becomes operative ," said a source in Delhi.
The urgency of the Centre is on account of the fact that Congress wants to take credit for solving the long pending demand of the refugees. It will give it not only polit... | |
| | | | Cases against former, sitting Ministers, legislators, bureaucrats pending before anti graft bodies | | | | Bashir Assad
JAMMU, Feb 20: From incumbent to former Ministers, legislators and bureaucrats scores of complaints of corruption are pending disposal and conviction in different anti-graft bodies of Jammu and Kashmir.
In detailed written reply provided by the Government, to a question by MLAs MY Tarigami of CPI(M) and Choudhary Zulfkar Ali of PDP in the State Assembly, Government today said that at least 46 people including incumbent and former Ministers and legislators, senior bureaucrats are facing corruption charges in State Accountability Commission in 8 cases.
The Government said the politicians facing charges of corruption in SAC include Pandit Mangat Ram Sharma, former Deputy Chief... | |
| | | | Azad group unhappy over new office bearers | | Senior workers fly to Delhi to register protest | | | Javaid Naikoo
SRINAGAR, Feb 20: Senior Congress workers owing allegiance to Ghulam Nabi Azad flew to Delhi today to meet Congress high command and register their protest on new office bearers nominated by Soz.
As the Congress high command announced 66 new office bearers for its Jammu and Kashmir unit including vice presidents, general secretaries, executive members, organizing secretaries and lower grade secretaries, the senior workers have expressed serious reservations.
They workers especially those owing allegiance to Azad feel betrayed. "The new comers have been preferred over us and this is not fair," some of them were heard saying.
The new entrants are close to Soz, Taj, Monga a... | |
| | | | NC-Cong coalition Govt stands exposed | | Rs 5 crore to create 659 ad | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Feb 20: Is the NC-Congress coalition interested in creating the recommended 659 new administrative units in Jammu and Kashmir? If the statement made by the Finance Ministry in response to a cut-motion moved by a legislator during the discussion on the grants for the department day before yesterday is any indication, then it can be said that the State Government might not implement its February 1, 2014 decision on new administrative units.
According to the statement, the State Government has kept an "adhoc" provision of a paltry Rs five crore in the budget for the next year for the establishment of 659 new administrative units in Jammu and Kashmir. "The Finance Department has... | |
| | | | Govt furnishing irrelevant replies to members' questions | | | | Bivek Mathur
JAMMU, Feb 20: Making mockery of the State Legislature, the State Government showing utter neglect to important public issues is providing incomplete or irrelevant replies to some of the important questions asked by legislators.
In reply to an un-starred question of Ajat Shatru Singh, in the upper house, regarding rising cases of drug addiction in the youth, Government's reply was totally irrelevant.
While the member sought to know number of counseling centres and homes set up in the state and funds allocated for awareness campaign, the Government replied only second part of the question and stated that 26th of May has been declared as the drug abuse day in reply to the fir... | |
| | | | Oblivious of ground reality, Mir speaks high of Mubarak Mandi Complex | | Disrespecting CM's directions; parking mess erupts again, pol influence prevails | | | ET Report
Jammu, Feb 20 : It is a typical case of political influence over and above the directions of Chief Minister in J&K .
It so happens normally in many cases but Mubarak Mandi Heritage Complex stands a glaring instance which substantiates this fact that even Chief Minister's instructions and directions for correcting and clearing the messy scenario prevailing at the historic site are not implemented , not to speak of respecting the spirit in which it was desired to be followed. Messy surroundings on account of unauthorized car parking was cleared soon after the directions came from CM who also happens to be Chairman of the Heritage Society and it gave the monument some grac... | |
| | | | WP Refugees Issue :Long wait for justice | | | | Neha
JAMMU, Feb 20: Hapless and ignored West Pakistani refugees in their thousands once again staged a massive protest demonstration on Wednesday under the banner of West Pakistani Hindu Refugees (WPHR) in Jammu and demanded one time settlement of their issue and full citizenship rights.
They even try to proceed towards the civil secretariat, but were stopped by the armed police the Dogra Chowk.
Angered by the police action, they staged a dharna for more than half an hour there, thus disrupting the vehicular movement in the city leading to massive traffic jams across the city. It is difficult to give the number of protests they held and marches they organized during the past 65 years... | |
| | | | LoC trade : No trucks come from PoK | | Meeting on February 24 | | | SYED TAHIR BUKHARI
BARAMULLA, Feb 20: Despite an agreement between officers on either side of Line of Control to resume trade from today no truck entered or left Salamabad for Chakoti and vice-versa. There would be a meeting of officials on February 24 to decide about the exact date of resuming the trade activities. Sources told Early Times that no truck came from Pakistan occupied Kashmir despite the fact that trucks had been kept at Salamabad for their onward journey to Chakoti in PoK. The reluctance shown by drivers from the other side following the arrest of Mohammad Shafi Awan, a driver of PoK is the main bone of contention between the two sides."Whereas Indian and Pakistani authori... | |
| | | | Infighting ahead of polls 2014 within party turning Congress' Achilles Heel | | | | KUNAL SHRIVATSA
JAMMU, Feb 20 : The infighting in Jammu & Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) touched a new low in Rajouri today where rival factions organized two parallel functions to welcome the arrival of All India Congress Committee (AICC) Secretary Incharge J&K Affairs Mainul Haque to the district headquarter. While the faction led by senior Congress leader Tasaduq Hussain and Iqbal Mallik organized a programme at Dak Bungalow Rajouri, the other faction led by newly appointed PCC General Secretary Sain Abdul Rashid had organized a function at the Gujjar Hall in the town. Sources informed Early Times that as soon as AICC Secretary Haque along with senior state Congress leaders... | |
| | | | NC MLC gets tastes of audience anger, BJPs Lekhi seeks abrogation | | Protest against NC rocks seminar on Article 370 | | | Sumit Sharma
JAMMU, Feb 20: Slogans against National Conference (NC) and its powerful provincial president Devinder Rana rented in the hall of Jammu Club after he called outsiders as mess creators in the state.
"I do not want the ``Motabhais'' and ``Chhotabhais'' and ``Patels'', an oblique reference to Gujaratis, to settle in the State of Jammu and Kashmir, if Article 370 is tampered with". No sooner did Davinder Rana begin his speech over Article 370, then the audience reacted, captured dais and shouted anti-NC slogans. They also shouted Bharat Mata Ki Jai, forcing the organizers to pacify the attendance.
Rana had seemingly made up his mind to teach BJP leader Meenakshi Lekhi a lesson... | |
| | | | DB seeks personal appearance of Com Sec Health | | Delay in implementation of Court directions | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Feb 20: Expressing serious concern over 'deliberate' delay in implementing its orders regarding regular promotions in Health Department, a division bench of Jammu and Kashmir High Court today asked Commissioner Secretary Health and Medical Education to appear in person to explain his conduct on the next day of hearing.
The division bench comprising of Justice Hasnain Masoodi and Justice Tashi Rabstan passed the directions while hearing an application filed by the Health Department, seeking further extension of time in implementing the court directions regarding the issue.
On January 1 last year, the court had directed the Health Department to fill up the post... | |
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