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| Demand disbanding of House Committee on "discrimination" | | BJP, NPP stage walk-out | | | Bashir Assad
Jammu, Feb22; The opposition BJP and Panthers Saturday staged walk-out from the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly against the constitution of house committee to look into the allegations of discrimination with Kashmir valley in creation of health centers. As soon as the House met here today for normal business the opposition members of BJP, Panthers Party and lone MLA of JSM protested against the constitution of house committee as announced by the Speaker, Mubarak Gull the other day after the opposition members from Kashmir alleged that out of newly proposed 600 health centers in the state only 200 have been sanctioned for Kashmir valley while as 400 health centers are propose... | |
| | | | Helpless Agri Deptt cannot test sub- standard pesticides | | Orchards likely to suffer damage during 2014 | | | Javaid Naikoo
Srinagar, Feb 22 : Year 2014 is likely to prove as hazardous to orchards as the years bygone as Agriculture department cannot withhold sale of substandard tree spray oil and fertilizers supplied from outside state to Jammu and Kashmir for want of laws. According to the sources a particular group of politically influenced people have already stocked and are supplying fish oil which is used for tree spray and other substandard fertilizers with different names in the market, however according to the Director Agriculture Department Kashmir, the department cannot test the fish oil and some fertilizers available in the market as these commodities according to him do not fall in the... | |
| | | | Harsh Dev lambasts coalition regime for creating 'rhetoric' only | | | | Kunal Shrivatsa
Jammu, Feb 22: In a scathing attack on Chief Minister Omar Abdullah led coalition regime for an alleged discrimination with Jammu and Ladakh, the Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) MLA Harsh Dev Singh during proceedings of State Legislative Assembly here today said that the state coalition government for the last five years mere indulged on rhetoric whereas its performance was low on delivery with all its tall claims, airy slogans and loud pronouncements have fallen flat. The JKNPP stalwart Harsh Dev Singh was all fire while taking part in the discussion on Demands for Grants for Home, Power and other departments in the Lower House of the State Legislature. ... | |
| | | | Degree College Kishtwar headless for 3 months | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Kishtwar, Feb 22 : The Higher Education Department headed by Mohammad Akbar Lone has failed to post a Principal in Government Degree College Kishtwar lying vacant since last nearly three months. The problem has subjected the staffers to inconvenience as no salary could be drawn during the aforementioned period.
As per the details available with "Early Times", College Principal Dr. Shafqat was transferred in the month of November last year and since then the Higher Education Department failed to appoint a fresh Principal for the college. As per the insiders, not only the teaching and non teaching staff have suffered but various college related developmental works als... | |
| | | | Security forces achieve major success by killing 24 militants in Jan-Feb | | Likely influx of Taliban after withdrawal of NATO troops' | | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, Feb 22: General Officer Commanding (GOC) 15 Corps, Lieutenant General, Gurmit Singh today said that security forces have achieved tremendous success in their anti-militancy operations with more than 20 militants getting killed in encounters across Kashmir since the onset of 2014.
Talking to media persons here, Lt Gen Singh said that 24 militants were killed since January 1, 2014 with 26 weapons being recovered from the slain militants. He said that 11 militants including the district commander of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) operating in Sopore in North Kashmir for the last 12 years have been killed by security forces.The GOC said that army has apprehended 13 local... | |
| | | | Scam in garb of oral gift deeds | | | | Et Report
Jammu, Feb 22 : Last year the Government initiated a probe regarding mutations generally known as Intiqaal recorded on the basis of oral gift deeds or Hibba e Zabani in Tehsil North (Hazratbal) in district Srinagar. The Government even placed a Tehsildar of Srinagar North tehsil under suspension for making unnecessary oral mutations in lieu of illegal gratification but till date not a single investigation has been made in other tehsils of the state where such frauds have been committed. There are some important aspects which have to be made public so that this matter is debated publically, which may help the State Vigilance Commission to investigate into this matter and to st... | |
| | | | 60 % expenditure incurred, 20% utilized | | Govt fails on CSS fund utilization | | | Bijay Charak
JAMMU, Feb 22: The Jammu and Kashmir State Government has shown dismal performance in execution of various Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) during last five years, while for the ongoing financial year state had utilized only 60 percent funds till December ending.
The documents in possession of Early Times revealed that funds for CSS to 17 Government departments including Agriculture, Animal/Sheep Husbandry, Forest, Consumer Affairs, and Public Distribution, Rural Development, Industries, PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control, PWD (R&B), Science and Technology, Planning, Tourism, School Education, Health and Medical Education, Housing, Social Welfare, IMPA, Revenue, Technical and... | |
| | | | Azad wanted 'show' organised by Congress, left function early | | Unveiling of Indira Gandhi's statue | | | ET Report
JAMMU, Feb 22: Jammuites began their day today with almost all main roads choked with traffic, thanks to a VVIP function in the heart of the city that led to chaotic condition at many points due to diversion of vehicles from main roads on the crossing to alternative routes. The gala 'bandobast' was all for unveiling of the statue of late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, the tallest Congress leader at Indira Chowk in Jammu city. Notwithstanding the highly 'spruced up' affairs, the chief guest of the occasion Ghulam Nabi Azad-Union Health Minister made almost a formal presence and left in a huff, much early than the function could have been gracefully wrapped up. What made Azad angry ... | |
| | | | BOPEE scam: Court denies bail to Peer, 16 others | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Feb 22: The Special Anti-corruption court here today rejected bail to 17 accused including the former chairman of Board of Professional Entrance Examinations (BOPEE), Mushtaq Ahmad Peer, who allegedly engineered the scam involving selling of Common Entrance Test papers before the scheduled examination in 2012.
"The accused/petitioners have failed to carve out a strong case for bails in their favour, therefore the arguments rendered by counsel representing them being legally unsustainable, are repelled, rejected and discarded," Special Judge Anti-Corruption Kashmir, Mohan Lal Manhas said while rejecting the clubbed bail applications.
The court held that the ca... | |
| | | | Senior party leaders pick holes in JKPCC's new office bearers, executive committee | | MLCs, relatives, close ones of party leaders adjusted | | | 12 leaders, who had contested
elections against Congress
candidates also in committee
Akshay Azad
JAMMU, Feb 22: Anger is brewing among some senior rank and file of state unit of Indian National Congress, who, while picking holes in the new executive body and list of office bearers of Jammu and Kashmir Pardesh Congress Committee (JKPCC), have alleged that the list was finalized without following any criteria besides the announcements and directions from Congress high command were blatantly violated.
The leaders alleged that relatives and close ones of some party leaders were adjusted as office bearers and executive committee members of new JKPCC. Moreover, the alleged overcrowded Exe... | |
| | | | New Congress Party launched, to support Azad | | State Congress goes Hurriyat way | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Feb 22: 'New Congress Party' was launched today in Srinagar while the chairman of the party during a press conference said that the party will support former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and will counter every move of present State Congress Chief Saif-ud-Din Soz who according to him, is responsible for ruining the party.
Addressing a news conference in Srinagar, Chairman New Congress Party, B.M. Reshi accused Saif-ud-Din Soz of dividing Congress party in Jammu and Kashmir and claimed that he is having the backing of top Congress leaders in New Delhi. He said that his New Congress Party will field candidates in every Constituency and will support former Chie... | |
| | | | Soz skips function to unveil statue of Indira Gandhi | | Unity is still a distant dream in faction ridden Cong | | | ET Report
JAMMU, Feb 22: Although campaign for the Lok Sabha elections is already started, unity is still a distant dream in faction ridden Congress party. For the last some days Congress leadership was trying to give a message the Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Saif ud Din Soz have iron out their differences but reality is different.
Conspicuous absence of Saif ud Din Soz in the function which was held to unveil status of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was a clear indication that all is not well in the Congress. In the newly constituted jumbo PCC, Soz has tried to accommodate supporters of Ghulam Nabi Azad but senior leaders ye... | |
| | | | Attack on Jammu will disintegrate the state | | Jammu in Assembly | | | Neha
JAMMU, Feb 22: The ongoing session of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislature would be remembered for years to come. The reason: This perhaps is the only session in its 65-year-old history in which not one but many Kashmiri lawmakers repeatedly accused the Government of being anti-Kashmir and pro-Jammu and pro-Ladakh. Some accused the Government directly and some indirectly. Some of them opposed the Government's decision on new administrative units on the ground that the Cabinet Sub-Committee on new administrative units ignored the genuine demands of people of different areas of the Valley and accorded a preferential treatment to Jammu province and Ladakh region. None of them recognized th... | |
| | | | Issueless NC raking up non-existent BJP-PDP political nexus | | Diverting people's attention from issues of governance | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Feb 22: The ruling NC, which has nothing credible to sell in the State's political market, has turned so desperate that it has started raking up non-issues to hide its miserable failures on all fronts to divert the people's attention away from real issues of governance. One day it talks about the AFSPA. Next day it talks about the Army and paramilitary forces. On another day it talks about the so-called erosion of the State's autonomy and suggests talks between India and Pakistan. In fact, it has started raking up issues which do not appeal to the people of the State, barring the hardcore and arrogant NC leaders and cadres. And, it has been doing so because the entire opposit... | |
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