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| New districts draw empty | | No staff; only less than 60% targets achieved | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Feb 23
Early budget, big transparency claims and efficient work culture but net result brings out gloomy picture. Just over a little over one month has remained for the current financial year to end but only upto 60 per cent financial and physical targets of development in the district sector have been achieved so far.
Last year the state government had described as historic move the advancing budget session from February to January and had claimed that this will make fund dispensation and consequent work performance more efficient and result oriented. However, as the financial year comes to end, the Deputy Commissioners in their report to the Chief Secretar... | |
| | | | Diamonds, Rs 50 lakhs for Chopra killing | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Feb 23
It was not an ordinary booty but the professional killers were awarded with sparkling diamonds for sensational murder of town’s famous cement tycoon Rajinder Bhushan Chopra and his family in September 2006.
The narco-analysis of one the accused has revealed that Rs 50 lakhs and diamonds were distributed among the killers for wiping out family of Rajinder Bhushan Chopra, popularly known as Raju Chopra.
This sensational disclosure was made by alleged Vicky in narco-analysis test and also brought out the explicit details of the crime and the incident leading to it. He has narrated the whole chain of events and the role played him.
He has nominated ... | |
| | | | Papa’s gypsy, uncle’s blessings | | Cop’s minor son hits passerby’s car with father’s official vehicle | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Feb 23
A minor son of a Police official hit a car in Gandhi Nagar area and ran away. The common man on the street believes that it was a triple offence, but the local SHO says, “parties have settled down case with compromise”.
Barely teenaged son of a Police Inspector was driving his father’s official gypsy fitted a beacon lamp when it hit a Maruti car in the Gandhi Nahar area. The matter was brought to the notice of local Police Station but was hushed up without any fuss.
The Police Gypsy driven by teenaged boy had registration number JKO2M 2396 and it belongs to boy’s father identified Inspector Ashraf presently posted at the Police Headquarters.
SHO Ga... | |
| | | | Jammu getting warmer, icy winds in Valley | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Feb 23
Despite brief showers last night, the weather is showed drift towards summer in Jammu even though the Valley has been further gripped by cold.
Icy winds lashed the Kashmir valley on Saturday as high altitude areas in the state received fresh snowfall and the plains were lashed by torrential rains.
Srinagar and adjoining areas shivered in intense cold as a result of a fresh spell of snowfall in mountain ranges surrounding Kashmir valley including hill resorts of Sonamarg, Pahalgam and Khilanmarg, official sources said.
They said many areas along Srinagar-Jammu National Highway including Banihal, Batote, Qazigund have received heavy rain since last ... | |
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