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| Day one of Budget session: BJP, PP register protests, boycott Gov Address | | BJP rakes up discrimination issue, PP demands govt dismissal | | | Early Times Report
jammu, Feb 23: The first day of the Budget session of Assembly witnessed loud protests against the NC led coalition government which was followed by boycott of the Governor's Address by the MLAs of BJP and Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) .Even as the Principle opposition party PDP adopted a strategic 'silence' inside the Central Hall, the two other parties in opposition made their presence felt in a big way taking on the coalition government with protests and loud sloganeering both inside as well outside the House. BJP raked up the 'discrimination' card , targeting mainly Congress whereas Panthers Party echoed the demand of dismissal of government. After the Governor's address, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti hit out at NC led coalition saying the latter had no moral authority to govern now. The Assembly session began this morning with the customary address by Governor NN Vohra before the Joint legislature. However, when the Governor got up to read his address to the Legislature, shouts and noisy scenes pierced the silence which caused ... | |
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| Govt has lost moral authority to continue: Mehbooba | | | | Early Times Report
jammu, Feb 23: Even as the main opposition party PDP maintained silence inside the Central Hall during the Governor's address, the party president Mehbooba Mufti lashed out with expressions full of sarcasm and criticism, contending this government had no moral authority to govern. She accused the government of being busy in amassing wealth rather than serving common masses.
"This is the first state in the entire country where the entite government right from Chief Minister to senior cabinet ministers are facing charges of crime from corruption to murder to nepotism.......", mehbooba said while speaking to media outside the Assembly." The government had lost moral autho... | |
| | | | I am victim of vilification, will expose my enemies - Rather | | | | Bashir Assad
JAMMU, Feb 23: Stating that a vilification campaign has been started to defame him, Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather Thursday said that he will expose the elements behind this campaign. Reacting to the charges of corruption and misuse of public authority levelled by an anonymous complainant in a complaint filed before the State Accountability Commission (SAC) and the virtual cognizance taken by the Commission which issued notice against him, Rather sounded surprises saying that the preliminary inquiry by the commission itself has found all the three allegations levelled against him baseless. Addressing a press conference outside the assembly here, Rathr said that vi... | |
| | | | 19 soldiers dead, 3 still trapped in Avalanche in valley | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 23: The death toll in twin avalanches in Jammu and Kashmir went up to 19 by Thursday afternoon, with all the casualties being army personnel, the army said. Three soldiers are still missing.
At least 16 army personnel were killed in Dawar in Bandipora district. Another three were killed in the avalanche in Sonamarg area of Ganderbal district, army officials said. Both the areas are in north Kashmir.
"We have recovered nine bodies in Dawar while seven soldiers are still feared to be under the debris," according to Lieutenant Colonel JS Brar, spokesman of the army's Srinagar-based 15th Corps.
"Earlier today, 13 soldiers were rescued from the avalanche deb... | |
| | | | Who is clean in NC-Cong govt? | | SAC Asserting Authority | | | Neha
JAMMU, Feb 23: Will the Jammu and Kashmir Accountability Commission (SAC) be able to stem the rot, cleanse the system and help the suffering, helpless and abandoned people finally get a clean and corruption-free administration? It is a very difficult question. However, one must hope for the best. The hope must stem from the manner in which the SAC has of late started acting against the corrupt or alleged to be corrupt.
What has the SAC done during the last few days? To start with, the commission served a notice on Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and eight others, including two advisors to the Chief Minister. The notice asked the government did it not violate the constitution by conferri... | |
| | | | More big fish to come under SAC scanner | | Anti graft drive | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Feb 23: The State Accountability Commission (SAC) seems determined to carry forward its anti-graft drive. After putting Chief Minister and some senior ministers on notice, the SAC is likely put many `big fish' under radar in the coming days. The anti-graft body is expected to open cases of ministers of former regime as well.
According to highly placed sources, the SAC may strive for getting stay orders vacated on more than 22 cases of graft involving former/current ministers and bureaucrats. The Sources said that probe against more than 20 cases involving some top former and current ministers and politicians was hampered due to stay orders issued by the Hi... | |
| | | | Court awarded life-imprisonment to eight including then SSP | | Honour Killing- Nitin Murder case | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 23: Principal Sessions Judge Jammu today awarded life-imprisonment and fine Rs 10,000 to then SSP Karnail Singh, seven others in much publicized honour killing caste in which one Nitin Sharma was killed by the accused persons and a case u/s 302, 364,120-B, 109 RPC stands registered in this case.
Principal Sessions Judge Jammu Jang Bhadur Singh Jamwal after hearing Special PP Raghu Mehta for the State whereas Sr Adv Sunil Sethi, Adv OP Sharma and RS Jamwal for the accused persons observed that caste system is a curse on the nation and the sooner it is destroyed the better. "This is a free and democratic country, and once a person becomes a major he or she can ... | |
| | | | With peace proposal Pak invites Kashmiri separatist leaders for talks | | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Feb 23: In a significant development, Pakistan on Thursday extended invitation to Mirwaiz Umar Farooq led Hurriyat Conference to visit Islamabad for holding fresh round of talks on Kashmir, it is learnt. The development comes in the backdrop of Pakistan granting MFN status to India to strengthen its trade ties with New Delhi.
Interestingly, Pakistan has proposed peace plan to the hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani and wanted to shelve the Kashmir issue in the wake of internal disturbances within that country. Mirwaiz who along with senior separatist leaders Shabir Ahmad Shah and Syed Agha Hassan are camping in New Delhi for apprising foreign diplomats on Kash... | |
| | | | On Gola's complaint, court asks SVO to verify allegations against DSP Kaith, ors | | | | Early Times Report
jammu, Feb 23: Anti-corruption special judge Pawan Dev Kotwal has directed SSP of state vigilance organisation (SVO) to verify the allegations of corruption as levelled by Ravinder Gupta alias Gola Shah against DSP ML Kaith and others.
The court directive came today in a petition filed by Gola Shah, a real estate dealer, against Kaith, who at present is SDPO, Gandhi Nagar, Vikramjeet Singh alias Rooble, son of Dev Raj Singh of Gandhi Nagar, and others.
In the petition, Gola has alleged that DSP and others had demanded Rs 8 lakh from him to set aside the cases registered against him at different police stations. Gola claimed that the cases were wrongly registered agains... | |
| | | | Sher-e-Kashmir receives shock of his life | | Flash back Feb 24, 1975: | | | Early Times Report
jammu, Feb 23: On February 15, 1975, the Plebiscite Front gave consent to Indira-Abdullah Accord. Contrary to Sher-e-Kashmir's expectations, Indira Gandhi briefed the Parliament on February 24 which she was not supposed to do as per an unwritten agreement between the duo. Sher-e-Kashmir received the shocking news at Jammu and expressed his reluctance to go to Raj Bhawan where he had to take oath as Chief Minister of the state next day. According to Shabnam Qayoom, Indira Gandhi when informed about Sheikh's reluctance, She directed the Governor, LK Jha to allow Mir Qasim, who had submitted his resignation, to continue as Chief Minister. Gandhi also directed Jha to tell Q... | |
| | | | Media, opposition defeat Congress's move to whittle down EC powers | | Model Code Of Conduct | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Feb 23: The Congress-dominated UPA Government, which has scant regard for democracy and constitutional institutions and which is seeking to create an emergency-like situation in the country so that it could ride roughshod, yesterday suffered yet another humiliating defeat at the hands of the ever-alert Indian media and the opposition. The arrogant and dictatorial Congress wanted to undermine the authority of the Election Commission (EC) by clipping its powers or by implementing its highly dubious proposal for according "statutory status" to the Model Code of Conduct. The proposal was designed to take away the enforcement of the Model Code from the hands of the EC.
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