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| J&K's war against corruption: A sordid saga of nepotism and political patronage | | Blue eyed awarded with promotions, plum postings | | | Abodh Sharma
Jammu, Feb 23: The most striking attribute of the voluminous information provided by the government in response to separate questions of PDP MLA Zulfikar Ali, CPI (M) M Y Tarigami and Independent MLA Er Rashid in the State Legislative Assembly regarding cases of corruption pending against politicians, bureaucrats and other government officer/officials has been the fact that while government ordered forcible retirement of 13 officials, it continued to patronize umpteen others despite their dubious records, unfolding a grubby tale of political sponsorship.
While no vigilance clearance is required for the politicians to assume ministerial berths, it is interesting to note that despite vigilance clearance being mandatory for the bureaucrats and technocrats for promotions, many an officers who enjoy political patronage have not only been granted promotions, but also given plum postings despite serious cases pending against them.
Mubarak Singh, who while his posting as JMC commissioner was booked by Vigilance organization Jammu, for illegally granting permission for const... | |
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| Would 'discrimination in PHCs, administrative units' become game changer in 2014? | | | | early times report
Jammu, Feb 23: When a minister of the State government and a sitting legislator has to protest before Ghulam Nabi Azad, Union Health Minister that primary health centres have not been established as per the ground realities shows the pitiable state of affairs in J&K.
What has been agitated against in the health sector by a sitting legislator and minister is being agitated in the controversial issue of allocation of new administrative units by the State government.
Day in and day out there are protests both in the Valley and in Jammu region against the arbitrary method used in proposing new administrative units.
The State government said it has proposed 659 new admin... | |
| | | | Omar's claims on checking corruption rhetorical | | Corrupt practices galore, corrupt go scot free | | | early times report
Jammu, Feb 23: For sixth consecutive year Chief Minister Omar Abdullah while replying to discussion on grants of the departments he looks after in the state Assembly admitted that corruption is prevalent in this state at all levels and echelons. He , however, parroted that his government has done a lot in direction of checking corruption and taken steps to eradicate it. His rhetorical reference certainly was to anti graft agencies like State Vigilance Commission, State Accountability Commission, SIC etc, besides not forgetting to mention what this government claims to be historic step in the state- having PSGA which he in fact likened to citizen's charter of Anna Hazar... | |
| | | | Govt smashes its own austerity initiatives | | Purchases vehicles worth Rs 186. 87 crore in 3 years | | | KUNAL SHRIVATSA
JAMMU, Feb 23: In a brazen defiance of Government's austerity initiatives, as many as 34 state government departments have exhausted more than Rs 186 crore on purchase of new vehicles during the last three years.
The startling revelations came to fore in the Lower House of the State Legislature during Question Hour when Minister for Finance Abdul Rahim Rather was replying to the supplementaries on a question of Sofi Abdul Gaffar regarding State's fiscal deficit.
Information provided in the reply divulged that an amount of Rs 6830.661 lakh was expended by the government for buying new vehicles in 2012-13, the funds utilized to procure means of transportation for the period... | |
| | | | Jammu has less BPL population than Kashmir | | Members refute Economic survey projections | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 23: The below poverty line (BPL) population in Jammu region has been projected to be less as compared to that of Kashmir region, despite the fact that four out of seven poorest districts in the state fall in Jammu province.
As per the economic survey report of 2013-14, released by Jammu and Kashmir government few days back in both houses of state legislature, it has been observed that there are 24.21 lakh BPL people with a dispersion of 22 lakh living in rural areas and 2.21 lakh living in urban areas.
The same report read that Kishtwar, Poonch, Reasi and Ramban districts of Jammu region are among the poorest districts along Kupwara and Bandipora of Kashmir ... | |
| | | | FD makes mockery of its own transfer policy | | 68 officers of Accounts and Treasuries transferred in last three years prematurely | | | Akshay Azad
Jammu, Feb 23: The state government's transfer policy has seemingly become subservient to dictates of political masters as 68 officials in Accounts and Treasuries department were transferred prematurely in the last three years, in blatant violation of policy.
The documents in possession of Early Times revealed that 25 officers were transferred in year 2011, 13 in 2012 and 30 officers have been transferred in last year 2013.
The officers who were transferred prematurely includes Tahseena Mufti, who was transferred twice in 8 months, from Director Finance, Planing and Development department to Director Finance Rural Development department and to Director Finance Animal and Shee... | |
| | | | Fearing ignominious defeat, Congress toes NC line | | Pre-poll alliance | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Feb 23: The drama is over. The Congress has finally fallen in line and endorsed the NC's proposal for a pre-poll alliance for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. It was expected that it would happen sooner than later. In fact, the Congress had no other option but to endorse the decision of the NC, which fielded three candidates, including party president Farooq Abdullah, for all the three Lok Sabha seats in Kashmir Valley months ago without taking the local Congress leadership into confidence as it was convinced that it would carry the day and dictate its terms to the weak high command. The local Congress leadership had no other option but to endorse the NC's decision because t... | |
| | | | BJP, NPP, JM stage walkout on desiltation of Ranbir canal | | | | Bashir Assad
Jammu, Feb23; In protest against the government's failure to undertake desiltation of Rambir Canal, opposition BJP, JKNPP and JSM MLAs Sunday staged a walkout from the Assembly. As soon as the House met here today for transaction of business, members of BJP, Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) and Jammu State Morcha (JSM) stood up and started shouting slogans against the government seeking immediate restoration of water supply in Ranbir Canal. JSM MLA, Ashwani Kumar, Yashpal Kundal of JKNPP and BJP members trooped into well of the House demanding reply from the government over the issue. They alleged that Ranbir Canal was closed on January 25 for desiltation. But... | |
| | | | Prefabricated accommodation worth Rs 105 cr sans potable water facility | | Relief organization pays Rs 30 lakhs for water supply in single accommodation | | | Avinash Azad
Jammu, Feb 23: In yet another instance of poor planning while raising infrastructure for Kashmiri Pandit migrants, the Relief Organization has constructed prefabricated accommodation at Khanpur Transit to the tune of several Crores, without provision of water facility to the allottes of these structures.
Well placed sources informed Early Times that the Relief Organization had constructed transit accommodation for Kashmiri Pandit migrants in valley at Vessu (Qazigund), Hall (Shopian), Khanpur (Baramulla) and Nutus (Kupwara) worth Rs 105 Crores in the year 2010, but the authorities intentionally ignored to create water supply infrastructure to give advantage to private su... | |
| | | | House Committee on 'discrimination' with Kashmir | | Provoking Jammu | | | Neha
JAMMU, Feb 23: The NC-Congress coalition government the other day took a step that has the potential of provoking the people of Jammu province to demand separation from Kashmir and have their own dispensation so that they look after them themselves and evolve policies that suit all the ten districts of the province and the people it houses.
The case in point is the constitution of House Committee of the alleged "discrimination'" with Kashmir, the richest, highly prosperous and most privileged region in the entire country, and the opposition of the BJP, the NPP and the JSM to the move. These parties protested against the government's move and staged a walkout. What prompted the NC ... | |
| | | | AAP gets 8000 members in North Kashmir | | To contest LS, LA elections | | | Syed Tahir Bukhari
BARAMULLA, Feb 23: After gaining name and fame in Delhi and other parts of the country the Aam Admi Party (AAP) led by Arvind Kejriwal has been able to register more than 8,000 people as basic members in the North Kashmir region within a span of two weeks. The AAP started its membership drive in North Kashmir on February 7 and in a short span of two weeks more than 8000 people have been registered with the party. The party is all set to contest upcoming assembly and parliamentary elections in the state. "We started out office in North Kashmir's Baramulla District on February 7 and since then people from every nook and corner are joining this party under the slogan NI... | |
| | | | Union Home Ministry rejects full special package for Jammu migrants | | No 10 percent reservation in Jobs, educational institutions, colleges | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Feb 23: Union Home Ministry has outrightly rejected Jammu and Kashmir government's demand for extending full special package for Jammu migrants.
Although financial component is still being discussed, the ministry has refused to include 10 percent reservation in educational institutions, 10 percent reservation in jobs in state and central governments and 10 percent reservation in medical seats in Government Medical Colleges across the country in the package. Ministry has further said that there is also no proposal to look into the demand for setting up of Special Commission to assess losses suffered by migrants of hilly areas of Jammu region and provide them compe... | |
| | | | Govt to lodge FIR against high profile NGO, individuals | | Prime Minister's Scholarship Scheme (PMSS) Scam | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 23: FIRs would be lodged against Individuals as well as Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) involved in the infamous Prime Minister's Scholarship Scheme (PMSS) admission scam.
This is what Minister for Higher Education Mohammed Akbar Lone was compelled to announce by the legislators in the upper house of the state legislature. They unanimously raised the issue of certain NGOs, Private Organisations and individuals having duped several thousand youngsters of money worth lakhs on the pretext of getting them admitted in various prestigious institutions of the country under the Prime Minister's Scholarship Scheme (PMSS).
Lone who was responding to supplementar... | |
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