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| Traffic awareness: Life thrown out of gear | | Good spirited but ill conceived initiative holds life on roads to ransom as cops taught rules | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Feb 25
Reminded of their duty, the men in blue today collaborated with Big FM radio channel to create traffic awareness in the town and it turned out to be an unbelievable ‘big chaos’ on the roads virtually throwing life out of gear, particularly on the vital link between the old and the new city.
An ill conceived idea indeed, the traffic awareness initiative, which though deserves appreciations for its spirit, had city in mess for most of the day. Driving from one end of the flyover to the other end took, at most of the times in the day, 30 to 45 minutes which normally should have taken not more than two minutes. Such was the impact of traffic awareness initiative that vehicles were seen queuing from Satwari chowk to Manda and the deafening sound of horns rented the air making life difficult for the day.
The traffic cops and their associates were perhaps little aware of the fact that it is not the ‘ceremonial awareness initiative’ which is going to improve the traffic system on city roads but needs major policy initiatives to make the roads worth ... | |
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| Cabinet meeting today | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Feb 25
The state cabinet is meeting here tomorrow under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad.
Sources said that a major point on the cabinet agenda is approval of 6000 posts of Anganwari workers in the state. These posts was sought to be created with central funding a nod for which was obtained last month. The cabinet is also likely to amend the recruitment criteria for filling up the posts of Anganwadi workers.
Sources said that the cabinet is also likely to take up some transfers and postings in the Police and Civil Administration. However, a decision on filling up of top administrative vacancies may not be arrived at even in tomorrow's m... | |
| | | | SVO Round II: Raid in Srinagar | | Scientific Assistant had assets worth Rs 1.5 Crores | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Feb 25
The State Vigilance Organisation seems to have got some more impetus. Two days after unearthing Rs three Crore assets of a Revenue Officer, the VO sleuths have found a Scientific Assistant of the Directorate of Environment and Ecology to me possessing assets worth Rs 1.5 Crores.
According to an official spokesman, the State Vigilance Organization has registered a case under Prevention of Corruption Act against Abdul Rahim Shah, Scientific Assistant in the Directorate of Environment, Ecology & Remote Sensing for possession of property disproportionate to his known sources of income. SVO officials conducted search of his residential premises situated at... | |
| | | | CBMs taken well in J&K: President | | | | New Delhi | Feb 25
The Government is focusing on confidence building in all sections of society in Jammu and Kashmir by ensuring easier travel across the Line of Control and meeting the aspirations of the people to foster peace and normalcy, President Pratibha Patil said today.
She said a holistic approach was being adopted to bring normalcy to the militancy-affected state and deliberations reflecting a wide-ranging civic and political consensus have been held.
"Government is working on a holistic approach aimed at confidence-building amongst all sections of society, easier travel across the Line of Control, better governance and closer attention to the aspirations of the people of Jammu... | |
| | | | Panag looses war with Kapoor, shifted to Central Command | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Feb 25
Despite a tough resistance, perhaps first time in the history of Indian Army, the GoC-in-C of Northern Command Lt Gen HS Panag has been removed and shifted to the Central Command.
The move of transferring Gen Panag had been initiated some three months back which he had vehemently resisted and even met the Defense Minister AK Antony to make his point. The EARLY TIMES had extensively reported on the entire series of events relating to Lt Gen Panag’s transfers.
Even though Antony had promised a fair deal, but Panag had today been shifted to a relatively less important Luknow based Central Command. Lt Gen PC Bhardwaj, the Chief of 14 Corps has been prom... | |
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