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NRHM funds worth Rs 50 Lakh swindled in Budgam Politicians at work to protect CMO, MS, others involved 2/8/2011 11:27:00 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Feb 8: Government functionaries in the state have been burning midnight oil to mislead Indian Association of Parliamentarians for Population and Development (IAPPD) about the poor performance observed in implementation of Government of India’s flagship programme in the heath sector called National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). The visiting delegation, that attended meetings with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and other top government functionaries, has been kept in dark with regard to large scale bunglings happening in several districts, particularly Budgam. If well placed sources in the government are to be believed, NRHM funds worth Rs 50 Lakh have been swindled in Budgam in the last one year alone. Sources revealed to Early Times that total volume of the NRHM funds embezzled and misappropriated in Budgam district alone in the last five years was estimated around Rs 3 Crore. Though misappropriations in the flagship health programme have been observed in many other districts, peculiarity in the case of Budgam is that the officials ...   READ MORE

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2 top HM PPR commanders among three ultras killed in Ramban 2/8/2011 11:23:47 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 08: In a fierce gunbattle, police and army today gunned down three HM PPR militants, including two top commanders, in Harni Harnal nullah forests of Banihal in Ramban. Acting on a tip-off about the presence of militants in a camouflaged hideout in the upper reaches of Banihal, overlooking Arpinchala village, police and 23 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) troops launched an operation in the area last night. Police sources said when the jawans were nearing a natural cave opening on a steep rock face under a waterfall early this morning, they came under heavy fire from the militants. Fire was returned. In the ensuing exchange of fire that lasted till afternoon, j...   READ MORE   How many Chief Secretaries does JK have? 2/8/2011 11:23:06 PM Early Times Report Jammu,Feb 8 How many Chief Secretaries are presently working in the state of Jammu and Kashmir? Officialy there is only one but reports suggest that two live in the Jammu city alone. The official residence of the Chief Secretary at Wazarat Road continues to display the name of SS Kapur. The incumbent Chief secretary Madhav Lal who took over the charge from SS Kapur on February 1 is yet to shift in the official residence. He is putting up at his personal residence in Channi Himmat area of Jammu. The new Chief Secretary is expected to shift to the official residence soon after the former chief secretary vacates the premises along with his bag and baggage. The ...   READ MORE   Soz calls on Sonia, discusses party affairs, coalition matters 2/8/2011 11:22:36 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 8: President Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Prof. Saif-u-Din Soz called on Congress President Sonia Gandhi today. Prof Soz’s meeting with party President today assumed significance in the backdrop of some developments that took place both within the state unit of the party as well as between the two coalition partners in the state. The PCC chief , sources said primarily informed her about the state of affairs in the party in J&K unit which recently saw two parallel rallies having been organized by the two factions in state which resulted in further deepening of the wedges and gap between the leaders and functionaries of the party. Ap...   READ MORE   Govt sends CIC’s clearance report to Governor 2/8/2011 11:22:04 PM Early Times Report Jammu: In a significant development that can pave way for speeding up the process of formal appointment of Chief Information Commissioner GR Sofi, the government is stated to have acquired the clearance report from the CVC, a pending step that hindered the process till date. The government is said to have sent this report to Governor NN Vohra again for seeking his assent, a mandatory step in this high level post. It is pertinent to mention that Governor NN Vohra declined to give his assent on the name as the state government had failed to attach the clearance report about the credentials and other record about the said officer nor had it obtained the same prior to sen...   READ MORE   K-separatists want interlocutors to dump Jammu and Ladakh 2/8/2011 11:21:24 PM MINCING NO WORDS NEHA EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Feb 8: Kashmiri separatists are not happy with the Delhi-appointed interlocutors. Similarly, the separatists-cum-political commentators are also very angry with them. One of them is Dr Javid Iqbal, who has been taking part in all the anti-India meetings held in and outside Kashmir, distorting facts, murdering history and interpreting things in a fashion intended to mislead the policy-planners in New Delhi. He has also been writing Kashmir-centric political essays for months now. In fact, he has unleashed a no-holds-barred misinformation campaign to hoodwink the international community and mislead the Indian public opinion. He is one comme...   READ MORE   Nothing to emerge out of Thimpu talks Indo-Pak Dialogue -- III 2/8/2011 11:20:58 PM STARK REALITY RUSTAM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Feb 8: As mentioned earlier, Nirupama Rao and Salman Bashir met for 90 minutes on the sidelines of the SAARC meeting of Foreign Secretaries. The meeting took place six months after a failed round of talks between Foreign Minister S M Krishna and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmud Qureshi in Islamabad. Commenting on the outcome of the meeting Rao said: “India is ‘cautiously optimistic’ on charting a way forward in the dialogue process with Pakistan and would like to see the process to mature keeping in view ground realities.” She did not disclose what these “ground realities” were, but everyone who knows something about the Indo-Pak rel...   READ MORE   Govt to face tough resistance for not implementing Constitutional amendment 2/8/2011 11:20:35 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 8: Though the State Government will announce the dates for the Panchayat and municipal corporations elections in the state in the Cabinet meeting scheduled to be held tomorrow, it will likely face a stiff opposition from various opposition parties for not implementing the Indian Constitution’s 73rd and 74th amendment in the State. The State Government has already ruled out the implementation of the Constitutional amendments in the J&K with the plea that its own Act is much more better in nature and it is totally flawless. However the opposition parties especially BJP and national Panthers Party will press hard their demand regarding the implementation of the ...   READ MORE   NCC girl cadet goes missing from Nagrota camp 2/8/2011 11:20:03 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 08: A NCC girl cadet has gone missing from the Nagrota camp here under mysterious circumstances. She was identified as Vinsa of Srinagar. She was a member of the troupe that had gone to New Delhi to participate in Republic Day parade. Police sources said a total of 107 cadets, including 22 girls, returned here on February 2 last after participating in the Republic Day celebrations in the union capital. They were putting up at Nagrota camp from where Vinsa disappeared under mysterious circumstances four days back. When contacted NCC Brigadier Thomas George refused to comment on the incident.The girl's family has demanded her immediate recovery. ...   READ MORE   Does Kar’s heart still beat for Pakistan? 2/8/2011 11:19:28 PM Early Times Report Jammu, May 11: On May 10 last year, veteran Congress leader, Ghulam Rasool Kar while addressing a convention at Sopore made an `epoch’ making statement. He said: “Every Kashmiri is emotionally attached to Pakistan whether they are in Congress or National Conference”, he said. He also said that every heart in Kashmir (including his) beats for Pakistan. Kar made this statement as senior Congress leaders watched helplessly. He urged the Congress leadership to accept this harsh reality. “Congress should have cordial relations with Pakistan. The party must strive for resolution of all disputes with Pakistan especially the dispute on Kashmir”, he suggested. He also urg...   READ MORE   CM’s unguarded briefcase! 2/8/2011 11:18:56 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 8 : Amid reports that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's security guards were seen shining her shoes, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said Tuesday that he would not let his security guards carry his briefcase. Omar wrote on micro-bogging site Twitter: "I won't let my security chaps carry my briefcase, but I guess to each their own" (sic). The chief minister has been of late tweeting on almost everything, from his temptation for chocolates after dinner to the energy crisis in Jammu and Kashmir. However, Tuesday's comments came after a television channel showed Mayawati's security guards shining her shoes with a handkerchief. ...   READ MORE   Burglar held with stolen jewellery 2/8/2011 11:18:37 PM KATHUA, Feb 08: A burglar was apprehended by police here today along with the gold ornaments he had stolen from a house at Ramnagar Colony here Sunday night. He was identified as Sunil Kumar of Chak Ram Singh.Police sources said Sunil broke into the house of Sudesh Kumari Sunday night and decamped with Rs 3,000 in cash and gold ornaments, including necklace, nose ring, gold ring, chain, ear rings and tika weighing 55 gms, worth Rs 1,34,500. Sunil was apprehended by police on a tip-off, the sources added. ...   READ MORE   Explosives recovered from militant hideout in Poonch 2/8/2011 11:18:24 PM JAMMU, Feb 08: A huge quantity of explosives was today recovered by police and 152 Bn of CRPF from a militant hideout in Narian forests of Hari Budha in Mandi, Poonch. Police sources said police and CRPF came across a militant hideout while making searches in Narian forests. The search of the hideout led jawans to the recovery of 12 UBGL shells, 4 rocket launchers, 4 anti-tank rifle grenades, 4 grenades, 2 pressure mines, 5 RPG boosters, 2 RPG rounds and 4 detonators, 136 rounds of AK rifle, one AK magazine and two RPG guns. The hideout was later destroyed by the search party, the sources added. ...   READ MORE   Srinagar-Jammu national highway opens for one-way traffic 2/8/2011 11:18:08 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Feb 8: The 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway was reopened for one-way traffic today after a day-long closure due to snowfall and shooting stones from a hillock overlooking the arterial road. ''The highway, the only road linking Kashmir with rest of the country, was cleared for one-way traffic early today,'' a spokesman of the traffic department said. He added that only Srinagar-bound vehicles were allowed from winter capital Jammu and the traffic was moving smoothly. Traffic on the highway was suspended yesterday as incessant rains triggered shooting stones from a hillock at Panthal while snowfall resulted in slippery conditions at Jawahar Tunnel,...   READ MORE

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