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Tarigami demands CBI probe in Transport scam Early Times reports made part of Assembly proceedings 3/15/2011 12:55:05 AM Ahmed Ali Fayyaz JAMMU, Mar 14: CPI (M) State Secretary and MLA Kulgam, Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami, today presented two particular issues of Early Times to Speaker of Legislative Assembly and demanded a thorough investigation by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the charges of corruption and other malpractices against the officials of the State Transport Department. In a series of reports on March 13th and 14th, this newspaper had revealed how one group of corrupt officials had sponsored a “sting operation” against another group of corrupt officials in an attempt to grab “plum postings”. It had also published an investigative story on how a junior assistant had been inducted into the prestigious Kashmir Administrative Service (KAS) and retained on a prize position in Transport Department inspite of the fact that records of all inquiries against him, as also official records of the 50,000 driving licenses issued by him in two years in Doda-Udhampur, had been destroyed. Participating in the discussion on grants of CAPD and Transport Department in Assembly, veteran legisla...   READ MORE

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BJP, Panthers , JSM raise pitch over delimitation, panchayats issue Uproar in Assembly with ‘Sagar-Harsh verbal duel’, sloganeering 3/15/2011 12:54:10 AM Early Times Report Jammu,March 14: It was Kashmir versus Jammu scenario in the state Assembly once again today, this time over the issue of Panchayats and delimitation of Assembly seats. BJP and Panthers Party, which have been quite vocal about the delimitation of the constituencies raise high pitch against the government with NC minister Ali Mohammad Sagar strongly defending the existing position in which Kashmir has got more seats as compared to Jammu. The House witnessed noisy scenes as almost all the opposition members from Jammu while demanding more panchayats in Jammu, accused the government of discriminating with the region. BJP members later staged a walkout. It was during the...   READ MORE   Punjab won't get an inch of land for Sharpur barrage until it compensates our losses: Taj 'Casual approach adopted on Ravi water pact' 3/15/2011 12:52:49 AM KUNAL SHRIVATSA EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Mar 14: In what could be seen on a warning note, PHE Minister Taj Mohi-ud-din asserted that J&K will not give an inch of land to Punjab government for the construction of Shahpur-Kandi barrage on Ranjit Sagar Dam until and unless the neighbouring state duly compensated the losses accrued by the State. He said this on the floor of the House today while replying to the debate on Demands for Grants for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control. While referring to issues of Ravi Water sharing agreement with Punjab and the management of water resources of the State, Taj Mohi-ud-din said it appeared that everything had been taken casually. And t...   READ MORE   Fire on LoC in Balakote sector 3/15/2011 12:51:38 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 14: A major fire erupted on the Line of Control (LoC) in Balakote sector of Poonch today. The fire, which started from the Pak side in the afternoon, had spread over 1.5 km inside the Indian territory, police sources said.Sources said dozens of blasts were heard after the flames engulfed the forested stretches on this side of the LoC. These blasts were caused by the landmines spread by army in the border areas to check infiltration, the sources added.Efforts were being made by army and civil administration to control the flames. ...   READ MORE   Medical shop raided, banned vet injections seized 3/15/2011 12:50:58 AM Early Times Report RAJOURI, Mar 14: A drug department team today raided a medical shop in Mendhar market of Poonch and seized over 100 "banned" veterinary injections. Official sources said a drug department team led by Inspector Imitiaz raided Ashu Medical Hall in Mendhar market and seized over 100 veterinary injections. The sale of these injections was banned in the market, the sources added. The chemist had been asked to produce bills of the seized injections before the department, failing which an action under law was likely to be taken against him. ...   READ MORE   IT raids 4 business establishments in Samba, seizes record 3/15/2011 12:50:16 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 14: To uncover tax evasion, income tax sleuths today swooped down on four business premises at Bari Brahmana and Vijaypur in Samba district. The raided premises included 17 miles hotel, continental transformers, Sudershan steel rolling mills and M/s Chaman Lal Mela Ram hardware dealers. Their owners were accused of tax evasion and hiding actual income while filing their income tax returns, official sources said.Sources said IT sleuths simultaneously raided the steel rolling mill at Bari Brahmana, 17 miles restaurant, continental transformers and the hardware showroom at Vijaypur in the afternoon. The IT men locked the business establishments from inside...   READ MORE   NC, PDP get united to raise objection over BJP remarks on 'nationalism' 3/15/2011 12:49:45 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Mar 14: Bickering between Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) and Kashmir based legislators once more surfaced today in the ongoing Budget session of the State Legislative Assembly today on the issue of ration which ultimately narrowed down the question of who is ‘patriotic and nationalist’ and who is not? While taking part in the discussion on Demands for Grants for Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD) department, the BJP stalwart raised objections to the remarks of Nazir Gurezi, who earlier had said that Kashmir valley experiences food grain shortage due to annual Amarnath Yatra. A war of words between BJP stalwart Ashok Khajuria and National Conferen...   READ MORE   No yardsticks applied in granting RBA status to rural areas 3/15/2011 12:49:23 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 14: To give the benefits of reservation to the people of Kashmir Valley where the number of schedule Caste people is equilevent to zero, the state Government has come has brought more and more villages under rural Backward category in Kashmir Valley. According to high placed sources this decision has been taken by the Government to provide benefits of reservation to more and more people of the Valley. Perturbed over the major chunk of seats in professional colleges and government services falling in the kitty of reserved categories and to strike a balance in the state the Government has declared various villages of the state as RBA. Under this policy the Gov...   READ MORE   Kind Dogra rulers abolished beggar system, not introduced it ASSEMBLY SESSION 3/15/2011 12:49:03 AM STARK REALITY -- II RUSTAM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Mar 14: While the period of Gulab Singh would be remembered as an era of consolidation of the state he had founded, the period of Ranbir Singh would always be remembered in the history of the country for the promotion of art, literature and architecture, apart from some radical changes in the administration of justice. It was Pratap Singh (1885-1925 who introduced significant changes in the Begar system. However, his task was not that easy. He wanted to introduce radical reforms to make his state a model state, but the British-Indian Government didn’t allow him to effect changes in the manner he wanted. Rather, he was pushed into the...   READ MORE   Panthers Party’s Jammu-specific slogan to jeopardize interests of Congress, BJP Separate Assembly For Jammu 3/15/2011 12:48:39 AM MINCING NO WORDS NEHA EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Mar 14: Panthers Party’s chairman Bhim Singh has once again reiterated that his outfit is determined to ensure reorganization of the state and obtain for the people of Jammu province a dispensation under which they will have their own assembly and chief minister. He reiterated his stand yesterday while talking to reporters in Jammu and what he told them was nothing but a reiteration of the agenda it adopted a couple of months ago during a seminar, organized at Ashoka Hotel, Jammu. The agenda that was adopted that day was styled as “Agenda 2011.” That day, the Panthers had resolved to work for the establishment of a separate assembly in Ja...   READ MORE   Murtaza goes all guns blazing, paints Rather’s budget red 3/15/2011 12:48:20 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 14: Vociferous People Democratic Party leader Murtaza Khan today took Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather to task accusing him of misleading the house by tabling an erroneous Economic Survey report in both the houses of state legislature. Quoting figures from the survey report, Khan lambasted the government for its seemingly non-serious approach towards budget making. He said that budget making is an exercise to be conducted carefully and sensibly. Khan was speaking during the debate in the upper house over the budget presented by Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather in the legislative assembly. Khan pointed out discrepancies in the figures given by the...   READ MORE   `Hari Singh did not believe in preventive detention laws’ Dogra regime v/s `democratic’ rule- I 3/15/2011 12:48:05 AM Comparative Study Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 14: The Dogra rule has been widely discussed in the Legislative Assembly during the past one week. Most of the legislators from Kashmir have accused the erstwhile rulers of exploiting and persecuting Kashmiris. Their counterparts from Jammu have denied thee allegations as baseless. The truth, however, has not come to the fore. A Srinagar based journalist, interested in history of Kashmir has interviewed one hundred persons who fought the autocratic rulers from 1931 to 1947. A comparative (analysis based on these interviews) of Dogra regime and the present rule brings some interesting facts to the surface. Hari Singh in...   READ MORE   After 10 yrs, 16 phase panchayat poll begin on April 13 3/15/2011 12:47:31 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Mar 13: After a gap of 10 years, Jammu and Kashmir will have a 16-phase poll, starting April 13, for over 4,000 panchayats (village councils), without 73rd amendment of Indian constitution under government rule 7 notification for sarpanchs and panchs. The elections will be completed on June 30 and the notification for Ist phase of polling will come on March 18, discloses chief electoral officer B.R. Sharma at a press conference here today. The last panchayat elections were held in year 2001 after a gap of 23 years through secret ballot as against by hand raising procedure which was followed in the earlier election. The panchayats elected in the year 2001 ...   READ MORE   Agro industry sealed at Vijaypur 3/15/2011 12:47:13 AM JAMMU, Mar 14: An agro industry was today sealed by the Samba district administration at Nihalki near Sarore Bus Stand, about 20 km from here On the Jammu-Vijaypur road. The industry was sealed on the complaints of locals, official sources said. Sources said locals made a complaint with pollution control board (PCB) that foul smell emanating from Gulab Agro Industries at Nihalki had made their lives hell. After the board people took up the matter with Samba deputy commissioner, he deputed DIC general manager Pradeep Manhas, tehsildar (settlement) Ravinder Sharma and naib-tehsildar Rampal to visit the factory and look into the allegations of the people. Sources said when the team mem...   READ MORE   Minor boy crushed to death by minibus 3/15/2011 12:46:58 AM JAMMU, Mar 14: A minor boy was crushed to death by a speeding minibus outside a private school on B C Road here today.Police sources said Kirti Pandita, son of Rani Kumar of Qasim Nagar, was crossing the B C road when a speeding minibus (JK02K/7259) crushed him to death. The incident took place when the child came out of his school after taking his paper, the sources added. The minibus driver Ranjit Singh of Simble Camp was arrested by police and put behind the bars. Meanwhile, retired PDD Inspector Mohammad Sharief (62) of Bari Brahmana was wounded after an Indigo car hit him near Vijaypur. He was hospitalised. ...   READ MORE   1 killed, about 8 hurt in clash between two brothers over 3 ft land 3/15/2011 12:46:15 AM JAMMU, Mar 14: The dispute over a 3 to 4 ft of land Saturday night led to a bloody fight between two brothers at Draba in Surankote, Poonch, resulting in the death of one person and critical injuries to at least seven others. Police sources said a piece of land measuring not more than 3 to 4 ft at Draba had become a bone of contention between Noor Hussain and Lal Hussain, sons of Chandi. The two brothers had a verbal duel last night. The situation, however, took an ugly turn when their families came out with lathies and sharp-edged weapons and clashed with each other, the sources added. In the clash, Noor Hussain, Lal Hussain, Noor's sons -- Javed Iqbal (32) and Mohammad Akr...   READ MORE   'Educated youth struggling to find jobs’ 3/14/2011 10:19:54 PM Vaibhavi Chandel EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU MAR 14: Though there is countless number of problems in the sate when it comes to the employment issues in the, but the fate of so called employed youth under various schemes in the state on adhoc basis is hanging in limbo. To provide employment to the unemployed educated youth, various schemes were started by the government but the present scenario is that these schemes are no more than fake assurances for the youth as there are many who are working on very less salaries only with a hope that they will get appointed or adjusted l permanently someday in their respective departments. But for some it seems to be never ending struggles. The ...   READ MORE

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