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| CERC slaps Rs 317 Cr notice on J&K | | | |
HAMAAD SALIF
Jammu, March 15: Despite increase in the power generation in state sector after commissioning of Baglihar project, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission has imposed heaving costs on Jammu and Kashmir for violating the grid discipline.
The Power Development Department has confirmed that the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission has recently imposed serious penalties on Jammu and Kashmir for overdrawal of power from Northern Grid and violation of Grid discipline. The PDD owes more than Rs.317 crore to Northern Grid and other States on account of past interest on overdrawals of power alone.
Meanwhile, the State Power Development Corporation has said the 450 MW... | |
| | | | EC disqualifies 3423 candidates | | | |
New Delhi, March 15: Election Commission has disqualified 3,423 candidates for not filing the details of the expenses incurred during the last Lok Sabha or recent assembly polls which they contested.
Of them, a major chunk of 1,075 candidates are from Uttar Pradesh and 616 from Bihar who had contested the Assembly Polls in these two states respectively.
They have been disqualified for three years, the EC said, adding that almost 99 percent of the candidates were Independents.
Noting that after elections every candidate was required to file an account of expenses, the EC said if candidates did not comply, showcause notice would be served and action taken under the Representation o... | |
| | | | Pak opposition leaders bundled in jails; Govt in spot | | | |
Islamabad, Mar 15: Pakistan's main opposition leader Nawaz Sharif along with his brother Shahbaz has been placed under house arrest on the eve of a major anti-government sit-in outside Parliament, plunging the country into a deeper political turmoil.
The government also issued orders for the detention of Jamaat-e-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed and cricket-turned- politician Imran Khan, the leader of Tehrik-e-Insaf party, both of whom are in hiding, local media reports said.
The two-time former Premier and Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) chief Sharif was detained at his home at Model Town in Lahore while his brother Shahbaz, former Punjab Chief Minister, was held at the home of ... | |
| | | | Army cites ‘Act’, refuses to join Sopore probe | | | |
New Delhi, Mar 15: Army has refused to participate in the inquiry being conducted by the Jammu and Kashmir government into the killing of two innocent civilians in Sopore town (North Kashmir) last month, saying such a probe was not valid.
The inquiry, initiated by state Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, had blamed the army personnel present at the site of encounter for not verifying the claims of their informers before shooting down the innocents.
The civilian inquiry had asked the army to present before it the personnel who were involved in the killing but sources said the Brigade Command informed through a letter that such an inquiry was not valid under the Army Act.
Citing the Army ... | |
| | | | LoC trade dying unsung death? | | | |
Salman Nizami
Jammu, March 15: In the midst of Lok Sabha election season the cross-LoC trade and travel is becoming a hot political slogan but lost in the political din, the process is dying its unsung death.
While travel across the Line of Control has falling casualty to the cumbersome clearance process, the trade has been almost called off for the same reasons. Only a formal confirmation from the government is awaited which may not come at all.
Fruit growers and traders associations in state have suspended the trade with their counter parts in POK. Traders accuse the government of “Indifferent attitude” vis-vis the visit of traders delegation from Jammu and Kashmir to Pakistan oc... | |
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