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| Govt honours tainted IAS officers | | Pole, Baseer given prime postings | | | ET Plus Report
Jammu, Mar 16: This happens only in Omar's Government, IAS officers who are accused in the land scam while serving as DC Udhampur and DC Baramulla have been posted as Director School Education Jammu and Director Panchayati Raj by the State Cabinet which met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah yesterday in Jammu.
Pertinent to mention that Police recently registered a case against PK Pole IAS who was Deputy Commissioner Udhampur till Friday on the directions of the State Vigilance Organisation in an alleged land scam in Katra town of Reasi district. A First Information Report (FIR) has been registered against Deputy Commissioner, Udhampur, PK Pole for his alleged involvement in registration of 206 kanals 13 marlas land in favour of a Delhi based firm for constructing a hotel and resort near Katra town. An FIR has been registered on the directions of the State Vigilance Organisation under FIR No 13/2013 against PK Pole and Naib Tehsildar, Reasi Sher Singh Thappa at Reasi police station.
Pertinent to mention that Pole had earlier, served as Deputy C... | |
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| Police reshuffle: Not certainly a routine exercise …! | | Postings well considered, politically calculated | | | ET Plus Report
Jammu, Mar 16: The long pending exercise of posting and adjusting the higher rank Police officers has finally been accomplished by the NC led coalition Government . The decisions to this effect which were taken in the Cabinet meeting on Friday evening may well be termed as in routine while effecting a reshuffle at the top level in the Police Department but behind certain moves there are motives and thoughts that were well considered before deciding the new postings for the senior most officials. While some officials, no matter under the pretext of promotions, who for one or the other reason were not acceptable to quarters that matter have been 'eased out' of assignments t... | |
| | | | Kashmir unrest scares tourists | | 50% bookings cancelled | | | Javaid Naikoo
srinagar, Mar 16: With the Kashmir valley reeling under the wave of Strikes and curfews, tourism industry is up for huge loss with fifty percent of the tourists having cancelled their bookings.
According to the details received from many tour operators and Hotel owners of Kashmir, the ongoing spring season of Kashmir is going in losses as tourists are canceling their bookings.
A leading travel agent of Kashmir Travekash Travel Solutions told ETP that until now he has cancelled 50% bookings of tourists who were supposed to visit Valley in coming days because of the ongoing unrest in Kashmir.
Another Udhampur based travel agent Jai Mata Travels, said that he is receiving ph... | |
| | | | 400 KAS posts vacant, 159 officers hold additional charges | | Adhocism in JK | | | Bashir Assad
Jammu, Mar 16: Even after three and a half years of its existence, National Conference-Congress coalition Government in the State continues to encourage and operate through administrative adhocism resulting in slow but steady dilapidation of the institution of Governance.
Official records show that as many as 400 posts of KAS and district officers are lying vacant in various departments across the State which has hit the governance and its institutions badly.
What is even more interesting to note is that nearly 159 KAS and District Officers are holding the additional charges at district level and some of them are even holding the additional charges since 2003.
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| | | | Admission of Govt on 'abysmal' exam results ridicule its assertions on quality education | | | | Kunal Shrivatsa
JAMMU, Mar 16: The State Government never misses an opportunity in making tall claims of providing quality education in Government run schools, however, the abysmal examination results of a large number of High and Higher Secondary Schools over the last three years ridicule the assertions of the Government.
The admittance by the Deputy Chief Minister, Tara Chand, who also holds the charge of School Education Ministry, that several schools in Jammu province up to the level of High and Higher Secondary have registered zero to five pass percentage in State Board of School Education examinations during the last three years indicate that there is 'clear policy deficit' with reg... | |
| | | | Education muddle in Jammu & Kashmir, 421 schools housed in rented buildings in Jammu div | | | |
Bashir Assad
Jammu, Mar 16: Unlike other States in India, Jammu and Kashmir lacks proper educational infrastructure. The poor educational infrastructure and equally poor educational standard are acting as barriers in the path of growth of education in Jammu and Kashmir. After failing to effectively implement Government of India's flagship scheme Sarava Shiksha Abhiyaan (SSA) at the elementary level, the State's Education Department is now dallying on implementation of another Centrally Sponsored educational scheme, Rashtriya Madhyamik Shikhsha Abhiyaan (RMSA) at the secondary level.
Following the implementation of RMSA, from 2009 to 2012, 526 middle schools were upgraded to high schoo... | |
| | | | Police picks up threads in Bemina fidayeen attack | | Baramulla Sikh arrested for providing shelter | | |
Mustansir
srinagar, Mar 16: The Jammu and Kashmir Police today arrested one more person in connection with the Bemina attack case. Officials said a Government employee belonging to Sikh community identified as Pradeep Singh was arrested last night from his home at Kanispora Baramulla.
Police said Pradeep was arrested on the charges of providing shelter to militants who carried out a Fidayeen attack at Bemina in which five paramilitary CRPF men were killed on Wednesday.
Earlier, Police had arrested a surrendered militant Bashir Ahmad from Uri in north Kashmir who according to sources was the key player of the conspiracy that was hatched allegedly to avenge the execution of Parliament... | |
| | | | Tarigami snubs DyCM | | | |
ET Plus Report
Jammu, Mar 16: CPI-M MLA MY Tarigami today snubbed DyCM and Minister incharge School Education for his reply in the State Legislative Assembly in response to a question of Chaman Lal Gupta.
Tara Chand, while responding to the question regarding arbitrary hikes in fees by private schools had said that he had figures with regards to Jammu province only since the questions pertained to it. "I have figures with regards to Jammu only" said Tara, but his response infuriated Tarigami. "They want to divide this State like BJP. This is not acceptable," said Tarigami. "I have a right to know about the entire State, does Jammu not belong to me?," he questioned adding, "mechanism n... | |
| | | | Resolution of Pak Assembly echoes in LA for second day | | Jammu Opposition stages walkout | | | Aman Sharma
Jammu, Mar 16: Demanding a motion to condemn the resolution of the Pakistan National Assembly against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and resenting delay in offering ex gratia to the next of kin of the two IRP jawans killed in Handwara, the entire Jammu opposition staged a walkout from the State Legislative Assembly today after lodging an acrimonious protest in the House during Question Hour.
Panther MLA Harshdev Singh was first to set the ball rolling for the Opposition protest when he demanded to know why no ex gratia relief was announced by the Government for the next of kin of the two IRP Jawans who were killed in a militant attack in Handwara even as ... | |
| | | | J&K DGP's warning to trouble- makers in Kashmir | | Maintaining peace in Valley | | |
Neha
Jammu, Mar 16: Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Ashok Prasad, who had on March 12 warned the Kashmiri separatists and stone-throwers to behave failing which stringent action would be taken against them, yesterday he again told them not to take the law of the land into their hands and without mincing words said that the law and order machinery in the State would act in case they failed to listen to his counsel.
Notwithstanding the fact that Prasad also said that the police has no "animosity with Hurriyat leaders", his statement was as unambiguous as his March 12 statement was. Talking to a local news gathering agency CNS on Friday, Prasad said that the "... | |
| | | | Pak passed resolution to dodge its role in terrorist activities | | | |
ET Plus Report
Jammu, Mar 16: Pakistan deliberately passed a resolution denouncing hanging of Afzal Guru, convicted and hanged for attack on Parliament after its role in the recent fidayeen attack in Kashmir became visible.
The arrested terrorists were given training in POK in Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists camps. The recee for striking place was done by over ground workers of Hizbul Mujahideen.
The police had arrested Bashir Ahmad alias Harun, who worked as guide of terrorists. Bashir was camping in the city for some time. The main terrorist arrested Abu Tallah is a resident of Chak Mulanah in Pakistan. He has two sisters and a brother. He decided to undertake terrorist attack as ISI of... | |
| | | | Mubarak Mandi rope way project facing Government apathy | | | |
ET Plus Report
Jammu, Mar 16: Jammu and Kashmir Government seems to be befooling people of Jammu on the name of installing Mubarak Mandi-Bagh-e-Bahu ropeway project for past many years.
State Government hasn't yet completed formalities of Forest, Environment and Wildlife clearances. In a reply to question raised by Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) MLA Ashok Khajuria, the Government said that they are still waiting for Forest, Environment and Wildlife clearance and getting the land after providing compensation to owners. Government for past four years hasn't come out of this and has not been able to get these clearances.
In every Assembly session, when this question is raised, Governmen... | |
| | | | Valley schools may function on Sundays | | Protest calendars affect schooling | | |
Majid Ahmad
srinagar, Mar 16: With weekly strike calendars of separatists taking toll on the education of students some of the leading public schools in Kashmir valley are mulling to hold classes on Sundays to compensate the time lost due to strikes and curfews.
After the Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was hanged last month in Delhi's Tihar jail, separatists have been issuing weekly protest calendars causing loss of school days which has put the future of students at stake.
Reports said the Delhi Public School (DPS) in the Kashmir valley has taken a lead and decided to keep its schools open on Sundays to make up for the lost classes and to conduct year-end examination due this mo... | |
| | | | Humility thy name has been Shamsuddin Shameem who is no more | | | |
ML Kak
Jammu, Mar 16: He was a robust male journalist but with a touch of feminity in his approach while dealing with his colleagues, political leaders and bureaucrats. When I talk about feminity I mean humility and nothing beyond that. And if feminity can be a synonym for humility I think Shamsuddin Shameem was an epitome of that.
Well Jammu and Kashmir has lost a number of seasoned journalists during the last over years and Shameem is one among them whose facile pen, dew drop like delicate smile and feather soft sense of humour may be remembered by his colleagues and friends for years to come.
Shameem worked hard, while working with the Radio and Doordarshan, as far as feeding the ... | |
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