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| Poonch people allege loot by traders | | Who benefits from LoC trade? | | | Salil Raina
Poonch, Mar 17: Who benefits from Trans LoC trade? The question has been haunting the commoner in the state. They believe that the much hyped trade is benefiting a few people. According to reports, fruits, vegetables, pulses etc are being sent to Pakistan occupied Kashmir at prices much lower than wholesale prices at Jammu. On the contrary, the prices of different commodities available at Poonch including imported items from POK are quite far from the reach of common man. The shopkeepers in District Poonch are their own masters with nobody to do the necessary checking, reports said. The rate lists displayed by shopkeepers are issued by Beopar Mandal President or Vice President and concerned Secretary of that association. They hike the prices at will, reports said.The locals have demanded stern action against what they called `mafia'. Urging tangible measures from the district administration, the locals expressed dismay over the state of affairs. "There is no check on the market. The people are looted by the shopkeepers as the administration watches helplessly"... | |
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| Believing unscrupulous Pakistan would be suicidal | | Gen Singh's Advice | | | RUSTAM
JAMMU, Mar 17: Army Chief General V K Singh yesterday asked the troops to remain vigilant as "Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) is yet to see an end to terrorism".
"The troops should not become complacent as we are yet to see the end of terrorism in J&K," he said in a security meeting at Nagrota-based 16 Corps headquarters.
Gen Singh was here for a day and was briefed on the prevailing security situation in South of Pir Panjal Ranges. Lt Gen A S Nandal, General Officer Commanding (GOC), briefed the Army chief on the situation on militancy and infiltration fronts. GOC-in-C Northern Command Lt Gen KT Parnaik also inter-acted with the Army chief. Gen Singh is retiring on May 31 and this vi... | |
| | | | Contempt against finance commissioner for dis-obedience of court directions | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 17: In a petition filed by Suresh Kumar Raina which was disposed of by the court on September 24, 2010, with a direction to the state to regularise his services in terms of SRO 64 of 1994 within a period of three months.
Justice J P Singh of high court, after hearing the counsels of two sides, observed that the forest commissioner had filed an affidavit which revealed that the forest department had been disabled to implement the court directions because of erroneous stand taken by the finance department in treating the petitioner as casual employ rather than a daily rated worker as held by the high court.
This amounted to the disobedience of the high court... | |
| | | | Peerzada to unveil `exam' secrets at appropriate time | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Mar 17: Former Education Minister and Senior Congress leader, Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed Saturday intends to unveail the secrets behind the recent examination controversy "at an appropriate time."
Peerzada, who now holds the portfolio of Public Enterprises, addressed a gathering at Kokernag in Anantnag district today. "I am innocent was made victim of conspiracy", he told reporters later.
Peerzada said internal bickering in Board of School Education (BOSE) could be one of the reasons for the recent controversy in which he was accused of favouring his foster son to qualify the matriculation examination with the help of some Board of School Education (BOSE) offic... | |
| | | | Engage separatists in dialogue process to make them toothless ? | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 17: The All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) leadership feels it is being sidelined by both New Delhi and Islamabad as far as Kashmir centric parleys are concerned. It is the outcome of these fears that Chairman APHC, Molvi Umar Farooq, has stated that he an his amalgam of separatist leader will not insist on international mediation on Kashmir if the Kashmiri separatists were involved in the talks between India and Pakistan. A year earlier the Kashmiri separatists used to impose conditions for their participation in the talks between Islamabad and New Delhi.Now these separatists do not seem to inclined to make their participation in the talks conditional. The... | |
| | | | Jammu observes shutdown against 'police action in Rajouri' | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 17 : Jammu observed a complete shutdown Saturday on a call given by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and supported by traders and the BJP to protest police action on protesters during the March 7 clashes in Rajouri town. Tensions began in Rajouri last week following remarks of VHP leader Praveen Togadia on March 5, which were interpreted as "anti-Muslim" by the community leaders and they took out protest marches. Pertinent to mention communal clashes on the eve of Holi, in which many people were injured including some policemen, forced authorities to impose curfew on Rajouri town while police targeted peaceful protestors on March 14. Reacting sharply VHP and ot... | |
| | | | `JK Bank looking into bogus JKCA accounts' | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 17 : J&K Bank Chairman Mushtaq Ahmad today said that the Bank is looking `bogus' accounts and financial transactions by the Jammu Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA).
"We are looking into the matter (about transactions and opening of bogus accounts in the Bank by JKCA)," Ahmad told reporters on the sidelines of the e-inauguration of 111 business units and ATMs by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah here.
Responding to queries of media persons about the alleged multi-crore JKCA scam, Ahmad said that the Bank would come out with a statement once the internal probe finds some concrete facts in the case.
The alleged scam had rocked both Houses of the state legislature ... | |
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