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| "Powerful" Police Inspector obtains three orders of his posting in two days! | | Wake-up call for Omar Abdullah | | | ET Plus Report
JAMMU, Mar 20: In what could be described as subordinate officers "dictating" terms to seniors after applying consistent pressure through political big-wigs, a "powerful" police officer of the rank of Inspector managed to obtain three separate orders of his posting that too in just three days.
Surprisingly, the order has been issued by those two senior police officers who themselves were under transfer by the order of State Cabinet, which met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, on March 15.
Highly placed sources in Police Department revealed to Early Time Plus, that "a powerful police officer of the rank of inspector after using his links of influential persons got his Range changed. Furthermore, from Range to allotment of District followed by posting as SHO of one of the police stations was done in next two days."
Some senior police officers, on the condition of anonymity, shared that "the orders pertaining to shifting of any police officer from one Range to another can be issued by ZPHQ but the officer under transfer has to first make his joi... | |
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| Bhatinda-Srinagar gas pipeline remains a distant dream | | Proposed Bill likely to miss Budget Session | | | Akshay Azad
JAMMU, Mar 20: Even as the current budget session of the State legislature is coming to an end, the possibility of tabling a vital bill on Bhatinda-Srinagar gas pipeline seems quite bleak. The project, therefore, is likely to get delayed.
According to sources, the draft bill Jammu and Kashmir Underground Public Utilities (Acquisition of rights of user in land) Bill 2013 forwarded by the Revenue Department for consideration of the Law Department has been returned for observations of the Finance Department. Sources said the bill was forwarded to the Finance Department without changes. However, the Finance Department has returned the bill raising queries regarding financial matt... | |
| | | | GMC Jammu, Srinagar running short of faculty; face MCI axe | | | | Bashir Assad
JAMMU, Mar 20: Mocking at the tall claims of the State Government in health sector, clouds of de-recognition loom large over the Government Medical Colleges at Srinagar and Jammu and the State Government appears to be in no mood to save these prestigious institutions much to the annoyance of medicos and its students, who are perturbed by the unrelenting threat.
Since 2006, the prestigious Government Medical College Srinagar followed by Government Medical College Jammu have been facing threat from the Medical Council of India and it has been repeatedly reported that the institutions may lose some of the undergraduate and postgraduate courses in future primarily because of t... | |
| | | | Agitated women Members condemn Jugal's misdemeanour | | | |
ET Plus Report
JAMMU, Mar 20: Irate over the incident of the previous day involving BJP MLA Jugal Kishore Sharma wherein he had heated exchanges and assumed aggressive posturing against Sakina Itoo, the women members of the House today condemned the incident in strong words and demanded that BJP's national leadership took action against Jugal who is also the president of party's State unit.
Taking up the issue just as the House met today, Congress MLA Indu Pawar of the Congress said that while the Parliament was debating Women Security Bill and Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj was demanding stricter provisions against acts of intimidating women, the president of the ... | |
| | | | Guest Control Act: Made with hype, defied with conceit | | Wastage in Big Fat Weddings | | |
ET Plus Report
JAMMU, Mar 20: Since last many years in Jammu and Kashmir State the "Big fat wedding" may have attained a glamorous tone but the clamour to stop lavishness bordering on vulgarity of wealth display has been making rounds, but no step has been taken by the State government headed by the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who including him and his Ministers are also responsible for hosting extravagant weddings. The Essential Commodities Act was formed in 1973, and was notified in September 1973. The act was later re-invoked and weddings were included in it, but till date it has not been implemented in J&K State. However, if such a law comes by, you would not be allowed to serve ta... | |
| | | | Skeletal Opposition walks out, questioning sanctity of LA proceedings | | | | Aman Sharma
JAMMU, Mar 20: Questioning the sanctity of the proceedings of the ongoing Budget Session of the State Legislative Assembly in the absence of almost an entire Opposition, the residual Opposition staged walkout from the people’s House, demanding that PDP and BJP who boycotted House proceedings on different pretexts be persuaded to return.
NPP MLA from Ramnagar Harshdev while raising the issue said that the Government had a responsibility towards the people of the State and it needed to be more accommodating. "First PDP and now BJP have decided to stay away from the House, there is no sanctity of any proceedings of the House in the absence of an Opposition," Harshdev... | |
| | | | With BJP also abstaining, LA grappling hard to maintain quorum | | | | Kunal Shrivatsa
JAMMU, Mar 20: Amid People’s Democratic Party's (PDP) boycott of the ongoing Budget session and Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) following the suit after its member Jugal Kishore Sharma was suspended for the entire session yesterday, the Lower House of the State Legislature is grappling hard to maintain the requisite quorum.
And, with members of Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) and Jammu State Morcha (JSM) staging a walkout during Question Hour in protest against Speaker's refusal to revoke suspension of Jugal Kishore, the already depleted strength of the present MLAs have gone further down.
Under Rule 13 (A) of Rules of Procedures and Conduct of Business i... | |
| | | | Administrative Adhocism continues, CDPO runs Drass sub-division | | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Mar 20: Believe it or not! Jammu and Kashmir Government is unable to find an officer who could be posted as Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) in Drass block of Kargil district. If General Administration Department (GAD) which is run by Sheikh Mushtaq is to be believed, it is waiting for formal promotion of the officers of different feeding services into the KAS to make efforts for posting an officer as SDM Drass. GAD has explicitly made it clear that it is facing shortage of officers and hence is unable to spare an officer for being posted Incharge of the Drass sub-division.
This is despite the fact that more than 600 KAS officers have been appointed during the las... | |
| | | | Has the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly outlived its utility? | | Politics of secession | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Mar 20: Has the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, the highest lawmaking body in the State, outlived its utility and become a platform of "anti-national" activities". Unfortunately, answer is yes. What has been happening in the State legislature from the day (Feb 28) the budget session commenced does suggest that the legislature -- which is exclusively meant for enacting laws calculated to improve the life of people and discussions and debates on the issues facing people aimed at devising and implementing policies calculated to mitigate the hardships of the people - leaves none in any doubt that most of the "lawmakers" belonging to Kashmir have been using the floors of b... | |
| | | | NC shows signs of party bereft of political understanding | | | |
ET Plus Report
JAMMU, Mar 20: NC feeling politically heat the ground and being docked by PDP in a desperate measure to find some opening to make it relevant from being redundant is trying to invent to an issue, And it has find one though a flimsy one.
Without checking record and even bothering to see for it self,as stated by the BJP leadership itslef has invented an allegation that BJP president Jugal Kishore had tried to assault Sakina Itoo.
The bare fact, BJP leadership insists, remains that Jugal only had a heated exchange. It's just normal in a parliamentary debates. Even chief minister made a vocal and loud speech when PDP tried to disrupt him. So does it mean that Omar Ab... | |
| | | | Police foils "possible" clash between BJP, NC workers | | Suspension of MLA Jugal Kishore | |  et plus report
Jammu, Mar 20: Timely intervention of Jammu police foiled a "possible" clash between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and National Conference (NC) workers, here today.
Fumed over yesterday's development during the proceedings of Legislative Assembly where in MLA, Nagrota Constituency, Jugal Kishore Sharma, who is also state BJP president, was suspended for the rest of Budget Session by the Speaker, Mubarak Gul for making provocative gestures towards Minister for Social Welfare, Sak... | |
| | | | Govt fails to give sanction to prosecution | | Kandhar hijacker gets default bail | | |
Asif Iqbal Naik
KISHTWAR, Mar 20: Key ISI man and accused in infamous 1999 Kandhar hijacking case Mehraj Din Dand son of Ghulam Ahmed Dand resident of Krank Shivan Sopore Kashmir arrested by Kishtwar police in September 2012 today got default bail from the Munsif Court (acting CJM Kishtwar) as police failed to produce challan against him in stipulated 180 days. The delay, according to police sources was caused by failure of the Government to give sanction to prosecution as required by Section 10/18-B of Unlawful Activities Act.
Dand was today produced in the court of Munsif Judge in connection with the FIR No: 67/2013 registered against the Dand at police station Chatroo. Dand was arres... | |
| | | | Alert sounded in Jammu, Katra after reports of infiltration bid | | | |
ET Plus Report
Jammu, Mar 20: The Jammu and Kashmir Police is learnt to have sounded an alert in Jammu as well as Reasi districts, today, following reports of infiltration by a group of Pakistani trained terrorists, towards this side of borders.
While none of the senior police officers of both district police circles were available for their respective comments, highly placed sources disclosed to Early Times Plus that "there were inputs from several security agencies pertaining to the possible infiltration bid by Lashker terrorists here in border area of Jammu from Pakistan. The input received from security agencies was thread-barely studied, during which the areas including Chicken Nec... | |
| | | | CM questions political hypocrisy over bloodshed | | | |
Regretting the silence of the Opposition over the killing of a youth in Sopore by militants the previous day, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah questioned the political hypocrisy over bloodshed in Kashmir. Narrating the incident, wherein a youth was followed by militants inside the mosque in Sopore town and shot dead, Omar said, "had it been done by the security forces, some members would have torn their clothes and abused India and security forces; but since it has been done by the militants , there is lull in the House which is shameful".
"We should condemn bloodshed in unequivocal terms whosoever does it. Such incidents should be condemned on either sides. Mikes, fans and desks would have... | |
| | | | 390 MW Kirthai hydroelectric project stuck, MOEF refuses environmental clearance | | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Mar 20: Jammu and Kashmir Government's much hyped 390 Megawatt Kirthai Hydroelectric Project has got stuck due to refusal of Union Ministry for Forest and Environment to grant Environmental Clearance. Refusal is attributed to revision of capacity of Kirthai Hydroelectric Project from 240 to 390 Megawatts by Jammu and Kashmir State Power Development Corporation (JKSPDC). With this revision, the entire time consuming process of getting environmental clearance is to be followed again. This includes four stages viz. Screening, Scoping, Public Consultation and Appraisal.
Earlier, Kirthai-I HEP project was given scoping clearance by Expert Appraisal Committee for River... | |
| | | | Child labour rampant in Kashmir | | | | Majid Ahmad
Srinagar, Mar 20: According to astounding findings of a research ,more than 2.50 lakh child workers in the age group of 6-16 years are working in various fields of handicrafts sector across Kashmir.
"About 47 percent of the total number of children work outside their homes regularly for earning and supporting their families. A dominant number of these work in different fields of the handicrafts sector," the research "Life Conditions of Child Labourers in Jammu and Kashmir" carried by Valley's noted sociologist, Dr Bashir Ahmad Dabla reveals.
However, it says that child labourers working in handicrafts sector have come under the focus of academicians, planners, experts and ad... | |
| | | | Former DC's farewell cripples administration in Anantnag | | Let's party | | | Saahil Suhail
Anantnag, Mar 20: The district administration was crippled for several hours here today as more than 200 officials joined former Deputy Commissioner, Farooq Ahmad Shah over a sumptuous wazwaan at the Dak Banglow, Khanabal.
Ever since the recent administrative reshuffle, the state exchequer is being looted in the name of farewell parties. It has been reliably learnt that the bills are paid out of departmental funds meant for welfare of the people.
Today's party lasted several hours as Farooq Shah who yesterday joined as Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar and his successor Farooq Ahmad Lone resorted to gossip as more than 200 officials , some self styled civil society members and ... | |
| | | | Soz to continue as PCC chief till 2014 elections | | | | Jammu, Mar 20: There will be no change of guard in Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) as Saifuddin Soz will continue to head the state unit of the party till 2014 Assembly elections.
The decision has been taken by the central high command of the party and has been conveyed to Soz and top Congress leaders of the state. He has been told to further strengthen the party in the state and get better results during parliamentary and Assembly elections schedule for 2014.
Sources in the Congress party told Early Time Plus that the central leadership of the party has reposed faith in the leadership of Saifuddin Soz and has told him to continue to strengthen the party. "It is in the interest of the ... | |
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