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| PHE minister's claim rebutted! NHPC mulling legal course, approaching Union Power Ministry | | Water tax on hydroelectric power projects | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Mar 24: Bluntly rebutting claims made by Jammu and Kashmir Minister for Public Health and Engineering (PHE) Taj Mohi-ud-Din in media on March 2, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) has decided to take legal course as well as approach Union Power Ministry against enactment of Jammu and Kashmir water resources (Regulations and Management) Act-2010.
The revelations are contrary to what Minister for PHE Taj Mohi-ud-Din claimed on March 2. Speaking to a local Kashmir based newspaper; Taj had claimed "The companies have agreed to pay user charges. Executive Director, NHPC, called me on phone yesterday and agreed in principle that corporation will make the payments. State power Development Corporation too has responded positively,"
He had further said "NHPC will be paying Rs 37 crore for water usage from November 12 to December 31 2010 while as the charges due to JKPDC are Rs 27 crore for the same period. NHPC has to make payment in one installment while as PDC has agreed to make payments in three installments beginning with Rs 10 crore payment tom... | |
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| Scene created at Gandhinagar after police "humiliate" martyred DSP's wife | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 24: A scene was today created at Gole Market, Gandhi Nagar, after the widow of DSP Varinder Jaipuria, who was killed few years back in an encounter with militants, was allegedly humiliated by police in full public view.
The DSP's widow Shabnam Jaipuria, who lives in police GO quarters at Gulshan Ground here, is an information department employee.
After her alleged humiliation at the hands of cops, the woman was
seen weeping inconsolably. This drew the attention of the passersby,
who joined her and protested against the alleged police
high-handedness.
The trouble started after SI Darshan Singh stopped her son Shivalik,
who was driving an Enfi... | |
| | | | ‘Union Health Minister responsible for Congress ailment’ | | What is Azad up to? | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 24: Former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, it seems, is not satisfied with the job entrusted to him by the party high command. He has been busy creating problems for the state's Congress Chief, Saif-ud-Din Soz. The Union Health Minister has been held responsible for Congress ailment in the state.
Azad started washing `dirty linen' in public in the summer capital last year when his supporters `demonstrated' their strength near the Press Enclave. They shouted slogans against Soz. A couple of days later, Soz's supporters came out on the streets and accused Azad of eying the prized post of Pradesh Congress Committee Chief. However, the seniors intervened ... | |
| | | | Dissidents blamed for weakening Cong in JK | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 24: The Jammu Kashmir incharge for Congress and a working committee member, Mohan Prakash of the party has accused former Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad of weakening Congress in the state.
Inside sources said that Mohan Prakash and the AICC General Secretary, Abdul Manan, who had been slightly roughed up by the dissidents in Srinagar on March 21, have conveyed to the Party high command the exact details of the incident. These central Congress leaders had been told that Azad had camped in Srinagar till the early hours of morning of March 21 and before Mohan Prakash landed in the state's summer capital the union Minister had returned to New Delhi after galvan... | |
| | | | Army Chief's two visit to J&K in 35 days meaningful | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 24: When the Army Chief, Gen. V.K. Singh, landed in Srinagar on Monday on a two-day visit it was his second such visit during the last 35 days. Earlier he had paid a two-day visit to the troubled state on February 15.
The Army sources said that Gen. Singh's visit was connected with his review of the situation in the context of reported improvement in the security environment in Jammu and Kashmir. He had a detailed interaction with the corps commanders, the Army commander and other senior officers where he was briefed on the security scenario on the LoC and within the state.
Ostensibly one ohe purposes of his visit to the state was to guide the troops on ways... | |
| | | | PDP's MLA alleges discrimination, stages walkout | | | | Kunal Shrivatsa
JAMMU, Mar 24: The issue of alleged biasness and discrimination in release of funds under various sectors to different constituencies particularly being represented by the members other than the ruling coalition once more echoed in the State Legislative Assembly as the main opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) again protested over the issue followed by a walkout from the House today.
It was during Question Hour that the issue of "discrimination" came to the forefront in the House which remained the focal point of several walkouts from the House earlier also during the current Budget session. Annoyed and dissatisfied over Minister for Finance Abdul Rahim Rather's repl... | |
| | | | Jail supdtt Mirza held for arranging Nago's meetings over phone with supari killers | | Amandeep murder | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 24: In yet another blot on the J&K police force, the alleged active involvement of jail superintendent Mirza Salim Beigh has figured in facilitating contact of jailed Nagar Choudhary alias Nago over phone with supari killers of Jammu, Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh to eliminate witnesses in Amandeep murder case.
Mirza was arrested in the case and put behind the bars, IG DilbaghSingh and DIG Farooq Khan told a press conference here this evening.He had gone to New Delhi and was arrested from the railway station here at about 3.45 pm after he alighted from a train, they added.They said Mirza's name figured during the interrogation of Sunny Choudhary alias Sunny Bab... | |
| | | | Reducing trust deficit between Jammu and Kashmir | | Separation - The Way Forward | | | Neha
JAMMU, Mar 24: The J&K Assembly yesterday witnessed a fierce debate on what could reduce the trust deficit between Jammu and Kashmir, between Kashmir and Ladakh and between the State and New Delhi. The PDP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Muzzaffar Hussain Baig criticized those who have opposed the reported decision of the New Delhi-appointed interlocutors to recommend pre-1953 politico-constitutional status for the State: The revival of the offices of an elected Sadar-e-Riyasat and Wazir-e-Azam, end of the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, Comptroller and Auditor-General and Election Commission and withdrawal of the Central laws introduced in the State after August 1953. On t... | |
| | | | Friendship with Pakistan just not possible | | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Mar 24: Initiating discussion on the demands for grants of the departments under the Chief Minister, PDP MLA and former Deputy Chief Minister Muzzaffar Hussain Beig, inter-alia, advocated the need for dialogue with Pakistan to find a solution to the Kashmir issue. A pious idea. What the question is: Is dialogue with Pakistan or if friendship between India and Pakistan is possible? The answer simply cannot be in the affirmative.
Our 63 years' experience with Pakistan, including the three full-scale wars in 1947-48, 1965 and 1971 and the current nearly 22-year-old low-cost, low-intensity, but extremely deadly, proxy war on the Indian soil (which so far has claimed approximatel... | |
| | | | Jawan murdered by colleague near LoC in Poonch | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 24: An army jawan today allegedly shot dead by his colleague near a forward outpost close to the Line of Control (LoC) in Mendhar area of Poonch.
Police sources said over some trivial issue, sepoy Chitra Bahadur Goren of 25 Gorkha Rifles was allegedly shot dead by his colleague Romesh Bahadur Sahi with his INSAS rifle.
The incident took place near the forward Sagra Balnoi outpost, the sources added.
Romesh was arrested by police and booked under section 302 of RPC.
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| | | | Govt pipes seized from Bari Brahmana factory | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Mar 24: Busting a nexus between scrap dealers and government officials, police today seized government pipes from a factory at Bari Brahmana near here. SSP, Samba, Israr Khan said acting on a tip-off, police raided M/s Jamuna Alloys at Bari Brahmana and recovered from there 22 pipes, each measuring 20'x8", of a government department.
The pipes were seized and factory manager Kirpal Singh of Uttar Pradesh was arrested, he informed.
The SSP said factory owner Mahavir Singh Rana was absconding and a hunt was on to nab him. A case under sections 279, 409 and 411 was registered in this connection at the Bari Brahmana police station. During investigation, police came ... | |
| | | | Unparliamentarily gesture irks Speaker | | | | AGENCIES
New Delhi, Mar 24: The Lok Sabha Speaker, Meira Kumar took strong exception to an `unparliamentarily' gesture by a Congress member. The member pointed his finger towards the chair while making a point.
Soon after the Zero Hour was over, Science and Technology Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal rose to take up the legislative business. In the meantime, Lal Singh (Cong) said he should be given a chance to raise the issue related to his state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Singh refused to take his seat despite the Speaker repeatedly asking him to raise the issue during the second half of Zero Hour in the evening. He was seen pointing finger at the Chair at which Kumar objected and sternly asked... | |
| | | | Asiya's detention under PSA quashed | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Srinagar, Mar 24: The detention of Dukhtaran-e-Millat chief Asiya Andrabi under PSA was today quashed by the high court. Quashing her detention, Justice FM Ibrahim Kalifulla directed the state government to release her if she was not wanted in any other case.
Asiya was arrested in August last year for allegedly spearheading the protests alongwith hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and his close associate Masarat Alam.... | |
| | | | Soldier shoots self, dies | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Mar 24: An army havaldar today allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle near a forward post along Line of Control (LoC) in Mendhar sub-sector of Poonch.
He was identified as Vichitter Bahadur of 25 Gorkha Rifles. Police sources said he allegedly ended his life in the morning by shooting himself with his service rifle near Sagra Balnoi in Mendhar. Police had registered a case in this connection... | |
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