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| Where's Secretary Parliamentary Affairs? | | Cabinet created post in 18 hours, failed to get incumbent in 18 months | | | Early Times Report
jammu, Mar 29: Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Ali Mohammad Sagar, demonstrated lightning speed in creating a separate post of Secretary Parliamentary Affairs in September 2010 but the Government has failed to appoint an incumbent in the last 18 months. With nobody offering an explanation in the government, hegemony of a bureaucratic lobby is said to have reduced the Cabinet decision to a joke.
It was 18 months back that the Omar Abdullah Cabinet bifurcated the Department of Law and Parliamentary Affairs into two separate departments and created a fresh post of the administrative secretary for Parliamentary Affairs on a memo drafted by Mr Sagar. The idea, according to official sources, was to spare Secretary of Law exclusively for handling matters relating to law, processing prosecution sanctions for the officials involved in corruption related cases, framing legal opinions and administering litigation, prosecution and judicial wings of the department.
However, a smart bureaucrat craftily inserted half a sentence to the text, nobody knows with or w... | |
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| Expenditure, availability, spill-over hint at the state of affairs in RDD | | MGNREGA under scanner | | | Bashir Assad
Srinagar, Mar 29: Though the phenomenon of trailing off whooping sums due to failure in expending in Jammu and Kashmir is not new, the Rural Development Department has taken a lead by leaving 26455 lakhs sanctioned under centrally sponsored MGNREGA unspent during the current fiscal year which is at the verge of closure.
Though lapsing the whooping sums by not spending on infrastructure development in key sectors in Jammu and Kashmir is not new, however, the difference between total funds allocated during 2011-12 under MGNREGA and the block-wise break-up of expenditure made till date shows that in all the twelve districts of Kashmir division including Leh and Kargil district... | |
| | | | Consensus eludes between Cong, NC over 'Autonomy' issue | | CSC likely to seek extension for three months | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 29: The cabinet Sub-Committee for examining the report of Justice Saghir Ahmad Working Group on strengthening Centre state relations is likely to seek extension for three more months as consensus eludes over ruling allies Congress and National Conference over the issue of Autonomy, the main component that has been touched upon in the report submitted by the fifth Working Group.
Sources said even as the meeting of cabinet sub committee of which AR Rather is Chairman held its meeting today, but it could not deliberate further nor beyond what the members have already discussed over the issue in earlier meetings. The meeting was skipped today by three senior... | |
| | | | Goni to accompany Indian team to South Africa as manager | | | | Early Times Report
jammu, Mar 29: The controversial chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) Mohammad Aslam Goni has been deputed by the BCCI as the manager of the country's cricket team to South Africa.
Goni who has been in the middle of a serious controversy following the unearthing of a multi-crore fraud in the JKCA has come under attack from more than 40 of the 62 JKCA working committee members who recently met in Srinagar and appealed the JKCA President, Dr. Farooq Abdullah to have the fraud investigated by the CBI.
The working committee members of the JKCA have publicly blamed Goni for mismanagement of the associations affairs which led to misappropriation of hu... | |
| | | | Mehbooba got Omar transfixed after pushing him to baseline | | | | Early Times Report
jammu, Mar 29: Chief minister Omar Abdullah pushed to baseline by aces fired by PDP president Mehbooba Mufti was transfixed there for most of the time during his about more than two-hour long speech.
He had no answer to accusations leveled against the government by PDP president, and at times, he did try to deflect the issues by simply bringing in the alleged wrong doing committed in the PDP president.
Omar didn't response to the charges of property brought by J&K Bank in Mumbai at a escalated cost of Rs 200 by the Navin Garewal, who as Mehbooba had said was made director of the Bank simply because he is friend of Omar Abdullah.
PDP president had even submitted papers... | |
| | | | KDA breached SC guidelines; felled Deodar, Kail trees unnecessarily | | 'Extracted timber smuggled' | | | Early Times Report
jammu, Mar 29: Kishtwar Development Authority (KDA) in breach of administrative orders and Supreme Court (SC) guidelines brought down precious deodar and kail trees with impunity, smuggled the extracted timber and yet went scot free.
The patch of forest land where this massive devastation took place is situated in a dense forest in Barnoyan Pochhal area of Kishtwar district. According to inquiry report of forest department, KDA in complete violation of SRO-203 and section 6 of Jammu and Kashmir Forest Conservation and Afforestration Act-1997, cut Deodar and kail tress in compartment 66 A for KDA work and then allegedly smuggled extracted stuff smuggled causing erroneou... | |
| | | | 2 escaped HUJI ultras held after 24-hr-long operation | | | | Early Times Report
jammu, Mar 29: The two top HUJI commanders, who had yesterday escaped from police custody Patnitop area of Batote, were this evening apprehended by police from the forests.
HUJI commanders -- Dulla Gujjar alias Sher Khan, son of Nabi Baksh of Sigdi Bhata and Jameel Abbas alias Abdullah, son of Ghulam Bakkarwal of Kansar, Reasi -- had escaped from police custody while they were being brought to Udhampur jail to Kishtwar.
IGP (Jammu zone) Dilbag Singh told a press conference that the two militants had pretended to be suffering from diarrhoea and raised a massive a hue and cry for the escort vehicle to be stopped to attend the natural call. However, taking advantage... | |
| | | | Rs 209.96 lakhs spent on travel expenses by ministers and others in last 2 yrs | | CM claimed no TA/DA in last two years | | | Early Times Report
jammu, Mar 29: The council of Ministers and chairmen of various boards and advisors to CM Omar Abdullah have spent 209.96 lakhs on travel expenses in the last two years, said govt today.
According to the records tabled in the state assembly, a sum of Rs 104.28 lakhs and Rs 105.68 lakhs were spent respectively in 2011-12 and 2010-2011 on the travel expenses of council of ministers, advisors and chairmen of various boards in the last two years".
The deputy Chief Minister and few senior ministers have spent more than 6 lakhs in one year on travel expenses. Interestingly, no TA/DA has been claimed by the Chief Minister during the same period.
According to the records 14... | |
| | | | 3000 missing Industrial units shock people | | JK's 2G scam | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 29: Reports about more than three thousand missing industrial units have shocked the concerned quarters. Shockingly the reports have not been investigated by the authorities for unknown reasons.
The Industries Minister, SS Salathia admitted on the floor of the house on March 10 that around 3500 units were untraceable in the state. The Minister quoted All India Census of Industrial Units in his written statement in the Legislative assembly.
Even after the Minister's admission no action was taken. Now pressure seems building on the Industries Department for an internal probe. The Department, sources said intends to probe how much subsidy was availed by the mis... | |
| | | | Vigilance indicted agricultural scientist to head SKUAST J | | | | Early Times Report
jammu, Mar 29: Even though the appointment of Dr. A.K. Srivastava, presently director National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) Karnal as the new vice chancellor of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences Jammu (SKUAST J) is in the final stage the controversial selection could cost the University heavily.
In a letter addressed to the Chancellor, N.N. Vohra (who is the head of SKUAST J) a faculty member of the University has alleged that "the person heading the search committee this time has already given three corrupt Vice Chancellors to the University and he is all set to give the fourth corrupt Vice Chancellor to SKUAST J this time unless the Chan... | |
| | | | Majority of thefts untraced, police takes refuge of Sec 8(1) (1) to escape ignominy | | | | Sumit Sharma
jammu, Mar 29: Most of the theft cases remained untraced in Jammu, revealed none other but police itself but in a sheer attempt to save itself from related humiliation, the Police in a reply to RTI plea No legal /J/RTI/01/12/26 had taken refuge of Sec 8(1) (1).
Many may be surprised that police tried to get 'capsulation' of Section 8(1) (1) of Right to Information Act (RTI) 2009, while replying to an RTI activist who had sought reply regarding the theft cases.
The section 8(1) (1) has been mentioned by the police against the RTI filed by one Nisha Verma, editor Kashmir Patrika.
Pertinent to mention here that the said section debars disclosure of any information w... | |
| | | | Yet Another Walkout by BJP, JKNPP & JSM | | Neglect Of Jammu Lakes | | | Neha
jammu, Mar 29: The BJP, the JKNPP and the JSM MLAs yesterday once again registered their protest against the NC-Congress coalition government and staged walkout. The issue was the willful neglect of Jammu lakes. It was the main opposition PDP which lambasted the government for its utter failure to spend the money earmarked for the development, preservation and beautification of Dal Lake. The PDP MLAs staged walkout after the Speaker, Mohd Akbar Lone, rejected their demand for constituting a House Committee to look into the issue of diversion of funds from Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) to other heads.
As the PDP MLAs were charging the government with diverting the ... | |
| | | | "Separatist offices shops selling blood of youth" | | Attack On K Separatists | | | Rustam
jammu, Mar 29: Rajbagh in Srinagar is also known for the offices the Kashmiri separatists have set up there. Almost all the separatist outfits have opened their offices in this posh locality. Some people call it freedom colony. Some people call it a den of anti-India intrigues. Some people call these offices in Rajbagh as money minting factories. Some contemptuously dismiss the Hurriyat offices in the Rajbagh locality as shops "selling blood of youth" and they are none other than those seeking separation from India. It is not an exaggeration. It is a statement of fact.
On Tuesday, the Kashmir Bar Association (KBA) organised a seminar to commemorate the 16th anniversary of human rig... | |
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