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| Omar walks through Azad’s flower beds | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, March 4: Originally known as Siraj Bagh and controversially renamed as Indira Gandhi Garden, Srinagar’s vast field of tulips not only grows flowers of 60 verities but also strange political ambitions.
Now Congress General Secretary and then Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad had conceived the idea laying out a vast tulip field in the supper capital. From laying out of flower beds, its renaming to its high profile inauguration by Congress President Sonia Gandhi, the Tulip Garden saw as many politically interesting controversies. When worst protests of last two decades broke out in Srinagar in summer of 2008 following Amarnath land allotment, o... | |
| | | | Task Force to ensure financial discipline, says Finance Minister | | | |
JAMMU, MARCH 4: Minister for Finance and Planning, Abdul Rahim Rather has said that the Government proposes to constitute a Task Force to ensure financial discipline and fiscal management in the State. This, he said, is imperative for healthy growth of economy and speedy development.
Replying to the discussion on the Vote on Account ( VoA) for the five months of the year 2008-09 and statement of supplementary expenditure for the year 2008-09 in the Legislative Assembly today, the Finance Minister said that codal formalities for execution of development works would be strictly followed as it has been observed that the works get affected and delayed due to lack of prior concurrence fro... | |
| | | | Ashwani, Zulfikar walk out of assembly | | | |
MUNISH Gupta
Jammu, March 4: Independent MLA from Bishnah Ashwani Sharma and Darhal legislator Choudhary Zulfikar Ali today walked out from legislative assembly after creating a commotion when the government could not satisfy them on their constituency specific concerns.
Pressing the government to open fire stations in his constituency, MLA Bishanh, Ashwani Sharma staged a walkout in the legislative assembly accusing the government of neglecting his area by not opening the fire station there.
Ashwani Kumar said “four year back then chief minister had sanctioned a fire station at Bishnah constituency but nothing could done by the government to establish a fire station”.
He said that... | |
| | | | Prez approves Chawla as CEC | | | |
New Delhi, March 04: President Pratibha Patil on Wednesday approved the government’s recommendation to appoint Navin Chawla as the country’s next Chief Election Commissioner.
Chawla, who at present is an Election Commissioner, will take over as the CEC from N Gopalaswami on April 21. Gopalaswami’s term as the head of the Election Commission expires on April 20.
The development comes just days after the President rejected a controversial recommendation by CEC Gopalaswami for the removal of Chawla as EC.
While arriving at the decision, the President accepted the government recommendation for rejection of the CEC's report on January 31 against Chawla, who has been accused of being bi... | |
| | | | Make wealth inventory | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, March 4: To make the campaign against corruption effective, if at all there is a will, the assembly today got a unique suggestion.
A multifaceted legislator –engineer by profession and columnist by passion –Sheikh Rashid suggested making an inventory of the assets of public men and women from top to bottom for making an understanding as where exactly the scenario stands.
Participating in discussion on Vote on Account in legislative assembly today, Engineer Rashid said initiatives against have always remained half hearted and often succumbed to political conveniences. He said that the level of corruption was never known in Jammu and Kashmir and after every so... | |
| | | | ‘….we will go arms-in-arms’ | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, March 4: The ruling Congress-National Conference coalition in Jammu and Kashmir will contest the coming Lok Sabha elections in the state together, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said.
The ruling alliance will fight the elections for six parliamentary seats in the state together, Abdullah told reporters on the sidelines of his visit to the Tulip garden on the banks of the famous Dal lake.However, the issue of seat sharing would be discussed with the leaders of the junior partner in the combine, he said.
Referring to the reported statement of Peoples Conference Chairman Sajad Gani Lone about his intention to contest the upcoming general elections, the Chief M... | |
| | | | Hiring process on for 3735 vacancies | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, MARCH 4: The largest employer in Jammu and Kashmir, the state government today said that it has identified 3735 fresh vacancies in gazetted and non-gazetted cadres while claimed that 6203 other vacancies have been filled up in last two months.
Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather, told Legislative Assembly that recruitment agencies have been directed to further speed up the selection process to fill up vacancies referred to them from time to time. As a result, about 6203 selections have been made in just last two months by SSB in non-gazetted cadre, whereas, Public Service Commission has made 412 selections in gazetted cadre during the same period.
Replying t... | |
| | | | ST evader held, jewelry recovered | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, March 4: Pacca Danga police held a tax evader in the area and recovered silver and gold which was contained in a bag from his possession. Pacca Danga police led by SHO Raguveer Singh under the supervision of SP City Randeep Singh and SDPO Swantrata Arora on specific information laid a trap near Vaid Mandir Road and arrested a tax evader identified as Rajesh Kumar son of Girdari Lal resident of Poonch House,Panjtirthi and recovered a bag which contained silver weighing about 6kg 730 gram and gold weighing 37 gram. During his interrogation he told police that he bought the silver and gold from one Naresh Jeweller in Guru Bazaar Amritsar and without paying tax he c... | |
| | | | Bovine laden truck burnt in Kathua | | | | Early Times Report
Kathua, March 4: A truck carrying bovines was burnt by angry mob here in Magarkhad area under the jurisdiction of Lakhanpur police station. After the incident people held protest demonstration against the police alleging police’s hand in glove with the illicit trade The incident occurred when the tyre of a truck bearing registration number JK02N,0163 carrying twelve bovines burst near Magarkhad area under the supervision of Lakhanpur police station during wee hours .Two persons were replacing the tyre when some locals spotted bovines in the truck. They set the truck on fire after rescuing the animals.Where as bovine smugglers managed to escape. Later they held protes... | |
| | | | Assembly Condemns attack on cricketers | | | |
Early Times report
Jammu, March 4: The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly today strongly condemned the terrorist attack on Sri Lanka Cricketers at Gadafi Stadium, yesterday.
The House unanimously expressed concerned over the terror strike Cricketers and called it an unfortunate incident.
In the beginning of question hour in Legislative Assembly, Leader of the BJP Legislature Party, Prof Chaman Lal Gupta drew the attention of the Chair to Lahore attack and said that Chief Minister already condemned this terror attack on SL Cricketers but he wants that House also unanimously condemned it and asked Speaker Mohd Akbar Lone to pass resolution in condemnation of this attack.
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