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| Govt has no faith in Accountability Commission | | CM, Peerzada, advisors, Chairpersons rush to High Court before being declared guilty | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, Mar 4: They are all indisputably by law entitled to seek any relief from High Court. But, what the top functionaries of the Executive have conveyed by getting proceedings of Jammu and Kashmir Accountability Commission (SAC) stayed in last two weeks, is bizarre: They have no faith in the accountability watchdog they have been hailing invariably at all public meetings.
Everybody, from Chief Minister to Chief Secretary and Ministers to Commissioners, has been appreciating it as a proud achievement of the National Conference-led coalition government that Public Service Guarantee Act had been introduced, State Information Commission (SIC) constituted and the SAC revived in the last three years. Particularly in the last one year, there has been hardly a statement, press conference or public speech which has gone without claiming credit for these "revolutionary achievements".
In a reality check, one counters little hardship to learn that over 95% of the public servants as well as public continue to be ignorant of PSGA. State Vigilance Commission has failed ... | |
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| BJP `awakes' to bat for press freedom in JK | | Persecuted for democracy | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 4: The belated `awakening' of Bharataya Janata Party (BJP) to save democracy in Jammu Kashmir has evoked critical response across the state. After witnessing persecution of the fourth estate silently for two years, the BJP spoke last evening urging the government to be discreet with media.
Welcoming the end of two-day stand off between the media fraternity and the legislative assembly speaker, the BJP state chief spokesperson and National Executive member, Dr. Jitendra Singh has appealed to the ruling coalition partners to be more discreet in dealing with the media persons particularly at a time when every other institution in Jammu and Kashmir has already... | |
| | | | CJM directs police to register FIR against DSP in dowry case | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
KISHTWAR, Mar 4: In a complaint related to harassment and demand of dowry filed by Saimul Nisa against her husband, DSP Mashkoor Ahmed Zarger, presently posted in SOG, Handwara, chief judicial magistrate, Doda, has directed SHO, Doda police station, to register an FIR against the DSP and investigate the matter as was prayed by the woman.
After the court direction, the Doda police finally registered an FIR under sections 364, 323, 506 and 504 of RPC and entrusted the inquiry to ASI Abdul Rashid.
Saimul Nisa, who is lecture by profession, stated before the court that within few months after her marriage, her husband started harassing her and demanded cash as he had to bu... | |
| | | | Govt's policy of neglect towards hilly, remote areas of Jammu | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 4: Notwithstanding the district status having been given by the previous coalition regime, three newly carved out districts in Jammu region continue to live in abject poverty, deprivation and state of backwardness. Reasi tops the list in the entire state to rank as number one what has been admiited by the government itself as visible and pronounced degrees of poverty, followed by Ramban and Kishtwar at second and third number registering over 30 percent incidence exhibiting worst condition of the districts. District Jammu (urban)too has the 'distinction' of being topping the rank in the poverty list withhighest number of estimated BPL population .
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| | | | CJM directs police to register FIR against DSP in dowry case | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
KISHTWAR, Mar 04: In a complaint related to harassment and demand of dowry filed by Saimul Nisa against her husband, DSP Mashkoor Ahmed Zarger, presently posted in SOG, Handwara, chief judicial magistrate, Doda, has directed SHO, Doda police station, to register an FIR against the DSP and investigate the matter as was prayed by the woman.
After the court direction, the Doda police finally registered an FIR under sections 364, 323, 506 and 504 of RPC and entrusted the inquiry to ASI Abdul Rashid.
Saimul Nisa, who is lecture by profession, stated before the court that within few months after her marriage, her husband started harassing her and demanded cash as he had to bu... | |
| | | | Will the government please state? | | Retired OSDs, Private Secretaries ruling the roost | | | Bashir Assad
Jammu, Mar 04: In gross violation of service rules and laws, the ministers in Jammu and Kashmir have started a phenomenon of appointing retired officials as Officers on Special Duty (OSD's) and private secretaries in their offices which according to sources has culminated into an unholy nexus facilitating corruption and malpractices in the administration. In spite of the fact that these ministers have the private secretaries in their offices, yet they put retired officers in addition to the staff as OSD's in their offices. It is interesting to see that these OSD's are holding chambers which special secretaries/ additional secretaries are entitled to along with the gov... | |
| | | | Are Sonia, Rahul & Priyanka down and out? | | UP POLLS | | |
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JAMMU, Mar 4: Assembly elections in five state, including Uttar Pradesh (UP), Punjab, Uttrakhand, Goa and Manipur, are over. Results will be out on Tuesday. In the meantime, all the various post-poll surveys have indicated that the UP electorate has rejected outright the Congress of Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Robert Vadra. Robert Vadra is son-in-law of Sonia Gandhi. In other words, the UP electorate has rejected not one family but two families, family of Sonia Gandhi and family of Robert Vadra. These two families had staked everything in order to win UP.
What did the post-poll surveys give to the Congress? The Headlines Today gave 38-42 seats to the Con... | |
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