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| Cops caught napping as under-trials receive drugs via Court complexes? | | | | ET Plus Report
Jammu, March 6: Are drugs like charas, opium and intoxicant capsules are reaching out to under-trials via Court Complexes' premises?
Today's incident of a spat between Security wing police personnel and some persons that took place at District Court Complex, here, has raised eyebrows against the police personnel deployed there.
At about 12 o'clock, one of the police personnel deployed at the main entry for frisking of people entering inside the District Court building stopped a youth who was approaching towards an under-trial who was brought there under police custody to attend the hearing in the court. However, the youth went ahead and shook hand with the under-trial, who was hand-cuffed.
The police personnel got suspicious and pushed aside the youth also slapped him asking what he has handed over to that under-trial. By the time, some advocates who saw the police personnel beating the youth immediately intervened and sought to know the reasons. When the police personnel stated that he suspects the youth for carrying intoxicant capsules, the people immediately ... | |
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| JK Health Services terminates 200 doctors | | | | Avinash Azad
Jammu, March 6: Already short of required manpower, the State Health Department has been compelled to terminate around 200 doctors, including senior specialists of various streams in the past few years, after repeated reminders to them to join services.
Sources informed Early Time Plus that more than 200 doctors comprising of various streams including specialists have been terminated by the Jammu and Kashmir Health Services Department.
"Most of the doctors were terminated by department after they remained absent from their services for many years without giving any reason to the department," sources said, adding that the concerned authorities after giving them several ultima... | |
| | | | AFSPA revocation: Shinde exposes Omar in Parliament | | | | ET Plus Report
srinagar, March 6: The truth behind the rhetoric of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah over AFSPA revocation was exposed today by the Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde after he informed the Parliament that none of the States including Jammu and Kashmir have made any formal request to the Central Government about the revocation of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).
Shinde was replying to the question raised by National Conference Parliamentarian and senior leader, GN Rattanpuri. The statement issued by the Parliamentarian said, "The member wanted to know the names of the States that have made formal requests for the revocation of AFSPA or amendments to the ac... | |
| | | | Bring resolution on revocation of AFSPA: Tarigami | | Entire Army cannot be blamed for isolated incidents: Harsh Dev | | | ET Plus Report
Jammu, March 6: Participating in the discussion on the adjournment motion brought in the House to discuss the killing of Baramulla youth by Army, CPI(M) leader, MY Tarigami said that this House has never undermined the authority of the armed forces but if any one of them commits error, it was unacceptable and the error itself brings disrepute to the Army.
While launching a direct attack on the Omar Abdullah for the first time since last many years, Tarigami said, "Had this Government punished the killers of 120 youth during 2010 summer unrest, it would have certainly created a deterrent".
Reacting sharply to NPP leader Harshdev Singh's assertion that Army was p... | |
| | | | Amid PDP boycott Rather presents fifth budget of coalition Govt | | Tax concessions continue, sops for PRIs, newspapers | | | VAT on cigarettes hiked, ban on Gutka
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Jammu, March 6: Amid boycott of main opposition PDP, Finance Minister of NC led coalition Government in J&K Abdul Rahim Rather presented his fifth budget in the State Assembly for the year 2013-14. Based on the projected annual plan outlay of Rs 8000 cr, Finance Minister presented the zero deficit budget with expenditure and Receipts (income) estimated at Rs 38068 cr. With continuance of tax relief and concessions to various sectors, a sizable amount has been earmarked by the Finance Minister for welfare initiatives as well as Panchayati Raj Institutions . Barring cigarettes and marginal hike in toll rate, no fresh taxes have been pr... | |
| | | | Curfew, restrictions cripple normal life across Valley | | | | Mustansir
srinagar, March 6: Normal life was affected in Kashmir for the third consecutive day today, due to curfew imposed in several parts of the Valley as a precautionary measure with the authorities apprehending law and order problem following the killing of a youth in Army firing in north Kashmir's Baramulla district.
Curfew was clamped Tuesday in 10 police station areas of Kashmir valley which include Rainawari, Khanyar, Nowhatta, Saraf Kadal, Maharajganj, Zadibal, Maisuma and Kral Khaud areas of the old city, a police spokesperson said.
He said curfew has also been imposed in Baramulla and Sopore. The decision to impose curfew was taken at a high level meeting of police officers... | |
| | | | Delhi cop, Patwari among 3 held in land grabbing case | | | | Sumit Sharma
Jammu, Mar 6: Bishnah police have arrested three persons including a Revenue official (Patwari) and a Delhi Police cop for allegedly grabbing land after forging the documents of the said spared of land. Meanwhile, Crime Branch registered a case against four persons including Naib Tehsildar Samba and Patwari (revenue officials for preparing forged documents to give benefit to Reeta to manage ReT job.
According to sources Bishnah police, the accused have been identified as Subash Chander alias Raju son of Vaishno Dutt of Chack Jarala presently serving as constable in Delhi Police, Revenue Official (Patwari) Kewal Kumar son of Paras Ram of Sandhi, Samba presently posted as circ... | |
| | | | NC ruling State through barrel of gun: Mehbooba | | | | Bashir Assad
Jammu, March 6: Asserting that the National Conference may be benefited by the situation that has arisen after the hanging of Afzal Guru and the subsequent killing of a Baramulla youth by security forces, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti today said the space for the mainstream political parties was squeezing in the State.
While participating in the discussion on adjournment motion brought in the House by her party legislators, Mehbooba said the response of the Government to the situation arisen after the killing of Baramulla youth by the army was casual and that the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was least bothered about the situation that has taken an ugly turn in Kashmir. She sai... | |
| | | | Elections to 5 LC seats through open ballot | | | | Bashir Assad
Jammu, March 6: Elections to 5 Upper House seats will be conducted through open ballot tomorrow from 10 am to 3 pm in the Assembly Secretariat with the Secretary Assembly as the presiding officer.
The polling will take place under Government circular no. 66 to the 4 seats of Kashmir region and the lone reserved seat of Doda. The results will be declared at 4 pm on the same day.
Pertinently the 3 candidates for 3 Jammu seats were declared elected unopposed as there were only 3 candidates in the fray after the scrutiny of nomination papers. However, for 4 seats of Kashmir region there are 5 candidates in fray which include Naeem Akhtar of PDP, Muzaffar Parray of Congress, Show... | |
| | | | Ajat shatru embarrasses Omar, seeks reins of JK | | | | Navneet Dubey
Jammu, March 6: National Conference MLC and scion of Dogra dynasty Ajatshatru Singh today created an embarrassing situation for his party when he demanded that the reins of Jammu and Kashmir State should be handed over to those who owned it.
Ajat shatru made this demand while speaking on adjournment motion on 'killing of a youth at Baramulla' in the Legislative Council today.
While referring to the remarks of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah that it is not easy to run the state and not everything is in the hands of the Chief Minister, Ajat Shatru demanded, "If you cannot run the state kindly handover it to those it belonged".
As Ajatshatru spoke about the change of guard in... | |
| | | | KPs eye support of NPP, rebel BJP MLAs | | LC elections | | | ET Plus Report
Jammu, March 6: The entire Kashmiri Pandit community is looking towards the seven rebel BJP MLAs, three NPP MLAs and one Independent from Jammu for tomorrow’s crucial voting for Legislative Council in which former general secretary of All India Kashmiri Samaj (AIKS) SK Dudha is also a contestant as Independent candidate.
With four members of BJP already announcing their support to Dudha as a candidate of the minority KP community from Valley, the support from 11 other MLAs from Jammu is also crucial for him in getting elected to Upper House.
Sources said it now only depends on the decision of these political groups whether they will like to support Dudha and ensure his vi... | |
| | | | Govt makes allocation of all works over Rs 7 cr to JKPCC mandatory | | Hyped e-tendering fizzles out | | | Akshay Azad
Jammu, March 6: Aiming to bring transparency in allotment of tenders for various construction works, the State Government had introduced e-tendering in Public Works Department (PWD), but it seems that e-tendering has not gone well with Government, forcing it to make Jammu and Kashmir Project Construction Corporation (JKPCC) as sole contender for executing the works costing over Rs 7 Crores.
On February 18, State Government passed an order number 47-PW(R&B) of 2013, stating that all the civil works costing more than Rs 7 Crores shall be allotted to JKPCC, in respect of all Government departments and Government Corporations. The order further stated that in case the JKPCC were n... | |
| | | | Congress jumps on to NC bandwagon, demands revocation of AFSPA | | Changing attitude | | | MINCING NO WORDS
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Jammu, March 6: Gone are the days when JKPCC president and former ideologue of the National Conference and a staunch supporter of greater autonomy used to take on National Conference working president and J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for his stand on the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and would insist on taking him and the Army on board before making any statement on this Act that provides legal immunity to the security forces involved in anti-insurgency operations and defence of the country.
The memory of the war of words between him and Omar Abdullah in October-December 2011 still lingers in the minds of the people of the State. Soz had tore into Abdu... | |
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