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| J&K High Court to get 5-7 new judges in 2012 | | Magray, Azharul Amin, Kotwal, Bhat, Thakur among 7 cleared for appointment | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
JAMMU, Mar 7: With the clearance of the names of five advocates and two judges, the process of filling up all seven existing vacancies of judges in Jammu and Kashmir High Court has begun.
The Collegium, comprising Chief Justice FM Ibrahim Kalifullah and the two senior most judges of the state High Court, namely Justice Virendar Singh and Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir, is reliably understood to have held a meeting and cleared the names of seven advocates and judges for their recommendation. The other day only, recommendations are said to have gone separately to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Governor NN Vohra, union Ministry of Justice and Law and Chief Justice of India. After intelligence and vigilance clearance besides necessary clearance by Chief Justice of India, warrants of appoints are issued on behalf of President of India by Department of Justice of the union Ministry of Justice and Law.
Having sanctioned strength of 9 permanent and 5 additional judges (including Chief Justice), JKHC has currently a total of seven incumbents. As such, seven vacancies are requ... | |
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| Rajouri tense, police use teargas shells to disperse protesters | | Minority community gives call for bandh | | | Early Times Report
RAJOURI, Mar 7: Tension again gripped the town here today after some miscreants stoned the traditional Bhairav procession at City Chowk. To prevent the situation from taking an ugly turn, police resorted to lathicharge and fired teargas shells.
Several processionists were wounded in the police action and miscreants' attack. As mark of protest, some organisations representing minority community gave a call for Rajouri bandh on Thursday.
Meanwhile, as a standard measure against any act of sabotage, the administration later imposed section 144 in and around the town. The Bhairav procession was stoned in the town for the second consecutive day today. After the procession w... | |
| | | | BGSBU does environment a `million dollar favour' | | Rs 5 Cr embezzled | | | Early Times Report
RAJOURI, Mar 7: Investigations have brought embezzlement worth Rs 5 Crore to the fore in Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University (BGSBU), Rajouri. The investigations carried by the state government in grant of central funds given to NGOs in the state has revealed that BGSBU was the biggest beneficiary having received more than Rs 5 Cr in the past five years in the name of bio diversity centre being run by the university. Though the university runs a centre for environmental activities but no apparent work has been done by the centre in the said field.
According to informed sources, the University has not only received funds from the central ministry of forests and environ... | |
| | | | J&K defaulter in power purchase, 49 non-payment issues during last two years | | Where goes power revenue? | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Mar 7: Despite making tall claims of having doubled revenue generation, Power Development Department has defaulted 49 times during last two years in making payments to Northern Regional Load Dispatch Center (NRLDC) and is now not even attending meetings of Northern Regional Power Committee (NRPC).
Of these, J&K has defaulted in making payments to NRLDC 30 times during the year 2010-11 and 19 times during the year 2011-12. Sources said that despite being reprimanded several times, Power Development department of Jammu and Kashmir has preferred non-observance of repeated requests being made NRPC to deposit union of India charges on time. PDD is also yet to open Ir... | |
| | | | Illicit relations: TA Jawan guns down two ladies | | | | Early Times Report
POONCH, Mar 7: A Territorial Army (TA) jawan shot dead two ladies suspecting illicit relations. "The incident took place in Poonch today at 9 am, when a TA jawan first killed Sara Bano (45) and then Yasmeen Akhtar (37) with his service weapon and started searching his wife, when he failed to search his wife, he went to the roof of his house and started shouting for his wife, sources said.
Hearing the sound of fires general public as well as police lead by SHO Poonch Sanjeev Singh reached the spot. Police told the Jawan to come down but he denied and reiterated to kill his wife and two brothers in laws. The drama remained continued for half an hour and police officials c... | |
| | | | Failure of Rahul to have serious impact on Omar | | Predicting unpredictable | | | Bashir Assad
JAMMU, Mar 7: It will be too early to interpret as to whether the failure of Rahul factor to make a mark in Utter Pradesh assembly elections and galvanise the large public gatherings into vote bank, will have national implications on the UPA government at centre, however, the failure of the idea of "Young India" brigade will have certainly direct bearings on the political scenario in Jammu and Kashmir.
Though it is too early to interpret all the national implications of the assembly polls in four states where Congress suffered a huge setback but its implications on Jammu and Kashmir are quite evident.
First, it is being widely acknowledged that J&K Chief Minister Omar A... | |
| | | | Poor poll show, Cong may compelled to mercy NC in state | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 7: With dismal performance of the Congress in recently concluded Assembly elections in five states, the position of party has become weak at Centre giving an edge to National Conference (NC) the senior coalition partner of the party in J&K over the party .
The defeat of Congress in UP, Punjab and Goa has been to the advantage of NC as Politically weak Congress at Centre will be in the interests of the NC which can rule roost in the state and dictate terms to the party that recently has raised eye brows over the style of functioning of the Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah and had snubbed him after seeking resignation from Peerzada Mohammed Syed from State Cabine... | |
| | | | Four Bhaderwah families fret as JKPCC gives Rs 1.43 cr cheque to CMFour Bhaderwah families fret as JKPCC gives Rs 1.43 cr cheque to CM | | | | Bharat Bhushan
JAMMU, Mar 7: When, on February 22 last, JKPCC presented a cheque of over Rs 1.43 cr to chief minister Omar Abdullah as interim dividend for 2010-11, four families of Bhaderwah had every reason to fret as their lives never became smooth after they lost their sole bread earners while working on Gandoh-Dadkai road.
Though the road is being built under PMGSY, JKPCC is the executing agency. Its contract was given by JKPCC to Haji Shoukat Magray.
Three labourers were killed and another had lost his legs in separate incidents while working on the road two years back. They were trapped under the mass of earth and rocks that had come rolling down the hill.
However, even after two... | |
| | | | Broker continues to hold state land | | ‘It was gifted by Hari Singh to a Major’ | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 7: The orders of the revenue officials and resentment of the locals notwithstanding, a broker continues to hold prime state land measuring 6 Kannals and 14 at Magarmal Bagh, Srinagar.
Early Times published a detailed report about the said land last year. The report had an impact and the concerned officials were seen in the area for a couple of days. But the `spirit' to liberate the piece of land died down as the time passed. The broker now intends to construct a shopping complex in what happened to be the first civil lines of the summer capital.
The Divisional Commissioner's office has passed several orders to prevent grab of the prized land by unscr... | |
| | | | Defeat of the Gandhis is comprehensive | | UP Elections | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Mar 7: That the Sonia Congress was destined to suffer a comprehensive and humiliating defeat in Uttar Pradesh (UP), Punjab, Goa, and even Uttrakhand was a foregone conclusion and it actually happened. I will focus only on UP and not other states. UP rejected outright the Congress despite the fact that at least three Union Ministers, including Law Minister, and a large number of Congress leaders, including political guru of Rahul Gandhi, Digvijay Singh, communalised the whole election scene. Despite the fact that the Congress violated to the hilt the Model Code of Conduct to woo the Muslim voters; despite the fact that the Congress election strategists made common cause with... | |
| | | | Will people replicate Punjab & Goa in Jammu? | | Municipal Elections | | | Neha
JAMMU, Mar 7: Elections results in UP, Punjab, Uttrakhand, Goa and Manipur are out. As expected, the Congress suffered disastrous defeat in UP, Punjab and Goa. In UP, the Samajwadi Party (SP) scored a spectacular victory. It won more than 222 seats in a House of 403 with Congress winning a paltry 27 seats. In Punjab where the Congress was expecting a big victory, it could win only 46 seats in a House of 117, 2 more as compared to its tally of 44 in 2007. The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and BJP-combine scored a splendid victory. In fact, Punjab created history. It happened for the first time in more than four decades that the people of Punjab voted for the party- in-power. The people al... | |
| | | | Seeks JK settlement as per peoples' aspirations | | Vakil the 'separatist' | | | Early Times Report
BARAMULLA, Mar 7: Batting for separatists, former Minister and Member AICC Abdul Gani Vakil today said Kashmir issue cannot be solved with participation of separatists. Vakil was addressing party District Convention at Sheerwani Hall Baramulla.
The former Minister said no single party was in a position to resolve the Kashmir issue at an individual level and everybody had to understand that Kashmir issue can only be resolved when all the parties including separatists will sit together.
According to him dialogue could solve Kashmir dispute amicably in accordance with the wishes of the people of the state. Incidentally this is what hardcore separatist, Syed Ali Geelani h... | |
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