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| Transfers in Education department on sale, MCC violated with impunity | | Aggrieved urge State Election Commissioner to seize record register | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
JAMMU, Mar 7: In a bid to vitiate the process of free and fair elections in the State, the Education department of the State has started affecting transfers of teachers/masters through back dated orders in brazen defiance of the model code of conduct that came into force on March 5.
As per the details reaching Early Times, from various Districts of Jammu as well from Kashmir region, the transfers in Education Department are on sale and have created ripples among the teachers/masters having no political approach.
As per the sources, over 2500 transfers of teachers/masters/headmasters/lecturers/principals of various schools have been made in the state during last few days. ... | |
| | | | Queer ways of Omar led coalition Govt | | Rs 171.68 Cr tax waiver to 18 unregistered industrial units | | | Akshay Azad
JAMMU, Mar 7: The Finance department of cash starved Jammu and Kashmir is seemingly so prosperous that it has granted remission of taxes to the tune of Rs. 171.68 Crores to 18 unregistered industrial units in five years.
According to recent report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, it has been maintained that an amount of Rs. 91.13 Crore on account of tax remission was granted in favour of 18 unregistered industrial units besides interest of Rs. 80.56 was also leviable against these units, in the years ranging from 2005-06 to 2010-11.
The industrial units which were given tax waiver including Kissan Agro, Krishna Binding House, Electrotech, Eoton Laboratories, M... | |
| | | | CAG exposes adhocism, naivety, administrative inertia in Tourism Department | | | | Kunal Shrivatsa
JAMMU, Mar 7: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India in its latest report has brought to the fore several follies of the State Government while handling the affairs of Tourism Department and Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Development Corporation (JKTDC).
The CAG Report has pointed out that the lack of proper planning by the State Government has resulted in poor growth of tourism sector in the State.
"The Department had not formulated long term and short term perspective plans and the developmental activities had been undertaken in an adhoc manner. Most of the newly created Development Authorities had not finalized the Master plans. Funds were diverted from one sche... | |
| | | | Passage of Shrines Bill: More support pours in for KPs' struggle | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Mar 7: The struggle for passage of Kashmiri Hindu Shrines and Religious Places Bill has not been confined to the Kashmiri Pandits only but more political parties in the State have assured to join the struggle openly.
While PDP, CPI (M), and independent candidates openly supported the passage of the Bill, the Jammu based political parties Kranti Dal, Rashtrawadi Shiv Sena (RSS) and Dharmarth Trust Sangarsh Samiti (DTSS) have already joined their hands with some KP organisations demanding the passage of the Bill and constitution of a Shrines Board for the management of Hindu shrines in Valley.
However, the dubious role played by NC-Congress coalition on the F... | |
| | | | NC gets Valley, Cong Jammu, Ladakh | | Coalition partners settle scores on seat sharing | | | Bashir Assad
SRINAGAR, Mar 7: While ignoring the persistent demand of the local Congress about leaving one seat from the Valley for it against the Ladakh seat, the Congress high command today reached a seat sharing agreement with its coalition partner, the National Conference by virtue of which Congress will contest two Jammu seats and the lone Ladakh seat leaving all the three Valley seats for National Conference.
Highly placed sources in the Congress told Early Times this evening that the party high command reached a seat sharing agreement with the National Conference laying all the speculations to rest.
Sources said though the local Congress leaders insisted that the Congress workers ... | |
| | | | Lal may lose Doda-Udhampur for Congress | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 7: The Congress party may face problems by fielding sitting Member Parliament (MP) Lal Singh, from Udhampur-Doda Parliamentary seat. Lal, according to reports is not in good books of the people of his constituency.
After last year's Kishtwar violence, Lal Singh was more seen as a man with RSS ideology and less of a secular credential person who stands for the equality and justice among communities. Also naming the victim in molestation case of a lady doctor in which former Minister Shabir Khan was allegedly involved, Lal Singh invited trouble for himself.
If Congress party and National Conference goes for the Lok Sabha elections together, they have to cau... | |
| | | | BJP a communal party: Omar | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 7: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has termed BJP as a communal party. According to him only Cong and NC are the secular parties.
Addressing party workers on today, Omar said the elections are clash of ideology and fight between communal and secular forces.
The forthcoming Parliamentary elections are straight out contest between BJP and Congress, where the latter is on sliding path and BJP is likely to double up its seats, as per the different poll analysis. Omar has positioned himself as secular and by alleging that PDP is in cohort with BJP, he has also apparently termed it as divisive and communal party.
Omar is deliberately building communal attack for t... | |
| | | | CAG picks holes in Youth Services & Sports Department | | | |
Mustansir
SRINAGAR, Mar 7: Failure of the Department of Youth Services and Sports to ensure transfer/acquisition of encumbrance free land before undertaking execution of project for construction of an Indoor Complex/Rifle shooting range-cum-open play-field at Nagrota, Jammu has resulted in irregular expenditure of Rs. 1.04 crore and blockage of funds of Rs. 0.76 crore.
This was pointed out by the Comptroller and Auditor General Report placed in the State legislature recently. The CAG report said for the development of facilities, Department of Youth Services and Sports conceived a project for construction of an Indoor Complex/Rifle-shooting range-cum-open play-field at Nagrota, Jammu du... | |
| | | | CM exhibits scant regard for HR violations | | Commoners forced to stop for his cavalcade | | | Bivek Mathur
JAMMU, Mar 7: A couple of days after the State Human Rights Commission ruled that stopping the general traffic for the VIP movement tantamount to human rights violation, traffic was stopped brazenly from all directions at several places for ensuring smooth passage to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in Jammu today.
In between 2:00 pm to 2:30 pm Friday, the Chief Minister's cavalcade passed through Dogra Chowk area of Jammu city and the general traffic was stopped by the Traffic Police to allow clear road to the CM, completely oblivious of the fact that notices have been issued to the Divisional Commissioners of Kashmir, Jammu and IGP Traffic in response to a complaint filed by th... | |
| | | | Sedition charges against 'pro-Pak' students to further 'alienate' them, says Omar | | Meerut 'anti-India' episode | | | Neha
JAMMU, Mar 7: On Monday, around 60 Kashmiri students at private Swami Vivekananda Subharti University in Meerut were expelled for three days from the hostel after they had allegedly supported Pakistan cricket team against India in the Asia Cup match between the two sides on Sunday last and raised pro-Pakistan slogans. They were also asked to vacate the hostel. The authorities in the University took this action after preliminary investigations. The Vice-Chancellor of the University, who belongs to the community to which these pro-Pakistan Kashmiri students belong, disapproved of the anti-national conduct of these students. SSP, Meerut, Omkar Singh, said that on the basis of the comp... | |
| | | | Poor planning bleeds State exchequer | | Idle investment of Rs 1.75 cr in Dharmni irrigation scheme | | | Avinash Azad
Jammu, Mar 7: Poor planning and lack of foresight by Irrigation and Flood Control (IFC) department in execution of the project by way of affecting changes in the design and size of the pump house after allotment of work to the contractor and non-completion of main component of the project by the Executive Engineer (EE) IFC Division Kathua resulted in idle investment of Rs 1.75 crores.
According to the recent report of Comptroller Audit General of India (CAG) , the state technical Advisory Committee of the department approved (April 2005) 'construction of lift irrigation scheme, Dharmni' at a cost of Rs 1.77 crores for funding under government of India, accelerated irriga... | |
| | | | `Rahul imposed alliance decision on reluctant State Congress' | | Azad bats for going to LA polls alone | | | Javaid Naikoo
SRINAGAR, Mar 7: Even as pre-poll alliance between Congress and National Conference seems on cards, local Congress leaders accuse Rahul Gandhi of imposing the arrangement on them. According to them Gandhi ignored the JKPCC Panel and went ahead with his decision. But, sources within Congress said Ghulam Nabi Azad managed to put alliance for Assembly polls on hold for the time being.
Sources said that a list of names framed by State Congress leadership which include Salman Soz, Taj Mohi-ud-din, Mohammad Muzaffar Parray, Ghulam Ahmad Mir, Peerzada Mohammad Syed and Bashir Ahmad Magray was in consideration of JKPCC and was even forwarded to the Congress core group for final nod... | |
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