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| J&K IAS Babus take CAG findings 'non-seriously' | | 487 inspection reports involving Rs. 745.83 crore pending for disposal | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Mar 31: Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has accused IAS Babus of Jammu and Kashmir of being unable to enforce accountability and held them responsible for not protecting interest of the state government.
Pointing towards customary lying of copies of annual audit reports in both the houses of state legislature, CAG has said that IAS Babus do not take cognizance of its findings even if they are of grave nature, thereby completely negating the cause for which audit of state financial accounts is conducted every year.
CAG has stated that these Babus heading various departments do not respond, even if serious financial irregularities are reported to them. In its report for year 2009-10 tabled in the state legislature today, CAG has given tabulated detailed account of the non-seriousness of IAS Babus towards its findings.
The reports in table 4.16 on Page 113 brings out that 1678 paragraphs involving a huge Rs. 745.83 crore relating to 487 inspection reports issued by Principal Accountant General (Audit) upto June 2009 were pending for disp... | |
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| Court extends 3 day police remand of Beigh, Ors | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 31: Forest Magistrate Jammu Sandeep Kour today extended three day police remand of Salim Beigh then Supt Kot-Bhalwal Jail, Surinder Kumar then PSO of Salim Beigh and Sunny Choudhary alias Sunny Baba who are involved in FIR NO 164/2010 U/Ss 307/120-B/34 RPC r/w section 3/25 Arms Act.
Accused Salim Beigh has been arrested on March 24, 2011, Accused Surinder Kumar arrested on March 25, 2011 and Sunny Choudhary was arrested on March 28, 2011 in FIR No 164/2010.
Senior Prosecuting Officer Sanjay Kohli along with SI Abid Bhukhari Incharge PP Sainik Colony Jammu presented the accused in proper custody and seeks police remand for eight days a... | |
| | | | Property Tax Board bill passed; entire opposition stages walkout terming it anti-people, draconian | | Municipal, municipal corporation Acts also amended | | | Bharat Bhushan
JAMMU, Mar 31: While legislative assembly today passed a bill to set up a Property Tax Board in the state, entire opposition, which wanted certain amendments to be incorporated in it and its deferment till then, staged a walkout amid noisy scenes, terming it "anti-people and draconian".
A bill to further amend the Municipal Act and Municipal Corporation Act of 2000, was also passed.
The two bills were moved in the House by Nasir Aslam Wani -- minister of state for housing and urban development. The amendments moved by Basharat Ahmed Bukhari and Zulfikar Ali were rejected by the House when put to vote.
Speaking to scribes later, deputy chief minister Tara Chand, who holds... | |
| | | | Cabinet writes off deceased Ministers', MLAs', MLCs' loans | | Pir gets charge of CCT; 3 IAS officers given suppertime scale | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
JAMMU, Mar 31: In a significant development, Cabinet today waived off all outstanding loans of a number of Ministers and legislators who have passed away in the last two decades. While as three IAS officers were promoted to suppertime scale, Commissioner Excise G A Pir was also given additional charge of Commissioner Commercial Taxes at the end of the re-employment period of Khwaja Bashir Ahmed.
On recommendations of Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Government today ordered immediate attachment of Principal Secretary Health & Medical Education, Dr Ravi Kulbhushan Jeerath. A Government Order, circulated in Assembly, said that Jeerath had been attached to General Admin... | |
| | | | ‘Enforced disappearance is a severe form of custodial killing’ | | Omar admits 341 custodial executions since 1990 | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 31: The government today admitted that 341 persons had been subjected to extra-judicial execution in Jammu Kashmir since 1990. This was stated by Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah while answering a question in the Legislative Assembly today.
Omar also made a mention of 113 people -- 99 from Poonch and 14 from Rajouri, who according to him have went missing.
Omar has tactfully used the word missing for disappeared persons. The intention of the Chief Minister, according to noted human rights activists and patron of Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP), Parvez Imroz is to mislead the gullible people of India.
Imroz said around 8000 persons disap... | |
| | | | CDR recommends autonomy for Kashmir and slavery for Jammu | | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Mar 31: Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation (CDR), a Delhi-based militant and separatist-friendly think tank, has come out with a lengthy report on Jammu and Kashmir. The report is based on the conclusions reached among some 50 persons from India, Pakistan, the Indian Kashmir and Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir. The CDR mercenaries call it "an intra-Kashmir dialogue" titled "Common Interests, Common Future: Dialogue Across the LOC." The so-called dialogue took place in New Delhi on February 13 and 14, 2011.
The solution that it has suggested to surmount the so-called Kashmir problem reads: "Without prejudice to the political settlement of Kashmir problem, we suggest as a star... | |
| | | | With fire crackers they cracked politics | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 31: It is the story of two worlds. Totally different in mood and attitude. Though the people in both the worlds had purchased fire crackers worth lakhs of rupees, they were utilised in one world but in the other there was retrained use.
The two worlds, two different worlds, took birth the moment the umpires marched to the Mohali cricket grounds. People in the region of Jammu and in the vale of Kashmir watched the tie between the ball and the bat with bated breath. In Jammu region each fourer scored by the Indian batsmen was greeted with the loud cracker burst. In the other world crakers were fired with each Indian batsman marching to the pavillion after bein... | |
| | | | Victory at Mohali: This is the Indian nation | | | | Neha
JAMMU, Mar 31: India scored a splendid victory at Mohali in the cricket World Cup semi-final and stormed into the final to be played At Wenkhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday. It was not really a match between India and Pakistan. It was much more than that. It was the mother of all battles. The jubilant Indian media described the victory in its own way. It said "India vanquished Pakistan" in a high-voltage match watched by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani and millions and millions of passionate fans across the country. Indeed, it was a victory of sorts. People described it as a crowning triumph. Earlier, they had remained glued to their te... | |
| | | | Purani Mandi observes bandh after landlord beats shopkeeper | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 31 : The Purani Mandi market observed a bandh here today, demanding immediate arrest of the landlord who last night beat up a shopkeeper.Police sources said shopkeeper Om Prakesh Shukla had a scuffle with his landlord Dalbir Singh at Purani Mandi last night after Indian won the cricket world cup semi-final match against Pakistan.
In the clash, while Shukla sustained injuries, the accused fled the spot, the sources added.
In protest against the incident, the Purani Mandi shopkeepers downed their shutters and held a demonstration. They were demanding immediate arrest of the accused.
Shukla's family members and shopkeepers sat in the middle of the roa... | |
| | | | Police sees HM hand in NC man's killing | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
srinagar, Mar 31 : Three militants of Hizbul Mujahideen including a self-styled divisional commander were responsible for killing an NC activist in Pulwama district. As the police launched a massive manhunt to nab the killers, Hurriyat (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani strongly condemned the killing.
Divisional commander of Hizbul Mujahideen Sajad Ahmad alias "Bale Bale" and his two associates were behind the killing of NC 'Halqa' President Ghulam Mohiddun Bhat, who was shot at his Pinglish-Tral residence last night, police said.
A case has been registered and investigation set in motion immediately after the killing, the police spokesman said adding that highly reliabl... | |
| | | | Govt orders transfer, attachment of Jerath | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Mar 31 : After a recommendation made by the assembly privilege committee in this regard, the government today ordered the transfer of health commissioner RK Jerath and attached him to the General Administration Department (GAD) with immediate effect. The privilege committee Wednesday recommended Jerath's attachment after it found that he had insulted Bani MLA Lal Chand. Following his attachment, housing and urban development principal secretary Suresh Kumar was asked to hold the additional charge of administrative secretary, health and medical education department till further orders.... | |
| | | | Speaker summons local newspaper reporter | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Mar 31 : On the directions of speaker of legislative assembly Mohammad Akbar Lone, assembly secretariat today shot a letter to the editor of local English asking him to send his reporter before him for substantiating veracity of a news item carried by the newspaper in its edition dated March 31, 2011.
Letter was sent to the editor of that English daily in which he was asked to send his newspaper reporter before him on April 1 at 9 am for substantiating veracity of the news item "Rs 40 crore NRHM funds recovered from bank account of minister's OSD." Speaker issued the direction while taking cognizance of the issue raised by health minister Sham Lal Sharma in the ... | |
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