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FD misappropriates CAT funds No utilization certificate for a crore at Nimmo Bazgo project 4/15/2012 11:08:06 PM Bashir Assad Srinagar, Apr 15: Misappropriation of funds released under Catchment Area Treatment (CAT) at various HE projects by the Forest Department which was the implementing agency was reported earlier by the Early Times, however, the latest information shows that the amount misappropriated by the department runs in hundreds of crores and Nimmo Bazgo is the latest entry to the list. So for out of 255.46 Lacs released towards CAT plan by NHPC at Nimmo Bazgo Hydroelectric Power Project , the department of Forests and Soil Conservation have furnished utilization certificate to the Corporation for only 155.65 Lacs. The twin departments have misappropriated Rs. 100 lacs under CAT. However, the utilization certificate furnished by the government for 155.65 lacs is strongly contested by the departmental sources which claim the CAT plan has not seen light of the day as yet at the project site. Documents available with the Early Times also show that out of 912.055 lacs released by NHPC/central government for environmental management at Uri Hydroelectric Power Project under...   READ MORE

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Has NC taken Cong on board? What has Kamaal to say? Revocation Of AFSPA 4/15/2012 11:03:03 PM NEHA JAMMU, Apr 15: On April 10, NC additional general secretary and younger brother of NC president Farooq Abdullah and uncle of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah denounced JKPCC president Saif-ud-Din Soz and asked him not to go public on issues confronting the NC-Congress coalition government in the state. "Such utterances may earn (the) Congress some public sympathy, but it is not going to help the state government or the coalition by any means…The Congress leadership should instead use the proper forum to project such issues. Prof Soz is chairman of the Coalition Coordination Committee (CCC), he should raise these issues on this platform or in the Congress Working Committee…Even I don't...   READ MORE   If US can detain Kalam for frisking why cry over SRK episode? 4/15/2012 11:02:54 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 15: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah commented on Shah Rukh Khan's detention at a US airport on his twitter asserting that one must either travel at the terms of the country he/she is visiting or not travel at all. Commenting on the media hype that SRK's detention by US authorities received recently, Omar Abdullah disclosed that he had been detained for 2 hours at a US airport when he went there on a diplomatic passport. By international convention the diplomatic passports are treated as hassle free travel documents and most of the formalities which are followed in respect of other types of passports are relaxed for persons travelling on diplomatic passports. ...   READ MORE   Delhi needs to clear its stand on J&K IFO On Indo-Pak Peace Talks -- I 4/15/2012 11:02:43 PM RUSTAM JAMMU, Apr 15: In an interview to the American journal "The Wall Street Journal", which was published only the other day, Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai said that "India is willing to advance its peace talks with Pakistan and discuss the Kashmir issue, but the main stumbling block is Islamabad's failure to clamp down on militant" and that "Pakistan's recent moves, including an agreement to open its markets to Indian goods, was a signal that it was serious about improving ties with India". Besides, he questioned the attitude of Islamabad and the Pakistani army towards extremists, including the founder of dreaded Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JUD) chief Hafiz...   READ MORE   Adhocism galore in J&K Sports Council led by CM I/C Secy, I/C CSO, I/C SO and I/C managers (mis) managing show 4/15/2012 11:02:32 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 15: Mocking at the tall claims of the state government to give good and responsive governance to the people, the Jammu and Kashmir State Sports Council, the apex governing body of sports in the state is marred by adhocism from top to the bottom. Notwithstanding the fact that Chief Minister himself is the president of the Council, all its officers including the Secretary, the Chief Sports Officer (CSO), the Sports Officer (SO) and the managers of various districts and stadia of the capital cities are merely holding charge of their posts and none of them has been confirmed to his designated post. While the Chief Sports Officer, Khurshid Ahmad Baba is yet to...   READ MORE   Tainted Cops among Prez medal awardees 4/15/2012 11:01:53 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 15: The list of President's Medal awar-dees has shocked the people of the state. It has several tainted police officials in it. According to state home department sources as many as 241 criminal cases have been registered against the awardees during the past two decades. The sources said that 206 cases have been filed against police officials under various laws in the past two years. A total of 100 cases were registered against them in 2010, 99 cases in 2011 and 7 during the current year. . The tainted officials include a Senior Superintendent of Police A PMG awardee of 1999 who was jailed for fudging vital evidence in a murder case continues to be und...   READ MORE   Omar to have tough day today CMs' meeting on Internal Security 4/15/2012 11:01:33 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 15: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah could have a tough day tomorrow in convincing Prime Minister to revoke AFSPA from some parts of the state, a demand which he has been raising consistently. Omar Abdullah by all expectations would raise this issue at the meeting of Chief Minster's on internal security called and to be chaired by Prime minister. Even though Home Minister have been supportive of the suggestion of Omar Abdullah but Army has by all accounts virtually vetoed this proposal, citing security and operation reasons. Defence Minister A K Antony had also not given any hint of accepting this proposal of the CM. By raising up this issue in the meet...   READ MORE   Vakil plays typical Congress man Hails Sonia, lashes out at PDP, NC 4/15/2012 11:01:24 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 15: Playing a typical Congress man, former Minister and AICC member, Abdul Gani Vakil hailed Sonia Gandhi and the Nehru family and lashed out at both PDP and NC while addressing a gathering at Shangus, Anantnag yesterday. Vakil rejected PDP's Self Rule Document and NC's Autonomy Proposal as possible solutions to the Jammu Kashmir problem. According to him, the issue could be solved when all the stake holders including the separatists sit together and take into consideration aspirations of all the regions of the state. "Congress will not allow Kashmir issue to be used for political exploiters. Kashmir is not a commodity on which dirty politics can be pl...   READ MORE

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