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| J&K Bank no more a holy cow | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 28: J&K Bank, hitherto considered a holy cow, and a financial instrument of Government in furthering its interested (vested), has lost its title after being declared Public Authority by the State Information Commission in a landmark judgment.
The judgment couldn't have come at a better time. In the just concluded Budget session of the Assembly, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti had leveled serious allegations about the working of the bank. She had even alleged that an individual appointed Director by the Chief Minister himself had used banks money to further his financial interests by purchasing a property in the name of the bank much above the market value.
In fact in an anonymous letter written to the RBI Government by the J&K Bank officers they have also leveled allegations about the working of the bank which it was alleged was maneuvered to for the benefit of the few and even a name of the former Chairman was mentioned in the letter.
However, no one could get the exact information as the Government had barred public for filing RTI to get the exact d... | |
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| 7 of family among 10 killed in sumo mishap | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
KISHTWAR, Apr 28: In yet another tragic accident in the district, seven members of a family were among 10 people killed and four others sustained injuries when a Tata sumo met with an accident near Dugga Saroor on Dhar-Drabshala road, about 40 km from here, today.
As soon as the news of the accident reached Kishtwar, police and civil authorities rushed to the spot and started the rescue operation with the help of locals.
Additional Deputy Commissioner, Kishtwar, Jatinder Kumar Singh said that the ill-fated vehicle (JK17/0163) was on its way from Dhar to Drabshala when its driver lost control over it and it fell into a deep gorge.Nine persons were killed on the spot, while... | |
| | | | Complainant held thief, other escapes under police's nose | | | | Sumit Sharma
Jammu, Apr 28: In an alleged case of police negligence, a thief was caught by complainant himself while his associate escaped under the nose of Parade police.
According to sources, the incident took place on the evening of Friday when complainant was chasing the motorcycle stolen from the parking of Kamla Palace on 25 April. The Pulsar motorcycle bearing registration number JK02AH/1892 was stolen few days ago and a complaint was forwarded to the Talab Tillo police station by the complainant namely, Sourabh Mehra son of Surinder Kumar Mehra of Circular Road, but as usually reported the same was not registered by the concerned SHO. Complainant said to his ... | |
| | | | Promote people to people contact to reduce trust deficit between J&K, rest of India | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 28: When a group of teachers from Noida (UP) travel to Bandipore, in North Kashmir, next month, to interact with their counterparts and the student community in the Valley's remote area, it would be part of the Army 's initiative on promoting people to people contact.
The teachers and students of Step by Step school in Noida were thrilled during their interaction with a group of teachers from Bandipore. The initiative for promoting interaction between teachers from Bandipore and Noida had been taken by the Army.
Zahida, one of the teachers from Bandipore, was highly pleased with the new methodology being adopted by the teachers in the schools in Noida. The m... | |
| | | | YV Sharma re-elected as CCI president, Arun as secy gen | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 28: YV Sharma has been re-elected as the president of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CCI) Jammu while Arun Gupta was declared elected as general secretary of the newly elected body for which elections were held here today.
The result of Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industries was announced formally in the premises of JCCI here in late evening by the panel nominated as election commissioner at Office of the CCI Jammu at Bahu Plaza.
According to the offic... | |
| | | | Mufti rejects excuses, seeks Panchayat empowerment | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 28: Charging National Conference led coalition regime with eroding sanctity of all democratic institutions, patron of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Mufti Mohamamd Sayeed today rejected the logic given by the Government for delaying the process of empowering Panchyati Raj Institutions in the State.
"Almost one year has passed since the Panchayat elections were held but neither Block nor District Committees have been constituted so far.
Instead of constituting ... | |
| | | | NC goes high tech | | Will it serve any purpose? | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Apr 28: Having lost contact with the people across the State, the National Conference now intends to hook the people through internet. The party spokesman today said: "In furtherance to its commitment to reach out to the media and the people through all means, the National Conference media cell launched the party's official accounts on the social networking site Twitter and Face book."
Interestingly the National Conference workers and supporters like in villages where internet is not available. The Websites [email protected] [email protected], will not, therefore, serve the desired purpose.
The spokesman further said that the websites were meant mainly fo... | |
| | | | J&K executing Rs 1,900-cr project to contain T&D losses:Omar | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 28: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said a Rs 1,900-crore project is under execution to bring down the power transmission and distribution (T&D) losses in the State. "The Government has put R-APDRP schemes to execution to reduce T&D losses by 3 per cent annually," he said. Upgradation and power reforms project R-APDRP has been taken in hand at a cost of Rs 1,909 crore, Abdullah said while inaugurating a powergrid station at Ponicheck here. He said the project envisages improvement in high tension and low tension in towns and cities with a population of 10,000 and above. Seven grid stations have been completed in 2011, while two have been completed this mont... | |
| | | | Biased Delhi, Biased Congress, Biased Kashmiri Ruling Elite | | Broken Hearted Firdous | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Apr 28: Militant-turned-commentator and "peace-monger" Firdous Syed alias Babar Badar, who also served the Kashmiri cause as NC MLC not-so-long-ago, is a broken-hearted man. It appears. He is feeling disillusioned. He is neither happy with New Delhi nor with those ruling the State, including those belonging to the NC and Congress party. He finds nothing in Kashmir that could be admired. On the contrary, he finds in Kashmir everything that makes him conclude that the "space is shrinking for poor Kashmiris" (read Muslims).
That he is singing in the strain of the swan could be seen from what he wrote in his latest essay on Kashmir, essay titled "Disempowered people", which appe... | |
| | | | Separatists plan to establish foothold in Jammu | | Defeating Sinister Game-plan | | | Neha
JAMMU, Apr 28: Convinced that the ongoing separatist movement in certain parts of Kashmir valley has not helped them enlist the support of the international community and that an impression has gained ground that their movement is also sectarian, separatists like Syeed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik have planned to extend their area of influence to Jammu and Ladakh. Their objective is, it seems, to tell the international community and world bodies like the United Nations (UN) and the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) that their "freedom struggle" is "secular" and that the non-Muslims are very much part of it. They would start the process of ma... | |
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