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FA&CAO sidelined; no requisition from user deptt; no administrative approval; no inspection of experts; no technical sanction; no AERB clearance Taking CM for granted, SKIMS fudges purchase of Rs 18 Cr Linear Accelerator 5/16/2012 11:28:18 AM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, May 15: Taking Government of Jammu and Kashmir as well as Chief Minister and Chairman of Governing Body, Omar Abdullah, for granted, Director of Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura, has purchased Linear Accelerator for Rs 18 Cr from a foreign company in gross violation of norms and codal formalities. The radio therapy plant has been procured without the proper requisition from the user department, without proper constitution and opinion of technical committees, without necessary approval of AERB, without administrative approval and technical sanction, while sidelining the hospital's Financial Advisor and Chief Accounts Officer. During Governor's rule on 10-11-2008, Planning Department of the Government of Jammu & Kashmir had communicated to SKIMS that a plan budget allocation of Rs 10 Cr had been released for procurement of a state-of-art radio therapy plant called, Linear Accelerator, for treatment of the alarmingly increasing number of cancer patients in the state. Accordingly, a committee comprising experts from A...   READ MORE

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DGP recruitments should not be restricted to hot spots 5/16/2012 11:27:54 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 15: Hassle free recruitments are presently going on in the State police force in many areas of the Valley. These recruitments are known as DGP recruitments wherein youths are selected on the spot in presence of senior police officers for constable level entry into the State police. Such recruitments are welcomed by youths desirous of serving the State police force as there are no strings attached to these recruitments by way of physical tests, written tests, interviews etc. Deserving candidates are selected on the spot and given appointment orders in a transparent manner. But, the most important question to be answered by the State Government that obviously...   READ MORE   State High Court orders LAWDA to take over controversial Srinagar farmhouse 5/16/2012 11:27:28 AM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, May 15: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court today ordered the Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) to take over the controversial farmhouse that had come up outside the Dachigam National Park in summer capital Srinagar.The State High Court had earlier directed the State Government to produce any construction permission if it had been given to the farmhouse owners. State Advocate General, Mohammad Ishaq Qadri today produced a report in the court in which it was mentioned that no permission had been given by concerned authorities for the construction of the farmhouse. Acting Chief Justice, Justice Virender Singh after seeing the report ...   READ MORE   Let the separatists decide Self determination or unity of JK? 5/16/2012 11:27:15 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 15: After Professor Abdul Ghani Bhat's Sopore statement, the separatists have stressed need for enforcement of right to self determination as guaranteed by the UN resolutions. Bhat had ruled out a solution under UN resolutions. The statement won him severe criticism. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Shabir Shah and many others have issued statements saying the UN resolutions alone can solve the long pending dispute. Syed Ali Shah Geelani is scheduled to hold a seminar shortly on the issue. Geelani, it may be mentioned, has ruled out all other solutions put forth by various actors. Interestingly, all the separatists including Geelani have been opposing division of the St...   READ MORE   State spends lavishly on their residences Ministers, bureaucrats punch holes in State exchequer 5/16/2012 11:26:31 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 15: Not only the Ministers, bureaucrats also punch holes in the State exchequer. Both the `revered' species spend hefty sums on renovation of their houses. According to official figures, between 2010 to 2012 lakhs of rupees have been spent on the renovation of Government quarters of IAS officers which include Madhav Lal and SS Kapur as Rs 1.96 lakh, whereas senior IAS officer Khurshid Ahmed Ganai, who is now retired, has spent Rs 4.18 lakh. The repairing work on BR Sharma's bungalow cost the State Rs 4.47 lakh while Government spent Rs 4.62 lakh on renovation of Gazanffar Hussain's bungalow. IAS officer, Suresh Kumar's residence cost the State Rs ...   READ MORE   Congress must go for self introspection in JK' 5/16/2012 11:26:10 AM ` Early Times Report JAMMU, May 15: A controversy is being alleged behind the surfacing of scams after scams within the Congress Ministers of State coalition Government. A common man in J&K is quite astonished over the crocodile tears of Congress party leaders who instead of caring for the national image of the party in a disturbed State and correction of errors are just busy in talking of conspiracies against them. No doubt, working of their coalition partner Ministers is also under clouds but that does not justify the `inefficiency' of the Congress Ministers. During the past three years, the patronage offered to each and every Congress Minister by a `God Father" in New Delhi has evoke...   READ MORE   Jammu's Political Scene Infighting in, unpopularity of Cong unlikely to benefit BJP 5/16/2012 11:25:52 AM Neha JAMMU, May 15: The people of Jammu Pradesh are seething with anger. They have many problems but the NC-Congress coalition Government has failed to address their concerns and mitigate their hardships. Their problems are political, economic and social and they feel that they have never been considered part and parcel of the State and that they have never been given their due in the State's socio-economic and political processes. They are fed up with the existing political arrangement. Everyone in Jammu Pradesh, barring those close to the establishment, is feeling disgusted and abandoned. They are angry more with the Congress than the NC. They dismiss the NC as a Kashmir-centric outfit a...   READ MORE   Unification Of J&K Does Yasin Malik really mean what he says? 5/16/2012 11:24:35 AM Rustam JAMMU, May 15: Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Mohammad Yasin Malik on May 13 described as "artificial" the Line of Control (LoC) between this and other side of Jammu and Kashmir and asserted that this artificial line will "fall like Berlin wall" leading to the unification of Jammu and Kashmir like the fall of German wall which led to the unification of Germany. "The day is not far when this artificial wall (ceasefire-line) will fall, as aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir are one and their hearts throb in unison," he reportedly said while addressing a public meeting at Pakistan-occupied-Jammu and Kashmir's eastern district headquarter Bagh and added...   READ MORE   KPs unhappy with Sangh Parivar 5/16/2012 11:24:17 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 15: Kashmiri Hindus, who quit their homes and hearths in January 1990 to escape persecution and physical liquidation at the hands of extremists, are feeling disturbed. They are also angry. They are cursing the men at the helm of affairs. They are angry not so much with the Kashmiri extremists who used all conceivable and inconceivable means, including the use of religious across the Valley to frighten the non-believers and ensure their exodus from the Valley. They are angry with New Delhi. The Kashmiri Hindus believe that what the religious bigots in Kashmir did to them in 1990 was not something new and that what they did that black year was what they had ...   READ MORE   Legislators violating legislation with red lights 5/16/2012 11:22:09 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 15: The Government laws are flouted with impunity by none other than peoples representative (MLAs) who are entrusted with the job of not only making legislations but also ensure that these are implemented in letter and spirit. According to proviso of rule 108 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules 1989, the Central Government Notification No. 52 (E)/ 11-01-2002 of the ministry of Road Transport and Highways bars MLAs to use flasher red lights on their official vehicles. As per the order the at any time the number of vehicles with red lights in the State shouldn't exceed 50. Only Governor, Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister, Ministers and other important ...   READ MORE   Legislators violating legislation with red lights 5/16/2012 11:23:08 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 15: The Government laws are flouted with impunity by none other than peoples representative (MLAs) who are entrusted with the job of not only making legislations but also ensure that these are implemented in letter and spirit. According to proviso of rule 108 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules 1989, the Central Government Notification No. 52 (E)/ 11-01-2002 of the ministry of Road Transport and Highways bars MLAs to use flasher red lights on their official vehicles. As per the order the at any time the number of vehicles with red lights in the State shouldn't exceed 50. Only Governor, Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister, Ministers and other important ...   READ MORE   Legislators violating legislation with red lights 5/16/2012 11:12:20 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 15: The Government laws are flouted with impunity by none other than peoples representative (MLAs) who are entrusted with the job of not only making legislations but also ensure that these are implemented in letter and spirit. According to proviso of rule 108 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules 1989, the Central Government Notification No. 52 (E)/ 11-01-2002 of the ministry of Road Transport and Highways bars MLAs to use flasher red lights on their official vehicles. As per the order the at any time the number of vehicles with red lights in the State shouldn't exceed 50. Only Governor, Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister, Ministers and other important ...   READ MORE   Legislators violating legislation with red lights 5/16/2012 11:12:21 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 15: The Government laws are flouted with impunity by none other than peoples representative (MLAs) who are entrusted with the job of not only making legislations but also ensure that these are implemented in letter and spirit. According to proviso of rule 108 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules 1989, the Central Government Notification No. 52 (E)/ 11-01-2002 of the ministry of Road Transport and Highways bars MLAs to use flasher red lights on their official vehicles. As per the order the at any time the number of vehicles with red lights in the State shouldn't exceed 50. Only Governor, Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister, Ministers and other important ...   READ MORE   Legislators violating legislation with red lights 5/16/2012 11:12:19 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 15: The Government laws are flouted with impunity by none other than peoples representative (MLAs) who are entrusted with the job of not only making legislations but also ensure that these are implemented in letter and spirit. According to proviso of rule 108 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules 1989, the Central Government Notification No. 52 (E)/ 11-01-2002 of the ministry of Road Transport and Highways bars MLAs to use flasher red lights on their official vehicles. As per the order the at any time the number of vehicles with red lights in the State shouldn't exceed 50. Only Governor, Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister, Ministers and other important ...   READ MORE   Legislators violating legislation with red lights 5/16/2012 11:12:21 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 15: The Government laws are flouted with impunity by none other than peoples representative (MLAs) who are entrusted with the job of not only making legislations but also ensure that these are implemented in letter and spirit. According to proviso of rule 108 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules 1989, the Central Government Notification No. 52 (E)/ 11-01-2002 of the ministry of Road Transport and Highways bars MLAs to use flasher red lights on their official vehicles. As per the order the at any time the number of vehicles with red lights in the State shouldn't exceed 50. Only Governor, Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister, Ministers and other important ...   READ MORE   Legislators violating legislation with red lights 5/16/2012 11:12:21 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 15: The Government laws are flouted with impunity by none other than peoples representative (MLAs) who are entrusted with the job of not only making legislations but also ensure that these are implemented in letter and spirit. According to proviso of rule 108 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules 1989, the Central Government Notification No. 52 (E)/ 11-01-2002 of the ministry of Road Transport and Highways bars MLAs to use flasher red lights on their official vehicles. As per the order the at any time the number of vehicles with red lights in the State shouldn't exceed 50. Only Governor, Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister, Ministers and other important ...   READ MORE   Legislators violating legislation with red lights 5/16/2012 11:11:55 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 15: The Government laws are flouted with impunity by none other than peoples representative (MLAs) who are entrusted with the job of not only making legislations but also ensure that these are implemented in letter and spirit. According to proviso of rule 108 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules 1989, the Central Government Notification No. 52 (E)/ 11-01-2002 of the ministry of Road Transport and Highways bars MLAs to use flasher red lights on their official vehicles. As per the order the at any time the number of vehicles with red lights in the State shouldn't exceed 50. Only Governor, Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister, Ministers and other important ...   READ MORE   Unification Of J&K Does Yasin Malik really mean what he says? 5/16/2012 10:09:37 AM Rustam JAMMU, May 15: Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Mohammad Yasin Malik on May 13 described as "artificial" the Line of Control (LoC) between this and other side of Jammu and Kashmir and asserted that this artificial line will "fall like Berlin wall" leading to the unification of Jammu and Kashmir like the fall of German wall which led to the unification of Germany. "The day is not far when this artificial wall (ceasefire-line) will fall, as aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir are one and their hearts throb in unison," he reportedly said while addressing a public meeting at Pakistan-occupied-Jammu and Kashmir's eastern district headquarter Bagh and added...   READ MORE

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