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| HRD ministry raps J&K govt, says scheme showing negative trends | | Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Jun 11: State government has virtually ruined centrally sponsored Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) scheme owing to its casual and non-serious approach. The scheme has begun showing negative trends.
What to talk of its implementation, state government has not bothered to even fulfill commitments which it had made with Project Approval Board (PAB) of Union Human Resource Development ministry when the scheme was first introduced. Situation has aggravated compelling HRD ministry to acclaim that while most of the indicators of implementation of the scheme are showing negative trend, policy makers are not concerned at all.
These observations were made by officials of Union Human Resource Development ministry during 190th meeting of Project Approval Board (PAB) held on May 21, 2012 for approval of the annual work plan and budget of Jammu and Kashmir. They pointedly said that progress with regard to civil works and teacher recruitment is very slow.
Cumulative completion rate is only 43 percent whereas the expenditure rate is 96 percent, officials said. They maint... | |
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| Top Al-Badr militant arrested | | | | early times report
Srinagar, June 11: A top Al-Badr ultra, wanted in several militancy-linked incidents including grenade attacks on security forces, was arrested today in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir. Munir Ahmad Bukhari, a self-styled Divisional Commander of the outfit in north Kashmir, was nabbed in Nowhamam village in Sopore, 55-km from here, a police spokesman said. He operated with code names of "Sajjad Baloch, Hamza, Amir and Ghazi Sajad", the spokesman said. Bukhari was involved in a number of militancy-linked incidents including grenade attacks on the Rashtriya Rifles Headquarters and Sopore Police Station in 2010. The militant was operating under the direct command of... | |
| | | | PYC fanfare in name of felicitation ceremonies….? | | New Delhi takes notice of ‘ostentation’ post polls | | | Early times Report
Jammu, June 11: Even as the new body of J&K unit of Pradesh Youth Congress is 'indulging' in a spree of gala fanfare and functions for the past few days , the hangover of which is seen in glitterati of colourful ads on hoardings and in the ads , New Delhi, it is learnt to have taken a strong notice of 'loudness 'and even administered a dose of 'admonishment' to the concerned quarters for what they see as unwarranted extravaganza which is not sending a good and positive message down the cadres.
PYC, it appears is in mood and mode to break all past and set new records its parent body J&K PCC has been seen to have created with regard to ever widening factions, , gr... | |
| | | | Latest photo of Junaid links him to militancy; Police | | | | early times report
Kishtwar, June 11: Latest picture of a teenager from Kishtwar wanted in Delhi High Court blast case has revealed his terror links after his parents claimed that he was kidnapped by Azhar Ali Butt of Padder in first week of November 2010.
Junaid Akram Malik is wanted by National Investigative Agency (NIA) probing last year September 7 blast outside Delhi High Court which left 16 people dead and 80 wounded.
According to police, 19- year- old Junaid Akram Malik is "A" category militant in police records wanted in Delhi HC blast case by Kishtwar police and NIA. Police said that though initially the family members registered his kidnapping report at police station Kishtwar... | |
| | | | Political ploy behind Tehsildar's transfer in Anantnag | | | | Bashir Assad
Anantnag, June 11: Allegations are being heard that a political ploy had worked behind the all of a sudden transfer of the erstwhile Tehsildar of Anantnag who has been at the centre of controversy for quite some time given his proclivity towards opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
Anantnag Tahsildar Ghulam Rasool Bhat believed to be close to local PDP leadership was all of a sudden transferred and directed to report in Revenue Secretary's office till further orders.
Sources said that Dr. Bashir Ahmad Veeri MLC and local ruling National Conference leader who was not comfortable with Bhat given his acquaintances with PDP MLAs Abdul Rehman Veeri and Rafi Ahmad Mir got... | |
| | | | NC obfuscating security for politics | | Panches resignations in Valley | | | early times report
Srinagar, June 11: The alarming trend of resignations by elected Sarpanches and Panches in Pulwama district has created a spate of allegations and counter allegations in the mainstream political parties.
In just one go, 33 elected Sarpanches and Panches issued paid advertisements in local newspapers asserting they had resigned their positions and had nothing to do with the offices to which they were elected in 2011 by voters.
The district administration has vehemently denied that any such resignations have been submitted to them by the people who came out in public maintaining that they had resigned their elected positions.
An interesting volley of allegations has be... | |
| | | | Resignation of panchayat members continue | | 200 positions fall vacant | | | early times report
Srinagar, June 11: Night patrolling by various security agencies in rural South Kashmir has not infused a sense of security in the panchayat members. Resignations continue to pour in. According to a local news agency, the numbers of resignations have exceeded 200.
The statement of the Parliamentary affairs minister, Ali Mohammad Sagar has only added to the woes of the panchayat members. He said the government was not in a position to provide security to all panches and sarpanches for some `isolated' incidents of violence.
The resignations have come in the wake of increased attacks on the elected panchayat members since last month. According to the police Jaish-e-... | |
| | | | Geelani's reminder of 2010 turmoil evokes mixed response | | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, Jun 11: Radical separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani's call for shutdown on occasion of the second death anniversary of a teenager, allegedly killed in Police firing, evoked mixed response in Kashmir today. Commercial traffic remained partially off the road and shops remained shut in several areas of this capital city as the Hurriyat (G) chief sought to remind the Kashmiris beginning of a three-month-long summer agitation that consumer over a hundred civilian lives in 2010.
Even as none of the government offices or banks was seen shuttered, attendance was moderate and most of the business establishments remained closed in the Civil Lines. Downtown interior to... | |
| | | | Alleged accused in Laila Khan's case declared absconder | | | | early times report
Kishtwar, June 11: Police today declared Parvaiz Iqbal Tak, the alleged main accused in the mysterious disappearance of Bollywood actress Laila Khan, as absconder and released his latest photograph.
Police, in their public message, has also assured for a suitable reward to the person who helps them in his arrest.
While police continued raids at several places to arrest Tak, he father Mohammad Amin Tak was also said to have gone underground to avoid his possible arrest. Sources said when police yesterday reached Tak's residence at Nalli Bhunzwah, his house was found with all the family members missing.
Meanwhile, police today shifted the Laila Khan's Outlander car t... | |
| | | | Beware of former bureaucrats like Raman | | Interlocutors' Report | | | RUSTAM
JAMMU, June 11: A number of former bureaucrats have started ganging up and asking the Congress-led UPA Government to immediately implement the recommendations as made by the New Delhi-appointed three interlocutors -- Dilip Padgaonkar, Radha Kumar and M M Ansari - in their 177-page report, which was made public by the Union Home Ministry on May 24. One of them is former additional secretary, Research & Analysis Wing (RAW), Cabinet Secretariat, B Raman. "There is an insurgency fatigue in the state, but it would be unwise to misinterpret the growing normalcy in the ground situation as indicating a political fatigue as well. The grievances have not withered away. To turn J&K around, th... | |
| | | | Resolving issues in Jammu & Kashmir | | BSP & Jammu | | | NEHA
JAMMU, June 11: The Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) are the two formations in Jammu & Kashmir which have definite roadmaps as far as the resolution of the age-old Jammu issue is concerned. The JKNPP has been advocating reorganization of the state on regional and underlining the need for the creation of three legislative assemblies, one each for Jammu Pradesh, Kashmir and Ladakh. The BSP, on the other hand, surprised everyone by demanding trifurcation of Jammu & Kashmir into Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh States. In fact, the BSP for the first time demanded trifurcation of the state when its local leadership under party president Tulsi Dass ... | |
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