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Omar accepts staggered progress on PMRP, blames strict guidelines J&K lagging behind socio-economically: PC , vMughal road to spill over to 2012, power purchase goes up: CM 6/17/2011 11:43:54 PM Syed Junaid Hashmi EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, June 17: Having virtually given up on streamlining administrative functioning and speeding up utilization of funds meant for centrally sponsored schemes (CSS), Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has pleaded planning commission of India to relax guidelines and show flexibility in deployment of resources. Omar sought these relaxations after Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia had in his letter dated February 9, 2011 pointed out that Jammu and Kashmir was lagging behind in almost 18 socio-economic indicators, as compared to all India numbers. He had advised the state government to step up progress in health and education sectors besides pointing out dismal resource position. Responding to this critical letter of planning commission, Omar during the meeting with planning commission of India on June 15 sought relaxations while affirming that flexibility would enable state government to implement expert group recommendations and address key recommendations of the state finance commission for ensuring equitable developme...   READ MORE

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DNA is superior to Ph D in Cultural Academy A rehabilitation centre for sons and daughters of litterateurs and journalists 6/17/2011 11:42:58 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, June 17: When arguably the tallest of the contemporary literary figures in Jammu & Kashmir, Prof Rehman Rahi, wrote appreciation of his own daughter, Nausheen Nighat, while pushing her for promotion from Assistant Editor to Editor, sometime back, one of the Valley's top leading newspapers carried a story. In short span of few years, Jammu & Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture & Languages, commonly known as Cultural Academy, has become a rehabilitation centre for sons, daughters and other relatives of litterateurs and journalists. Incumbent Secretary, Zaffar Iqbal Manhas, has, however, introduced a diversification to ensure that he and few other employees of the A...   READ MORE   NC accused of widening wedge between Congress factions Loyalists of AZAd faction soft towards NC….? 6/17/2011 11:42:20 PM Early Times Report Jammu, June 17: Political bickering and naggings between allies of ruling coalition have reached all time low with leaders at the middle rung of both Congress and NC exchanging unsavory and unpalatable expressions against each other and even hurling abuses besides passing sarcastic remarks. The bickerings which started few days back between the the parties is now gradually narrowing down to creating further wedge within two factions of Congress with the loyalists of PCC Chief Prof Saif-u-Din Soz raising fingers at some loyalists of Ghulam Nabi Azad in what they accuse them of being soft towards National Conference. At a time when Congress is trying to make a loud cry o...   READ MORE   1975 accord didn't contemplate restoration of 1952 position NC Distorting Facts - II 6/17/2011 11:41:37 PM Rustam EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, June 17: The terms of the 1975 accord were unambiguous. There was nothing whatever in the accord which could even remotely suggest that New Delhi had directly or indirectly suggested that it would restore the pre-1953 position to the state. On the contrary, the accord had clearly mentioned that the other party (Sheikh Abdullah) would not be allowed to tinker with the provisions of the Indian Constitution extended to the state after August 9, 1953; that there was no question of changing the nomenclatures of the Governor and the Chief Minister; and that there be no dilution in the jurisdiction of the Election Commission of India and Supreme Court as far as...   READ MORE   Home deptt clears promotion of 7 top police officers 6/17/2011 11:41:01 PM Sumit Sharma EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Jun 17: Home department is all set to promote three Inspector Generals of Police to Additional Director Generals of Police and four Senior Superintendents of Police to Deputy Inspector Generals of Police. Sources with in Home department informed that promotion of three Inspector Generals of Police SP Vaid, Naveen Agarwal and Dollay is on cards and they are likely to be promoted as Additional Director Generals of Police soon. Trio is of 1986 batch, Sources said that the formalities related to their promotions have been completed. IGP SP Vaid is presently on deputation to BPR&ND, Dolly is posted as IGP Headquarters in PHQ and Naveen Agarwal is per...   READ MORE   J&K the second most corrupt state Ramdev & Anna 6/17/2011 11:40:29 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 17: According to the Transparency International India (TII), J&K is the second most corrupt state in India, which itself is the most corrupt country in the world with corrupt elements having stashed nearly 400 lakh crores of Indian rupees in the foreign banks, mostly in Switzerland. However, insiders contest on the condition of anonymity the conclusion of the TII and say J&K is not the second most corrupt state but the most corrupt state in the country. Their view is that there are several persons in and outside the establishment who became multi-millionaire overnight. They do make a valid point. Whatever the truth the fact remains that J&K is a corrupt st...   READ MORE   When Jammu police earns bad name, Sunderbani PS gets ISO certificate 6/17/2011 11:39:48 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, June 17: While police has earned a bad name for the inhuman torture of goldsmith Vishal that left him paralysed in both arms, Sunderbani police station in Rajouri has got ISO 9001-2008 certification "for working as per international standards and conformity to quality functioning." Sunderbani PS has become the second PS to get ISO 9001-2000 certificate. Reasi PS was the first to get it. One should not be surprised if the infamous police stations also get it in near future. Reason: ISO norms are simply about building and infrastructure upgradation, and streamlining character and passport verification processes, "these have nothing to do with the torture of i...   READ MORE   Omar seeks international flights to Srinagar 6/17/2011 11:39:10 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT SRINAGAR, June 17: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has sought direct international flights to Srinagar in order to boost the tourism sector in the state. Addressing a tourism conference organised by FICCI here, Omar asked the centre to introduce direct international flights to valley. He emphasized the need of facilitating tourists from South-East Asia and Middle-East to visit the Valley by operating direct flights. Terming connectivity as an important ingredient for attracting foreign tourists, he strongly advocated operationalizing international flights by the Air India from and to Srinagar Airport. "This would give fillip to the arrival of international tourist traf...   READ MORE

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