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| Omar directs shrinking of rehabilitation project from 5 to 3 years | | Reviews progress on Dal development project | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 12 : Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Friday directed for shrinking the time frame of the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Project for Dal dwellers from five years to three years asking Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) to fast track the activities of paying compensation to the affected families and providing them plots at the identified sites.
Chairing a high level meeting to review the pace of progress on rehabilitation project for Dal dwellers, the Chief Minister said that at least 500 structures should be targeted to be paid compensation each year during the next three years alongwith providing plots to the affected families to complete the project by 2015-16. The meeting was attended by Minister for Urban Development, Nawang Rigzin Jora, Minister of State for Home, Sajjad Ahmad Kitchloo, Chief Secretary, Mohammad Iqbal Khandey, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, B. B. Vyas, Commissioner Secretary Housing and Urban Development, Jeet Lal, Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Shalinder Kumar, District Development Commissio... | |
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| Cabinet approves promotion in Forest Department | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 12 : The Cabinet which met here today under the Chairmanship of Chief Minster, Omar Abdullah approved the following promotions and postings in the Forest Department. Mr. Vinod Ranjan, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, J&K has been placed in the apex scale of Rs. 80,000(fixed) and designated as Head of Forest Force (HoFF). Upon his promotion Mr. Vinod Ranjan has been transferred and posted as Chairman Pollution Control Board. The post has been upgraded in status and responsibility to that of the post of Head of Forest Force till it is held by Mr. Vinod Ranjan.
Mr. A.K. Singh, Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests has been promoted t... | |
| | | | Shabir calls Union Health Minister, urges to enhance NRHM plan for J&K | | | | Agencies
NEW DELHI, July 12 : Minister of State for Health, Mr. Shabir Ahmad Khan called on Union Health and Family Welfare Minister, Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad here today and briefed him about the steps taken by the State Government for upgradation of health care facilities across the State.
The Health Minister gave a detailed resume of the activities being carried out under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) for improvement in healthcare facilities particularly in remote, far-flung and hilly areas of the State. Mr. Shabir informed Mr Azad that spending capacity under NRHM have increased manifold in the State and construction work of a number of Hospital projects are at final stage in the S... | |
| | | | Chhari Mubarak to be carried to Amarnath by Pahalgam route | | | | Srinagar, July 12 : 'Chhari Mubarak', the holy mace of Lord Shiva, will be carried to the cave shrine of Amarnath on July 22 through the traditional Pahalgam route.
"Chhari Mubarak will leave for Pahalgam from Dashnami Akhara, Srinagar on July 22. 'Bhoomi Pujan' and 'Dhwajarohan' (flag hoisting) ceremonies will be performed at the resting place of Chhari Mubarak in Pahalgam. After performing the rituals, Chhari Mubarak will return to Dashnami Akhara on the same day," Mahant Deependra Giri, custodian of the holy mace, said in a statement.
After performing Chhari-Pujan at Dashnami Akhara here on 'Nag-Panchami' on August 11, Giri will carry the mace to the Amarnath shrine on Shravan-Purnima ... | |
| | | | RTI plea seeks details of J & K citizens affected in Uttarakhand tragedy | | | | Jammu : To ascertain the facts regarding total number of J & K citizens dead or missing in Uttarakhand natural calamity, an RTI application has been filed before the Public Information officer of the J & K Home Ministry at Civil Secretariat, Srinagar. An application dated 12/July/2013 under Jammu and Kashmir Right to Information act 2009 has been submitted by RTI activist Raman Sharma. In his plea, the applicant has sought the details like total number of J & K citizens who have been reported missing in Uttarakhand State where tragedy struck last month.
The application also seeks details like name, age, address of JK residents including male, female and minors who have been repo... | |
| | | | Governor reviews arrangements at Holy Cave, Panjtarni, Domel, Baltal Camps | | Shri Amarnathji Yatra-2013 | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 12 : Mr. N. N. Vohra, Governor, who is Chairman of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, reviewed the conduct of the Yatra in the first 15 days and inspected the arrangements made at Holy Cave, Panjtarni, Domel and Baltal Camps today.
At the Holy Cave Shrine, the Governor prayed for peace, harmony, progress and prosperity in the State. The Governor, accompanied by Mr. Navin K. Choudhary, Chief Executive Officer of the Shrine Board, inspected the arrangements at the Holy Cave, Panjtarni and Domel and held meetings with the concerned officers at these three Camps. Later, he inspected the functioning of the Access Control Gate at Domel, functioning of the S... | |
| | | | I-Day arrangements discussed at Samba | | | | Early Times Report
SAMBA, July 12 : A meeting to discuss arrangements for the celebration of Independence Day 2013 was convened here under the Chairmanship of DDC Samba, R.K Varma today at Samba. In the meeting it was decided that Independence Day celebrations shall be held at Govt.
Boys Higher Secondary School Ground, Kehli Mandi, Samba and National Flag hoisting ceremony shall take place at 7:55 am. It was informed that during the celebrations, the Chief Guest shall take salute from various marching contingents drawn from police, Ex -Servicemen, NCC, School students etc. Thereafter, cultural programme based on patriotic theme will be presented and function will end with the prize... | |
| | | | Yatra arrangements finalized | | | | BHADERWAH : A meeting to finalize the arrangements with regard to celebration of yatras, fair and festivals which include annual Mani Mahesh Yatra first starting on August 14, 2013, Machail Yatra starting on August 18, Kailash Yatra on August 26 to September 04, 2013, Mela Pat September 10 to 12, 2013 and Asha Pati Yatra on October 03 was held under the Chairmanship of Divisional Magistrate Bhaderwah, Dr Ravi Kumar Bharti here today.
Security and other arrangements like uninterrupted power and water supply, availability of essential commodities were discussed in the meeting.
Tehsildar Bhaderwah was nominated as Nodal Officer during the celebration of the yatra.
Among others Tehsildar Bha... | |
| | | | India to build pressure on Pak to stop aiding militants in J&K | | | | Jammu : India and Pakistan are likely to restart the process of dialogue aimed at reducing trust deficit by exchanging prisoners held in jails in the two countries. Islamabad, official sources said, has renewed its plea to New Delhi for releasing all the Pak prisoners held in Indian jails. As far as Pakistan is concerned it has prepared a list of those Indian who are held in various jails in Pakistan.
There are 793 Indians in Pakistani jails, out of which 582 are fishermen and over 220 Pakistani prisoners are in Indian jails. Official sources said that release of Indian prisoners from Pakistani jails has been one of the priorities of the government and it has been consistently taking up th... | |
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