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| Expanded cabinet’s first meeting today | | On agenda: chiefs for SIC, SAC, PSC, SERC; transfers and postings | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 13: The headless commissions, statutory and constitutional bodies are expected to get their chiefs soon as the recently expanded cabinet of Omar Abdullah will have its maiden meeting in Srinagar tomorrow. Transfers and postings at top to middle echelons of Police and in the middle order of administration are also high on the agenda, sources said.
Crucial issues of hiking salaries of state government employees and matters related to the upcoming budget session of state legislature are also in the cabinet agenda. Omar’s Cabinet now has 18 members, including the Chief Minister. The meeting is being held at the Civil Secretariat at 11 am.
Sources said that the Cabinet will discuss, besides other issues, the appointments of State Information Commissioner (SIC), Chairpersons of State Accountability Commission, Human Rights Commission, Public Service Commission and State Electricity Regulatory Commission. The Cabinet will also discuss the political and security scenario prevailing in Kashmir Valley following a string of cases of the violations of human ... | |
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| Simple, easy to plug arithmetic is costing PDD dearly | | | |
CHAMAN KAUL
JAMMU, JULY 13: It is an easy to plug jugulary of figures which costing the electricity supplier –the Power Development Department –dearly.
With a status of merely 50% customers in records of the Power Development Department (PDD) and out of existing 50% only 49% consumers are metered and the major chunk is entitled to pay below the range of 1KW at the cost of Rs. 50 to Rs.100 a month which makes the task of linemen to manage their daily expenses. At an average of 50.34MU saleable energy public lighting costs Rs.760/kW/month, which could be saved if managed properly by the department.
People are facing jolts of unprecedented power cuts across the Jammu region while as ... | |
| | | | 2.5 Cr cases pending in lower courts, 39 lakh in high courts | | | | Agencies
New Delhi: Over 2.5 crore cases are pending in subordinate courts and more than 39 lakh cases in high courts across the country, the Rajya Sabha was told today.
"As per the reports received from the Registries of the High Courts, 39,10,858 cases were pending in the High Courts and 2,66,50,467 cases were pending in the Subordinate Courts as on December 31, 2008," Minister of Law and Justice Veerappa Moily said.
According to information received from the Registry of the Supreme Court, 50,659 matters (31,363 admission matters and 19,296 regular hearing matters) were pending there as on June 1, 2009, he told the Rajya Sabha.
Moily added that government has taken various measures... | |
| | | | Strike cripples life in Kashmir | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, July 13 : Life was crippled today due to general strike in the undeclared curfew free areas in Kashmir on the 78th anniversary of 1931 martyrs.
A report from Baramulla said that life was paralysed in this and other major towns and tehsil headquarters in north Kashmir with shops and business establishments remaining closed and traffic off the roads.
However, schools and government offices remained closed on account of government holiday today.
The report said that adequate number of police personnel remained deployed in the town and outskirts.
No vehicle was being allowed to leave for Srinagar as authorities had apprehension that people from this north Kashm... | |
| | | | Indo-Pak FS meeting today | | | |
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SHARM-el-SHEIKH, EGYPT: Ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani, Foreign Secretaries of the two countries will meet here tomorrow to review the progress made by Islamabad to bring to book perpetrators of Mumbai attacks.
Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon will discuss with his Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir the primary issue of terrorism and what Islamabad has done to end terrorism directed against India.
The relations between India and Pakistan have been under "considerable stress" and the prime cause for it was terror acts emanating from Pakistan.
The meeting between two prime ministers expected on July 16 on ... | |
| | | | Army chief meets CM | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, July 13: Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor called on Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah here today.
Accompanied by General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command, Lt Gen P C Bhardwaj and Corps commander of Srinagar-based 15th corps Lt Gen Vikram Singh, the army chief was with the chief minister for over 40 minutes, an official spokesman said.The army officers discussed the prevailing situation with the chief minister.
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| | | | Security upped around Baglihar | | | |
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Jammu, July 13: Additional paramilitary personnel were deployed and cameras installed in and around Baglihar hydro-electric power project in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of reports of threat to it from Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT). "We have beefed up security in and around the project after revelation of LeT plan. We have also deployed some additional companies of paramilitary forces as a fool-proof security measure", a senior officer said.
He said round-the-clock patrolling has been intensified and closed circuit cameras have been installed inside the project, dam site and its power house. Two arrested LeT militants Mohmmad S... | |
| | | | Farooq rejigs NC CWC | | Sulking party men taken on decision making side | | | Inbox: 28 members, 4 permanent special invitees, 18 special invitees
Early Times Report
Jammu, July 13: Two days after expansion of Omar Abdullah ministry, the National Conference has reconstituted its Central Working Committee with 28 members on board and four permanent special invitees.
The newly constituted Central Working Committee –the highest decision making body of the party –has taken on board almost all those members who are presently sulking over denial of berths in the Omar ministry. “Those who could not make it to ministry have been taken on the decision making side”, commented a senior NC leader even as he admitted the dissent was running deep.
Sources said that after ... | |
| | | | CBSE to make Class X board exams optional | | | | Agencies
New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has proposals to make the Class-X board exam optional and allow internal assessment in which the patten of questions would be similar to those in the board exam; the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday.
To ensure that the quality of education is not affected, the CBSE would ask the schools to complete the required course of study of Class-IX and X as per the Board's scheme of studies and follow prescribed textbooks, Minister of State for HRD D Purandeswari said in a written reply.
She said the schools would conduct internal examinations on the basis of curriculum prescribed by the CBSE. The pattern of question paper in th... | |
| | | | Highway reopens as landslide cleared | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 13: The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway reopened to traffic on Monday after remaining closed for a day due to landslides.
The landslide has been fully cleared by the Border Roads Organization (BRO) and the traffic movement is smooth on the highway at Samroli, 78-km from here in Udhampur district, traffic police officials said.
They added a dozer has been kept at the spot in eventuality of any landslide in the rainy season.
The traffic police had late last night managed to clear over 400 stranded vehicles, including the Amarnath yatra convoy, they said.
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| | | | No downsizing of Army in J&K: GoI | | | |
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New Delhi, July 13: Government will "not dilute" the presence of Army in Jammu and Kashmir till the situation did not stabilise there. Maintaining that the presence of the forces in J&K was necessary, Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju said "we will not dilute presence of the forces till we are absolutely certain that there is no further threat to the country."
When asked to comment on reports that arrested LeT terrorists had revealed a tunnel was being dug up in Baglihar region of the state to mount attacks on India, he said the report was "in consonance with what we have been already saying...that it is premature to withdraw forces from there because the condition... | |
| | | | Anara case: SIT wants fresh medical check | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 13: The Special Investigation Team filed an application before the Chief Judicial Magistrate Jammu for issuance of a direction to the Principal and Superintendent Government Medical College Jammu for the Medical Examination of Anara Gupta, an aspiring model of the city who had landed in a porno-CD controversy few years back.
This is in the compliance to the directions of directorate of Forensic Science, Ministry of Home Affairs New Delhi for re-examination of the seized CDs through a high level board of expert scientist, the SIT took permission of this Court for sending seized material to the directorate which was granted vide order May 10, 2007.
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