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| Omar may take Legislative Council route to re-enter state legislature | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, July 17: The NC on Tuesday announced the first list of its 32 candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Jammu & Kashmir. The party gave mandate to 20 out of the 28 sitting MLAs. 10 ministers and Speaker were, among the 20 candidates, who were again given the mandate. Significantly, the name of working president and Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was conspicuous by its absence in the list of its 32 candidates.
The absence of the name of Omar Abdullah in the list of party candidates did indicate that the NC working president was not really willing to test political waters in the Ganderbal assembly constituency he at present represents in the a... | |
| | | | Omar emptying treasuries to adjust NC workers: PDP | | 'It's ministers demand HAFTA from sub-ordinates' | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, July 17: The Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Thursday in a scathing attack against the ruling national conference stated that the government at present is hell- bent upon creating difficulties for the next government.
"NC is trying to make the state ungovernable with the false announcements being made about the jobs and developmental works. Reality is that during these last days of the tenure, NC wants to adjust their workers and relatives in the government," said PDP chief spokesman Naeem Akhtar.
He told KNS that the state treasuries are running dry with the payment of hundreds of crores pending to the contractors and other agencies. "The state government i... | |
| | | | Despite HC ban, former UBL employee constructs hotel in Pahalgam | | PDA, Revenue, Forest department nexus stands exposed | | | Saahil Suhail
pahalgam, July 17: Despite High Court ban over constructions in Pahalgam, a former Urban Local Bodies Employee involved in multiple scams has managed to construct a hotel in lush green forest zone of Serchan.
Construction of the hotel having capacity of more than 60 rooms started earlier in 2010 and now it stands completed evidently exposing nexus between several departments including Pahalgam Development Authority, Revenue and Forest department and corrupt practices of the departments.
Former employee of Urban Local bodies, Nissar Ahmad Naik resident of Qazibagh Anantnag known for his involvement in different scams and scandals, is constructing the hotel worth crores in l... | |
| | | | DB seeks status on sealing of hotels violating laws | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, July 17: A Division Bench of Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed State Pollution Control Board to file a status report within two weeks about the sealing of hotels who continue to violate pollution control and other laws in the state.
Hearing a Public Interest Litigation, the division comprising Chief Justice M M Kumar and Justice Hasnain Masoodi also clarified that its order allowing hotels without STPs to operate 19 rooms will not last for all times to come.
As the hearing in the PIL, Rafiq Zargar and others Vs state, started before the bench, Secretary, State Pollution Control Board filed status report, providing details of STP in various hot... | |
| | | | Favorites still favourable, no change in administrative apparatus | | | | Bashir Assad
Srinagar, July 17: The Omar Abdullah-led coalition government has failed yet again in infusing a new life in the administrative apparatus, courtesy the dissent in the state cabinet on petty partisan interests. Yesterday, the state cabinet effected the much-awaited transfers in the bureaucratic set-up at higher level.
However, it could not bring a desirable change in the departments falling under the category of essential services, which Omar Abdullah himself refers to as the 'sadak, bijli, pani' departments. It is shocking that the ministers in the cabinet are engaged in hectic lobbying to save their blue-eyed officers. Reliable sources in the Civil Secretariat told ... | |
| | | | Politics of walkout will not help Congress | | Too little, too late | | | Rustam
JAMMU, July 17: The already at-the-receiving-end Congress party yet again lost the opportunity to win back the trust of the alienated refugees Pakistan-occupied-Jammu & Kashmir. The case in point is the canny walkout by three Congress ministers - all from Jammu - from the cabinet meeting on Wednesday after the Omar Abdullah cabinet did not accept their suggestion that a compensation package for the refugees be worked out on the pattern of internally-displaced Kashmiri Hindus. The cabinet deferred the proposal concerning the PoJK refugees. The number of these refugees, according to one estimate, is nearly 10 lakh and they influence the poll outcome in at least 20 assembly constituenc... | |
| | | | OMAR TO HANG BOOTS….? | | vNC failing to come up with any 'workable dispensation' | | | Mishu Gupta
JAMMU, July 17: Either the National Conference is a desperate lot or otherwise it has fallen short of its credibility in the state to spring up surprises for the people of Jammu and Kashmir to present them with some new ideology that may redeem its dead polity.
While no National Conference candidate is right now in position to react to the contemporary arrangement of the party that had assured drastic changes to make inroads back into the hearts and minds of the people , but the recent announcement of list of its members contesting the 32 seats apparently shows that NC repeating its earlier camaraderie in the contest projects that the party has no option but to repeat its cand... | |
| | | | 'Stumbling Block'- 'Pvt parking' outside Fire Station might delay 'action' | | | | Shiv Thakur
Jammu, July 17: The private parking within the Jammu & Kashmir Fire and Emergency Services (JKFES) at Kachi Chowni has not only 'eye catchers' for passersby but have become a stumbling block also especially during the emergency situation
The motto of Fire and Emergency Service is "We serve to save" but all this depends upon the 'golden hour' i.e. the time between the emergency call and the arrival of the fire tenders to the accident spot but such idly parked private vehicles may turn a virtual hurdle during such emergencies, a passersby said.
Another passing buck pin pointed that these idle private parked vehicles seen parked Fire Station Kachi Chowni pose a serious threat ... | |
| | | | 2 villages clash over water sharing, several hurt | | | | Mustansir
Srinagar, July17: Police fired teargas shells to disperse some people who were fighting over the sharing of water of a stream in south Kashmir's Shopian district. At least 15 people got critically injured in the clash.
People used sharp edged weapons and sticks against each other and police had to use tear smoke shells to disperse them. The fighting occurred due to a dispute of water in Zainapora area of Shopian district in South Kashmir. According to reports, 15 people were injured in the clash and all of them had been hospitalized.
Reban and Khojepora villages are divided by a stream whose water is used by both for agricultural purposes.
Sources said since there was very l... | |
| | | | SIC notice to PDD XEn for failing to supply info under RTI Act about transformers | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, July 17: The State Information Commission (SIC) has issued a notice to the Executive Engineer (Xen), PDD division, Pulwama, who is also the designated Public Information Officer (PIO) of the concerned electric division, for his failure to provide within stipulated period information under RTI Act.
Two RTI applicants had sought information about electric transformers installed in some villages here. They had also filed an appeal before the concerned Superintending Engineer (SE) but he too had not provided the information. The case finally landed in SIC.
As per the documents available with Early Times, Mohammad Yaseen Mir and Riyaz Ahmad Mir, both residents ... | |
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