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Was LC chairman's election valid? 7/21/2007 11:04:08 PM ET REPORTER Jammu, July 21: Was the election to the post of the Chairman of the Legislative Assembly constitutionally valid? This question has raised the eyes of legal and constitutional experts just a day after the PDP's Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjoora was elected as Chairman. While Prof Bhim Singh of the Panthers Party is planning to approach court to get a direction, the Opposition National Conference is planning to plead before the Governor SK Sinha to declare the election as invalid. The contention among a section of legal and constitutional experts is that a proper notification for the election was not issued. "For such highest constitutional posts like that of the Chairman of the Legislative Council a notification for the elections is always issued under the rules but here in this case it was like a family show of the Peoples Democratic Party and the Congress", said a legal expert. The National Conference nominee for the post Sakina Ittoo says "we served a motion to the Chair to conduct the election through secret ballot instead of voice vote and also demanded discus...   READ MORE

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New DGP talks tough 7/21/2007 11:03:02 PM ET REPORTER Jammu, July 21: The new Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police Kuldeep Khoda has warned his Police of serious action against dereliction of duty. After taking over as Police chief, Khoda today had a prolonged interaction with the officers and men of the Police at Srinagar. He lectured them extensively and heard them patiently but the end reminded them quire honestly that misconduct shall not be tolerated. He said that while the good work by the officers and jawans would be encouraged, but at the same time any misconduct and dereliction of duty would also be viewed seriously The Director General of Police said that people have many hopes with the police a...   READ MORE   Azad greets new President Her Excellency Pratibha: India 's First Citizen 7/21/2007 11:02:32 PM Jammu, July 21: Putting to an end one of the bitterest campaigns, Indian democracy has ever witnessed, the 72 years old lawyer turned diminutive politician Pratibha Patil, has been declared India`s first woman President defeating the octogenarian NDA backed Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat. Reacting to the news of country getting first women President, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad felicitatedPratibha Patil on her election as President of Republic of India, saying the fact that she was the first woman President of the country made her election more significant. Azad said the victory of Mrs. Patil was in fact the victory of the secular, progressive and forward-looking for...   READ MORE   Report on MHRS released in Jammu Speakers castigate those seeking aggrandizement through politicizing human rights issue 7/21/2007 10:57:02 PM Jammu, July 21 Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo, representative of Global Human Rights Defence, today released a 30-page report on minority human rights situation in Jammu and Kashmir state for the year 2006-2007.The report also carried 73 pictures depicting scenes of atrocities on minorities committed by militants. While releasing the report Mr Chrungoo said that the document will be included in the Global report to be released in September 2007.He said that the report includes incidents of human violations on all minorities including Kashmiri Pandits.Dogras,Sikhs,Christians. Several academicians and doctors spoke on the issue of human rights. Dr Jitendra Singh,an eminent diabtologist,sa...   READ MORE   Vaishno Devi board accused of maladministration 7/21/2007 10:56:01 PM Jammu,July 21 All is not well within the administrative structure in the 21-year old Sri Mata Vaishnov Devi Shrine Board as far as the treatment being meted out to its employees. While listing some of the omissions and commissions in the Shrine Board a number of employees, posted between Katra and the Bhawan, keep on grumbling over the way one official, appointed on contract basis, was after a couple of years, promoted two steps higher than those who were regular officials in the Board.” Relying on pick and choose method the official appointed on contact was drawing about Rs.5600 per month and besides regularizing his services the official was given a basic salary of Rs.9200 per month,...   READ MORE   LC chairman election is unconstitutional: NC We did not walk out but forcibly evicted: Sakina, Rana 7/21/2007 10:54:49 PM Srinagar July 21 National Conference today alleged that the election of Legislative Council Chairman was unconstitutional and said that the party will approach the Governor and appeal him to exercise his constitutional powers to declare the election as null and void. Addressing a Press Conference here at Party headquarters, National Conference Legislative Member Sakina Ittoo charged the protem Chairman P. Namgyal of blackening the face of democracy in the Legislative Council yesterday while resorting to most undemocratic means to get the PDP candidate elected. Sakina said that NC had served a motion to the Chair to conduct the election through secret ballot instead of voice vote and...   READ MORE

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