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Absolute power corrupts absolutely Corruption – the police style: Offer plots in lieu of favourite postings 7/28/2007 12:32:31 AM Jammu | July 27 When the protectors of law themselves break it where would the society go is a million dollar question that needs to be given due thought. The police personnel who are considered the protectors of law have in many cases by passed their normal duties and ‘connived with the criminals especially the land grabbers’. The sources said that several police officers with the help of some ‘criminals’ have succeeded in grabbing the land and thus causing loss of crores of rupees to the state exchequer. Many police officers are reportedly involved in land grabbing in the city and have encroached upon vast land in the city and its outer areas including Bathindi, Narwal, Channi, Trikuta Nagar, Greater Kailash, Saink Colony, Gandhi Nagar and some other places. They have adopted a novel method of encroachment. They first choose the disputed land and then encroach upon it by misusing their official position. Sources said many senior officers have also gifted the disputed land in many areas to senior officers for their prize postings. In many of the cases, the sources said, the P...   READ MORE

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Misuse of lakhs of funds’ Nexus between DDE, librarian in JU 7/28/2007 12:31:50 AM Surinder Raina Jammu | July 27 The alleged nexus between the Director Distance Education (DDE) and in-charge librarian of Central Library of Jammu University has come to surface and repots about misusing of fee collected on the name of state level eligibility test running in several lakhs of rupees has been unearthed. The nexus between the duo has created an anarchy in the University of Jammu and the deserving ones are suffering due to this nexus. According to sources, DDE O.S. Sudan, who is retiring on superannuation this month, is holding the charge of Member Secretary of State Level Eligibility Test (SLET) also and receiving lakhs of rupees from University for selecting the papers. ...   READ MORE   Grass root workers ignored: Lal Singh, Dharam Pal Sharma 7/28/2007 12:28:27 AM Early Times Reporter Jammu | July 27 The day-long political convention of the Congress also witnessed allegations of party workers being ignored by the party bigwigs. Former MP, Dharam Pal Sharma in his address at the convention said that the grass-root level workers were ignored and the higher-ups were not giving ear to their genuine problems. Sitting MP, Lal Singh said whenever a worker tries to contact a minister, he is always unreachable. ‘Mobile phones of the ministers are either switched off or on divert mode’. He further said that instead of strengthening the party at grass-root level some leaders are bent upon to weaken the party from inside. ...   READ MORE   Party convention versus cultural promotion Natrang’s mega theatre festival suffers as Abhinav Theatre accords priority to political convention 7/28/2007 12:27:27 AM Jammu | July 26 The ongoing fortnight long national theatre festival received a great jolt following closure of the Abbihnav Theatre, the venue of the festival, for a political convention on Friday. The presentation of the play scheduled for today that was earlier feared to get postponed, was however carried late in the evening after the convention. Even as the play was staged, it was done without proper lighting and set designing. Even the artistes were not able to wear proper make-up for the play. The happening has sent a wrong signal among the participants as also the viewers as they believe that both the Government and also the Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages...   READ MORE   Antony arrives in Srinagar 7/28/2007 12:21:56 AM Srinagar, July 27 – Union Minister of Defence Mr. A. K. Antony alongwith Chief of the Army Staff Gen. J. J. Singh arrived here this morning on a two day visit to valley. He was received at the airport by Minister for Power Mr. Nawang Rigzin Jora on behalf of the state government. During the course of his stay in the valley, Mr. Antony will visit Uri, Tangdar and Kamanpost. Besides meeting public representatives and delegations in Srinagar ...   READ MORE   Khuda emulates Azad by putting in 12 to 14 hours in his office chambers 7/27/2007 11:02:37 PM Srinagar, July 27 Kuldeep Khuda, who took over as Director General Police on July 18,has been seen spending 12 to 14 hours in his office removing cobwebs in various wings of the police. On Thursday he was present in his office chambers till 10.30 P.M. totally engaged in clearing files and preparing for new initiatives for the force in the field.Between July 19 and July 26 he spent time in addressing men and officers in the police headquarters,in the provincial headquarters and the District police lines in Srinagar and Jammu.Only after four days of taking over as DG police Mr Khuda flew to Delhi for presenting the demand of the state police for various modernization programmes with ...   READ MORE   Harmony is needed between Congress, PDP in J&K’ Failure in running coalition will trigger difficulties: Jacob 7/27/2007 10:58:28 PM BL KAK NEW DELHI, JULY 27: MM Jacob, confidant of Congress president and member of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), has warned that Congress party and its ally, People's Democratic Party (PDP, will find it difficult to come back to power if the existing coalition is not run with care and caution. The Jammu and Kashmir State is going to the polls next year. MM Jacob, who has been given an added responsibility of overseeing crucial states like Jammu and Kashmir and Karnataka, admitted in an interview that some problems had cropped up between the Congress and the PDP. Problems cropping up between the coalition partners "have to be sorted out as and when they arise", Jacob said. Resp...   READ MORE   Trooper commits suicide near LoC 7/27/2007 10:54:36 PM Baramulla, July 27 An army personnel, deployed on a forward post along the Line of Control, committed suicide by shooting himself with his service weapon in Uri sector, this morning. Sources informed that the Sepoy, who was said be in a state of depression from last few days, committed suicide inside a Border Observation Post. Giving details sources said that Head Constable Vijay Kumar of Samba, Jammu shot himself dead with his service weapon at Mick Post, this morning. His colleagues rushed to the post after hearing the gun shot and found him in a pool of blood. He was rushed to an army hospital, where he was declared brought dead. Police said that it has registered a case and st...   READ MORE   HM module busted, 4 militants killed 7/27/2007 10:53:56 PM Srinagar July 27: Four militants including one holed up at the encounter site in Arin Bandipora were gunned down, while a HM module was busted in Anantnag district by security forces during last twelve hours in the Kashmir valley. Two HM militant were killed in a clean operation with no collateral damage by a joint team of army and police in Ratnipora area of Pulwama this morning. Sources disclosed that on specific information about the presence of militants in Ratnipora area of Pulwama District police joined by troopers of 55-RR cordoned of the area conducted house to house searches. Militants were hiding in the house of one Bilal Ahmad Ganie son of Ghulam Rasool, a militant who ...   READ MORE

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