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| Addl Secretary PSC to face penalty, prosecution for misleading Commission | | | | Sumit Sharma
JAMMU, July 7: Fayaz Ahmed Sheikh, ex-Additional Secretary-cum-PIO, J&K Public Service Commission, Srinagar is likely to face penalty and prosecution as Jammu and Kashmir State Information Commission has sought explanation from him that why penalty under section 17 of the State RTI Act should not be imposed on him and why his case may not be processed for prosecution under Ranbir Penal Code (RPC) for refusing to act as a public authority to carry out the directions of State Information Commission and also refer case to competent authority for starting disciplinary proceedings under the service rules applicable to him as provided under section 17 of the Act.
The Commission assumed tough stance on him following a complaint filed by Dr. Amit Sharma alleging non-compliance of the Commission's order No: SIC/CO/SA/95/2013-580 dated : 04.02.2014 passed in second appeal filed by the appellant.
In its landmark judgement, G.R Sofi, Chief Information Commissioner observed, "The Commission had directed for disclosure of information as mentioned in the above referred order. T... | |
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| Govt to cancel registration of fake migrants | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, July 7: The State Government has decided to cancel the registration cards of all those migrants who are registered as migrants at Jammu and are putting up in Kashmir valley and only visit here once in a month or two months to collect their ration and relief or show their face to the officials in Relief organization.
According to high placed sources the decision has been taken in view of the objections raised by Union Government recently that the majority of migrants taking the relief have not physically migrated from Valley but were either putting up there or have returned four five years back after the improvement in ground situation in Kashmir.
Sources said ... | |
| | | | EO pays salary to illegal appointees out of funds meant for housing of slum dwellers | | Municipal Council Sopore, a den of nepotism & embezzlements | | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, July 7: There is complete mess as far as functioning of Municipal Council, Sopore is concerned. The Executive Officer of this Municipal Council is virtually calling the shots with nobody asking him for the wrong decisions that he takes on regular basis.
Executive Officer, Municipal Council Sopore, Lateef Ahmad Mir has swindled lakhs of rupees sanctioned under a Centrally Sponsored Scheme meant for providing shelter to the slum dwellers. Mir has taken a portion out of this amount and paid as salary to the workers and other staff appointed illegally by him over the past seven years or so.
Sources told Early Times that the Executive Officer withdrew an amount of mo... | |
| | | | Sharma dismisses NC 'propaganda', terms it his conscious decision to leave party | | CM’s political advisors misfired, ruined NC citadel | | | Kunal Shrivatsa
JAMMU, July 7: Rejecting the National Conference (NC) 'propaganda' that he and his son were expelled from the primary membership of the party for six years for allegedly indulging in anti-party activities, the 'octogenarian' leader and former Minister Pandit Govind Ram Sharma asserted that instead they quit the ruling party on their own.
Speaking to Early Times, Pandit Govind Ram Sharma, who represented Akhnoor Assembly Constituency twice in his 37 years long political career, said that it had become unbecoming for him and his son Suresh Kumar Sharma to be a part of NC as they were feeling suffocated in the party for the past some time due to its anti-people policies, ine... | |
| | | | Registers case against industrial units for supplying sub standard iron rods | | CB takes cognizance of ET report | | | Avinash Azad
JAMMU, July 7: Taking cognizance of news reports carried by Early Times in its edition of March, 5, 2014, under titled "JAKFED, SICOP supplying inferior steel worth Rs 375 cr annually", "Is someone looking?", Crime Branch Jammu today registered a case FIR No. 17/2014 u/s 420, 120-B RPC read with sec. 5(2) P.C. Act Svt. 2006, against Jhelum Steel industries and officers/officials of store and procurement department Jammu.
According to the case registered by CB, a complaint was lodged on behalf of residents of Jammu, wherein it was alleged that Jhelum Steel Industries, SIDCO Complex Samba was manufacturing Saria (TMT bars) of inferior quality in the absence of any specialized p... | |
| | | | Thanks to political patronage; tainted continues to head Wakf Board | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 7: Despite criminal cases pending against him, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and his Government have chosen to back VC of the J&K Wakf Board rather than putting him under suspension to face the process of law.
Omar Abdullah lead Government knew the fact that Mohammad Yaseen Qadri the incumbent Vice Chairperson of J&K Wakf Board has pending criminal charges with the Crime Branch but Omar Abdullah appointed him for this important post few years back. Till date no action has been initiated against the said VC and Congress too has remained a mute spectator even as the Wakf Portfolio lies with Congress in the state.
As per details the Vice Chairperson of J&K W... | |
| | | | Dismissing his petition, Court reprimands HME department | | Dr Reyaz ineligible for MS post at SSH | | | Avinash Azad
JAMMU, July 7: The Jammu wing State High Court has dismissed petition filed by Dr Reyaz Ahmad, Medical Superintendent, Super Specialty Hospital (SSH) Jammu, challenging his transfer order by Health and Medical Education department and observed that Dr Reyaz is not eligible to hold the post.
Moreover the Court, while reprimanding, higher authorities of Health and Medical Education, observed, "It is not understandable also as to why those at the helm of affairs should not have taken notice of the same at the very outset and rectified the mistake after obtaining the clarification from the MCI. It is also not understandable as to why the HME Department remained silent and not onl... | |
| | | | Worried Congress constitutes Antony led committee | | To consider pre-poll alliance with NC | | | Javaid Naikoo
SRINAGAR, July 7: Worried ahead of upcoming Assembly elections to regain public support, Congress has constituted second committee in one month to assess ground situation for pre-poll alliance with National conference (NC) despite cold shoulder from Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh units.
Sources said after Ambika Soni and Ghulam Nabi Azad visited Kashmir and sought reports from the leadership about the possibility of a pre-poll alliance with NC, the high command has formed another committee under the chairmanship of former Defence Minister, AK Antony to assess ground reports from State Congress office bearers. "Committee is based on Taj Mohi-ud-Din, Peerzada Mohammad Syed, Ghulam... | |
| | | | Appointing 20,000 teachers to woo voters | | `Govt must look into financial implications' | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 7: The National Conference led coalition Government seems determined to go to Alps for wooing the voters to make an impact in the forthcoming Assembly elections.
It has been reliably learnt that the Government is planning to fill thousands of vacancies in School Education and Higher Education departments in the coming months, before the code of conduct comes into force.
The Government has issued directions to the recruiting agencies to speed up the recruitment process.
Official sources confirm that thousands of vacancies have been lying vacant in both the above mentioned departments. According to them, 20,000 posts are available in the School Educati... | |
| | | | GMC forgoes norms for disposal of infectious hospital waste | | Patients, visitors, staff at grave risk | | | Akshay Azad
JAMMU, July 7: Brazen violation of norms governing disposal of infectious hospital waste at Government Medical College Jammu has exposed patients, staff and visitors to grave health risk and the administration has turned a blind eye to the breach.
According to norms for Health institutions in state, the proper Bio-medical waste management requires different coloured (Black/yellow/blue) bins lined with same coloured polythene bags.
"The infectious waste generated in such hospitals which cannot be chemically disinfected like organs, placenta and amputated parts should be sent in yellow bags for deep burial or an incinerator", the norms read as but according to doctors at GMC, t... | |
| | | | Opposition in Kashmir to the cult of hartal | | At the cost of people | | |
Rustam
JAMMU, July 7: Even the supporters of anti-India movement in Kashmir have started opposing the politics of hartal being indulged in by separatist leadership in the Valley. They have started saying that they are "at a loss to understand the frequent hartals in Kashmir". "I am not able to figure out who the strike call is intended to hurt. It is hurting no one but the Kashmiris themselves. Let alone neighboring Punjab, even Jammu is not affected much if life comes to a grinding halt in Kashmir. Hospitals, schools, colleges, shops remain open in Jammu. People go about their daily business. Courtesy the hartals in Kashmir which have become a common affair, it is only the Kashmiri wh... | |
| | | | `Decisions of coalition Govt have financial implications' | | | | Mustansir
Srinagar, July7: Member Parliament and senior People's Democratic Party leader Muzaffar Hussain Beigh Monday said that the incumbent National Conference government is building castles in air and are taking decisions which are difficult to implement in near future. "Why this government acted as mute spectator and did not show interest in taking any pro-people decision. All this government is doing now is a poll gimmick. The government shouldn't take any decision at this juncture as it has futuristic implications," He said that government is at the fag-end of its tenure and it should not befool unemployed youth by taking such decisions which can't be implemented. He said that t... | |
| | | | Commoner suffers as eatables go dearer | | | | Shakeel A Khan
SRINAGAR, July 7: With the Government in slumber, the commoners continue to suffer as the prices of the eatables have gone sky rocketing. The profiteers openly violate rate lists as approved by the government. In fact these things happen under the nose of the concerned authorities.
It appears as if the authorities have given a license to the butchers, vegetable and fruit vendors as they are busy in the loot of the consumers in the broad day light, that too in the holy month Ramadan.
Buy selling meat 360 per Kg, chicken 120 per kg, the people involved in this trade have put a question mark on the functioning of the authorities. The department of consumer affairs and publi... | |
| | | | Transmission line hinders Kud Mall Road completion | | | |
Arun Singh
Jammu, July 7: How taxpayers' money was poured down the drain, can be very well gauged from the fact that despite incurring Rs 8.90 crore to construct 3.5 km road under the name of Mall road at Kud to de-congest Kud Bazaar by Tourism Department, the project failed to serve the purpose as 132 KV transmission line in between the road has not beenshifted till date.
Sources told Early Times that to create more facilities for the tourists and to de-congest Kud Bazaar, the Patnitop Development Authority (PDA) constructed 3.5 km road (Mall road) at Kud during 2003-04 to 2010-11 at a cost of Rs 7.51 crore.
They further said that due to failure of the Authority to ensure shifting ... | |
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