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Gear up efforts to ensure enhanced facilities to people : Sham to administration Convenes monthly review meet at Akhnoor 7/8/2013 11:42:50 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, July 8 : Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control, Sham Lal Sharma, today said that an effective monitoring mechanism have been put in place to enforce accountability and transparency in implementation of development works in the state. Addressing the monthly review meeting at Akhnoor, Sham exhorted upon the officers to ensure enhanced basic amenities to the people across the state with focus on rural and far off areas. Sharma asked the concerned authorities to ensure timely and quality completion of development works within stipulated time frame adding that government has resolved to provide concrete assets for the people across the state. He asked the executing agencies to put their sincere efforts in developing the historical places to further boost the tourist influx. He said that all historical monuments of the area will be preserved for the next generations. Sham said that Prime Minister, UPA Chairperson as well as Chief Minister of the state have always evinced keen interest in making Jammu and Kashmir a model state for which this state...   READ MORE

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CEO reviews Yatra arrangements with Camp Directors via teleconferencing More than 1.42 lakh Yatris had Darshan in first 10 days 7/8/2013 11:42:40 PM Shri Amarnathji Yatra-2013 Early Times Report SRINAGAR, July 8 : As directed by Mr. N. N. Vohra, Governor, Chairman of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, for all Yatra related arrangements being reviewed every 5 days, Mr. Navin K. Choudhary, Chief Executive Officer of the Shrine Board, today reviewed the Yatra arrangements with the Camp Directors via teleconferencing. The CEO reiterated earlier directions regarding the effective maintenance of sanitation and cleanliness at all the Camps in the Yatra area and along both the Yatra routes, and ensuring proper disposal of all bio-degradable and non-bio-degradable wastes. He directed the Camp Directors to ensure that cleaning is carr...   READ MORE   Active participation of youth in democratic process to give fillip to development in J&K: Mir 7/8/2013 11:42:03 PM DANGARPORA (PATTAN), July 8 : Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Ghulam Hassan Mir today said that there is remarkable change on the ground in implementation of development programmes in the state. The Minister said this while addressing a public meeting here today. He said that involvement of youth in peace initiatives and giving them sense of responsibility in different fields has helped to bring back development scenario in the state. Saying that peace is imperative for overall development, the Minister said that people of the state now do not give any heed to anti-social elements who disturb the peaceful atmosphere of the state. He said that everyone now wants development in their respecti...   READ MORE   JCC strike paralyses work at government offices 7/8/2013 11:41:53 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 8 : The pen down strike of Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) of employees of various Government Departments of the state has paralyzed the work in all the government offices in Jammu on Monday. A complete Bandh has been observed in all the departments with number of protests in different department of Jammu region. Employees were on one day strike against the government for not fulfilling their demands. All the constituents of JCC will hold a meeting at Srinagar to decide their further course of action on Next Monday. Hundreds of employees marched towards the office of the divisional Commissioner in Jammu and hold a protest demonstration outside the off...   READ MORE   Shamim announces Rs. 20 lakh for dev works, Rs. 10 lakh for dispensary 7/8/2013 11:42:10 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, July 8 : Chairperson, State Commission for Women Mrs. Shamim Firdous, who is also MLA Habakadal, today visited various areas which include Barbarshah, Gadoodbagh, Bhagwanpora, Chinkral Mohalla Malik Angan and Fatehkadal of Habakaldal constituency and took stock of the pace of on-going developmental works in these areas. A team of officers of Public Health Engineering (PHE), Power Development Department (PDD), Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) and Public Works Department (PWD) accompanied her during the tour. Interacting with the people at different places, the Chairperson said that the after grappling with troubled times for more than two decades, the ...   READ MORE   Srinagar-PoK bus service suspended due to rain 7/8/2013 11:41:35 PM Srinagar, July 8 : The weekly bus service between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), was today suspended after heavy rains swept away a portion of the highway in Uri sector of north Kashmir, official sources said. "The bus service, named as Karvan-e-Aman (peace carvan) was suspended after 100-feet portion of the highway near Gawalta was swept away by floods caused by heavy rains and cloudburst," the officials said. Heavy rains lashed wide parts of Kashmir Valley this morning but there was no other report of any damage or causality. The cross-LoC bus service between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad was started in April 2005 to facilitate meeting of divided fam...   READ MORE   Rather asks banks to improve CDR Opens 691st branch of J&K Bank at Lolipora 7/8/2013 11:31:15 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, July 8 : Minister for Finance and Ladakh Affairs, Mr. Abdul Rahim Rather today asked the Banking Institutions working in the State to improve their Credit-Deposit Ratio (CDR) as per Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guideline to give boost to economic activities in rural areas of the State also. Addressing a public gathering after inaugurating a new business unit of the J&K Bank at Lolipora in Tehsil Chadoora, Mr. Rather said expansion of bank branches in unbanked areas of the State was pivotal for giving fillip to trade and business adding that the district Budgam was lagging behind in having adequate bank branches so far. He lauded management ...   READ MORE

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