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| Financial mess in Power Development Corporation, mismanagement worth crores unaccounted: Audit | | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
Jammu, Aug 16: With state Government maintaining complete silence, financial mess coupled with lack of accountability in Jammu and Kashmir State Power Development Corporation (JKSPDC) has shown steep increase.
According to audit documents available with Early Times, miscellaneous advances to various officers amounting to Rs. 86.58 lakh parked surprisingly under the head 'Loans and Advances' has not been adjusted since September 30, 1997. If sources are to be believed, 70 percent of this amount is yet to be recovered from the officers, who took the same during their respective periods.
They added that some of the officers have even retired without paying even a single penny back to the corporation. Further, adjustment entries for an advance given by the Kargil unit in the year 1998-99 amounting to Rs. 10.95 lakh for supply of the material has not been passed despite lapse of more than 14 years. Audit found out that balance outstanding from the sole debtor i.e. Power Development Corporation (PDC) amounting to Rs. 701.91 crore had not been confirmed.
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| Desperate Omar counts dead to stay relevant Does he deserve to be honoured for just 3 killings? | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 16: Chief Minister is once again stoking feeling of exclusivism in valley to mange his foot hold in the state politics, where he has already been corner, rather relegated to fringe political entity.
Speaking at Independence day function, Omar found fault in parliament discussing the Kishtwar violence. Rather strangely, he belted out figures of people who died in Hindu-Muslim clashes saying: : 34 people died in UP, 13 in Maharashtra, 15 in Madhya Pradesh, 3 in Karnataka, 6 in Rajasthan, 5 in Gujarat in 2012 and again 8 in Maharashtra, one in MP, 2 in Rajasthan and 2 in Gujarat in 2013.
Omar it seems was trying to justify his Government stand by stating out ... | |
| | | | No info of Bajrang Dacal hand in riots: Goswami | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 16: Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami said Friday that he has no information about the alleged involvement of the Bajrang Dal in the Kishtwar communal riots in Jammu and Kashmir.
A section of the media had reported that the Bajrang Dal was involved in the Hindu-Muslim violence that has claimed three lives.
"I will seek a detailed report on this when I go back. Till yesterday evening, I had no information about what you are saying," Goswami told the media in the R.S. Pura area of Jammu district.
Goswami visited the border with Pakistan in R.S. Pura, accompanied by Border Security Force (BSF) and police officials.
The home secretary said he took stock of th... | |
| | | | Trifurcation of Jammu & Kashmir Alarmed NC ridicules itself by terming demand anti-national | | | | Neha
JAMMU, Aug 16: Convinced that the demand in Jammu and Ladakh for trifurcation of the state has caught the imagination of the people, clicked and become louder, the alarmed and perturbed NC leadership, which has been exploiting and destroying the people of these two regions since decades, has been ridiculing itself by terming the national, rational and constitutional demand "anti-national" and "divisive" for quite sometime now, particularly since July 30, when the Congress and the UPA decided to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh to create a separate Telangana State.
On Wednesday, one Jammu-based NC leader took a jibe at the BJP for what he called "crying hoarse about the sovereignty of the sta... | |
| | | | Defeating the enemy Jammu unites against opponents of VDCs | | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Aug 16: Fearing disarming and disbanding of the Village Defence Committees (VDCs), nationalist organizations, including the BJP, the JKNPP and the JSM, social organizations like the VHP, Jammu & Kashmir High Court Bar Association Jammu, and political leaders like MLA Chaman Lal Gupta have joined hands and resolved to fight out anti-national forces demanding disbanding of the VDCs to promote their communal and separatist agenda. On August 14, leadership of these political parties and other associations, including some individual political leaders, condemned the critics of the VDCs and, on the contrary, demanding that the VDCs be strengthened to defeat the separatists.
The B... | |
| | | | Govt constitutes 4 member team to douse Kishtwar fire | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 16: In a move aimed at dousing fire which was threatens to engulf entire state, Jammu and Kashmir government has deputed a four member high powered team to Kishtwar.
Sources said that the team has been asked to visit sensitive areas in Kishtwar and hold talks with the representatives of both the communities. They added that the four member team includes PHE Minister Sham Lal Sharma, Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand, Rural Development Minister Ali Mohammed Sagar and Transport minister Choudhary Mohammed Ramzan.
Sources said that the decision to constitute high powered team was taken during the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. The tea... | |
| | | | Power snap of 9 minutes plays foul during Home Secy's felicitation | | | |
Akshay Azad
Jammu, Aug 16: Power curtailment for around nine minutes played foul at the office of Chamber of Commerce and Industries Bahu Plaza, in a function organized by CCI to felicitate Home Secretary Anil Goswami for his maiden visit to Jammu, which is also native state of Goswami. At around 6:25 PM, when stage secretary Arun Gupta requested president of CCI YV Sharma to officially welcome Anil Goswami, power supply got curtailed which created tension among office bearers of CCI and other traders present in the hall. Programme got disrupted for around three minutes and CCI members assured that power supply would be resumed soon, but when Generator set was finally started, it failed ... | |
| | | | Sakina celebrates Republic day on August 15! Ignorance at its worst | | | |
Saahil Suhail
KULGAM, Aug 16: The Social Welfare Minister, Sakina Itoo in her Independence Day speech at Kulgam yesterday showed how casual and ignorant politicians can be. After unfurling the tricolor in south Kashmir's Kulgam district, she started her speech by saying "today we are celebrating Republic day." The gathering which mostly comprised of Government officials felt embarrassed.
Itoo perhaps read from her 2013 Republic Day speech. Most probably she could not find a person to write a speech for her. Video footage available with Early Times shows Itoo committing the blunder. The `faux paus' did not end here. She went ahead to congratulate the people of Jammu Kashmir while failin... | |
| | | | Adhocism galore in Revenue Department NTs posted as I/C Tehsildars, Pre-Mature transfer for KAS officers | | | | Avinash Azad
Jammu, Aug 16: State Revenue Department has been hit by adhochism as junior officers have been officiating at important posts while KAS officers are being transferred in whimsical manner in violation Transfer policy.
Sources informed Early Times that the top brass of department were harassing officers by misusing their official position. "In the month of June 2013, Revenue department ordered pre-mature transfer and posting of 13 Tehsildars", sources said, challenging that these transfers were pre-mature and decisions were taken in the lieu of vested interests by the higher officers of the department.
They further said that on July 16, 2013 the Revenue Department issued an ... | |
| | | | Bhim plays a Modi, gives rejoinder to Omar's I-Day address | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 16: Emulating Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi who countered Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's I-Day address to the nation from Red Fort, NPP chief Bhim Singh has countered Omar's address from Bakshi Stadium, in which he had said that 'Kashmiris' are being treated differently from the citizens in the rest of the country.
Bhim Singh alleged that national Conference and its leadership has been guilty for isolating Kashmiris from the rest of the country. Singh said that It is Chief Minister who has been seeking his survival from the public wrath by criticizing Army. Had there been no army help, Omar would have been blown by the morning fog before making a sta... | |
| | | | If dog bites man in Kashmir it is world news Is Omar upset over media reports exposing his laxity in handling Kishtwar trouble? | | | | ET Report
Jammu, Aug 16: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, seems to be not only angry but enraged over the nation-wide attention communal riots in Kishtwar received in recent days. He is angry over the round the clock debates, news coverage on the electronic channels and over front-page coverage of the breezy communal violence in Kishtwar and some adjoining areas, in which three civilians were killed, in the print media. Possibly Omar Abdullah does not know the importance of the state he rules. He seems to be unaware of the importance of Kashmir in the global political scenario. By now he should have learnt that Kashmir like Helen of Troy has fuelled four wars between India and Pakistan. B... | |
| | | | Clashes, pitched battles mark Independence Day 'celebrations' in Valley | | | | Mustansir
Srinagar, Aug 15: Independence Day 'celebrations' were marred by clashes and pitched battles between protestors and security forces at most places in the valley eventhough Summer capital city of Srinagar remained largely peaceful due to heavy deployment.
Pitched battles were fought in the South Kashmir's Samboora, Pampore and Prichloo of the district Pulwama and the Handwara and Baramullah districts of North Kashmir.
In Pulwama black flags with anti-India slogans written on them appeared at different places in the early hours of Thursday morning, however, Army and Para-military troopers were quick to remove all the black flags. Flags were seized from Samboora, Pa... | |
| | | | Home Secretary assures steps to stop recurrence of Kishtwar like incidents Appeals for support to restore normalcy | | | | Akshay Azad Jammu, Aug 16: Underlining the importance of issues raised by president of Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industries YV Sharma, viz-a-viz special compensation and interest free loan to all sufferers of Kishtwar tragedy, concrete steps to ensure round the year LOC trade, providing modern weapons to Village Defence Committee (VDC) members, more powers to Army and Paramilitary forces, Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami assured that he would discuss all issues with Union Home Ministry and take every possible step to ensure that incidents like Kishtwar did not recur. Addressing in a function organized by Chamber of Commerce and Industries to felicitate Anil Goswami on hi... | |
| | | | Singers, Artists aghast over Mehmeet's Padam Shri Favouritism won't be tolerated, Bajan Sopori | | | |
Javaid Naikoo
SRINAGAR, Aug 16: The singers and artists of the state have expressed displeasure over Padam Shri recommendations for Mehmeet Sayed.
The document details in possession of early times reveal that daughter of a politician; Mehmeet Syed who has just three music albums in her name is preparing a ground for Padam Shri award in near future after the same is recommended to the Government of India by some senior politicians and officials of the state Government. According to details besides others, her father who is associated with state Congress has got recommendations from Governor N.N Vohra, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and National Conference legislator Mubarak Gu... | |
| | | | DC issues flood alert | | | | Early Times Report JAMMU, Aug 16: Deputy commissioner, Kathua Jitendra Kumar Singh has appealed the Public in general and inhabitants of Berail island, Naj and bhini rivers, jakhole, Chung, Ghatti, chabbe chack, khandwal, Korepunnu, Mai chack, Nanagal, Sherpur, Prithi chack, Badala and Keerian Gandial in particular not to venture near the rivers/ nallahs and also not to allow the cattle to enter into the river/nallahs in view of heavy rains and flash floods. Due to continuous rains, all the majors rivers and local nallahs of district Kathua are experiencing high discharge resulting in heavy floods.... | |
| | | | Woman delivers male baby in train | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 16: A pregnant woman passenger during her journey to SMGS Hospital Jammu delivers a male baby in a coach of Jammu Mail here today, sources said.
As per reports, a couple, hailing from village Ponthal, Manwal was on way to SMGS Hospital, Jammu for her medical checkup when the lady identified namely as Nisha Devi developed labour pain during her journey. However on reaching Jammu at Platform Number 1, her husband immediately rushed to the Railway Administration and GRP leaving the lady in coach and sought help from the GRP. Extending helping hand, the senior officers of the Railway Department including Station Master Ashwani Kumar pressed the service ... | |
| | | | Mandated by PC, cabinet gives nod to J&K Property Tax Board | | 3 retd officers re-appointed, Basharat too gets 'bonanza' again | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 16: The cabinet today gave formal sanction to setting up of J&K Property Tax Board, a step which was mandated by the Planning Commission sometime back in order to have a system of imposition of property tax which is in place in the other states of the country. While the Government by mere according sanction to constitution of this Board would be able to fetch some tangible fiscal gains from the Planning Commission, in the process of doing so it has created a liability for itself in appointing at least three retired bureaucrats, one as Chairman and two as the members of the Board.
In the cabinet meeting held today, in all four retired bureaucrats saw their fat... | |
| | | | Kishtwar incidents Vested interests may fix responsibility on Bajrang Dal and VDCs | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 16: Disturbing reports have appeared in a section of media about the August 9 Kishtwar unfortunate incidents, which disturbed communal harmony in the entire Jammu province and caused damage to the property of the minority community on an unprecedented scale, besides causing injuries to several persons and resulting in two deaths.
The general consensus was that certain anti-national elements, who were carrying with them deadly arms, petrol bottles and lathis and holding the Pakistani flags in their hands raising pro-Pakistan and anti-India slogans, created the whole trouble.
There was also consensus that certain elements in the administration and police did... | |
| | | | Omar falters in Guj comparison | | | |
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah who has been comparaing everything in terms of handling situations of communal violence to Gujarat Chief Minister narender Modi, this time faltered badly when he compared the death count with that state in the year 2012 and 2013. For everytime he compares he tries to show his state a better place and his handling far better than Modi, in counting the casulaties, which is anyways a bad and politically very bad rather a fatal idea, he faltered as going by the numbers Omar ahs cited , it is less than what we saw here in J&K whether in previous communal riots or this time in Kishtwar.
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| | | | PHE risks lives of Kashmiris by supplying un-filtered water Necessary chemicals run out of stock | | | |
Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, Aug 16: Don't get surprised if there is an outbreak of water borne disease in any part of Kashmir valley since the water supplied to people in the valley does not contain the essential chemicals needed for the purification of the water.
Sources told Early Times that the Public Health Engineering (PHE) department has run out of the stock of chlorine and ferric alum in the filtration plants and treatment plants across the Kashmir valley. The sources said that due to this reason the department is supplying unfiltered water to the people thus putting them to the risk of falling prey to the water borne diseases.
"Supplying water without filtration is b... | |
| | | | Flood threat looms over Jammu region | | | | 8/16/2013 11:42:17 PM
Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 16: The weather office has forecast adverse conditions in the Jammu division on Friday but said there would be an improvement in the Kashmir Valley. "Light to moderate rain would occur at most places in Jammu division, with isolated heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours," Met office Assistant Director Farooq Ahmad Khan said on Friday morning. The official said the adverse weather advisory for Jammu division would continue in force for the next day, and people were advised to take necessary precautions. "From yesterday morning till today morning, there has been 84.2 millimetres (mm) of rainfall in Jammu city, 28.6 mm in Bannihal, 85.4 mm ... | |
| | | | Kishtwar exhibits its true colour Dargah offers refuge for families from UP, Rajasthan | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
KISHTWAR, Aug 16: Even though reports following tragic incidents of August 9 paint Kishtwar as a bitterly polarized society, the town has exhibited its true colours of harmony yet again by hosting two families from Rajasthan and UP in a Dargah after they were trapped in curfew restrictions following incidents on Eid.
Families of Irshad Ahmed, a Muslim from Saranpur of UP and Kallu, a Hindu hailing from Jaipur of Rajasthan who were in Kishtwar on the fateful day for selling their goods at Gulabgarh Padder. It was a day before Eid when Irshad Ahmed and Kallu along with their families shifted to Kishtwar and established their vend at Chowghan ground Kishtwar outside the venue... | |
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