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Ex-Ministers use two Bungalows ‘illegally’ Great loss to state exchequer 8/20/2007 11:32:47 PM ** Some party leaders convert government residential houses into party offices** GOVIND CHOUHAN JAMMU AUG 20 While some senior Ministers and other top bureaucrats have been denied government accommodation, a former Minister was holding the possession of a departmental guest house apart from a government bungalow in Jammu city while several others have turned government allotted bungalows into party offices. . According to sources former Minister for Power was allotted a PDD guest house at Jammu for residential purposes which he even retained illegally even after he resigned as a Minister. On his election as MLC, he was again allotted a government bungalow without handing over the possession of the PDD guest house. Despite government’s clear cut instruction asking him to vacate the PDD guest house, the most powerful MLC has not obliged the government by vacating the premises thereby holding the possession of the guest house illegally. Sources said that the present Power Minister Rigzin Zora has also written to the government that the former minister has illegally occupied t...   READ MORE

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Police registers rape case against solider Army orders court of inquiry; assures action 8/20/2007 11:28:13 PM Jammu, Aug 20: Jammu and Kashmir police has registered rape case against an army solider for allegedly raping a minor girl in Banihal area of Ramban district. Sources claimed that the family members of a minor girl, who is resident of Sarbagni village of Banihal, lodged a written compliant in Police Station Ramsoo alleging that their daughter has been raped continuously by an army solider. The complainants, sources told News Agency of Kashmir, further added that the girl was threatened by the solider not to disclose the matter to anyone. The family came to know about the rape only when the girl was declared pregnant by the doctors, sources said adding the family immediately inform...   READ MORE   Bye, Bye politics; says Hari Om 8/20/2007 11:27:02 PM Jammu, August 20 Senior Vice President of the state Unit of the BJP Prof Hari Om on Monday said goodbye to politics claiming he is too busy with important academic assignments and was not able to do justice to the position he was holding in the state party unit. Prof Hari Om after submitting his personally signed note to the state unit chief Ashok Khajuria dashed off press note to various media houses announcing his withdrawal from the post of the senior vice president and chief spokesperson of the BJP. According to the note Prof Hari Om had said that," since I have not been able to do any justice to the position I am holding in the Jammu and Kashmir unit of the BJP for quite...   READ MORE   CAPTAIN MEGHA’s DEATH case: Mystery deepens 8/20/2007 11:26:27 PM Jammu, August 20 The mystery behind alleged suicide committed by Army Captain Mega Razdan in Jammu on July 2 took yet another turn when the police got a new clue indicating a link-up between capt Razdan and her boy friend from Jalandhar. Preliminary investigations revealed that Mega Razdan continued her relations with her Khalsa college mate. Police refused to the name of the boy saying that unless he was interrogated his name could not be leaked out. Meanwhile, the police have got Mega Razdan’s husband examined by a team of doctors for determining his potency. The potency report will be examined by the police.It may be mentioned that earlier in the first week of this month Megha Razd...   READ MORE   Uproar, noisy scenes dominate LC proceedings NC stages walk out for not getting satisfactory reply 8/20/2007 11:25:04 PM Srinagar, Aug 20: Uproar and noisy scenes dominated Legislative Council proceeding on day one today after members of main Opposition National Conference indulged in exchange of hot words with members of treasury when the former objected to the unsatisfactory reply of minister of Agriculture. They also staged a walk out to register their protest. Earlier soon after the house met today NC members were on their feet demanding a full scale discussion on the situation that has arisen in the backdrop of Khundroo fire incident. Led by the leader of opposition Sakina Ittoo, NC members who said they have submitted a notice to the chair for the discussion demanded a statement from ...   READ MORE

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