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Is Panthers – NC alliance on cards? 8/24/2007 10:52:59 PM Jammu, August 24 Will the Panthers Party forge a pre-poll alliance with the National Conference? The question has started doing the round in the state after several National Conference MLAs pleaded stoutly for revocation of suspension of Panthers Party leader, Harsh Dev Singh, from the Assembly. Since the National Conference has emerged as a vocal political force against the Congress-PDP coalition Government the way the Panthers Party leadership has been denigrating the ruling coalition day in and day out has brought the two on one platform. The National Conference leadership could reap a rich harvest if it forged an electoral understanding or alliance with the Panthers Party in the Jammu region. Since 2002 the Panthers Party has made inroad in various areas of Jammu province and this had enabled it to win four seats for the first time. However, the Panthers Party leader, Harsh Dev Singh, said today “It is too early to say whether we can have an alliance with the National Conference.” He said that no doubt the Panthers Party and the National Conference have been in the front ...   READ MORE

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Needs attention! BABA JITTO 8/24/2007 10:49:29 PM While we mean no disrespect to the man who must have designed it we are constrained to point out that the statue of Baba Jitto at the foothills of Trikuta hills on the Katra-Reasi road does not convey the revolutionary image of the farmer who had sacrificed his life while fighting his landlords' murderous attempts to subjugate him. Now it appears that the overall milieu around what is publicized as his temple has too deteriorated with the passage of time. There is poor maintenance, lack of development and zero infrastructural facilities for large number of people who turns up on their way to or from the holy cave of Vaishno Devi lured by the aura of one of the most distinguished heroes ...   READ MORE   Over Rs.109 crore released under accelerated rural water supply programme 8/24/2007 10:48:37 PM JAMMU, August 24, 2007 Central Government has released an amount of Rs.109.24 crore to Jammu and Kashmir State as first installment of funds under Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme for the current financial year against the provisional allocation of Rs.327.72 crores . As per the guidelines for implementation of Rural Water Supply Programme, 15% of the funds under Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme (ARWSP) is meant for Operation and Maintenance and 5% for taking sustainability measures under Sub-Mission. The Department of Drinking Water Supply, Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission, under Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, has asked the J&K Governm...   READ MORE   ERA will release Rs. 4.54 crore Money to be spent on Sitlee intake system; tube wells, hand pumps to augment supply 8/24/2007 10:47:11 PM Srinagar, August 24 Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today convened a high level meeting to discuss scarcity of drinking water in Jammu city and take immediate measures to cope with the situation. The meeting was attended by Minister for Health, Mangat Ram Sharma, Minister for PHE, Irrigation & Flood Control, Muhammad Dilawar Mir and MLAs Yogesh Sawhney, Raman Bhalla. Legislator Abdul Majid Wani was also present. The Chief Minister, in order to overcome the water crisis in the winter capital, asked Economic Reconstruction Agency (ERA) to immediately release Rs. 4.54 crore to PHE, Jammu for quick completion of the Intake No. 1 scheme at Sitlee Filtration Plant. He also ordered immediate ...   READ MORE   NO more districts now: CMvv 8/24/2007 10:45:31 PM Srinagar, August 24 Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has said that creation of new districts in Jammu and Kashmir was now a closed chapter and the Bleoria Committee was examining demands for setting up of new administrative units following carving out of 8 new districts in the State recently. Intervening during supplementaries to a question by G. A. Mir in the State Assembly today replied by Minister of State for Revenue, Prem Sagar Aziz, the Chief Minister said, “Let me make it clear that the chapter of setting up of new districts is now closed”. However, he said that after creation of 8 new districts, the demands for creation of more sub-divisions and tehsils had started pouring in fr...   READ MORE

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