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| 15 accidents leaving 3 dead, 21 injured define daily journey on J&K roads | | | |
ZAFAR CHOUDHARY
Jammu, Aug 28: Hundreds and thousands of crores of rupees are being spent on countering designs of an estimated 800 militants and wholesome policy framework –involving best minds from state and the country –is devoted in making Jammu and Kashmir free of militant violence. The multi-pronged clearly seems to have paid well as militant violence in the state is on constant wane for last few years but that does not mean innocent peoples are not losing their lives for hardly any of their faults.
Had militancy not involved the political questions of national integrity and sovereignty, hundreds would have been allowed to die unattended as it is happening on the roads of Jammu and Kashmir every new day. The legislative assembly, which currently in session, is going through thought provoking debates on seeking political solutions to the Kashmir issue. Everyone from Chief Minister to the opposition leader and the first timer legislators are coming up with their own solutions to seek an end to blood shed. No discussions, however, have been held on the blood which is spille... | |
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| Soz gets the lion’s share, Tara Chand’s list consigned to dustbin | | Politicians, bureaucrats get their kin appointed as Govt advocates | | |
Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, Aug 28: Kith and kin of a number of bureaucrats and politicians are among the people who have replaced all the incumbents appointed by the previous Congress-PDP coalition government as Government Advocates in Jammu & Kashmir. While Jammu & Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee President, Prof Saif-ud-din Soz, National Conference General Secretary, Sheikh Nazir Ahmed, and Minister for Law & Parliamentary Affairs, Ali Mohammad Sagar, have got the lion’s share in accommodating their favourites, all those recommended previously by then Deputy Chief Minister, Pandit Mangat Ram Sharma, have been dropped and those nominated, of late, by Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chan... | |
| | | | Youth ‘engaged’ by traffic cops crushed to death on NH | | | |
Early Times Report
Ramban, Aug 28: A prolonged protest demonstration was held against traffic police following the death of a 20-year old youth who was crushed to death by an unknown vehicle at Tringla Batote on Jammu Srinagar National Highway late last night.
Protestors alleged that the deceased was hired by traffic police for realizing fine money from truckers on commission bases. Protestors also paralyzed National Highway Batote for about an hour demanding action against erring cops.
Meanwhile SSP Traffic National Highway Alok Kumar has attached 5 traffic cops including an inspector and has ordered an inquiry into the incident. Five cops who were attached including Inspector Rohit... | |
| | | | NHPC ‘favours’ J&K by extra one per cent | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 28: The Government today claimed that the National Hydro-electric Power Corporation –the major beneficiary of state’s water resources –has agreed to enhance one per cent power quota in addition to 12 per cent royalty quota due to Jammu and Kashmir on various projects.
Minister for Tourism Nawang Rigzin Jora told Legislative Assembly, on behalf of the Chief Minister that NHPC has agreed to enhance 1% power quota for local area development in addition to 12% power provided to State from various power projects under its control.
The Minister said that under state hydel policy 10 projects have been awarded to various IPPS in Phase-I out of which one has... | |
| | | | Government to scrap all health regulatory bodies | | | | New Delhi Aug 28: The Union Health Ministry has decided to scrap all health regulatory bodies, including the Medical Council of India (MCI), Dental Council of India, Pharmacy Council and the Nursing Council.
There will instead be a single regulatory body the National Council for Human Resources in Health, which will oversee seven departments related to medicine, nursing, dentistry, rehabilitation and physiotherapy, pharmacy, public health/hospital management and allied health sciences.
However, the move needs a formal government notification.
Sources have claimed that medical education today is dictated by bank balance and caste.
The existing councils, besides being unwieldy, have f... | |
| | | | Gujjars, border inhabitants find supporters in Assembly | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 28: The lifestyle and livelihood of the Gujjars and other people residing near border areas today came in for serious concern in the legislative assembly as members cutting across the party lines expressed their dismay over the restrictions allegedly imposed by the security forces near the Line of Control (LoC) and International Boder (IB).
The Members from Treasury and Opposition benches alleged that thousands of kanals of land remained idle as farmers were not being allowed to cultivate by the security forces while others said Gujjars were being stopped from going to dhokas.
Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ali Mohammad Sagar, replying to a ques... | |
| | | | Shopian case hearing adjourned till Monday | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 28: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court today adjourned the hearing till Monday on the bail applications of two police officers, arrested for allegedly destroying the evidence in the double rape and murder at Shopian in May this year.
Then Superintendent of Police (SP) Shopian Javid Iqbal Matoo and his deputy Rohit Baskotra had filed a criminal revision petition before the High Court after their bail applications were rejected by the Sessions Court, Shopian.
Their counsel Aseem Mehrotra pleaded before the single bench comprising Justice Sunil Hali that since there was no material evidence against both the police officers, they should be released on bail.
He... | |
| | | | Crossing LoC: One clearance for J&K’s every two applications | | | | Early TimesReport
Srinagar, Aug 28: Despite enthusiastic response from the residents of Jammu and Kashmir to visit their relatives on other side of the Line of Control, the authorities in Pakistan administered Kashmir are not quite forthcoming on granting permissions due to which hundreds of applications are piling up.
Out of the 12,221 cases of the residents of this side forwarded to Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), only 6,826 were given clearance to visit their relatives across the border till July this year.
According to an official report, a total of 18,331 applications were received by the Regional Passport Officer (RPO), Srinagar from residents of Kashmir Valley for obtaining perm... | |
| | | | No custodial death this year | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 28: There was no incident of rape by security forces, custodial death and disappearance from January to July this year in Jammu and Kashmir, where 121 people were detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA).
Though the militant violence has come down, for killing three militants, one security jawan laid down his life in the state.
There was considerable improvement in the situation as only 45 civilians and 37 security personnel, mostly Army and Central paramilitary forces, were killed during the period in the state.
Official records available here said there was no case of custodial killing or rape committed by the security forces in the state from Januar... | |
| | | | Govt appointed New AAGs, Deputy AGs | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, August 28: According to the Govt order No 1856-LD (A) of 2009 issued by Mr. AH Kochak Principal Secretary to Govt Law Dept that Mr. Ali Mohd Magray appointed as Senior Additional Advocate General whereas M/S Ajaz Ahmad Chesti, Shabir Ahmed Vakil and Javid Kawoosa as Additional Advocate General for the Srinagar Wing of State High Court.
SC Gupta appointed as Senior Additional Advocate General whereas M/S Gagan Basotra, Abdul Hamid Qazi and Jagdish Parihar as Additional Advocate General for the Jammu Wing of State High Court.
According to order issued by the State Law Dept that M/S Allah-u-dIn Ganai, NS Shah, Hilal A Lone and Ghulam Mustafa Bhat appointed as Dep... | |
| | | | Constitutional Amendment needed for Doda LC seat | | | | SANT KUMAR SHARMA
Jammu, August 28: Voting to fill up one vacant seat in the Legislative Council from Doda district will be held on September 15. The seat had fallen vacant after the resignation of sitting MLC Mohammed Sharief Niaz some time ago.
Mr Niaz had resigned from the Council as he was elected to the Legislative Assembly in a by-election from Bhaderwah constituency. The Bhaderwah seat had fallen vacant after former chief minister Ghulam Nazi Azad resigned from the assembly following his election to the Rajya Sabha.
According to sources, the notification for the Legislative Council seat will be issued on August 29. As per the schedule, the last date of filing nominations will be S... | |
| | | | Back from Jammu, Bhagwat begins reading BJP’s nerves | | | | ABID SHAH
New Delhi, August 28: Away from the hubbub of Delhi’s politics Jammu, indeed, offered until a few days ago a cool aloofness to the Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh chief, Mohan Bhagwat, from the turmoil that the bigwigs of BJP are caught in right now in Delhi.
And as the RSS boss came down from Jammu to Delhi, a series of parleys awaited him here threatening to drag him deep into the troubled waters that peers from the BJP are struggling to swim through.
Yet unfazed by the tumult, 59-year-old Bhagwat, tried to understate BJP’s woes to assure a gaggle of media persons thronging at the Keshav Puram RSS office in Delhi’s Jhandewalan today that the BJP crisis would soon be blown over ... | |
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