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| Politician-Contractor mafia impeding development of Jammu and Kashmir | | CAG digs into muck | | | Abodh Sharma
Jammu, Aug 29: After pulling Jammu and Kashmir Government for its poor showing in crucial sectors of Power, Roads and School Education, the CAG has now pointed a direct finger on the Ministers and MLAs of the State for impeding the development process in connivance with private contractors and agencies.
In its annual report for 2010-11, the CAG has blamed MLAs and Ministers for pressurising various agencies and their heads to divert the funds in order to please "blue-eyed" contractors and constituencies.
According to the report, "1,301 works had been executed during 2006 and 2011 in R&B without obtaining any administrative approvals which was mandatory for undertaking such works."
The report has accused the department for failing to transform the developmental schemes into public benefit. "The expenditure of Rs 128.28 crore incurred had proved under productive as of March 2011," the report says.
While it is interesting to note that the CAG has made these observations in the Ministries headed by the Chief Minister himself, it has once again exposed the Contractor-... | |
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| Assembly session, PDD daily wagers' regularization on agenda | | Cabinet meeting today Pay revision of Jmu Engineering College employees to get nod | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 29: The Cabinet meeting to be held tomorrow will formally give a nod on the proposed date for Autumn session of Assembly which is likely to begin from September 27 in Srinagar. The Assembly Secretariat will issue a bulletin on matters related to session soon after the Governor summons it formally.
In the Cabinet meeting to be held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has also some key issues on agenda which would be discussed threadbare by the Cabinet Ministers of both the coalition partners before given formal approval for the decisions. The agenda would dominate the matters related to Power Development Department, sources said adding that ... | |
| | | | Fiancee's murder by fiance sends shockwaves in Shopian | | 10,000 people run amok; killer's house torched, orchard uprooted | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, Aug 29: Murder of a 21-year-old woman by her fiancé, nine days before their scheduled wedding, has sent shockwaves across south Kashmir as thousands of outraged residents converged on a village in Shopian and destroyed the alleged killer's houses and orchards.
Informed sources in south Kashmir told Early Times that dead body of a 21-year-old woman, namely Tawheeda D/o Mohammad Shafi Dar R/o Ahend, Shopian, was spotted and recovered from the ferociously flowing Veshav Nallah at Rishi Nagri, over 3 Km downstream of the famous waterfall of Aharbal, last evening. Tawheeda, who was engaged to her neighbour and old classmate, namely Eetimad Hussain Dar S/o Mohammad Yo... | |
| | | | Two militants reportedly escape from encounter site | | | | Saahil Suhail
kulgam, Aug 29: Ruling out security collapse in the encounter that broke out between militants and security forces in Briner Lamad, South Kashmir's Kulgam District, IG CRPF (OPS) BN Ramesh, who visited the encounter site after two militants reportedly escaped from the site, said that while working under such hostile circumstances keeping in view security of civilians immediate success not comes every time.
"There was not any security collapse nor our encounter remained unsuccessful we are analyzing it, but the fact is that we are working under laws while militants have no rules and laws. So sometimes in encounters you may have no immediate success." IG CRPF, BN Ramesh... | |
| | | | Army today is one of the most committed institutions in India | | Danger Not From Outside, says Gen Singh | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 29: Anarchy is prevailing in India. The people across the country have lost confidence in the political class. They have no faith in the law-making bodies, including the Parliament. They have come to believe that there is none in the Congress-led UPA Government who is prepared to listen to them and devise policies which suit them. They are even accusing the powers-that-be in the States and at the Centre of looting and plundering public money and exploiting the country's natural resources, including coal and spectrum. The general view is that the civil society has no place in the official scheme of things and that the persons at the helm have manipulated thing... | |
| | | | Does NC really symbolise aspirations of Jammu? | | Questionable Assertion | | | Neha
Jammu, Aug 29: Does National Conference (NC) really symbolise the aspirations of the people of Jammu Pradesh and trans-Himalayan Ladakh? What are the aspirations of the NC leadership and what does it stand for? What are the aspirations of the people of Jammu Pradesh and Cold-Desert Ladakh? Do they share the views of the NC? These are some of the questions which one has to raise in the wake of the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's August 28 Rajpora (Pulwama) public statement that the NC "symbolises aspirations of the people of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh".
Omar Abdullah is a man on the spot and executive head of the State. One would have appreciated him had he recognised the ground realit... | |
| | | | Doda `half orphan' has lessons to teach | | On the day of the disappeared | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 29: Most of the `half orphans' in Kashmir live on charity. They have been projected as victims and this is where the problem lies. Yes, victims they are but victimhood should not lead to begging. A 12-year-old `half orphan' from Doda shows the way. He makes an honourable living for a family comprising his mother, sister and younger brother.
The young bread earner is Vishaal Sharma. Besides food, he also earns tuition fee for his sister and brother. The medicines for his ailing mother do not bother him.
Vishaal Sharma was only 10-year-old when his father Rattan Lal Sharma of Shie Doda went missing two years ago. Vishaal had to go to work as his mother was ai... | |
| | | | Resurfacing of Talibans add to disturbed security scenario in Pakistan | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 29: Of late Talibans, operating in Afghanistan and Afghan-Pak border, are getting aggressive resulting in the killing of innocent civilians and the security personnel.
Since the establishment in Islamabad did not listen to Washington's repeated pleas for sustained operations against the Talibans and the Al-Qaeda the security scenario in Pakistan has assumed alarming dimensions which could have its impact on the security situation in India and Afghanistan.
Whether in Afghanistan or in the tribal belts of Pakistan Talibans have started perpetuating brutal laws in the name of Islam. It can happen only in Afghanistan and the tribal areas of Pakistan that Taliban... | |
| | | | Thank God, former interlocutors are not visiting State | | Vitiating Atmosphere | | | Rustam
Jammu, Aug 29: Yesterday, a number of local dailies, excluding EARLY TIMES, carried story on their front pages that two former interlocutors - Dilip Padgaonkar and Radha Kumar - would be in the State for a week where they would hold workshops on their report and get people's feedback on it. Actually, the PTI had filed a story to this effect and suggested that the two former interlocutors would spend three days in Srinagar and three days in Jammu and meet leaders of various political parties to ascertain their views on their report and the recommendations it embodies. The PTI report had even quoted Padgaonkar and suggested that it was none other than the former chief interlocutor who... | |
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