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| Non-performing departments conceal facts, put blame on JK Cements | | | | Bashir Assad
srinagar, Sept 1: The under-performing Government department and developmental agencies in Kashmir have invented a novel method of putting the blame on others to veil their own misdemeanor. Jammu and Kashmir Projects Construction Corporation (JKPCC), Roads and Buildings (R&B) and Irrigation departments, in an attempt to cover the nonperformance, are clandestinely putting the blame on J&K Cements, the major profit-making public sector undertaking for not catering their demands while as the official figures reveal that the cement supply to various Government departments is for developmental projects is more than satisfactory.
Figures available with the Early Times suggest that JK Cements has so far, provided 94.4 % of the projected demand to JKPCC while as R&B Kashmir has taken delivery of 260000 MT out of the projected demand of 300000 MT for last three months. Similarly availability of quality cement to PHE and Irrigation departments was up to the mark. Notwithstanding the adequate supply of cement to these departments and Corporations by JK Cements, e... | |
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| No follow-up of working group reports; both State, Centre disinterested | | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
Jammu, Sept 1: Going by absence of any follow-up action on the recommendations, the working groups set-up by Prime Minister's round-table conference appear to have vanished into thin air. Working group headed by Justice (Retd.) Syed Sagheer Ahmed was tasked with revisiting Jammu and Kashmir Constitution and come up with recommendations for addressing the Centre-State power distribution afresh. The half-truth about recommendations was trumpeted by present National Conference (NC) led coalition Government as its victory until actual contents of the legally flawed report became public. And discreet silence of both Centre and the State further compounds the confusion lending... | |
| | | | Rs 25 K slapped on Ex GM SICOP for alleged delay to RTI | | Present incumbent also served with Rs 16500 as penalty | | | Sumit Sharma
Jammu, Sept 1: In a landmark judgement the Jammu and Kashmir State Information Commission (SIC) has slapped a penalty of Rs 25000 on then GM SICOP Anoop Anand and Rs 16500 to present incumbent, Rajesh Thakur for alleged delay to submit information to RTI query under the provisions of Right to Information Act, 2009.
In its verdict No SIC-J/A/97/2012, the Commission stated that there is a delay of 164 days by the then PIO, J&K SICOP Anoop Anand and thus the commission imposes a fine of Rs. 41,000/-. "But as the total amount of such penalty shall not exceed Rs. 25,000/- U/s 17 clause (1) under J&K RTI Act, 2009, therefore an amount of Rs. 25,000/- is worked out and imposed as p... | |
| | | | ‘CAG report must serve as an eye opener’ | | Nail the corrupt, Vakil tells Govt | | | Early Times Report
baramulla, Sept 1: Former Minister and All India Congress Committee (AICC) member Abdul Gani Vakil has asked the Government not to shield corrupt bureaucrats and Ministers. He also sought similar action against former Ministers and bureaucrats saying it was setting a wrong precedent and discouraging upright and credible persons. He was addressing one day party workers convention at Dak Bungalow in Baramulla.
"It is only recently that Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) detected misappropriation of funds and allotment of works without procedural formalities which should be an eye opener for the Government and sufficient enough to initiate a thorough probe", he... | |
| | | | Coordination Committee 'appreciates' urgency of holding Local Bodies Polls | | Govt to move Election Commission soon for operational support | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 1: In what can be seen as the countdown finally having begun on conducting elections to Local Bodies and Block Development Councils of Panchayats in the State, the National Conference and Congress today agreed on urgency to initiate the exercise with formal order to be communicated to Election Commission shortly by the Government. The matter was decided as main agenda today in the meeting of Coordination Committee held at Srinagar with thrust on holding election to four seats of Legislative Council as well from the Panchayats.
"Both the coalition partners realized and appreciated the urgency of holding all the pending elections….. we realized we must mov... | |
| | | | Sino-Pak nexus in map war against India | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 1: What New Delhi failed to do has been done by a new school Atlas published by the Government of Punjab in Pakistan. New Delhi had failed to implement the Indian Parliament's resolution of 1994 which urged Pakistan to vacate the territory of Jammu and Kashmir it had occupied through aggression.
However, what India could not do a school Atlas published by the Government of Punjab in Pakistan has been able to do. The Atlas has shown Pakistan occupied Kashmir, besides the Gilgit and Baltistan areas as Indian territories.
The education authorities swung into action and recalled the Atlas from all elementary and high school libraries of Punjab. Over 15,... | |
| | | | BJP emerging as an alternative to Congress | | Anti-Establishment Wave | | | Neha
Jammu, Sept 1: Surveys are being conducted by certain private news channels, leading magazines and election experts to find which way the political wind is blowing in India these days and which of the political parties would be in a commanding position if general elections are held today. The surveys conducted by India Today, NDTV and ABP News all suggest that the Congress is on its way out and the main opposition BJP way ahead of the Congress. These surveys also suggest that the BJP-led NDA will win more than 200 seats and the Congress-led UPA less than 190, with the UPA partners, barring the Congress, retaining control over all the 58 Lok Sabha constituencies they at present hold.
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| | | | Despite his complicity estabilshed at outset, Kasab was given every opportunity of defence | | Mumbai terror attack | | | Bharat Bhushan
Jammu, Sept 1: Though Kasab's complicity in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack was established at the very outset, he was given every opportunity of defence, including a lawyer, by the Union Government. A special court had sentenced him to death. Now, when the Supreme Court has upheld the lower court verdict, a possible strike by the Pak-based terror outfits to avenge his death was not ruled out.
In view of these apprehensions, the Indian security agencies must not become complacent, a senior police officer said.
The terror outfits could plan yet another attack on any Indian city on or before the day he was sent to gallows, he added.
While any Indian city could become their t... | |
| | | | Why should Jammu boycott Dilip, Radha? | | BJP, JKNPP On The Same Page | | | Rustam
Jammu, Sept 1: On Thursday, the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) announced boycott of the New Delhi-appointed former interlocutors - Dilip Padgaonkar and Radha Kumar - who have planned to hold a meeting in Jammu also to get feedback from political parties and others on their report. Announcing the boycott, it said it would be a crime against man and God if it met with the former interlocutors, who now call themselves resource persons. (They are not self-appointed resource persons; they are on a mission which has the backing of the Union Government. There should be no doubt it.) The upshot of the whole argument of the JKNPP was that the interlocutors' report was not ... | |
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