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| Bias: see these figures | | Center equally responsible for Jammu’s plight | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Sept 22: Jammu has always cried against the blatant discrimination in almost all spheres of life but the statistics and arithmetics always played truant with the cause as the political sloganeering alone could not get justice.
“Region has been discriminated against by the political elite of Kashmir”, this is the oft repeated exhortation in Jammu for several decades now. However, when it comes to figures the champions of the cause often fumble to disadvantage of the region.
Perhaps for the first time, an authentic data on the development parameters has come to the fore which clearly reflects the obvious bias in funding pattern. It has come from a political party, therefore the doubts of veracity are natural but behind the research is an academician who seems to have undertaken an arduous task in consulting the planning papers and reports.
Prof Hari Om, a historian by education and profession, is now a senior leader of the BJP who has done an academic exercise to compile the development funding figures. The details are about central Five Year Plan (FYP... | |
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| Extension in IT deadline unlikely | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Sept 22: The traders in Jammu and Kashmir, despite their repeated pleas on genuine account, are unlikely to get extension in deadline for filing the Income Tax returns which they are required to do before September 30.
Having lost more than two months to the agitation, the traders had appealed for extension in deadline. However, the Union Ministry of Finance is reported to have declined the request when matter was taken up with Finance Minister P Chidambram by Pradesh Congress Committee chief and Union Water Resources Minister Prof Saif-ud-Din Soz.
Soz today took up the matter with the Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, urging him that the tax payers in the J&K... | |
| | | | 4 ultras dead in Poonch | | Army lodges breach protest with Pak | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Sept 22: The fiercely fought gun battle on the Line of Control in Tarkundi area of Poonch sector ended today with killing of four militants. One militant and a solder were killed till last evening.
Four militants were today killed in a fierce gunbattle that erupted on Sunday on the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch, with security personnel foiling an attempt by ultras to infiltrate into Jammu and Kashmir. A jawan - Sepoy Chiba of One Assam Regiment-- had died yesterday in the gunfight.
The armed militants entered the Indian territory "from Kabaristan post of Pakistan and were trapped by troops between Zeroline and border-fencing along LoC in Poonch district at 0... | |
| | | | Cross-LoC trade modalities finalized | | | | AGENCIES
NEW DELHI, Sept 22: In a major confidence-building measure (CBM) related to Jammu and Kashmir, India and Pakistan are expected to launch cross-LoC trade on Srinagar-Muzaffarabad and Poonch-Rawalkot routes next month.
Officials of the two countries on Monday finalised modalities for undertaking the commerce, including the list of items that would be traded.
A final decision on the issue, particularly the timing, will be taken when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari in New York later this month.
"We have finalised the modalities... We will submit it to our principals, our bosses.. Hopefully, it will work out," Pakistan's Additional Secretar... | |
| | | | Man bids self immolation, critical | | 48 hours shut down ends, SAYSS alleges Police brutality | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Sept 22: Mixed response was today observed to the second and last day of shut down called by Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangharsh Samiti in protest against sabotage of its function which was scheduled to be held at Abhinav Theater on Saturday morning.
The Samiti convener Leela Karan, however, alleged that the local administration and Police compelled the shopkeepers to open their establishments. “The Police used brutal force to keep the markets open”, Leela Karan told a news conference in the evening.
The only unpleasant incident of the day was self immolation attempt by a youth in Gaghwal area who had to be shifted to Chandigarh after he sustained 85 per cent burn i... | |
| | | | Govt orders transfers in Education deptt | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Sept 22: The government has ordered transfers and postings in School Education department at administrative level involving Directors, Joint Directors of different programs and Principals of various schools and District Institutes of Education.
According to an official spokesman, Education Department has ordered placement of Narinder Kumar, Field Advisor, State Institute of Education (SIE), Jammu and A.K. Sen, Chief Education Officer, Doda as Incharge Joint Directors and equivalent.
Avtar Krishen Incharge Principal, Higher Secondary School, Sumb, Raj Kumar Incharge Principal presently on deputation to Board of School Education (BOSE), Mohammad Ramzan-I, Incharg... | |
| | | | New Edu prog approved | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Sept 22: The state government has approved a new flagship education programme to be known as Rashtriya Madhimak Shiksha Abhiyan.
Advisor to Governor Dr. S.S. Bloeria today approved the constitution of the Governing Body, Executive Committee and District Committees for initiating a new Flagship Programme in Education sector under the title "Rashtriya Madhimak Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) at a meeting held here today.
It was decided in the meeting that under RMSA a new Higher Secondary School shall be established in each Educationally Backward Block and the gaps of infrastructure like additional classrooms, laboratories, libraries, drinking water facilities, toilets an... | |
| | | | Situation calls for CCTV cover | | | | Nirbhay Jammual
Does the existing security scenario in Jammu and Kashmir warrant Close Circuit TV(CCTV) cover ? This question has assumed importance after the Punjab Government has decided to provide CCTV cover in the malls,shopping centres and at main public places in the state.The Punjab Government has taken this decision in view of serial bomb blasts in Delhi,Ahmedabad,Jaipur and other places.It has taken this decision after reports have reached Chandigarh that agencies across the border were trying to revive militancy in Punjab.Contrary to this,there is no need for awaiting reports from across the LOC on the plans of militants in Jammu and Kashmir.In fact since 1989 Jammu and Kashmir... | |
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