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Show- cause notices served to ADDC for unwarranted delay, flawed information RTI in MLA Nagrota's CDF issue 9/27/2012 12:22:03 AM Sumit Sharma Jammu, Sept 26: Though, the Additional District Development Commissioner (ADDC), Jammu Rehana Batool who is also a PIO, in her defence may have bag full of words and trying to shift blame on her seniors and Finance Department to mislead her but she was served two show cause notices by State Information Commission (SIC). Highly placed sources said that State Information Commission (SIC) vide SIC/CO/SA/42/2012/304 has questioned the ADDC Jammu why the penalty u/s 17 of the act shall not be taken upon her for inordinate delay to provide information to the information seeker, simultaneously, SIC served another show cause notice to her asking why fine under Code of Civil Procedure (1977) section 15 of the J&K RTI Act, 2009 shall not be imposed upon her for her non appearance before Commission on date of hearing. It needs to mention here that the two notices were served to ADDC Jammu who also holds the chair of PIO, following the complainant namely advocate Kovid Khosla lodged 2nd appeal leveling certain allegations against her (PIO) including providing incorrect informa...   READ MORE

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Congress Sarpanch booked for rape 9/27/2012 12:21:49 AM Asif Iqbal Naik KISHTWAR, Sept 26: In a shocking incident a Congress Sarpanch was booked for rape in Bhunzwah area of Kishtwar district today. Reports said 40 year old Congress Sarpanch from Patshala (Tipri) Mohammad Ishaq son of Alaf Din Gujjar resident of Patshala Tipri in Bhunzwah area of Kishtwar district allegedly committed rape on 35 year old woman during intervening night of 24-25 September 2012. The victim today appeared before the Munsif Judge Kishtwar (Incharge CJM) through her counsel Sushil Kumar and sought a direction for registration of FIR against the erring Sarpanch, Mohammad Ishaq and others. The court directed the concerned police station to register an FIR. The po...   READ MORE   Trouble shooting move: Govt opens channels of negotiations with JCC Employees' call for indefinite stir from Oct 1 9/27/2012 12:21:33 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 26: In order to avoid any trouble from employees in the wake of their renewed threat of launching fresh stir if their demands were not met or considered seriously by the end of this month, the Government has opened channels of negotiations at various levels with the leaders of Joint Consultative Committee , an amalgam of various employees bodies, which has been spearheading the agitation for over two years now. In what can be seen as attempt to keep them engaged and enveloped in air of optimism, the Government today started this exercise at the level of administration by informally inviting three senior leaders of JCC to 'assure' them of something ...   READ MORE   Empowerment alone can't ensure Panches survival Behind the veil 9/27/2012 12:20:41 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 26: Not only the PCC Chief, Saif-ud-Din Soz, but even the Congress Working Committee, the apex body of the AICC, are concerned over the delay in the empowerment of the Panchayat committees in Jammu and Kashmir. Well the CWC discussed the issue of empowerment of the Panchayats after the attention of its members had been caught by the continued armed attacks on the Panches and Sarpanches. Though three Panchayat members have been killed till date in the Kashmir valley scare has gripped the Valley and some parts of the Jammu region. It was but natural that the CWC discussed the issue with the intention of finding a way out. Reports say that the threats to pancha...   READ MORE   Mufti feels people's pulse, opposes the Congress's anti-people policies FDI, Diesel, LPG 9/27/2012 12:10:41 AM Rustam JAMMU, Sept 26: Patron of PDP and former J&K Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed is a political person. He has definite viewpoints on political issues and economic issues. One may question his political views as well as his views on Pakistan, epicentre of global terrorism. But one just cannot question his views on the Omar Abdullah-led State Government, as also on the economic issues facing the people. He only hits the nail on the head when he dismisses the present regime as anti-people and anti-democratic and holds it responsible for all the ills afflicting people of the State. One may say that he is playing politics, but he is entitled to do, as his party is the main opposition p...   READ MORE

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