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| Tara Chand orders crackdown on Kralsangri constructions | | LAWDA chief had issued permission to 28 huts on the eve of his retirement | | | AHMED ALI FAYYAZ
SRINAGAR, Sep 2: Deputy Chief Minister and Minister incharge Housing & Urban Development, Tara Chand, has got raising of a tourist village at Kralsangri, in Nishat area, stopped today after it was brought to his notice by certain complainants that former Chief Town Planner and incharge Vice Chairman of Lakes & Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA), Mir Naseem, had facilitated permission for construction of 28 huts in close vicinity of Dal Lake and Tulip Garden just a day before his retirement from service on April 30th, 2008. On the Dy CM’s instructions, newly appointed Commissioner-Secretary Housing & Urban Development, Abdul Hamid, has directed LAWDA authorities to ini... | |
| | | | Highflying people get high risk along | | | | ABID SHAH
New Delhi, September 2: The risk that goes with the highflying lifestyle of VIPs has conveniently been wished away despite several tragedies in the past. And as one of the most intensive hunts for the missing helicopter of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, YS Rajshekhara Reddy, is on, the question that is being asked is why the flight was undertaken amid bad weather and poor visibility. The answer to this is simply that VIPs are not used to listen no from anyone about anything.
In the past former Punjab Governor, Mr Surendranath, and his wife lost their lives when they made the pilot of the State helicopter wade through low clouds in Himachal Pradesh. This had happened in 1994 and... | |
| | | | 5 ultras dead in Gurez as second infiltration bid foiled in 48 hours | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 2: Close on the heels of a top Army commander expressing concern over possible infiltration of atleast 50 militants waiting on the other side of Line of Control, the troopers today gunned five ultra in North Kashmir foiling a major infiltration bid.
Meanwhile, in another militancy related incident a jawan and Special Police Official of the Jammu and Kashmir Police were killed in an encounter with militants in Bharote area of Thannamandi in Rajouri district. A heavily armed posse of militants opened fire on the challenging Army and Police party in which two cops were killed, sources told Early Times.
Reports reaching here from Srinagar said that five guerri... | |
| | | | House of Elders adjourned | | CM’s absence ‘customary’ again | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 2: A day after the Legislative Assembly concluded its budget session; the Upper House too was today adjourned sine die minus the presence of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah who could not attend any of the occasions to deliver his customary speech. Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather was the only Minister to make speech on the concluding day of Legislative Council which is respectfully called as the ‘House of Elders’.
Not exactly laid down by the law but has been a precedent for the Chief Ministers to attend the concluding days of the Houses for their remarks on proceedings of the sessions. While Omar’s two predecessors Ghulam Nabi Azad and Mufti Mohammad Sa... | |
| | | | Hajj flights from Oct 22 | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 2: With majority of the aspirants having obtained their compulsory passports, the first flight of this year’s Hajj pilgrimage is expected to take off from Srinagar on October 22.
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| | | | Swine flu cases touch 22 | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 2: A 26-year-old post graduate medical student has tested positive for swine flu here, taking the total number of cases suffering from the deadly virus to 22 in the state, health department officials said today.
Of the total, 12 swine flu patients are from Jammu and the rest from Kashmir valley, they said.
The test reports of the student that arrived from New Delhi today confirmed the presence of H1N1 virus following which he has been administered Tamiflu treatment.
Two armymen, who had caught the virus during their visit to their native places in Maharashtra, are receiving treatment at the Military Hospital in Satwari here and their condition is stated to... | |
| | | | Declare loyalties with Jammu openly: CUAS | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 2: In what it described as open declaration loyalties with Jammu, the Central University Abdolan Samiti today invited the Ministers and Legislators from the region to attend one of its forthcoming meetings on the issue.
Paviter Singh, convener of Central University Andolan Samiti –a conglomerate various organizations spearheading agitation for establishment of Central University in Jammu –today said that Jammu based Minister and Legislators have speaking two languages on the issue and they must clear their stand.
“We only demand immediate notification to acquire the land at Samba which has already been identified without any loss of time and office of V... | |
| | | | Pak revives Kashmir issue, urges dialogue | | | | Early Times Report
New Delhi, Aug 2: With India not inclined to resume the sub-continental composite dialogue in the near future, Pakistan on Wednesday highlighted the
"resolute action" taken by Islamabad to eliminate terrorism and made a fresh pitch for restarting the talks New Delhi froze after the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.
Islamabad also sought to revive the Kashmir issue that found no explicit mention in the Sharm el-Sheikh joint statement that came out of the July 16 meeting between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani.
The resumption of the sub-continental dialogue would provide a good opportunity to address various issues, including Ja... | |
| | | | 100 chronic tax evaders owe Govt Rs 550 Crore | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 2: The State government has to recover Rs 488.55 crore from 97 defaulters in respect of Commerical Taxes while another Rs 11.71 crore from three defaulters as excise duty and toll tax.
This information was given by Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather in the Legislative Council in Srinagar today in reply to a question by Abdul Gani Vakil of the Congress.
Mr Rather informed the upper house that approximately Rs 488.55 crore is realizable from 97 defaulters in respect of Commercial Taxes department in the state. He said Rs 11.71 crore are realizable from 3 defaulters as Excise duty and Toll tax. However, he said, action for recovery of the tax as required und... | |
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