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| SIC sought minor clerical, legal changes; GAD threw all old rules to 'dustbin' | | Sordid saga of J&K RTI Commission! | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Sept 8: In complete contrast to vehement claims of General Administration Department (GAD), State Information Commission (SIC) had sought minor changes in Jammu and Kashmir Right to Information (RTI) Rules-2010.
The Commission had sought certain legal and clerical corrections, said the sources. They added that apart from sending an official communique to Secretary, General Administration Department (GAD) Sheikh Mushtaq, he had also been verbally briefed about the necessity of bringing minor legal and clerical corrections in the rules. The mistakes and legal errors had also been brought to the notice of Law Secretary, Ghulam Hassan Tantray, who is an expert in legal matters.
Commission had called for reducing exorbitant application fee as well as additional fee for copied or created pages. It had requested the Government to bring the fee structure at par with the Central RTI Act. Further, Commission had pointed out that act empowered Secretary to the Commission to appoint Registrar. It had stated that this rule does not make any sense since the two positi... | |
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| Kashmir is and will always remain India's integral part: Farooq | | 'Delhi would never approach Hurriyat with a begging bowl' | | |
Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, Sept 8: In sharp contrast to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's extra-cautious approach vis-a-vis Kashmiri separatists, National Conference patriarch and Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Dr Farooq Abdullah today asserted that New Delhi would never approach Hurriyat with a begging bowl to get it on board.
"Hurriyat will have to initiate the dialogue rather than waiting for Government of India's invitation card. Let it be clear to them that New Delhi would never approach them with a begging bowl", Dr Abdullah told mediapersons after paying tributes to his parents on occasion of the 30th death anniversary of the NC's founder Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah at h... | |
| | | | Tributes paid to Sheikh Abdullah in Cong office.....? | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 8: Srinagar: In a function, perhaps first of its kind, National Conference founder Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah's death anniversary was today observed by the functionaries of District unit of Congress in Srinagar where tributes were reportedly paid to the late leader. A proper function, though on a small scale was organized in the office premises in which floral tributes were offered in front of the picture of late Sheikh Abdullah by the district president and other party colleagues. Senior Congress leaders have taken strong notice of the development that is being seen as against the programmes and policies of the party.
Sources said that a function of small... | |
| | | | Farooq unwilling on Mirwaiz's willingness to talks plays spoil spot | | | | Bashir Assad
SRINAGAR, Sept 8: As usual Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy and National Conference president, Dr. Farooq Abdullah downplayed willingness expressed by Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umar Farooq to enter into a dialogue process with New-Delhi saying that Centre will not beg before the separatists for talks. This is not for the first time that Dr. Abdullah played a spoil spot, in the past too senior Abdullah has allegedly sabotaged the dialogue process between Centre and the Kashmiri separatists for narrow partisan interests.
"It is a welcome development but the Government will not come with a begging bowl before the Hurriyat for talks," Abdullah told reporters after p... | |
| | | | Will people respond or ignore separatists' poll boycott call ? | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 8: Notwithstanding the recent announcement of Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, on holding the civic elections in December the State Government, to be precise the State Cabinet, is a divided lot. Even after Omar's announcement the Government is yet to initiate specific measures for updating the electoral rolls and for carrying out ward delimitation.
The civic polls and the election to the block development councils were due in 2010 but were delayed on one reason or the other despite the fact that the Panchayat elections were held in the State last year.
When 10 days before Omar Abdullah announced that the civic polls would be held in December people had start... | |
| | | | Pangai residents, who tipped forces about movement of militants, now fear for lives | | | | Bharat Bhushan
JAMMU, Sept 8: The handful of Pangai residents, who had Thursday last tipped forces about the movement of three armed militants in the village, are now living in a constant state of fear.
Pangai, situated close to the LoC in Nowshera, Rajouri, was Thursday bustling with routine activity when its some inhabitants spotted three armed militants in the periphery of a Government school. So that they do not disappear into the village hills, the locals wasted no time in bringing the matter to the notice of security forces located nearby.
The forces rapidly swung into action but their "seek and destroy" operation failed to yield any result as the militants remained untraced. While... | |
| | | | Who is responsible for increasing road accidents? | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 8: The recent road accident in which five persons were killed and 15 others injured in Bhaderwah has again placed the tragic traffic management and road conditions of the State in focus.
Every passing day precious human lives are lost due to reckless driving, bad road conditions, overloading and the dishonesty of those posted on duties on the highways. For police officers and constables getting posted to the State Traffic Department has always been a lucrative assignment.
It is shocking that Ministers and politicians of political parties in power have been blatantly recommending their favourites to senior officers for being posted on the national highway an... | |
| | | | Jammu leadership again fails Jammu | | Indo-Pak Talks | | | Neha
JAMMU, Sept 8: External Affairs Minister SM Krishna, who has on several occasions let down India at some international forums and snubbed some very senior bureaucrats, including former Union Home Secretary GK Pillai, to hide his failures left New Delhi for Islamabad to talk to his Pakistani counterpart the highly assertive Hina Rabbani Khar with a view to taking forward the ongoing composite dialogue process between the two countries. Even before he reached Islamabad, a number of Kashmiri separatists and some so-called mainstream Kashmiri leaders took the opportunity to express their views on the scheduled talks between the two Foreign Ministers. They sought to tell the international ... | |
| | | | Critics of Amarnath Yatra term SC "unholy route" | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 8: The Supreme Court of India did well to direct the Jammu & Kashmir Government to construct roads from Pahalgam to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath before the commencement of winter. It took suo moto notice of death of so many pilgrims during the just-concluded Amarnath yatra. Over 100 pilgrims died because of mismanagement and inadequate arrangements, including lack of medical facilities en-route the cave shrine. The BJP had also raised this issue in the Rajya Sabha. It had taken on the State Governor and State Government and held them responsible for so many deaths. The BJP even accused the State Governor of working against the Hindu sentiments attached to... | |
| | | | Mirwaiz doesn't represent even microscopic minority | | Talks On J&K | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Sept 8: All-Party Hurriyat Conference - M (APHC-M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday again used his religious platform to express his outrageous views on Jammu and Kashmir and expressed his willingness to talk to India subject to the condition that New Delhi shows any flexibility. "Hurriyat is ready for talks with India if it shows flexibility by demilitarising Kashmir, revoking black laws, releasing political prisoners and stopping human rights violations, as these measures alone can pave way for a meaningful dialogue" with New Delhi, he said while addressing Friday congregation at Jamia Masjid, here. He suggested that all the three stakeholders of the conflict - India... | |
| | | | Child marriages 'no big deal' among mountains of Doda, Kishtwar districts | | 12 year old's marriage raises prickly questions | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
KISHTWAR, Sept 8: She was left unattended and alone to die at the age of 4 , now she refuses to recognize her biological parents who want to marry her at the age of 12.
This a story of a 12 year old Bakerwal girl Mohina (name changed) who was raised in her 2nd house after her father Shams-ud-Din handed over her custody to Mushtaq Ahmed Sheikh of Kishtwar and hardly comes back to see her during all these 8 years. During all these 8 long years, she forgot her biological parents before the love and affection that she received from her new parents at her new home.
It was now after 8 years, that her biological parents want the custody of her daughter back and approach the loc... | |
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