Year: 2015

Paediatric hospital to come up at Bemina

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Empowered Committee constituted for creation of posts Private Security Agencies Regulation Ordinance approved LAHDC Councillors get retrospective effect for emoluments 83 posts created in Handicrafts Dept The Cabinet Wednesday gave nod to the construction of new Paediatric Hospital within the upcoming 200 bedded Maternity Hospital at Bemina at a cost of Rs 25 crore. The decision was taken to facilitate the availability of Paediatric health care facilities alongside the maternity hospital within the same building premises. COMMITTEE FOR CREATION OF POSTS The Cabinet accorded sanction to the constitution of an…

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NC slams JK government over Rs 9,000 crore liability allegation

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The opposition National Conference (NC) today hit out the Mufti Mohammed Sayeed led PDP-BJP government in Jammu and Kashmir for alleging that previous Omar Abdullah dispensation created Rs 9,000 cr liabilities and said the party takes pride in having spent every single penny on public welfare. “The coalition government is misleading public opinion by reiterating the so-called liability of Rs 9,000 crores left by the previous government. National Conference takes pride in having spent every single penny on public welfare,” NC’s Provincial President Jammu, Devender Rana said today. “The money…

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Cabinet gives nod to Rs 1500 Cr World Bank aid

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The project envisages reconstruction of infrastructure, disaster management  The Cabinet approved the proposal of the Relief & Rehabilitation Department for availing World Bank assistance of USD 250 million (Rs 1500 crore approx) for the Jhelum Tawi Flood Recovery Project (JTFRP) and for signing of the Subsidiary Agreement with the Department of Economic Affairs, Government of India for it. The Cabinet met here under the chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. After September 2014 floods, the state government had separately sought a credit line facility from World Bank under the…

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Under fire Director SKIMS bumps into agitated staff

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Employees demand Zargar’s removal, Police swung into action The Non Gazetted Employees Welfare Association (NGEWA) at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) has castigated the attitude of the state government and the Director, SKIMS who have “failed to deliberate with the representatives of the association” despite Early this morning, police entered the SKIMS compound and arrested leaders of the association for fear of a protest by the employees “on directions of Director SKIMS”. On Tuesday also NGEWA held an hour long protest in the hospital premises demanding removal of Director…

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Students of this school are barred from singing national anthem. Know why

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National Panthers Party (NPP) leader Harsh Dev Singh on Wednesday condemned the diktat issued by the teachers in a government school of Doda district strictly telling the students not to sing the national anthem in the morning assembly and termed the entire episode as `obnoxious`. He urged the state government to conduct a thorough investigation into the matter and initiate strict action against the teachers involved. “This is something obnoxious, highly intolerable and condemnable. It is regrettable that no action has been initiated against the teachers of Doda district of Jammu…

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After inviting separatists, Pakistan knocks at UN doors over Kashmir

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Separatists have a reason to celebrate after Pakistan pressed India’s raw nerve by raising Kashmir issue in the United Nations Security Council ahead of the National Security Advisor (NSAs) level talks. Pakistan’s newfound diplomatic offensive comes at a time when New Delhi is already unhappy over Islamabad’s invite to Kashmiri separatists for talks with the visiting Pakistani NSA Sartaj Aziz in national capital on Sunday, the day he is arriving to meet his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval. From moderates to hardliners, separatists are singing paeans of Pakistan for inviting them for…

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India trying to change demography of J&K: Aasiya Andrabi

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Chairperson of Dukhtaran-e-Millat, Aasiya Andrabi, has said that the fresh plans of extremist Hindu organization, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to set up a separate colony for retired Indian troops and their families in Kashmir is part of dangerous games India is playing in Jammu and Kashmir to change the demographic composition of the territory. Aasiya Andrabi in a statement while reacting over the creation of proposed colony for retired Indian soldiers cautioned that any such move would see a tough resistance from the Kashmiri people who would never allow Hindutva…

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Ceasefire violation by Pak continues, J&K posts targeted

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Pakistani troops heavily shelled border hamlets and army posts along the LoC with mortar bombs for the eleventh consecutive day in two sectors of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, which witnessed two fresh ceasefire violations from across the border on Wednesday. The firing drew strong retaliation from the Indian army. “Pakistan violated the ceasefire twice today by resorting to heavy shelling of 120 mm, 81 mm and 60 mm mortar bombs on civilian areas and army posts along the LoC in Hamirpur and Mendhar sectors of Poonch district, which started around…

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HCBA vows to oppose soldier colony plan tooth and nail

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The High Court Bar Association (HCBA) has said that it will oppose tooth and nail the India’s plan to set up a colony for former Indian troops near airport in Srinagar. A statement issued after the meeting of the HCBA’s Executive members in Srinagar said, “It is a nefarious design on the part of the BJP-RSS combine to change the demography of the territory and to use PDP for the said purpose.” “The governor, who is head of Sainik (soldier) Board, which has proposed such colonies and identified land for…

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Creation of Sanik Colony in Kashmir a conspiracy to change the demography

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Expressing deep concern over the alleged plan of the state and Central government to settle retired Indian army personnel in Sanik Colony in Kashmir, militant outfit Jamiat-ul-Mujhadeen (JuM) Wednesday said the attitude of the both the state and Indian government on this sensitive issue is ambiguous and suspicious. In a statement to CNS, spokesperson JuM, Jameel Ahmed said that the move to settle retired army men in Sanik colony is aimed at to change the demography of Jammu and Kashmir. “Government of India in connivance with so called state government…

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