Year: 2015

Give details of funds for flood-hit roads: HC to Govt

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The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has sought details of the sanctioned money for restoration of damaged roads in Kashmir from the state government. It has also asked the state to furnish report on the restoration work carried out by the Roads and Buildings (R&B) Department since May this year. The directions were issued today by a Division Bench of the High Court, which is hearing public interest litigation filed by the Civil Society, Tral, through advocate GN Shaheen. The society has highlighted the pathetic condition of roads in the…

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Experts to find measures to ease traffic congestion

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On October 17, experts and stakeholders will sit on the banks of the Dal Lake to discuss short and long-term measures to overcome the problem of traffic congestion in the twin cities of Srinagar and Jammu. The experts and panellists will meet during a day-long seminar “Traffic Management in J&K” at the SKICC in Srinagar. It is being organised by Institution of Studies, Learning and Analysis (ISLA) – an NGO. Additional Director-General of Police, Armed, SM Sahai, who is Director ISLA, said they had studied traffic in the capital cities…

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Parties make last-ditch efforts to woo voters as campaigning ends

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  The campaigning for elections to the 26 constituencies of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Leh, which governs the district politically, ended today with the contesting candidates and their party leaders making last-minute efforts to woo the electorate. The elections to the LAHDC, Leh, constituted in 1995, will be held on October 17 from 8 am to 4 pm, while the counting of votes will take place on October 23. A total of 90 candidates, including 25 each from the BJP and the Congress, eight each from the…

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CM’s cell notes complaints on social media

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The CM’s grievance cell is monitoring and resolving all complaints, including those on the social media. “We have initiated an innovative programme of proactive action. We scan major newspapers published in the state and grievances on the social media and record public grievances reported in the Press. The grievances are analysed and reports sent to the officials concerned for immediate action,” said Waheed Ur Rehman Para, political analyst in the CM’s Office. The officials in the Chief Minister’s Office said the critical grievances were being disposed of within a week.…

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Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University got new VC

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Prof Javed Musarrat, Dean, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, has been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University, Rajouri, for five years. An order to this effect was issued today by Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, also Chancellor of the university, the government said. “The appointment has been made on the basis of recommendations of the search committee headed by Prof Amitabh Mattoo, Adviser to the Chief Minister,” it said. Professor Musarrat had served in the United States as visiting scientist, Michigan State University, and…

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The “Beef” War!

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The easiest way to divert people’s’ attention from the basic problems is to start some emotional controversy. Eating or not eating, the “beef”, is a case in point The likes and dislikes of the various items of food eaten by people in different parts of the world are varied and sometimes contradictory. Everyone has his own preference and like or dislike of different edible items. Apart from normal things like chickens, mutton, pork, and beef people also eat snakes, snails, turtles, and even dogs! Assamese are supposed to be fond of dog…

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Mushroom growth of Bars & Wine shops in Jammu

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In view of the mushroom growth of bars, resturants and wine shops in City of Temples, Jammu, the court today directed the government to file response within one week. The court directed that the response must be with reference to the license granted in favour of liquor shops at the places of worship, hospitals, educational institutions, state highway or National Highway. The directions were given a Division Bench (DB) of State High Court comprising Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey and Justice BS Walia in response to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL)…

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Private schools can’t charge exorbitant fees: Justice Imtiyaz

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Justice Hakim Imtiyaz Hussain, Chairman of Committee for fixation of fee structure of private educational institutions, has said that the private schools of the State cannot be allowed to charge exorbitant fees from the students studying in such schools. “Complaints regarding such increase in fee will be dealt with strenuously. Schools that do not indulge in excessive fee charging will be allowed to have reasonable increase as per the norms after due process of their cases but schools who have got surplus income and where increase in such fee is…

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Police beats, pressurises man to sign papers claiming his brother has rejoined militants

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A man in south Kashmir’s Kokernag area was allegedly tortured for three days in police custody in order to force him to sign papers claiming his brother has joined militant ranks. 28-year-old Bashir Ahmad Wani, a former Lashkar-e-Toiba militant, went missing after appearing for hearing in a case at the Anantnag district court on October 1. Since then, he has not returned home. Last week, a police party from police station Kokernag picked up Bashir’s younger brother, Mudasir Ahmad Wani, and shifted him to JIC Anantnag for “interrogation”. “I was…

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No problem in hearing beef ban cases at Srinagar: CJI

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Petitioner wanted cases to be heard in Jammu or outside the state Chief Justice of India HL Dattu today said J&K High Court Chief Justice NP Vasanthakumar did not anticipate any problem in hearing the beef ban petitions at Srinagar. The CJI said the High Court CJ gave this assurance to him when he talked to the CJ last evening on phone. The CJI disclosed this to a petitioner, Parimoksh Seth, who wanted the cases to be heard at Jammu or outside the state in view of the surcharged atmosphere…

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