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Legislators Misuse CDFs: Drabu

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‘Funds must be allocated as per population density’ The legislators are misusing Constituency Development Funds (CDF), Finance Minister, Haseeb Drabu said here Wednesday. Drabu said the present dispensation inherited huge liability of Rs 10000 crore from the previous NC-Congress government led by Omar Abdullah on the government. Responding to a private bill moved by MLC, G N Monga regarding enhancement of CDF from Rs 1.5 crores to 3 crores, Drabu said the funds meant for development of people were used for construction of houses and other properties.  He said the…

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Not much done for Sgr-Jmu highway after 1947: Mufti

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In a veiled attack on opposition National Conference, Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed Wednesday said the Srinagar-Jammu highway has faced neglect after 1947 but he was glad to see Prime Minister Narendra Modi taking interest in the ‘State’s only road lifeline.” Mufti said the widening of the highway would be completed within 18 months. The CM was replying to calling attention motion by Congress legislator G M Saroori during the zero hour in the Legislative Assembly. “Unfortunately Srinagar-Jammu highway which is the only lifeline between Kashmir and the rest of…

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Unemployment real challenge for J&K Government – Mufti Sayeed

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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said that unemployment was the real challenge faced by his government, which is committed to complete the process of recruiting educated unemployed youths in time. “Unemployment is the real challenge faced by the government. All recruitment will be sped up and made in a fair, transparent and time-bound manner,” Mr Sayeed said in the Legislative Council during Question Hour. “Immediately after coming to power, the government strengthened the institutions by appointing persons of integrity in PSC and SSB so that vacancies…

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Home Secy promises bunkers for villages in forward areas

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On his maiden visit to Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Secretary, Rajiv Mehrishi today gave an assurance about the Centre’s positive response on bunkers for villagers living along the 198-km Indo-Pak border. He did not give any commitment on five-marla plots for them in safer zones to escape shelling and described the subject a prerogative of the state government. Mehrishi assumed charge on September 1 after his predecessor LC Goyal was allegedly forced to take voluntary retirement. Mehrishi was accompanied by Special Secretary (Internal Security) in Home Ministry, Ashok Prasad;…

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Geelani appeals clerics to aware Muslims on ‘Qadiyaniyat’

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Hurriyat (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani Tuesday appealed the Imams (clerics) and Islamic scholars to aware the Muslims about the new sedition of “Qadyaniyat” and asked them to stay away from this ‘Fitnah’. He said the whole Muslim Ummah has collectively rejected the fake prophesy theory of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadyani and has termed him and his followers as non-Muslims. In a statement Geelani said Islam teaches respect, tolerance and affection to the Muslims and this religion has no place for the duress and coercion. Muslims have been instructed to…

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Centre asks state to identify land for AIIMS in Jammu, Srinagar

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The Central Government has asked the Jammu and Kashmir Government to identify land measuring about 200 acres each in Srinagar and Jammu for establishing All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the two capitals of the state. This was stated by the J&K Government in a written reply to Aijaz Ahmad Mir (PDP) in the state Assembly today. The state government, in reply to a question, also stated that the Central Government had constituted two teams for visiting and finalising the sites for establishing AIIMS in both state capitals.…

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Govt will protect Art 370, Art 35A at all costs: Bukhari

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Minister for Law, Justice & Parliamentary Affairs, Syed Basharat Bukhari Tuesday asserted that the PDP-BJP coalition government will protect the special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir under Indian Constitution. “We are here to safeguard and protect the Article 370 and Article 35A,” Bukhari said amid thumping of desks by the treasury benches. He told the opposition members that Question Hour is meant for raising issues of public interest in the House. “Please stop creating disruptions,” the Minister said. Leading the charge on behalf of the coalition government, Bukhari said…

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HC gives govt one more week to file report on relocation of liquor shops

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Terming the government report on liquor shops incomplete, the High Court today granted the state one more week to file a comprehensive report on relocation of liquor shops situated near hospitals, religious places, educational institutions and along highways. Hearing public interest litigation which seeks complete prohibition on sale and consumption of liquor in the state, a Division Bench of the High Court, including Chief Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar and Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey, directed the state government to file a comprehensive report by or before October 14, the next date…

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Omar yet to learn decency, says Speaker

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Speaker of the state Assembly Kavinder Gupta, “pained” over the repeated “derogatory” remarks passed by former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on him, today regretted that the working president of state’s oldest political party was yet to learn decency and decorum despite being a public figure of prominence in J&K politics. “Difference of opinion is normal in a democratic system like ours but treating your political opponents as inferiors and passing derogatory remarks against them is against the spirit of democracy,” Gupta told The Tribune while reacting sharply to Omar’s repeated…

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Police shift focus from regulating traffic to issuing challans

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The traffic policemen manning city roads seem to have shifted their focus from regulating smooth flow of vehicular movement to achieving the given target of issuing “challans” to traffic rules violators. Motorists have to struggle to find their way at busy traffic points due to prevailing chaos. A single ride on city roads is enough to witness traffic policemen “pouncing” on the rider of a two-wheeler for violation of road safety norms, but ignore the chaos created by minibus operators, who can easily be spotted “greasing the palm” of law…

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