Pre-budget
economic survey
J&K
in debt trap
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Jan 15: The
pre-budget economic
survey presented today in
both Houses of
Legislature by Finance
Minister Tariq Hamid
Qarra revealed that
overall liabilities of
the Government had gone
as high as Rs 18701 crore
forcing the Government to
consider engaging a
Consultant to manage debt
stock of the State in a
futuristic perspective.....more
Step
aimed at bringing
transparency: Qarra
Govt
comes up with ATR on
budget for first time
By Mohinder
Verma
JAMMU,
Jan 15: To
bring transparency in the
budget announcements made
during last year and
their implementations on
ground, the coalition
Government for the first
time has come up with the
Action Taken Report (ATR)
which was tabled in the
Legislative Assembly by
the Minister for Finance
Tariq Hameed Qarra today.....more
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Rather, Tarigami
grill Govt; Harsh walks-out
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 15:
Leader of the Opposition and
former Finance Minister Abdul
Rahim Rather and CPM Member Mohd
Yousaf Tarigami today grilled the
Government following the
revelations by the Deputy Chief
Minister that only 32.78 per cent
Plan expenditure has been made
upto ending November 2007 while
National Panthers Party (NPP) MLA
Harshdev Singh staged walk-out
over the alleged lapses on the
part of the Planning Department
vis-a-vis granting
additionalities to the districts.
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PDP, NC members
clash in Upper House
Opposition MLCs
walk-out
By Gopal Sharma
JAMMU, Jan 15: The Upper
House of the J&K Legislature
witnessed heated exchanges
between the Peoples’
Democratic Party (PDP) and the
opposition National Conference
members, disrupting proceedings
in the House for some time. .....more
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Azad’s
Address-Sidelights
*Kalakot,
Safedkot, Lalkot, Peelakot will
all get colleges. Mr Azad said
this when MLA Kalakot Rashpal
Singh interrupted his speech
demanding a degree college for
his constituency......more
2 Gujjars buried
alive in Anantnag
Excelsior Special
Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Jan 15:
Two persons were
buried alive and two more injured
in a snow avalanche in Anantnag
district of south Kashmir last
evening. Meanwhile, in a joint
operation, Police and Army today
claimed to have killed a
"District Commander" of
Lashkar-e-Toiba militant outfit
in Bandipore-Ganderbal belt in
north Kashmir......more
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Army NCO succumbs
to injury
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 15: A
Non-Commissioned Army Officer
(NCO) who allegedly attempted to
commit suicide after firing at
and wounding his junior
colleagues in Akhnoor last
evening, died at the Command
Hospital Udhampur, sources said
today. ...more
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Two militants
killed in Poonch
Excelsior
Correspondent
POONCH, Jan 15: Troops of
Rashtriya Rifles and police today
gunned down two unidentified
militants at Chak Banola in
Mendhar tehsil of this border
district....more
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