Governor Lt Gen (Retd) S K
Sinha taking salute at
Republic Day parade at M A Stadium in
Jammu on Saturday. Excelsior/Ashok
Zero tolerance
to HR violations being
strictly
observed: Sinha
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 26: Governor Lt. Gen
(Retd) S K Sinha today said the
Government and the Army are showing
immense zero tolerance to human rights
violations in the State, which is
grappling with terrorism.Addressing a
State level parade on the auspicious
occasion of 59th Republic Day at M A M
Stadium here this morning, he said that
zero tolerance against human rights
violations mean every effort being made
to eliminate any such incident and anyone
found guilty of this violation being
promptly and severely punished. He,
however, elaborated that as in civil
society murders cannot be totally
eliminated, so in insurgency it is
difficult to totally eliminate human
rights violations. ...more
IT Deptt strives
to collect amount before March
Rs 195 cr
income taxevasion detected in J&K
By Mohinder Verma
JAMMU, Jan 26: For the first time
in the State, Income Tax Department has
detected Rs 195 crore tax evasion and has
asked all the Assessing Officers to
collect the amount from the tax evadors
by March 31, 2008.Disclosing this to the
EXCELSIOR, Income Tax Commissioner,
J&K Circle Virendra Singh said that
during the current financial year (till
December 31, 2007), the Department
scrutinized 953 returns of the tax payers
resulting into short payment/tax evasion
to the tune of Rs 195 crore including ....more
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Pak
ultra gunned down,
another held
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Jan 26: A
Pakistani militant was
gunned down in continued
operation along Munawar
Tawi on Line of Control
(LoC) at
Sunderbani-Akhnoor border
this morning taking total
number of militants
killed in the operation
during last four days to
two. Two Army soldiers
have also lost their
lives in the operation
while four others
including a Major were
injured.Ramban police
today also arrested a
Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT)
militant and recovered
two hand grenades from
his possession......more
BJP
chalks out strategy
for elections
NEW
DELHI, Jan 26: With
NDA putting its stamp of
approval on L K
Advani’s candidacy
as Prime Minister, the
BJP is expected to decide
the nitty-gritty of the
strategy ahead at its
three-day national
executive and council
meet beginning here
tomorrow. Buoyed by the
victories in Gujarat and
Himachal Pradesh, the
saffron party does not
want to leave anything to
chance in the Assembly
elections in Karnataka
where the Congress is
readying for a determined
battle. ....more
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FM
document proposes ban on COLA
Half of
PSUs staff surplus; losses Rs
1763 cr
By Sanjeev Pargal
JAMMU, Jan
26: Over 11,000
Government officers and officials
working in Public Sector
Undertakings (PSUs) are surplus
while accumulated losses of the
Corporations have aggregated to
Rs 1736 crores, according to a
Finance Ministry’s
document.The PSUs employ manpower
force around 22,500, half of
which are surplus, the document
says.It adds that against a total
paid-up capital of Rs 206 crore,
the accumulated losses of the
Corporation have aggregated to Rs
1736 crore. The liabilities on
account of statutory dues alone
stand at Rs 318 crore.......more
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Situation
improving: IG CRPF
SRINAGAR,
Jan 26: The overall
security situation in the Kashmir
valley has improved considerably,
Inspector General of CRPF Sunil
Kumar Jain said. He said the
incidents of militancy related
violence has come down and there
has been considerable improvement
in the overall situation. In an
informal chat with the reporters
after unfurling the national flag
at historic Lal Chowk, near here,
Mr Jain said the improvement in
the situation was achieved mainly
because of full cooperation from
the common people and the supreme
sacrifices made by the security
personnel. ....more
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Fresh
snowfall in Valley
SRINAGAR,
Jan 26: Srinagar
and its adjoining areas
experienced light snowfall today
resulting in considerable cold.
After experiencing minus 1.8
degree celsius during the night,
tree tops, roofs and electric
polls were covered under a
blanket of snow as Srinagar and
its adjoining areas received
snowfall. However, the snow
melted after the sun came up. ......more
Plot to
target security forces foiled
SRINAGAR,
Jan 26: Security
forces foiled a militant plan to
plant and trigger a powerful
Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
when they arrested two militants
in north Kashmir last evening,
official sources said today.
During a routine naka checking,
troops of 52 Rashtriya Rifles
(RR) and police arrested two
militants along with an IED, the
sources said. ......more
CB
challans transport company
SRINAGAR,
Jan 26: Crime
Branch has challaned a transport
company for misusing CST/GST
numbers. A spokesman of the Crime
Branch said a case had been
registered in the Crime Branch,
Kashmir in connection with a
complaint regarding misuse of
CST/GST numbers by a transport
company Bilal Goods Carrier,
Magarmal Bagh Srinagar for
exporting carpets worth crores of
rupees in order to evade tax
causing loss to ......more
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AF
targets sea Tiger meet, 26 killed
COLOMBO, Jan
26: A secret
LTTE Naval wing meeting was today
targeted by Sri Lankan fighter
jets in the rebel dominated
Mullativu area even as 23
militants and three soldiers were
killed in a series of ground
clashes in the northern part of
the island country....more
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