LATEST UPDATE NEWS
(20:40 IST)
J & K
Assembly adjourned sine die
Jammu : In an
unprecedented move, Jammu and Kashmir
government today tabled and passed in the
Legislative Assembly the appropriation
bill within four minutes amid uproar as
the house was adjourned sine die by
Speaker Tara Chand, thereafter.....more
Pak for
inspection of Baglihar dam
before its operationalisation
Islamabad : Pakistan hopes
India would allow its water officials to
inspect Baglihar dam before its
operationisation......more
22,000 posts to be
filled up in 6-8 months
CM
announces fast track recruitment boards
Domicile certificate for West Pak
refugees
Nod to Dogra certificate, Sharda Peeth
University
Increase in retirement age not ruled out
By Sanjeev Pargal
 JAMMU,
Jan 29: Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi
Azad today announced "fast track
selections" for 22,000 vacancies in
non-gazetted cadre, a process to be
completed in next six to eight months. Mr
Azad also announced several facilities
for West Pakistani and PoK refugees
including domicile certificate for the
former but asserted that their demand for
state subject rights couldn’t be
considered as it required a
Constitutional amendment in Legislature
for which a consensus had remained
elusive in an all party meeting....more
Purchase of
microscopes
Govt
sanctions prosecution of CEO, AO, 2
lecturers
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 29: Government today
accorded sanction to the prosecution of
in-service public servants—Jatinder
Kumar Gupta, then Accounts Officer in the
office of Director School Education,
Balwan Singh, then Lecturer Geology,
State Institute of Education, Rameshwar
Kumar Sharma, then Lecturer Geology, SRML
Higher Secondary School and Thakur Dass
Sharma, then Chief Education Officer
(CEO) Poonch, who were involved in the
alleged purchase of microscopes on highly
exorbitant rates by Education Department
in 2004-05.....more
|
|
| |
Rather,
Tarigami call for CBI
probe
House
remains adjourned for 325
minutes
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Jan 29:
The House remained
adjourned for 325 minutes
today, the longest ever
adjournment on a single
day in current Assembly,
which is in the last
year, following uproar by
National Conference
members in the morning
during Question Hour
demanding resignations of
two Ministers—Tariq
Hamid Qarra, Incharge
Finance and Qazi Mohd
Afzal, Incharge Forests,
indicted by Kundal
Committee report.....more
Opposition
storms into Well,
boycotts proceedings in
LC
By Gopal
Sharma
JAMMU,
Jan 29:
Opposition National
Conference members
stormed into the
‘Well’ of the
Upper House, held
demonstration for about
half an hour and then
boycotted the entire
proceedings for the
entire day here today.....more
|
|
|
Snowfall in
Srinagar
500 Kargil
passengers stranded
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan
29: About 500
passengers have been stranded at
Kargil for the past two weeks
after AN-32 flights were
cancelled due to heavy snowfall
and slippery runway......more
|
 |
|
BJP pledges
to strengthen NDA
'Mission power'
at Centre possible: Advani
NEW DELHI, Jan
29: With focus
on capturing power at the Centre,
BJP’s Prime Ministerial
candidate L K Advani today said
the mission is possible if it
remained a party with a
difference and pledged to
strengthen the NDA.....more
|
|
3 BSP MPs
disqualified
NEW DELHI,
Jan 29: Three BSP
members of the Lok Sabha from
Uttar Pradesh have been
disqualified on grounds of
defection to Samajwadi Party,
giving a boost to the
Mayawati-led outfit in the
electorally crucial State......more
Mufti for
complete peace in J&K
JAMMU, Jan
29: People's Democratic
Party (PDP) patron Mufti Mohammad
Sayeed today said his party was
focussed on bringing complete
peace and normalcy to Jammu and
Kashmir through "peaceful
and amicable resolution" of
the Kashmir issue......more
SVO books DD
Tourism, hotel owner
Excelsior
Correspondent
SRINAGAR,
Jan 29: State
Vigilance Organisation (SVO) has
registered a case against Deputy
Director Tourism, Leh and a hotel
owner for fraudulent withdrawal
of Rs 7.068 lakh......more
|
|
NC to take fight
to streets
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan
29: After massive
protests in the Assembly leading
to frequent adjournments of the
House, the NC now planned to take
its fight seeking resignation of
two PDP Ministers, to streets....more
Recall Kashmir
MPs: ANC
SRINAGAR,
Jan 29: The Jammu
and Kashmir Awami National
Conference today demanded recall
of all MPs, elected from the
Valley, saying they had failed to
raise the issue of violation of
human rights in the State in
Parliament....more
BJP likens Cong
to car with no driver
NEW DELHI,
Jan 29: The
Congress-led coalition at the
Centre was today likened to a
"motorcar" whose brakes
were with the Left parties while
it was riding without a driver....more
|
|
|
|
|
