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HC notices to Centre, state, MPs on misuse of funds Jammu, November 4 Acting on a public interest litigation(PTL), a Division Bench of the High Court issued notices to MPs and former legislators yesterday asking why the PIL should not be admitted and listed before it for hearing. The Bench also allowed the petitioner’s plea that Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implimentation and Central Bureau of Investigation be made respondents, along with 30 other respondents, comprising high profile politicians and top officers. Prominent among those who have been issued notices, include Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) chief and MP, Ghulam Nabi Azad,
former MP Sharief-Udin-Sharik, Abdul Aziz Wani, Ghulam Hassan Mir, Abdul Rasheed Zargar, Qazi Jalal-u-Din, Ghulam Hassan Bhat, Moulvi R. Akhoon, Firdaus Baba, Farooq Mir, C.L. Khajuria, Ram Pal, Bimla Lothra, Zubaida Salaria, Veer Chand Mahasha, S.M. Fill, and Dipender Kour (all former legislators and ministers) besides MLAs Sajjad Kitchloo and Tanvir Ahmed. The petition pointed towards a scam related to alleged misappropriation and misutilisation of funds by MPs, MLAs and MLCs amounting to more that Rs 1 crore for the years 1991-2000 and 2000-01. —
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3-day state mourning for Bakula Jammu, November 4 The government has declared a three-day state mourning. The National Flag shall fly at half-mast and there will be no official entertainment during these days. Kushak Bakula (86) died after a brief illness in a hospital at Delhi. He was a former Member of Parliament, minister and a diplomat. The Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, said that Mr Kushak Bakula always strived for development of the Ladakh area and made contributions in the socio-political spheres. The Deputy Chief Minister, Mr Mangat Ram Sharma, has also mourned his death. Born at Motho and educated at Geshes in Lhasa, Mr Bakula was on of the very few surviving members of the state Constituent Assembly from 1951 to 1957. His body will be flown to Leh on November 7 for last rites. For two days his body shall remain in state at Delhi to enable the people to pay their last respects. Srinagar: Senior National Conference leaders in Jammu and Kashmir have mourned the death of Kushak Bakula, a former minister and Member of Parliament. In their condolence message former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah, and NC president, have expressed grief over the demise of
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Rehabilitation yes, but not the govt way Jammu, November 4 The chairman of the APHC, Molvi Abbas Ansari, has opposed the plan on the plea that it will result in the segregation of minority community people from the majority. He said: “Pandits and Muslims have lived together for the past over 600 years in Kashmir.” The chief of the Democratic Freedom Party, Shabir Ahmed Shah, said: “I have been consistent in my efforts in facilitating the return of the migrants to Kashmir, but the way the government is going about the job will increase the division between the two communities.” Mr Shah and Molvi Ansari said the government should rebuild the houses of Pandits, which were damaged in militancy-related violence, and allot plots to those who had sold their houses and land, so that the Kashmiri Hindus could be rehabilitated in villages they had left in 1990. A senior leader of the All-State Kashmir Pandit Conference, Mr Hira Lal Chatha, said: “ A proper atmosphere has to be created to encourage the Pandits to return on their own.” The chairman of the Panun Kashmir, Dr Ajay Chrungoo, said : “Rehabilitating Pandits in separate tenements is not acceptable to us. Instead, the government should accept our demand for the establishment of a separate homeland for Pandits and other secular forces.” While Molvi Ansari said the atmosphere was conducive for the return of Kashmiri Pandits to the valley, Dr Chrungoo and Mr Chatha said: “ Once ministers and political leaders move about without a heavy security cover we will be satisfied with the changed security scenario.” Senior government functionaries, on the other hand, said: “ The Chief Minister’s plan of settling displaced people in tenements has received a positive response from a large number of camp dwellers in Jammu, who called on the Mufti during the past several months.” They said: “ For the government, rehabilitating Pandits in Kashmir is a dream project and we are committed to making a beginning. Mr Chatha said: “Once my community people settle in Sheikhpura, they will have to move to eke out of living.” He said: “ The plan to have a school, a temple and a dispensary alone cannot ensure our survival.” The Pandit leader said the government continued to give a raw deal to “my community people”. Citing instances, he said during the past one year, not a single Pandit youth was given a job in the government and nor was the healing touch extended to the displaced people. He said even the victims of the Wandhama massacre were not given jobs. He advised the government to first bring the Pandits out of economic distress and then think of bringing them back to Kashmir. |
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Major honoured posthumously Jammu, November 4 The badge and the certificate awarded by the Army chief, Gen. N.C. Vij, were presented by Brig. R.S. Jamwal, Station Commander, at a function here this morning. Maj Manmeet Singh was born at Delhi on February 3, 1972. He was commissioned in the Corps of Signals in December 1993 and he led the despatch rider team of the Corps till 1997. He was posted at Baramulla in May 2001 after doing his Signals Officer Degree Engineering course. |
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Move on surrendered terrorists opposed Jammu, November 4 Mr Bhim Singh, who was talking to mediapersons here today, said that he met Mr Advani in Delhi and had also written to him against the move of the Mufti government. He said the Panthers Party was opposed to the move as this would encourage youth to take to the gun. The state government was planning to introduce a system under which each terrorists would be given a fixed deposit of Rs 3 lakh and a bank loan for setting up a self-employment project. Mr Bhim Singh’s reaction comes within a day of the Chief Minister, Mufti
Sayeed, saying that the policy would not be in isolation as it would be backed by the Centre. The draft policy would be sent to the Union Home Ministry after it was approved by the state Cabinet. Mr Bhim Singh said the Panthers Party was also against the recruitment of terrorists who surrendered to the police or the paramilitary forces. He said a delegates’ session of the Panthers Party had been convened here on December 5 and 6 to review the performance of the coalition government. He made it clear that he personally was not satisfied with the functioning of the coalition in which his party was a partner. He said it was unfortunate that the promises pertaining to Jammu in the common minimum programme of the coalition partners had not been implemented although the Mufti government had completed one year in office. |
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Bandh in Doda over firing incident Jammu, November 4 Angry residents, raising anti-government and anti-security forces slogans, took out a procession in the town this morning and staged a sit-in for an hour before the Deputy Commissioner's office, demanding a probe into the firing. A total shutdown was observed in the town and traffic was off the roads. —
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suspended Srinagar, November 4 The officials belonged to the offices of Assistant Commissioner, Development, District Social Welfare, Chief Education Officer, Animal Husbandry, Notified Area Committee and Chief Agriculture Officer. In Budgam district, 11 officials were suspended after they were found absent. —
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