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Budget session begins today
Army gives Rs 2 lakh each to kin of killed Handwara boys
Army comes to Kargil heart patient’s rescue Razia Bano along with her husband Mohamad Hadi in Chandigarh.
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PDP's demand for self-rule matter of concern: BJP
Gujjars seek quota in LS, Assembly seats
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Budget session begins today
Jammu, February 26 These issues are likely to be raised in both Houses of the Legislature in the 37-day-long session not only by the PDP, but also the opposition National Conference (NC) that so far has supported various steps of Mr Azad. The session will begin with the address of Governor S.K. Sinha to joint sitting of both Houses. The PDP of Mufti Sayeed, who is himself an MLA, has launched scathing attacks on the Congress outside the House on the issue of “rising” incidents of human rights violation eversince Mr Azad replaced the Mufti as Chief Minister. A section of the Congress was at loggerheads with the PDP on the issue and recently asked it to behave or quit the coalition. With an eye on vote bank in the valley, the PDP might not let the opportunity of criticising the government on the issue go out of hands in the session. The NC also was agitated on the “failure” of Mr Azad to meet his commitment of stopping incidents of human rights violation. The NC, that supported Mr Azad almost on every issue in the last session of the legislature, is likely to change its posture this time as, the party leaders say that enough time was given to the Chief Minister to show performance. The party is expected to put the government on the mat on the much hyped issue of corruption and nepotism at high places and government offices. Only small fries have been targeted by the Congress-led coalition while the sharks were still ‘looting’ the resources of the state, a NC leader said. The NC, which is the single largest party in the Assembly, would again highlight the issue of failure of the government to rehabilitate all victims of the recent earthquake. The party has alleged that several relief cheques bounced despite the assurance by Mr Azad. The party was expected to corner the government also on the issue of a financial crunch in the state despite liberal financial grants from the Centre. Development works have come to a grinding halt, a NC legislator said. The NC might also accuse the government of “fudging” the figures in the previous Budgets to call it a “zero deficit” Budget although overdraft of the government in the J&K Bank was increasing. The BJP, which has a lone member in the Assembly, might join hands with likeminded smaller groups to criticise the government. On the other hand, the ruling Congress is likely to highlight the government’s achievements, including the round table conference convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The ministers would also highlight the development works in past four months. |
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Army gives Rs 2 lakh each to kin of killed
Srinagar, February 26 Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir Basharat Ahmed Dhar accompanied by Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir range K Rajendra and General Officer in Commanding (GOC) Kilo Force Lt Gen KN Singh yesterday visited Dodipora to console the bereaved families. The Divisional Commissioner told the families of the victims — Amir Akbar, Shakir Wani, Ghulam Hassan Bhat and Samad Mir — that the State administration had already ordered a magisterial inquiry into the incident. The probe would be completed in one month, he asserted. The families of the four youths were given an ex-gratia relief of Rs 3 lakh each which includes Rs 2 lakh by the Army and Rs 1 lakh from the State government. In addition, the State government also assured employment to one family member of the deceased. In his brief address, Gen Singh regretted the killings and assured that all steps would be taken to prevent recurrence of such incidents.
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Army comes to Kargil heart patient’s rescue Chandigarh, February 26 Razia Bano, a resident of Lankerchey, a small habitat situated about 40 km away from Kargil, was airlifted to Delhi by a service aircraft last week where she was admitted to the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital for surgery. Diagnosis by civilian doctors at Kargil and Srinagar earlier revealed that two of her heart valves were blocked, requiring immediate open heart surgery. The cost of the surgery alone was about Rs 2.5 lakh. This was a large amount for her husband, Mohamad Hadi, a daily wage worker, who then approached the Army in Kargil for assistance. Under Operation Sadbhavana, the Army too over responsibility for her treatment and flew Razia along with her husband and sister-in-law to Chandigarh from where the journey to Delhi was completed by road. Besides her treatment, all travelling arrangements as well as board and lodging for all three at Delhi and elsewhere was arranged by the Army. According to Army officers, the total expenditure incurred by them was about Rs 5 lakh. Speaking to The Tribune here while on the way back to Kargil, Mohamad Hadi said he was in a very difficult situation and it would have been impossible for him to get his wife treated had the Army not rendered assistance.
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PDP's demand for self-rule matter of concern: BJP
Jammu, February 26 Mr Jaitley, who was talking to media persons during his one-day tour here, said the Congress should clarify whether they were strengthening those seeking “self-rule” by continuing to rule the state with the help of the PDP. He said the roundtable conference had raised two serious concerns. The first that the conference was convened without any home work by the UPA government as the Hurriyat Conference did not participate and secondly, the Congress was in coalition with the PDP that was seeking “self-rule”. He said the BJP had expected that the prime minister would reassure the country that the demand for “self-rule” could not be met. Unfortunately no such announcement came from the prime minister.
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Gujjars seek quota in LS, Assembly seats
Jammu, February 26 This demand was contained in a memorandum submitted by the President Gujjar Bakerwal Conference, Haji Buland Khan, to the Prime Minister, Mr Manmohan Singh, during the roundtable conference held in Delhi yesterday. While appreciating the initiative the Prime Minister took in inviting a large number of political leaders and intellectuals to the conference for resolving the ongoing turmoil in the state, Haji Buland Khan said the time had come when prolonged injustice meted out to the Gujjars and Bakerwals needed to be rectified by granting them political reservation. The Gujjar leader said that as per the state Constitution eight members of the tribe were to be nominated to the Upper House but so far this right had been denied. Similarly on the basis of the voting strength and the Scheduled Tribe status 17 out of 87 seats in the Assembly had to be reserved for Gujjars and Bakerwals. |
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Bank officers stage dharna
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