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6 pc DA for government employees, pensioners Srinagar, May 18 The Cabinet has also decided raise the total DA from 29 per cent to 35 per cent. This will also apply to IAS officers working in the state. The employees and the pensioners will get the DA arrears in cash, the official spokesman said. He added that the Cabinet also sanctioned sub-treasuries at Boniyar (Baramula), Lar (Ganderbal), Devsar (Anantnag), Tangste block, Durbak and Leh. The recommendations of the Cabinet sub-committee regarding the creation of new administrative units were also approved. The meeting which was held yesterday evening was the first Cabinet meeting to be presided over by Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad after offices re-opened after the durbar move on May 7. It also approved the placement of four superintending engineers and in charge superintending engineers of the PWD as in charge chief engineers. Those who have been reshuffled are superintending engineer B.K. Sharma, superintending engineer Ram Saran Bangotra, superintending engineer Nazir Ahmad and in charge superintending engineer Sheikh Mohammad Hussain. The Cabinet has approved transfers and postings in the PWD. Chief engineer (R & B), Jammu, M.M. Sharma, has been transferred as MD of the Jammu and Kashmir Housing Board. Iftikar Ahmad Andrabi has been transferred as chief hospital engineer in SKIMS. In charge chief engineer B.K.Sharma has been transferred as MD of JKPCC. In charge chief engineer Ram Saran Bangotra has been transferred as chief engineer (R & B), Jammu. In charge chief engineer Nazir Ahmad has been posted as chief engineer (R & B), Kashmir whereas in charge chief engineer Sheikh Mohammad Hussain has been transferred as the joint development commissioner (works). In charge chief engineer (R & B), Kashmir, Mohammad Shahban Najar will report to the administrative department for further posting in the Railways (IRCON). In the mechanical engineering departments, in charge superintending engineer Gul Mohammad has been placed as in charge chief engineer of the department in Kashmir. In charge superintending engineer Vinod Kumar Puri has been placed as in charge chief engineer and posted as MD of JK Cements Limited. In charge superintending engineer Arun Kumar Sharma has been placed as in charge chief engineer and posted as the director of the stores and procurement department.
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Geelani under house arrest Srinagar, May 18 Talking to journalists at his Hyderpora residence later in the afternoon, Geelani decried the restrictions being imposed on his activities by the state government. He said this move was aimed at stopping him from putting forth his point of view. This, he said, was an undemocratic step taken by the government.Geelani held that mainstream political parties, on the other hand, were given due facilities to put forth their point of view across the valley. Restrictions on his party meetings exposed the intentions of the government, he alleged. He, however, added that the “freedom struggle” would continue “with or without Geelani”.
He reiterated his demand for the right of self determination for the people of the state as the only solution to the long- pending Kashmir issue. He blamed the government for not allowing him to offer Friday prayers.
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Constituent Assembly ex-member dead Srinagar, May 18 The PDP patron and former Chief Minister, Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, has condoled the death of Syed Azad, one of the architects of the Jammu and Kashmir Constitution. The Mufti described him as a visionary who always worked for the poor and downtrodden throughout his political life. |
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Hundreds rescued as storm hits valley
Srinagar, May 18 The police said they saved hundreds of tourists and houseboat and shikara occupants in the Dal and Nigeen Lakes from drowning after strong winds followed by heavy rain hit several parts of Kashmir. Several shikaras and boats have reportedly capsized in the lakes. Reports received here from several areas, including Uri, Lal Bazar and Soura, in the valley said rooftops of hundreds of houses blew away in the strong winds. Several electric poles and trees were also uprooted. — UNI
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