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JCC withdraws protest call
A government office wears a deserted look due to the pen-down strike of the employees in Srinagar on Monday. Tribune Photo: Amin War
Defunct meters, inflated power
bills irk Anantnag residents
Meet calls for maintaining sectarian unity during Muharram processions
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1996 contractor’s killing: Court seeks details of arms seized from accused
Handwara villagers protest erratic power supply
Agriculture director asks farmers to update themselves with technology
Working of Anganwadi centres hailed
Social activist joins Peoples Conference
SDA condoles Dudha’s demise
Army organises Road Safety Mela
J&K Bank holds financial literacy camps
Opening of Jan Aushadhi store in Kargil appreciated Leopard injures teenager Spokesman of Awami Itehad Party killed in road accident
Committee for minimising power theft cases
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JCC withdraws protest call
Srinagar, November 11 Committee leader Farooq Trali said the protest call was withdrawn after six leaders, including Employees Joint Action Committee-Q president Abdul Qayoom Wani, were released. The JCC had yesterday called for a pen-down strike today and protest tomorrow demanding release of its leaders, who had been detained during protests here on Saturday last. Trali said the release of the employee leaders was welcomed by taking out a procession from the Central Jail to the CAPD office. Terming today’s pen-down strike a ‘complete success’, he said the JCC would announce its next round of protest calendar in Jammu in the coming days after consultations with various employee leaders. “Today, the employees only marked attendance but did not work as we had called for a pen-down strike,” he added. While talks between the government and the JCC had ended in a deadlock in August last, the employees have been staging protests and strikes for over two years now. After a series of protests and strikes by the employees last year, the government had reached an agreement with the JCC wherein the employees were assured that a decision on their demands would be announced by September 30. However, the JCC then resumed protests, saying the government had failed to fulfill the promises made to them. The employees’ demands include release of arrears recommended by the sixth pay commission, enhancement of retirement age from 58 to 60 years, removal of pay anomalies and regularisation of daily wagers and casual workers working in various government departments. The other JCC demands are inclusion of five years of contractual service of Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT) teachers in the service book and regularisation of education volunteers after seven years of service. |
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Defunct meters, inflated power
bills irk Anantnag residents
Anantnag, November 11 The residents said they were being unnecessarily harassed by the PDD by sending electricity bills running into thousands of rupees. “I have a metered connection at my shop and my bill usually ran into hundreds of rupees,” said Muneeb Ahmad, a resident of Mattan area in Anantnag. He said despite complaining to the PDD authorities of a defunct meter a couple of times nothing had been done. “Instead of getting the meter repaired, the department had sent me a bill of Rs 17,000,” said Muneeb. The residents said they had to make countless trips to the PDD office concerned to get the escalated bills rectified. Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE), M&RE, Anantnag, Nazir Ahmad maintains that people don’t usually complain about the faulty meters and by sending them escalated bills, the department is making sure that they do come and complain. “Once they come to us we get their bills rectified and their meters are repaired or changed if needed,” said the AEE. The residents, however, alleged that the way adopted by the PDD was sheer harassment. “People do complain about the faulty meters, however, their complaint is not taken cognisance of,” said Mudassir Ahmad, an Anantnag resident. Other residents said it was the duty of the PDD to get the meters checked on a periodic basis. They said it took more than a month to get a wrong bill corrected at the PDD office concerned. |
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Meet calls for maintaining sectarian unity during Muharram processions
Srinagar, November 11 The meeting called under the banner of Shia-Sunni Coordination Committee, was attended by heads and the representatives of several religious and social organisation, a statement said here. “The meeting reiterated that the Shia-Sunni unity should be maintained at all costs and it was decided that during Muharram and Ashoora processions, a strict watch and vigil should be maintained on the anti-social elements,” the statement said while appealing Kashmiri Muslims to maintain the sectarian unity. The social, religious and political organisations which participated in the meeting include Jamaat-e-Islami, Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen, Anjuman-e-Shari Shiyaan, Anjuman-e-Humayat-ul-Islam, Youth Action Committee and Peoples Party. Meanwhile, in a separate statement senior Hurriyat leader and National Front chairman Nayeem Khan has urged for ending sectarian divides in the state. “Terming Karballa as a war between right and wrong, he appealed the Imams and the Muslim intelligentsia to work for the demolition of walls between different sects of Muslims,” a statement from Khan said. He termed the continuous ban on Aashoora procession as the highhandedness of the government.
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1996 contractor’s killing: Court seeks details of arms seized from accused
Srinagar, November 11 These directions were issued by First Additional Sessions Judge, Srinagar, today in an application filed by Zahoor Aghmad Mir, son of the deceased contractor. Ali Muhammad Mir, a resident of Brein
Nishat, was allegedly kidnapped and subsequently killed on June 26, 1996, by a counter-insurgency group led by Ghulam Muhammad Lone alias Papa
Kishtwari, who is currently in judicial custody and facing trial in the case pertaining to the contractor’s murder. In the application moved by Zahoor through his counsel Babar Jan
Qadri, it has been submitted that “state machinery, including the prosecution, has failed to recover the arms and ammunition that was lying with the accused in the above titled case.” “That the arms and ammunition was huge in quantity and was approximately 150 AK 47 rifles and connected ammunition, which was used by the accused for killing innocent civilians,” it has been alleged in the application before the court. While seeking directions for initiating fresh proceedings and investigation for recovery of these illegal arms and ammunition from the custody of the accused, it has been further submitted that non-recovery of such a huge quantity of arms and ammunition is posing a threat not only to the applicant and his family but to the witnesses also. After hearing the averments from the counsel, the court forwarded the application to the Assistant Public Prosecutor and directed him to seek details from the
SSP, Srinagar, with regard to the averments made in the application by or before November 14, the next date of hearing. Timeline
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Handwara villagers protest erratic power supply
Kupwara November 11 “Although we are made to pay power tariff according to the curtailment schedule but power is never supplied according to the schedule. For the past one week, power is playing hide and seek and often goes off for hours from evening onwards,” said Shabir Ahmad, a local resident. Residents of adjoining villages, including Bakikar, Shailhal, Sudal and Devaspora, also complained of erratic power supply. They threatened not to pay the tariff if power was not restore to normal. “What is the point in paying the tariff when the supply is so erratic? If the power department did not improve the power situation, we would be forced not to pay the tariff for August,” said Gulshan Iqbal, a resident of Shailhal. An official of the power department said, “I appeal the consumers not to use broilers and heaters to avoid load-shedding. The supply would be restored to normal in a few days.” |
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Agriculture director asks farmers to update themselves with technology
Srinagar, November 11 On this occasion, Kashmir Agriculture Director Mushtaq Peerzada appreciated the role of farmers in uplifting agriculture and allied sectors. He asked the farmers to participate in melas and awareness camps organised by the department to remain updated with the latest technology and farm machinery. He said: “If we concentrate on harnessing the potential of available land, we can give considerable fillip to our economy.” Chief Agriculture Officer,
Kupwara, Ghulam Farooq Rather said, “Machinery in agriculture sector is pivotal in increase yields as barren land can also be brought under cultivation.” He impressed upon farmers to adopt latest modern technology and mechanisation in agriculture sector to bring the cost of labour component down and will yield good results in cultivation, helps the farming community to upliftment in their economy. He advised farmers to coordinate with agriculture department for the successful implementation of farmer-friendly schemes, and avail benefits from these schemes. He said farmers of the district had purchased 10 tillers, 100 irrigation
pumpsets, 4 power sprayers and 150 tool kits, besides establishing 50 poly green houses and 8
vermi-compost units, 2 bore wells and 20 tube wells for which Rs 28.65 lakh would be provided to farmers as subsidy component. Among others, officers and field functionaries of the department, officers of the horticulture and animal husbandry departments and large number of farmers were present on these occasions. Farmers gave overwhelming response and interacted with experts on various issues related to modern technology and machinery. Registered dealers displayed latest agriculture machinery, equipment and other tools at their stalls. |
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Working of Anganwadi centres hailed
Kupwara, November 11 "The employees are working round the clock to ensure that health supplements and not the fungus-infected food is given to our children. The supervisor checks the hygienic condition of the stores and health supplements almost every day before feeding supplements to the children," said Abdul Rashid Dar, a local resident. As many as four Anganwadi centres are feeding supplements to the children in village. The locals said adequate supplements had been stored in the village and the supervisor ensured that the supplements including "daliya and kheer" were cooked properly and served to the children. "Proper ventilation in stores is maintained and hygienic supplements are fed to the children. We are thankful to the staff for taking due care of nutrition of our children. It is because of their genuine efforts that the health of children is maintained," said Rayees Ahmad,a local resident. The locals said project officer Wavoora Sajad Ahmad Qureshi visited the centres at regular intervals to ensure that Anganwadi centers were working smoothly and children were fed supplements. |
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Social activist joins Peoples Conference
Srinagar, November 11 Alleging that the mainstream politics was “swarmed with people who ideologically pretend to represent the
Kashmiris”, Lone lamented that the present Assembly had only “created noises, enacted theatrical performances but never contributed to change in matters which were of great ideological importance”. “This Assembly has the unique distinction of tacitly endorsing the hanging of Afzal Guru and brushing under the carpet serious issues like that of the revelations made by former Army chief VK Singh,” he added. Lone urged the people to ‘come out and vote for change’ during the next Assembly elections scheduled next year. |
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SDA condoles Dudha’s demise
Srinagar, November 11 A condolence meeting convened at SDA headquarters here while paying rich tributes to late Dudha recalled his contributions in apt handling of the Income Tax matters of the authority. The meeting was presided over by Vice-Chairman,
SDA, Shafaat Noor Barlas. Paying tributes to the deceased, the Vice-Chairman said he was impressed by the nobleness and professional abilities of
Dudha. He said Dudha’s demise had not only left a void in his own family, but SDA family as well. Speaking at the meeting, Financial Advisor,
SDA, Zahoor Ahmad Rather recalled his long association with Dudha. He said Dudha’s demise was a great loss not only for his family but SDA as well. The meeting expressed heartfelt sympathies with the bereaved family. |
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Army organises Road Safety Mela
Rajouri, November 11 The event began with a medical check-up camp organised for drivers of commercial vehicles. Learner licences were distributed to 22 youths who had attended a driving course conducted by the Rashtriya Rifles Battalion at
Basoni. A painting competition, with road safety as a theme, was also organised for schoolchildren. The Jammu-based Shivani Cultural Group also presented two skits on road
safety. Rajouri ARTO Shammi Sharma said it is important that we educate our children to adopt road safety measures as a habit. He said with an increase in numbers of vehicles, it has been becoming risky to travel on roads, thus, more events focusing on road safety need to be organised in the future. |
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J&K Bank holds financial literacy camps
Srinagar, November 11 Baramulla FLCC facilitator Mohammad Sultan Dar educated the audience about financial planning, advantages of savings with banks, concept of business correspondents, and types of borrowings. The facilitator also deliberated upon the Kisan Credit Card scheme, the education loan scheme and various income-generating loan products of banks. Another such camp was organised at Balhama village, Rohama, Baramulla. The facilitator urged the audience to refer unemployed youth in the age group of 18-40 years to the bank’s Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETIs) for necessary guidance and capacity building.
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The Joint Consultative Committee, an amalgam of various government employees’ bodies, today withdrew its protest call that was scheduled for tomorrow after six employee leaders were released.
