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GNS JAMMU APR,02 : Minister for Forest, Main Altaf today informed the House that the department is distributing timber to the consumers of various concession zones on different rates as notified by the Government under order No 139/FST of 1979. Replying to question by Mr. Naresh Kumar Gupta, the Minister said that the Zones notified and under ‘A’ zone concession area comprises the villages situated within 3 Kms of such demarcated forest boundary while as ‘B’ Zone concession comprise the villages situated beyond 3 kms but within 5 kms of the demarcated forest boundary. Main Altaf said the areas beyond 5 kms are called ‘C’ Zones which include notified Municipal Committees and Municipal Councils. He said in these areas the timber is being supplied by the forest Department on the rates fixed by the Government. The Minister said in addition to that, the State Forest Corporation also supplies timber to the Municipal Corporations and they are also selling timber through open auction to th

GNS BISHNAH ,Aprl 02: Lambasting Omar Abdullah led coalition regime for eroding sanctity of democratic institutions in State, patron of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Mufti today questioned intension of the state government to hold  Urban Local Bodies (ULB) elections. He regretted that instead of taking some steps to strengthen democracy at grass root level, the State Government was looking for excuses to delay the ULB elections. Addressing a meeting of party workers of Bishnah assembly segment at Pandorian, PDP patron said that elections of Urban Local Bodies including Jammu and Srinagar Municipal Corporations were scheduled to be held in the month of February 2010 but the government has been postponing these elections with one or other excuse. “I failed to understand why government is shying away from its duty to conduct these elections. Formation of Urban Local Bodies are must to empower the people of urban areas”, he remarked and added that in a democrati

From Media Crooks When the opening line of an article reads: “I'm all for free speech and against attempts to gag dissent” it’s a clear warning about what is going to follow. All the ‘Ifs and buts’ and then sound reasoning why there should be regulation and some form of censorship will start pouring. Surprisingly, in the MSM it doesn’t come from religious heads or bigots. It usually comes from news reporters and editors. The name Sanjay Pinto didn’t seem very familiar till I looked it up. Aha, this guy is from the same stable that holds the social networks in utter contempt – NDTV. Funnily enough, Pinto appears prominently in their section called ‘NDTV Social’. After all, it was originally his colleague and frustrated star Barkha Dutt, the epitome of decency and uprightness that first waged a war against bloggers and lost. Something about the social network bothers Barkha, Nidhi Razdan, Sonia Singh and now Sanjay Pinto. I am tempted to ask ‘Sanjay Pinto ko gussa kyon aata hai’