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                       BADE MIAN TOU BADE MIAN             CHOTEY MIAN SUBHAN ALLAH. BY: SHAFIQ MIR  If I am not wrong, Sharma brothers of Akhnoor tehsil in Jammu and  Kashmir state are most powerful in the government of Jammu and  Kashmir. It is not only my opinion, but the facts and the changes  which take place time to time in the system of Jammu and Kashmir  suggests that Sharma brothers are linked with the change . It has also  been seen many times that government of Jammu and Kashmir can not take  any major decision if Sharma brothers are not taken in to confidence . The Sharma brothers in discussion are, Madan Lal Sharma member  parliament Jammu-Poonch lok sabha constituency and his younger brother  Sham Lal Sharma who is health minister in Jammu and Kashmir government. As per sources, all political and administrative decisions are main...

GNS JAMMU  A meeting of Block Congress Committee Vijaypur was held     at Vijaypur   in    which the problems of people were highlighted. Th. Hari Singh-Vice President PCC was the            Chief Guest in the meeti Speaking on the occasion Th. Hari Singh  said that the price of fertilizers and seeds has been increased considerably and it has become very difficult for the farmers to purchase these commodities, which directly effect the production of agriculture products. He said that state government should cut its tax on the fertilizer and seeds in the interest of farming community. The meeting also threw light on the government sponsored MGNERGA scheme. It was general complaint of the people that most of the work under this scheme has been done in the blocks of Vijaypur and Parmandal by using of JCB machines which is against the purpose of MGNERGA scheme. There were also complaints of misappropriation of fund...

GNS Jammu:  Pradesh Congress Committee has asked the district administration to accelerate the relief and rehabilitation measures for the affected families in the fire incident at Kajole Mohalla in Ligri area of Paddar, in district Kishtwar, where four members of a family were burnt alive and another girl also received serious burnt injuries. In a statement PCC Spokesperson & General Secretary Mr. Ravinder Sharma-MLC today enquired from the district administration about the relief and rehabilitation measures taken so far and he was apprised by the District Development Commissioner Kishtwar that an amount of Rs. 17 lac has been sanctioned for the rehabilitation of affected families besides,  other ex-gratia  relief has also been proposed for them. The District Development Commissioner has also disclosed that while the ration and other essential commodities have also been supplied and dispatched, the inclement weather is affecting the rehabilitation pro...

Tahir Mushtaq  GNS JAMMU, : Jammu and Kashmir is least literate among northern states including the newly carved out Uttarakhand, reveals the latest census report.  Though the state’s literate population has been pegged at more than 68 percent of the total 1.25 crore persons – with a decadal growth of 13 percent - it is far behind other northern states like Himachal Pradesh (83.78 percent), Punjab (76.68 percent) Haryana (76.64 percent), Delhi (86.34 percent) and newly created Uttarakhand (79.63 percent). Jammu and Kashmir’s literate population was recorded at 55.50 percent in 2001 census.  According to the census data, more people in JK are leaving farms and villages to settle in towns and cities. Around 30 percent of over 1.25 crore state population has been recorded to be living in urban JK, the report says.  The share of urban population in the state has gone up to 27.21 percent and the people living in rural areas constitute 72.79 percent of total p...