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GNS JAMMU APRIL 29 : Thakur Hari Singh-Vice President PCC demanded exemption of Sales Tax on the agriculture machines/instruments used by the farming community and uninterrupted electricity to the farmers, especially during harvesting season. In a press statement  Thakur Hari Singh  said that the government is charging heavy Sales Tax on the agriculture related machinery/instruments like Tractors, Thrashers, Harvesters and their spare parts used by the farming community.   He said there is great differences of prices of these items sold in Jammu & Kashmir and in Punjab. The farmers prefer to buy these items from Punjab but they are not being spared by the Sales Tax authorities at Lakhanpur. This act of state government is directly effecting the farmers and also effects on the agriculture production. PCC Vice President also demanded uninterrupted electric supply to the farmers, during harvesting season, enabling them to cultivate their crops ...

Sunderbani, April 29: Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control Taj Mohi-Ud-Din accompanied by Mr. Ravinder Sharma-MLC toured Nowshera and Sunderbani tehsils of Rajouri district and took stock of the drinking and irrigation problems of people. They also took stock of the various on going PHE and Irrigation schemes, today. In a meeting with Sarpanchs, Panchs and prominent citizens at Dak Banglow Sunderbani, the minister discussed the demands of the area which were highlighted by MLC Ravinder Sharma and other representatives of the area. The Minister issued on spot directions to the senior officers to take necessary steps for mitigating the problems of people.  He assured to provide liberal funds to Nowshera-Sunderbani tehsils in order to improve the drinking and irrigation water facility in the area.   Speaking on the occasion Mr. Sharma said that the Beripattan lift irrigation scheme at the estimated cost of Rs. 51.08 crore which has been sanctioned by the g...

GNS Jammu, April 29: Charging National Conference led coalition regime with eroding sanctity of all democratic institutions, patron of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mufti Mohamamd Sayeed today rejected the logic given by the government for delaying the process of empowering Panchyati Raj Institutions in the State. “Almost one year has been passed after completion of the Panchayat elections but neither Block nor District Committees have been constituted so far. Instead of constituting these committees the government has been brazenly giving one after another excuse for undermining Panchayati Raj Institutions in the State”, Mr Sayeed said while addressing a public meeting at village Kot in Raipur-Domana assembly. In this meeting a large number of Panchayat members and retired bureaucrats joined PDP. In an obvious reference towards excuse given by the government in delaying the process of strengthening Panchayati Raj Institutions, Mr Sayeed said that elections of four Legislative ...

By Tahir Mushtaq GNS JAMMU, Apr 29 : Government is likely to close down the schools, where the number of children are very few and the enrollment is falling in recent years. Sources said that government is studying the prospect of implementing the project, as number of schools in rural and far-flung areas of the state are running with very less students, while staff strengthen is more.  Sources claimed that corruption has taken its place at the highest level in the Education Department in district Doda’s far-flung areas and with the result teachers, who were appointed as ReT and later confirmed, are being given choice attachments thus playing the future of village students who however lack required quality education.  DDC Doda had recently directed the CEO Doda to close down the Government High School Gosti which has shown sudden decline in the enrollments from over 150 to just 26 as the teachers of the said schools who were appointed as ReT, were given choice...

By  Naseer A Ganai GNS JAMMU...: Latest discourse in Kashmir is stray dogs. And all of sudden people are suggesting why separatists are not raising their voices against ninety one thousand, one hundred and ten stray dogs which have been let loose on Kashmiris. Chief Justice, Justice Khalifullah while hearing case about stray dogs raised a point when the State Government pressed for their sterilisation. He asked whether dogs will stop biting if they are sterilised. Srinagar Municipal Corporation has so far failed to come up with answer to this question but it went ahead with the construction of multi crore dog pounds. In these pounds, dogs will be sterilised, given good food and they will have care takers.  This is the plan of the State to tackle problem of stray dogs. The same State which failed to answer query of the Chief Justice. Now in case separatist leaders raise voice against stray dogs, will that change situation on the ground. Will it have effect on the pop...