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By Tahir Mushtaq GNS JAMMU, May 22 : Thousand of students have been deprived from the basic facilities due to the negligence of Chief Education Officers (CEO)s as funds sanctioned by government for streamlined the education structure have been blocked due to non utilization in a specific time period.  According to the sources, the negligence on the part of some some CEOs in implementing Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), the funds remained unutilized in their accounts.  Sources further civic amenities in the schools especially in Jammu have not been provided despite the fact that Chief Minister had already sanctioned Rs 20 lakh as special grant.  Committee constituted by the government has said that lack of coordination between the respective CEOs and higher officials in the education department was main reason for the delay in implementation of the plan.  “This was also the main reason for upholding the funds and head under which these funds had been kept a...

GNS JAMMU, MAY 22: With the aim to honour sportspersons, BSF School Jammu organised a felicitation programme in the school premises, here today. Dr S S Khokhar, Principal BSF School honoured the students of the school who brought laurels by winning medals in the recently concluded2 nd  District Jammu Jeet Kune-do-Championship. District Jammu Jeet Kune-do-Association under the aegis of J&K Jeet Kune-do-Association had organized. Sahil Sharma, Om Balowria and Aryan Manhas clinched gold medal while Shivam Balowria, Manik Sharma and Vansveer Singh bagged silver medal in the said championship. Jaipal won bronze in the championship. While speaking on the occasion, Khokhar stressed upon the students to work hard for clinching medals at national and international levels. Headmistress Gaytri Kotwal, PET Rameshwar Singh were also present on the occasion. 

By Arif Qureshi GNS RAJOURI MAY 22 : Road that connects the famous shrine Baba Ghulam Badshah (BGSB) Shadrah Sharief is totally in dilapidated condition, authorities mum over the issue.  The road condition leading to famous pilgrim site Baba Ghulam Shah Badashah Shahdara sharief is in such a dilapidated condition that itself expose the tall claims of the government of boosting tourism in the area.  The Shrine is six kilometers away from Rajouri - Thannamandi - Bufliaz - Road on the one hand and constitutes shortest route for the commuters of Jammu as well as Kashmir Division Connecting the prestigious Mughal road on the other.  The devotees and the visitors using this road do not bother to visit again keeping in view the worst Condition of the above Road ,where as spurious type of black toping was done but led to the detritus condition of the road . This was elaborated at press Conference organized by Muslim welfare forum, Mughal Road joint action committee under the b...

GNS SRINAGAR, MAY 21: Minister of state for Home, PHE, H&UD, Tourism and Revenue, Mr. Nasir Aslam Wani visited Rose Lane colony Chanpora to express sympathies to the affected families whose property was damaged due to fire incident yesterday. In this incident 4 residential houses were gutted.  The Minister was accompanied by Additional Commissioner Kashmir, besides other senior officers of different departments. During the visit, the Minister asked the Additional Commissioner to assess the damage of gutted structures immediately so that necessary relief be provided to affected people.  Meanwhile, the Red Cross Committee also visited the affected families and provided relief to them.

GNS SRINAGAR, MAY 21 – Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Monday highlighted the need for  rejuvenating Community Information Centres (CICs) to make them hub of Information collection and dissemination. He director for merging their functioning with the established Panchayat Raj System in the state. Addressing a high level meeting to discuss the issue of strengthening and upgrading CICs here, the Chief Minister asked the Information Technology and Rural Development Departments to jointly work out a viable model to use the CICs as block centres for dissemination of vital information to the people in rural areas particularly agriculturists. Omar Abdullah said that the basic idea of establishing CIC was to bring in e-governance at block levels and keep generated information available to the people for various purposes in the process of development. “These are Centres to act as data bank and digital route for filing reports and receiving information”, he said directing for integrating the...

                                                   GNS SRINAGAR MAY 21: Former minister and AICC member Abdul Gani Vakil  said that the resolution passed in the one day party convention at SKICC in Srinagar was aimed at strengthening Congress party in Jammu and Kashmir State at all levels. Endorsing the resolution empowering AICC Chief Sonia Gandhi to nominate party president for J&K State and constitute rest for the organizational structure, Vakil said that this would go a long way in strengthening the party’s structure. He said that whatever will be the decision of the party high command it will be acceptable to the party leaders and workers here in Jammu and Kashmir state. Vakil was addressing a workers meeting of Congress Seva Dal at town hall Anantnag today. Speaking on the occasion he said that elected Panchayats in the entire state w...

GNS JAMMU MAY 21 : Jammu and Kashmir  Pradesh Congress Committee in a meeting pays rich tributes to former Prime Minister late  Rajiv Gandhi on his 21 st  death anniversary today at PCC HQ Shaheedi Chowk Jammu. Mr Dharam Pal Sharma Ex-MP & Senior Vice President PCC was the chief guest on the occasion. President     DCC Jammu Urban     Mr. Om Chopra,   Ex-MLA presided over the function, which was attended by Senior functionaries of     PCC, DCC, BCC, frontal organization and cells. Paying rich tributes to late  Rajiv Gandhi,     the speakers one after the other described Shri Rajiv Gandhi as a great visionary leader who lead the country towards the challenges of 21 st   century. They said it was the vision of Rajiv Gandhi that India has emerged as the leader of the World in information technology. They said, when Rajiv Ji talked about information and communication technology, the leaders of the main opposit...

GNS Srinagar, May 21 : Peoples Democratic Party today lashed at the coalition government headed by National Conference for ignoring the far flung areas, which continue to suffer in the absence of even the basic amenities of life. Addressing party workers, during a daylong tour of Karnah constituency in Kupwara district, PDP chief spokesperson Naeem Akhtar said that corruption and inefficiency of government have added to the miseries of common masses in the far flung areas like Karnah. “The tall claims of prosperity and development seems only limited to the official documents and press statements of the ruling parties”, he said adding that the areas like Karnah still struggle for the basic necessities like electricity, roads, health and communication. He said that unfortunately the benefits of central sponsored schemes like PMGSY was not being extended to the people of this far flung area, mainly due to the strict norms provided by the central ministry. “The government is ...

GNS Srinagar May 17 : Former minister and member AICC Abdul Gani Vakil has stressed upon the chief minister Omar Abdullah to immediately empower elected Sarpanches and Panches failing which real purpose of holding elections to Panchayats in Jammu and Kashmir will become ineffective. He said that if Sarpanches and Panches are not empowered, they will get exploited by those elements who are all along been trying to destabilize the state government by exploiting the issue of empowering panchayats and hence if we fail to empower panchayats then we should be prepared to face the wrath of people which we cannot afford Vakil added. Addressing a party convention at Tulsi Bagh Srinagar, Vakil appreciated chief minister Omar Abdullah led coalition government for holding elections to Panchayats and described the same as a path breaking achievement in decentralizing powers. Elections to Panchayats, he said were aimed at empowering people at grass root level and have a good governance in p...

GNS Jammu ,  May 17 :Jammu & Kashmir  Pradesh Congress Committee has condoled the demise of Shri Dharam Pal close relative of Former Deputy Chief Minister Pt. Mangat Ram Sharma of Nagri-Kathua. A condolence meeting was also held at Pradesh Congress Committee headquarters Shaheedi Chowk, Jammu under the chairmanship of Shri Dharam Pal Sharma-Ex-MP Senior Vice President PCC, in which deep shock and grief was. expressed over the demise Shri Dharam Pal, General Secretary DCC Kathua. The meeting conveyed     heartfelt condolences to the     members of bereaved family and prayed for peace to the departed soul in heaven. President JKPCC Prof. Saifuddin Soz-MP in a telephonic message has conveyed his deep condolences to the bereaved family and prayed for eternal peace to the departed soul in heaven. Prominent among those who condoled     the death included S/Shri Thakur Hari Singh, S. Gurmukh Singh, Prem Sagar Aziz, Mula Ram, L...

GNS SRINAGAR MAY 17:   large number of people throughout the day visited Maisuma to condole Yasin Malik on the sad demise of his father marhoom ghulam qadir malik. many dignitaries  telephoned Yasin Malik and many visited his residence at maisuma.among those who telephonically  paid condolences include Pakistan Muslim League (N) chief, Mr Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan's   minister Foreign Affairs Ms. Hina Rabbani Khar, Minister of Interior Mr. Rehman Malik, Qazi Hussain Ahmed of  Jamat i islami pakistan Pakistan, Mr. Liaquat Baloch, JUI chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman of Pakistan, Mr. Javed Hashmi, leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, The head of Pakistan People’s Party in the Senate Mr. Jehangir Badr , MQM leader Farooq Sattar,Prime Minister Chaudhry Abdul Majeed Azad Kashmir, Azad Kashmir President Sardar Mohammad Yaqoob, Azad Kashmir Supreme Court Chief Justice, Foreign Secretary of Pakistan Mr. Jalil Abbas Jilani , JI leader Ghulam Nabi Nausher...

By Tahir Mushtaq. GNS JAMMU, May 17: It is not only the Ministers in Jammu and Kashmir, who are squeezing the public exchequer and spending money for renovation of their homes, but many of the senior bureaucrats are using taxpayers money for renovating their homes.  as per the official figures, between 2010 to 2012 lakhs of rupees have been spent on the renovation of government quarters of IAS offices which include Madhav Lal and SS Kapur Rs 1.96 lakh, whereas senior IAS officer Khurshid Ahmed Ganai, who is now retired,has spent Rs 4.18 lakh.  The cost on the repairing work B R Sharma's bungalow has cost the state Rs 4.47 lakh while government has spent Rs 4.62 lakh on Gazanffar Hussain bungalow for renovation.  On the residential complex of senior IAS officer, Suresh Kumar’s Rs 3.69 lakh has been spent between 2010-12.  Moreover the residence of Asgar Samoon the total expenditure was made by the government during the period was Rs 3.87 lakh and on the r...

                                   GNS SRINAGAR, MAY 15 – Castigating PDP leadership for surviving on falsehood and blame game, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Monday questioned this party’s delivery on the promises made to people during its tenure.  “Those (PDP leadership) who raised the slogan of healing touch used maximum force against the people and converted politics into trade”, he said adding that it was PDP regime who at one hand asked the militants to drop guns and talk and on the other blacklisted their relatives for providing passports for Haj. Addressing a public gathering after inaugurating Hospital building at Rainawari here, the Chief Minister said that adventurism; deceit and converting politics into trade has been the trait of PDP and its leadership since its inception.  Omar Abdullah said that those who are delivering us lectures on issues miserably failed during their t...

GNS Srinagar May 15::: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron Mufti Mohammed Sayeed has said the opening up of Jammu & Kashmir to outside world through traditional routes which is an important feature of self rule framework has emerged as a cornerstone of resolution process. Addressing a workers meeting at Gulgam in Kupwara district today he said the process that began with a ceasefire on LOC in 2003 and received a boost in 2005 with the opening of Srinagar – Muzaffarabad and Poonch Rawalakote routes has already had a positive impact on life in border areas of the state. “As this process is carried forward its immense benefits can transform not just the economy of the state but the entire political and strategic situation in this part of the world”, he said. Mufti said the strategic location of Jammu & Kashmir is an asset that unfortunately has in the past worked against its interests and the state is now reduced mainly into a security concern without its people being a...

                                   GNS JAMMU MAY 15 :BSF School Jammu celebrated its annual cultural fiesta 2012 .The theme of Annual Day this year was ‘ Nai Soch Ki Nai Subah’. The function commenced with meticulous performance of a prayer dance ‘Devi Vandana’ by students to invoke the blessings of Almighty God. An impressive Guard of Honour was presented to IG BSF Frontier Headquarter Jammu Sh A K Jain by school cadets.  Principal BSf School Jammu, Dr S S Khokhar read out the schools’ annual report highlighting the prominent achievements of the school during this academic year in scholastic and co-scholastic areas and reiterated the importance of parental engagement and management’s support in partnership with the school. He further apprised the audience by announcing the introduction of Smart Classes, expansion of Infrastructure with introduction of A/V room and most signific...

GNS Srinagar , May 15 ::, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the shooting incident on the Kashmir University campus that resulted in disturbances and reported injuries to some students. In a statement the PDP chief spokesperson Naeem Akhtar  said the shooting incident was symptomatic of the trigger happy nature of the government forces which have no respect for human rights or value for human life. He said the atmosphere of insecurity created by the present dispensation had perculated down even to the educational institutions and it was deeply disturbing that the PSo’s of the Vice chancellor should have opened fire in response to a non event. Expressing solidarity with the injured students the Akhtar said the use of unwarranted force gives an idea of how the govt is misusing its instruments to create an artificial calm which can get shattered on the flimsiest pretext. He said the govt and the university authorities must come out clean on this shameful incident. ...

By Zafar Iqbal Prominent historian and philosopher Noam Chomsky and a dozen other leading authors and activists have appealed for immediate release of five Pakistani political prisoners who have languished behind the bars in country’s northern Gilgit-Baltistan region for raising voice of the victims of climate change. Noam Chomsky and other 12 major personalities of academia, politics, activism and journalism have called on the Government of Pakistan to drop the charge it has manufactured against a leftist political worker Baba Jan and his four fellow activists. The petition urges Pakistani regime ‘to treat them as political prisoners-not the terrorists.’  Tariq Ali, Noam Chomsky, David Barsamian, Simon Crithcley R C Young, Farooq Tariq and others issued the appeal in order to highlight the miseries of Pakistani campaigners who have allegedly suffered from state torture in the jail and access of their lawyers has been restricted. Progressive Youth Movement Chief Organi...

GNS Srinagar May 13 : Former Minister and Member AICC Abdul Gani Vakil today said that no single party can claim to be in possession of a readymade solution to vexed Kashmir imbroglio. To resolve this issue people of different thoughts from three regions of the state have to be taken on board, Article 370 is to be strengthened and those communal forces bent upon dividing the state are to be kept at bay, Vakil added. While addressing a party workers meeting at Srinagar, he said divisive forces favoring abrogation of Article 370 were the enemies of state and were trying weakening state's relation with Centre but he asserted that Congress will leave no stone unturned in defeating evil designs of those forces who are conspiring to weaken Article 370. "We need to have a consensus on Kashmir situation after which something concrete and an acceptable solution could be hammered out", he asserted. He said no single party can claim to resolve this issue for the reason that ever...

GNS  Srinagar  May 13:Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron Mufti Mohammad   Sayeed has said Jammu & Kashmir has become a victim of trust deficit between the people of the state and rest of the country and the gap has to be bridged to facilitate a lasting solution to the problem. Addressing a public meeting at Khumriyal in Lolab, about 100 kilometers from here today he said efforts have to be redoubled to remove apprehensions on both sides that have marred chances of reconciliation resulting in untold miseries to the people of the region, J&K being the worst sufferer. Mufti said it was unfortunate that over the past six decades of relationship the state and rest of the country have lost confidence of each other a fact that has to be publicly recognized in order to be able to find a remedy. “The security establishment in New Delhi is unable to come out of its doubts that Kashmir can ever become a partner in the idea of India without being tet...

                                             Muzafarabad 13 May (KNS): JKLF Chairman Yasin Malik has said that the LoC dividing the two Kashmirs, drawn with the blood of Kashmiris will go one day and meet the fate of Berlin Wall. While addressing a public gathering in the Bagh district of Pakistan Administered Kashmir Malik said,”Kashmiris across the border are one and the Line of Control has neither been able to separate us nor will it able to do so in the future.”“ It has been proved that despite the passage of 66 years the LoC has not been able to divide us”, he said and added “The artificial barrier between us will Inshallah go and fall like the Berlin Wall”He further urged people across the globe to come forward for the solution of Kashmir issue and opined that a stable and peaceful sub continent will not become a reality unless Kashmir issue is solved.