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Delay in release of funds deprived 1.31 lakh students of meals
VIVEK SHARMA
JAMMU: Delay in release of funds between the years 2010-11 and 2014-15 virtually left the ambitious Mid Day Meal scheme defunct in parts of Jammu and Kashmir affecting 1.31 lakh children in Kathua and Poonch districts alone.
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When shall today’s Eid stone-pelters get amnesty next?
BLUNT BUTCHER
JAMMU: The PDP-BJP Government's goodwill gesture of amnesty to 634 stone pelters has not gone well with new breed of perpetrators, as this Eid-ul-Fitr also witnessed repeat of what has been happening all these years in the…
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Salute to BJP partnered Govt for ‘freeing’ anti-India stone-pelters
BLUNT BUTCHER
JAMMU: Salute to Jammu and Kashmir Police for reviewing 104 cases involving 634 stone pelters of the Kashmir Valley in less than 24 hours of the directions from Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and deciding to withdraw these by…
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‘Private enterprising’ under the garb of private practice must be checked
By Daya sagar
Will Mehbooba Mufti Government undo the wrongs of earlier popular governments?
When on 7-3-1986 Governor's Rule was imposed in J&K the private practice by government doctors was banned on 31-5-1986. A writ (668/1986) was…
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Open manholes inviting trouble for residents, JMC in deep slumber
POONAM MAHAJAN
JAMMU: Every year Jammu Municipal Corporation spends lakhs of rupees to prepare in advance for the monsoon season. The money is largely spent on clearing drains, Nallahs and strengthening of Nallahs in order to prevent…
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Over 867 Kanals allotted to 7 societies in Jammu;CAG indicts JDA for brazen lapses in land use
vivek sharma
JAMMU: In absence of any policy with regard to allotment of plots, Jammu Development Authority (JDA) is under close scanner for allotting land randomly on the basis of applications received and failing in cross checking the…
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Maharaja Hari Singh Memorial faces abject neglect
poonam mahajan
JAMMU: Memorial of Maharaja Hari Singh is losing its sheen brick by brick. Till date neither any state government agency nor any politician worth name has come forward to renovate the memorial.
The same memorial was used as…
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AMARNATH PILGRIMAGE;Security grid geared up to ensure incident-free Yatra
PONAM MAHAJAN
JAMMU: Security agencies in the State have alerted the state police to maintain tight vigil in and around the Yatra base camps in Jammu and at other places namely Baltal and Pahalgam in Kashmir valley to ensure incident free…
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Procurement of Rs 108 Cr medicines in 5 years;CAG indicts GMCs, J&K hospitals for not…
VIVEK SHARMA
JAMMU: Government Medical Colleges (GMCs) of Jammu and Srinagar besides various other hospitals in the State have come under scanner for not having maintained utilization records of medicines worth Rs 108 crores, procured…
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CAG detects infirmities in procurement of equipment for J&K health institutions
VIVEK SHARMA
JAMMU: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has found glaring codal deficiencies in the purchases of pharmaceutical equipments for health institutions in Jammu and Kashmir.
The supply orders for procurement of…
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