Srinagar: There seems to be yet another conflict between Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Opposition PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti. The PDP leader charged out of a meeting on Monday after an argument with the Chief Minister over the appointment of the state's first Chief Vigilance Commissioner. Mufti expressed dipleasure over the suggestion of State DGP Kuldeep Khoda taking over the post. The four member selection committee headed...
09:56 AM, May 29, 2012
Hiranagar: Opposition People's Democratic Party on Sunday said any solution to the vexed issue of Kashmir should be found within the framework of the Indian Constitution and called for stronger Cente-State relations. "Today the people will demand self-rule and tomorrow they will ask for 'aazadi', this way we cannot find a solution to our problem. The real solution of Kashmir issue lies within the Constitution of India," PDP patron Mufti...
06:39 PM, May 27, 2012
Srinagar: Home Minister P Chidambaram and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday reviewed the law and order situation in the state. The minister was on a day's visit to the Kashmir Valley and the border region of Kargil. "Various issues related to the overall security and law and order were discussed in detail," a government statement said. Earlier, Chidambaram and Abdullah flew to Kargil where they inaugurated...
02:05 AM, May 24, 2012
Srinagar: The Omar Abdullah government in Jammu and Kashmir is under pressure from the Centre over the infant deaths. Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad visited the GB Pant Hospital in Srinagar, which is the city's only paediatric facility. This is where around 360 newborns have died since January due to shortage of medical staff and equipment. Azad slammed the Omar Abdullah government claiming it had not spent funds from...
09:03 AM, May 21, 2012
Srinagar: After CNN-IBN's sustained reporting on the issue, the medical superintendent of the GB Pant hospital in Srinagar has been removed. Now the Opposition to Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's government has demanded the Prime Minister's intervention. The PDP and an independent MLA have also demanded a CBI probe. As many as 359 infants have died in Srinagar's only paediatric hospital since January. CNN-IBN had reported how the...
09:30 AM, May 18, 2012
Srinagar: Another infant has died at the GB Pant Hospital, Srinagar's only paediatric facility, taking the death toll to 359 in five months. The infant died when the state's Medical Education Minister RS Chib was visiting the hospital on Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's orders. The government acted after CNN-IBN reported on the shortage of the medical staff and facilities and has released funds for an upgrade. Speaking...
09:47 AM, May 17, 2012
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday asked the state's Medical & Education Minister to quickly upgrade facilities at Srinagar's only children's hospital GB Pant. Omar said that the hospital's budget would be raised and more ventilators would be provided to the hospital. This after CNN-IBN reported how lack of medical care has led to the death of as many as 62 infants in 3 months. The...
01:31 PM, May 16, 2012
Srinagar: Three weeks after CNN-IBN showed how hotels were coming up in Srinagar's green zone, another environment violation has come to light. This time, it is a bureaucrat's bungalow that is located right next to a protected sanctuary. A farmhouse belonging to Farooq Renzu, a senior bureaucrat close to the Omar Abdullah government, is right next to the Dachigam National Park. It is yet another example of how the Lakes...
10:13 AM, May 14, 2012
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is keenly looking forward to attend the special session of Parliament on Sunday to mark 60th anniversary of its sitting. "Looking forward to visiting Parliament House tomorrow, after ages, to attend the 60th anniversary event," Abdullah tweeted on Saturday. "Am proud of having been a member for more than 10 of those 60 years of Parliament." Both the houses of parliament are...
03:02 AM, May 13, 2012
Srinagar: Terming peace a prerequisite for development, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said maintaining tranquillity and harmony in the state was needed for comprehensive progress on socio-economic and political fronts. "I am time and again making it clear that political issues relating to Jammu and Kashmir require political addressing. Economic measures have their own importance but these cannot resolve matters of political dimensions," Omar said addressing...
12:47 AM, May 10, 2012
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said the striking pilots of Air India should call off their strike at the earliest if they are interested in saving the airline. "The sooner the pilots call off the strike, the better are the chances of saving Air India," Omar told reporters on the sidelines of a function at Budgam, 14 kms from Srinagar. The Chief Minister said taxpayers...
05:03 PM, May 08, 2012
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said the cancellation of flights by Air India due to pilots' stir will not help the carrier in dealing with its troubles. "Excellent, well done, Air India. This is just the way you drag yourself out of the hole you find yourself in, cancel more flights," Omar said in a sarcastic tweet on the cancellations of flights. About 100 Air...
11:23 AM, May 08, 2012
J&K Chief Minister on Monday promised that there would be progress on Armed Forces Special Powers Act. ...
12:50 PM, May 07, 2012
New Delhi: Strongly opposing the Centre's plan for setting up an NCTC, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday said it "violates" the principle of federalism and the structure adopted for it suffers from "serious and basic flaws". Referring to Emergency days, Kumar said that if such powers are given to a secret intelligence agency of the Central Government, they will remain prone to misuse against political rivals and asked...
06:59 PM, May 05, 2012
New Delhi: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Saturday said if suggestions made by the state governments are incorporated and the proposed NCTC is suitably amended, he was open to supporting its formation. "We have made certain suggestions for amendment in the NCTC. All the three powers - intelligence gathering, operations and full control over the civil services - by NCTC cannot be accepted. If NCTC is suitably amended, we...
06:42 PM, May 05, 2012
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