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J&K to
have 3 food processing parks Jammu, November 9 The importance of developing food processing to avoid wastage of fruit, vegetables and other eatables was highlighted at a conference of state nodal agencies of the northern region here today. Action
against tax evaders yields 305 cr Controversial
IAS officer suspended
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Autonomy only solution: Farooq Srinagar, November 9 While the Centre has again ruled out the restoration of pre-1953 autonomy to the state, the ruling National Conference considers restoration of autonomy to it as the “only solution” to the prevailing situation in Jammu and Kashmir. Echoing the recent statement of the Union Home Minister L.K. Advani, his deputy I.D. Swami said it was not in the national interest as well as in the interest of the state to restore pre-53 position to the state. Appearing on a local Doordarshan programme here last evening, Mr Swami said there was no question of “setting the clock back” in Jammu and Kashmir. However, he said the Centre was always prepared to consider further devolution of powers to the states, in general including Jammu and Kashmir. State Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah, who also participated in the programme, said the restoration of autonomy to the state was an important ingredient of his strategy to fight militancy. Mr Swami said the state can send to the Centre fresh proposals on the autonomy issue for consideration. But, Dr Abdullah, who also heads the National Conference, ruled out submitting fresh proposals to the Centre in this regard. The Chief Minister maintained that the restoration of greater autonomy to the state do not mean that “we are separating from rest of the country”. Instead ties between Jammu and Kashmir and rest of the country would further strengthen by granting greater autonomy to the state, he argued.
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Pro-Taliban stir freezes valley Srinagar, November 9 Shops and business establishments and educational institutions were closed and traffic was off the roads. There was thin attendance in government offices. The strike call given by the Pakistan-based Pak-Afghanistan Defence Council and Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen was supported by the
Dukhtaran-e-Millat, separatist women’s underground outfit, here to express solidarity with Taliban, Osama bin Laden and jehadi organisations. Ms Asiya
Andrabi, chief of Dukhtaran-e-Millat in her statement while extending support to the strike call said that US action in Afghanistan was an “attack on the jehadi perspective of an Islamic nation”. The police resorted to lathi charge and lobbed teargas shells to quell demonstrators at Nowhatta here. The police also prevented protesters from taking out any procession. The demonstrators were chased away as the police resorted to lathi charge and lobbed teargas shells. Similar reports came in from several places in Baramulla district of north Kashmir. Meanwhile, at least five persons, including three militants, were killed in separate incidents in the Kashmir valley since yesterday. The police averted a major tragedy with the detection of an IED in
Pampore, near here, yesterday. Two unidentified militants and security forces jawan were killed in an encounter at Sheikhgund Achhabal in Anantnag district yesterday. Two security force personnel were injured in the incident, a police spokesman stated here this evening. Two AK rifles and some ammunition were seized from the site of the encounter. One militant of the Hizbul Mujahideen, Mohammad Amin code
Fayaz, was killed in an encounter with the joint operations group of the Army and SOG of the Jammu and Kashmir police at Pati Poshkar in Baramulla district today. One Ak rifle, one
UBGI, one hand grenade, five magazines and seven round were seized from the site of the encounter, the police here said. The police detected and defused an IED weighing 12 kg at Namblabal in the Pampore area of Pulwama district yesterday. The police said a remote control device four rifle grenades and 13 rounds were also seized from the spot. Unidentified militants fired and shot dead Ghulam Hassan in Trehgamarea of Kupwara district yesterday, the police said. The Army, CRPF and SOG of the Jammu and Kashmir police apprehended one militant of
Al-Badre outfit, identified as Abdul Rahim Dar from the Ganderbal area near here yesterday and seized two hand grenades from his possession. JAMMU: Two civilians were killed and 10 others seriously wounded in a bomb explosion that damaged a bar-cum-restaurant in Rajouri town today. The police confirmed the death of Ghulam Hussain. The condition of seven others wounded in the blast is said to be critical. According to the police, the militants had planted a powerful explosive device inside the restaurant and at the time of the explosion, there were more than 20 persons in the restaurant. Two employees of the restaurant are also critically wounded. The police rushed to the spot and took the injured to the hospital. Two of them later succumbed to their injuries. Security experts collected the splinters to identify what type of explosive had been used for the attack. The area was cordoned off and a search launched for the killers. A large number of people gathered in front of the hospital and the police had a tough time controlling the angry crowd. |
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J&K to
have 3 food processing parks Jammu, November 9 Experts wanted the state and the Central Government to pool additional resources for the development of food processing which could allow the country to utilise fully the vegetables and fruit available as in the absence of such facilities fruit and vegetables worth Rs 50,000 crore would get waste annually. Presiding over the conference the Minister for Food Processing Prof Chaman Lal Gupta, said the Centre had accorded the priority sector status to food processing and a three-pronged drive had been launched to develop the concept of food processing. Besides the setting up of food processing units, the government had decided to set up food processing laboratories and training centres. He also announced the setting up of three more food processing parks in Jammu and Kashmir. His Ministry had earmarked Rs 4 crore for providing assistance to the entrepreneurs for setting up processing units. Prof Gupta and the Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing, Mr D.P. Tripathi, said if Rs 1000 crore were invested in the development of food processing it would generate employment avenues for 54,000 people. The Industries Minister, Dr Mustafa Kamal, said Jammu and Kashmir required liberal Central assistance for developing food processing setup. The Centre should also revive all those cold stores, which had become defunct during the past 12 years. The revival of these cold stores was essential for the preservation of green vegetables and fruit. |
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Action against tax evaders yields 305 cr Jammu, November 9 According to the Finance Minister, Mr Abdul Rahim Rather, the tirade against economic offenders had resulted in the destruction of 76190 kg of lahan this year. He said as a result of stringent measures against tax evaders, the government could realise a record excise duty of Rs 304.85 crore in 2000-01 as against Rs 143.96 crore in 1996-97. Of the total increase of Rs 160.89 crore, the highest increase of Rs 91.08 crore had been registered during the past two years. He said the Excise Department had made a collection of Rs 191.70 crore during the past seven months, which included Rs 94.04 crore from excise, Rs 96.23 crore as toll tax and Rs 1.42 crore as entertainment duty. The Finance Minister said he had directed the agencies connected with tax realisation to coordinate efforts and ensure that no evader was spared. He has told the officers of his ministry to take help of stringent laws and once the drive was further intensified, there was further scope for increasing tax collections, whether that be from the excise or the sales tax sector. He said the increase in internal resources and revenue alone could help the government to take in hand various development works. |
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Controversial
IAS officer suspended Jammu, November 9 Mr Samoon’s suspension comes close on the heels of Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah’s announcement on November 6, the day the durbar reopened here, that the officer would be suspended. He was currently working as the Director of the Food and Supplies in Kashmir. Mr Samoon kicked up a controversy on October 25 when in an interview to Radio Kashmir, a day after administrative reshuffle was effected, he spoke openly against the manner in which transfer of senior officers was carried out. He had said, “While exercising the administrative reshuffle, competence and eligibility of an officer never becomes the merit but what matters is access of the officer to the corridors of power.”
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