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| Spurious Drugs Scam: Director Health, Dy Controller Drugs Jammu amongst others removed, more heads to roll | | Quashing Petitions by Medley Pharmaceuticals, Affey Parentals dismissed, DB directs accused to appear before Trial Court | |  Srinagar, May 23: The state Crime Branch (CB) today informed the High Court that it has recorded statements of 60 persons and seized voluminous record pertaining to supply of fake drugs to government hospitals in Jammu and Kashmir.
It may be mentioned that this much publicized Public Interest Litigation filed by some Doctors of Kashmir titled Dr Nissar Ul Hassan and another V/s State & Others- PIL 36/2013 was listed before the Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice Mr M M Kumar and Justice Mr Ali Mohd Magrey today.
The report filed by the Crime Branch said that it had sent samples of the antibiotic for testing, which was found to be sub-standard, to a forensic science laboratory outside the state.
Computer hard discs of officials concerned have been seized and sent to a laboratory in Delhi for data analysis, the CB report said.
The investigating agency has also sent questionnaires to members of the Central Purchase Committee and Verification Board with regard to the purchase of sub-standard drugs, which these officals have not responded to as per sources.
The Health Department, in its report, informed the Court that the old purchase committee and the verification board have been disbanded and new members appointed to t... |  |
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| Long way before J&K becomes a hub of IT, Electronics: Omar | | UPA did lot of positive work, but scandals were a setback; IT sector provides direct employment to 22 lakh youth: Killi | |  Srinagar, May 23: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said the four years of UPA government at the Centre has witnessed a lot of positive work, but admitted that successive scandals were a setback to it.
"Because we focus on the negative, I often think, we ignore the positive. There is a lot of good that this government has done," Omar, whose National Conference is part of the UPA at the Centre, told reporters on the sidelines of a function here.
Omar was responding to a question about his ass... |
| | Top LeT commander killed in Srinagar | | | |  SRINAGAR: A top Lashkar-e-Toiba militant, who was involved in the killing of several civilians in Pattan and Sopore area of north Kashmir, was today killed in an encounter with police in old city area.
On a tip off about presence of self-styled LeT commander Hilal Molvi in the area, police laid a cordon around Narparistan in Fatehkadal area of the city in the wee hours.
In this encounter North Kashmir Lahkar Commander Hilal Ahmad Rather @ Moulvi @ Khalid was killed. Police and CRPF launched a... |
| | Two minor sisters burnt alive in fire | | | |  Jammu: Two minor sisters were burnt alive today when fire destroyed their shanty in a slum cluster on the of Jammu city.
Due to short circuit, the shanty of labourer Noor Alam caught fire in Greater Kailash area this afternoon, police said.
Two daughters of Alam, Reshma (5) and Nagma (2), were in the shanty when it caught fire.
Nagma died on the spot, whereas Reshma succumbed to the injuries in hospital, they said.
Fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the fire, police said adding, ... |
| | Justice Lodha inaugurates Alternative Dispute Resolution Center | | | |  ANANTNAG, MAY 23: Adding one additional fig to the justice through Mediation Centers", Judge of Supreme Court, Justice R. N. Lodha today inaugurated Alternative Dispute Resolution Center(ADRC) at Anantnag in presence of Chief Justice of J&K Mr. M. M. Kumar .
Executive Chairman J&K LSA, Justice Mr. Verinder Singh, Chairman mediation Monitoring Committee J&K, Justice Mansoor Ahmed Mir, Chairman District Legal Service Authority and Principal District and Sessions Judge, Mr. A. R Malik and Deput... |
| | India well positioned to become Net Security Provider: PM | | | | | GURGAON: Noting that India faces multiple security challenges as it is in a difficult neighbourhood, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the country's deterrent capabilities have increased and is in a position to be a net provider of security in the Indian Ocean Region.
At the same time, he underlined the need for reorientation of the strategic thinking of country's higher defence organisation to meet the challenges and opportunities in the fast changing world "witnessing change on a scale and speed rarely seen before."
"India faces the entire spectrum of security challenges. This is inevitable as we live in a difficult neighbourhood, which holds the full range of conventional, strat... |
| | Ban on prepaid SMSes in J&K unlikely to be lifted soon | | | | | SRINAGAR, May 23:The ban on prepaid SMSes in J&K is unlikely to be lifted in the near future, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah hinted today.
“The ban on SMS on
prepaid connections is because of this problem of mass messages being used to spread rumours. Nothing so far has suggested that this disease has been cured,” Omar told reporters on the sidelines of a function here.
He said the State Government was working with the Centre to find a way for lifting the ban but prevent sending mass messages.
“We are working with the Government of India to figure out a way whereby the ban on prepaid SMS can be lifted but at the same time multiple SMSes can be stopped,” he said.
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