Employees’ strike ends

Talks on March 19

GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, Mar 13: The 5-day strike of 4.5 lakh employees ended on Saturday as employees accepted the government’s invitation to hold talks with the cabinet sub committee to end the stalemate over the implementation of the sixth pay commission recommendations in toto.Member of the Joint Consultative More

GOVT GRAPPLING FOR RESOURCES

PAY COMMISSION ARREARS

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Mar 13: The 13th Finance Commission having turned down the Jammu and Kashmir government’s plea for Rs 4200 crore ‘special funds’ for payment of 6th pay commission arrears to its 4.5 lakh employees, the state government has made a fresh bid to get the required money for the purpose by raising More

PDP bats for employees

GK News Network

Jammu, Mar 13: Strongly pleading the cause of the state government employees, former finance minister and senior PDP leader Muzaffar Hussain Baig today said the state government could arrange the payment arrears from the devolution made under non-plan revenue head by the 13th Finance Commission.“ More

‘Rather’s budget a numerical script’

Baig Counters Govt

SYED AMJAD SHAH

Jammu, Mar 13: Terming the budget 2010-11 presented by the finance minister Abdul Rahim Rather in the state assembly Friday, a ‘company secretary’s balance sheet,’ former finance minister and senior PDP leader Muzaffar Hussain Baig today dubbed it as a directionless numerical script lacking policy More

‘Bullet fired from trooper’s gun’

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, Mar 13: Forensic tests have confirmed that the bullet which led to death of the Nishat teenager Zahid Farooq in city outskirts on February 5 was fired from the gun of the arrested BSF constable Lakhvinder Kumar.The forensic tests of 15 guns seized from the BSF constables who were accompanying More

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