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| PM stumps Omar govt, Arun Kumar goes to ASSOCHAM | | J&K's clearance denial overruled | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Jan 1: After being on all kinds of leave, including half-pay leave, for over 20 months from the time he was dumped as Chairman Special Tribunal in January 2010 and thereafter being refused elevation, 1979 batch IAS officer of J&K cadre Dr. Arun Kumar has finally managed to escape J&K by joining ASSOCHAM (the Associated Chambers of Industry and Commerce) as its senior Advisor- Policy.
The appointment, it is learnt, was not only cleared by the central Department of Personnel but also by the Cabinet Secretary and the Prime Minister personally, overruling the denial of clearances from the state government. Sources said that Dr. Kumar is likely to help accelerate absorption of suitable J&K youth in the concerns run by over 3 lakh members of ASSOCHAM, which as the oldest Industry Association in the country has been requested by GOI to help mitigate this problem.
ASSOCHAM is reputed to have over 60 expert committees covering sectors as Information Technology, Biotechnology, Telecom, Banking and Finance, Tourism, Civil Aviation, Infrastructure, Energy, Power, ... | |
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| Can Omar's good governance wait till centre talks to separatist? | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 1: Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram has once again hinted at the possibility of a dialogue between the centre and Kashmiri separatist leaders. Without giving out the specifics, the Home Minister said there could be a dialogue with the separatists if they choose to come forward for the same in 2012.
he separatist leaders have reacted on the expected lines. Mirwaiz Omar Farooq, chairman of one of the factions of the all party Hurriyat conference, has said the dialogue would be meaningful only if it was tripartite. Without rejecting the dialogue offer directly, Mirwaiz Omar Farooq has again raised the traditional defence the Kashmiri separatists leaders have a... | |
| | | | Do huge buildings have any connection to quality education? | | Mushroom growth of pvt schools in J&K: | | | Bharat Bhushan
Jammu, Jan 1: The J&K has been witnessing a mushroom growth of private schools. Everyone seems to be in the race to open a school. Grand buildings have come up and hefty tuition fee is extracted from parents, but can anyone tell if these have any connection to quality education?
Of course, not. Many of these schools are not bothered about quality. You check a notebook of English, or maths of any student and you get the answer. Mistakes continue to be there.
The owners of most of these schools come from business families. They are concerned about the strength of students and not about who is teaching what. They charge hefty tuition fee, building fund and many other funds w... | |
| | | | Who is real successor of Sher-e-Kashmir Legacy? | | My father did not want Farooq to succeed him: Khalida Shah | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Kishtwar, Jan 1: Before his death, Sher-e-Kashmir found Dr Farooq incapable of taking his legacy forward. He saw a better alternative in Late Ghulam Muhammad Shah. This was stated by Sher-e-Kashmir's elder daughter and chief of Awami National Conference, Khalida Shah in an exclusive interview with Early Times.
"When my father fell ill, he called my late husband and urged him to take over the reins of National Conference. However, my husband refused to take over the party during the life time of Sher-e-Kashmir", she said.
She said that when National Conference was fighting for its survival after Sher-e-Kashmir's arrest, Farooq was in London enjoying life. "Nobody in the ... | |
| | | | Apply accountability standards to yourself as well, Mehbooba tells govt | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Jan 1: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti has told the government to apply accountability standards to it as well.
Referring to the Chief Minister's latest statement blaming people for the deteriorating power situation in the state Ms Mufti said the government has got into the habit of blaming every body except itself for failures. "The worst examples of last three years, be it the unfortunate Shopian episode 2009, killing of 120 youth in 2010 or the latest exposure of crime and corruption brought out by alleged custodial killing of Haji Mohammed Yousuf", she said.
"The state government neither has till date taken responsibility nor held ... | |
| | | | 'Revoking AFSPA will aid Kashmir terror groups' | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Jan 1: Indian Army chief Gen VK Singh has opposed the withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from parts of Jammu and Kashmir anytime soon, saying this could result in the "emergence of terror sanctuaries and safe havens".
He said one summer of peace does not mean
normalcy has returned to the troubled border state and warned that if the contentious special powers are withdrawn, the army would feel constrained in operating against terror groups if the situation deteriorates.
"The partial revocation of AFSPA will result in the emergence of sanctuaries and safe havens for terrorists while the army will be constrained from operating against them," Singh... | |
| | | | Prime Minister's New Year Message Intriguing | | Lokpal Logjam | | | RUSTAM
JAMMU, Jan 1: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh finally broke his silence yesterday and spoke on the fate of the Lokpal Bill as well as the cancer of corruption. He broke his silence on the eve of New Year. In fact, in his New Year message to the nation, the Prime Minister acknowledged that "corruption is a serious problem that needs multi-dimensional response of which Lokpal and Lokayuktas are an important part". "It was 'unfortunate' that Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill could not be passed by the Rajya Sabha (on December 29)…My Government is committed to enactment of the effective law. The year that has just ended was a very difficult year for the world…A revolution of rising expectations ... | |
| | | | Cabinet Meeting: Resentment Brewing Against Congress | | Judiciary VS Executive | | | Neha
JAMMU, Jan 1: It was because of the positive intervention of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court that the 30-year-old Lawyers' strike ended leading to the resumption of normal functioning in the courts across the state on December 24. Actually, the High Court had taken a suo motto notice of the strike with the Registrar General of the High Court submitting to the Chief Justice a detailed note on the circumstances leading to the Lawyers' strike, as also to massive Jammu bandh on December 20 - bandh organized on the call of B S Slathia-led Bar Association Jammu (BAJ) and supported by one and all in the province. It was this note which took the shape of PIL, which was heard by the Special Ben... | |
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