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| IIT-JEE eligibility norms made tougher | | | |
New Delhi, Oct 19: The eligibility criteria of 60 per cent marks in class-XII for appearing in IIT Joint Entrance Examination will be raised from next year to make students pay more attention to the board exam.
In a significant move to check the growth of coaching centres, which are thriving on imparting coaching to students for IIT-JEE, the government today decided to change the criteria, so that students' attention will be more focused on the board exam at Class-XII.
"The present criteria is that students need to secure 60 per cent at class-XII for appearing in IIT-JEE. This is not acceptable. The minimum marks required for IIT-JEE could be raised up to 80 to 85 per cent," HRD Minister Kapil Sibal told reporters after the meeting of the IIT Council, the apex decision making body for the elite institutes.
He said the three-member committee has been set up to look into the curriculum and the IIT-JEE system and submit its report within three months, suggesting required changes.
The committee comprise Science and Technology Secretary T Ramasamy, Secretary Department of Biotechn... | |
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| Slow recruitment process unnerving for candidates | | | |
SANT KUMAR SHARMA
JAMMU, Oct 19: Over the next few days, the J&K Services Selection Board will organize height measurement test for candidates provisionally shortlisted for the post of forester in forest department.
An advertisement to this effect was issued by the Administrative Officer of the J&K Services Selection Board some days ago. The advertisement gave the schedule for the test and the candidates belonging to different categories will undergo the test on October 29 and 30, as per the schedule.
The test is being conducted for the posts of forester (forest department) for Divisional Cadre posts of the Jammu division which were advertised almost three years ago. Applications had b... | |
| | | | New from China: | | Kashmir is Country | | |
Kathmandu, Oct 19: Recently being in news for issuing separate visas to Indian passport holders from Jammu and Kashmir, the China now is also projecting the territory as an independent country in other ways.
Visitors to Tibet, especially journalists invited by the Chinese government, are given handouts where Kashmir is indicated as a country separate from India, reports said.
Media kits providing "basic information" about Tibet (which China attacked and annexed in the 1950s) - says Tibet borders with India, Nepal, Myanmar and Kashmir area. Need to mention here that except the "Kashmir ", the other three are sovereign countries.
Not only this, the maps too, available in China, Myanmar a... | |
| | | | Medico impasse persists | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu Oct 19: Health care services across the state remained paralysed as the agitation by junior doctors', demanding revision in their pay packages, entered into the consecutive 16th day on Monday.
Junior doctors remained away from their duties due to indefinite strike called by Doctors Joint Action Committee (DJAC), the medicare facilities in GMC hospital and associated hospitals in several districts and sub-districts throughout the state remained paralysed, health officials said.
The emergency services too had also been affected although it remained open and was being run by senior faculty members, Hospital sources said.
The doctors held demonstration within the GM... | |
| | | | AMANDEEP MURDER CASE | | No bail yet for tainted cops | | | Chowdhary bros move HC, hearing adjourned
Jammu, Oct 19: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court today declined to pass any order in the process initiated by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in attaching properties of Chowdhary Nagar Singh and his brothers Ujjagar and Rakesh Singh, the proclaimed offenders in Amandeep murder and evidence destruction case even as the Court asked special prosecutor to file objections on the trio’s bail plea within one week.
After dismissal of bail plea by the Second Additional Sessions Judge Jammu, the the Chowdhary brothers had moved the High Court through Advocate Aslam Goni and other for the pre-arrest bail. A case was also made out in the petition seekin... | |
| | | | India fears spillover effect of Pak events | | | |
New Delhi, Oct 19: Not ruling out the possibility of spillover effect of the "very serious" situation in Pakistan, India today said its defence forces are prepared to meet any challenge and expressed confidence that any threat, including that from Taliban, would be neutralised.
"The situation in Pakistan is very serious and terrorism is spreading," Defence Minister A K Antony told reporters here when asked to comment on developments in the neighbouring country and Taliban threat to attack India.
Asked whether the Taliban threat was a cause for concern for India, he said, "we are always prepared to meet any challenge to our territorial integrity and national security from any quarter. Ou... | |
| | | | Rs 10 million counterfeit currency seized in Doda | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 19: Achieving a major success in busting a racket of economic terrorism, the Jammu Police today claimed to have seized Rs ten million counterfeit currency in follow-up to arrests made on Sunday.
This is the biggest seizure of fake currency in recent times and the Police appeared to have moved exceptionally swiftly in reaching the main racketeer. The seizure has been made by the Bus Stand Police station from a hideout in Doda district, the sources said.
On the disclosure of five persons arrested by the General Bus Stand police on Sundy a raid was carried out in Doda area in which cops arrested another person who happens to be the son of former National Con... | |
| | | | Cricketer was made scapegoat: Omar | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 19: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said his government is in constant touch with the Karnataka Government over why two cricketers from his state were detained on alleged terrorism charges in Bangalore on Saturday.
Abdullah claimed that cricketer Pervez Rasool was being made a scapegoat and was arrested mistakenly.
"It is not that we are silent on this, we have been on the job the moment we received the news about the arrest. There was some defect in the machine and Parvez was made a scapegoat," Abdullah said.
"We have spoken to different states that they should be sensitive while dealing with such cases because already there are various wounds, w... | |
| | | | CBM before PM’s visit | | Two RR formations pulled out of Valley | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 19: Close to the heels of Home Minister P Chidambram’s announcement of initiating dialogue with all shades of opinion and the separatists setting conditions for participations, a major Confidence Building Measure (CBM) is being seen to have carried out as two significant formations of Army have been moved out of Kashmir Valley.
This important development on relocation of troops comes ahead of the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s upcoming visit to Jammu and Kashmir later this month. The Prime Minister, along with other dignitaries, is visiting Kashmir to launch remaining tract of the Valley rail line and on the sidelines of ... | |
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