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| My Lord, why isn’t there any Muslim, Sikh Judge from Jammu? | | Regional balance: Communities debate classic case of wheels within wheels | | |
ZAFAR CHOUDHARY
Jammu, Oct 5: Close to the heels of Jammu celebrating its apparently ‘first major victory’ in the ‘battle of regional balance’ by getting the State government to push and Central government to agree on two Central Universities, there is debate going on in the region –is the discrimination story of Jammu a case of wheels within the wheels?.
The trigger of the debate is the question of regional balance and justice while the immediate backdrop is the ongoing process to fill up three vacancies of Judges at the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. And the most desperate question is: why there has never been a Muslim or Sikh Judge to the High Court from Jammu province?
“Jammu region has produced eminent legal luminaries drawn from its different sub-regions and communities but none of the Muslims or Sikhs could ever rise to the position of HC Judge. “This is a genuine outcry and we feel low about it. But the double jeopardy is that when we talk about this we are branded as communal”, says a young Muslim lawyer, preferring not named, who clarifies that he has no such ambitions... | |
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| E-governance –I | | Yasin, Gill, Dalip still at ‘helm of affairs’ in transport deptt | | |
SANT KUMAR SHARMA
Jammu, Oct 5: Make way Qamr Ali Akhnoon. For Mr Hakim Mohammed Yasin who is still the transport minister in website records of the transport department.
Dalip Singh is shown as Commissioner cum Secretary of the department.
The Transport Commissioner’s post is still being held by P S Gill, IPS.
In reality, Mr Yasin was the transport minister in Ghulam Nabi Azad’s cabinet. He held this post till July 10, 2008, when the Governor, Mr N N Vohra, took charge of the state as Mr Azad had tendered resignation from the chief minister’s post on July 7, three days prior to that date.
Nowadays, he is an ordinary legislator who does not hold any portfolio in the Omar Abdullah mi... | |
| | | | Services hit in hospitals as doctors go on strike | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 5: An indefinite strike of doctors demanding fulfillment of their long-standing demands, started in theJammu region here today.
Under the banner of Doctors Joint Action Committee (DJAC) an indefinite strike was announced yesterday by the junior doctors alleging state government’s ignorant attitude towards them.
‘’The members of the Committee had condemned the government’s ignorant attitude towards their demands,’’ one of the members told . They further added that the strike would be observed in all the health institutions of the region.
‘’The Government has assured us that the demands will be met by September 30 but nothing was done on ground,’’ the do... | |
| | | | No second appointment for vice chancellors in same university | | | |
New Delhi: The term of vice chancellors should not be more than five years or they should not exceed the age of 70 years, according to the UGC which has unveiled a draft regulations listing a host of norms regarding services of the VCs and faculty.
There shall not be a reappointment of the Vice Chancellor for the second term in the same University. However, appointment for another term as Vice Chancellor is admissible in other Central/State University which shall be subject to the performance evaluation of the candidate.
"The regulations is intended to bring uniformity and excellence into the system. If accepted, each university will have uniform system of selection of vice chancellors... | |
| | | | India ranks 134th on UNDP Index | | | |
New Delhi: The quality of life in India continues to be appalling with the country ranked poorly at 134 among 182 countries on the Human Development Index of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) that was released globally on Monday.
The ranking clearly shows India has slipped in comparative terms in ensuring a better quality of life for its citizens as in the previous index, published for 2007 and 2008 together, it ranked 128, while the position the year before was 126.
Normally published annually since 1990, the index goes beyond a nation's gross domestic product (GDP) to measure the general well-being of people under a host of parameters, such as poverty levels, literacy an... | |
| | | | J&K wants Dul Hasti project back | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 5: Strongly advocating the case for transfer of Dul Hasti Power Project to Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister, Mr. Omar Abdullah Monday asked the Union Government to extend liberal financial support to the State for revamping transmission and distribution system. “There is urgent need to improve and upgrade LT and HT network and reduce transmission losses”, he said and urged the Centre to help the State in this stupendous task.
Speaking to the team of Union Secretaries led by Cabinet Secretary, KM Chandershekhar and comprised of Defence Secretary, Mr. Pradeep Kumar, Home Secretary, Mr. G. K. Pillai, Secretary Coordination in Cabinet Secretariat, Mr. Ajit Se... | |
| | | | Smear campaign in Forest Deptt as eminent forester returns home | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 5: Instead of taking pride in Jagdish Kishwan’s return to Jammu and Kashmir, smear campaign is going on in the Forest Department after recent transfers and postings in which government moved some officers who have been there for many years.
Jagdish Kishwan recently replaced Irshad Ahmed Khan as Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, who manned this post for three and half years. Kishwan, until recently Director General of Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, is an eminent forester of international repute. He is somebody who represented India at Bali summit on climate change and is about to represent the country at Copenhagen.
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