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| Will Charak take lead? | | Private Colleges asked to help needy poor | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Feb 4
Preaching is easier said than done –says and age old adage. And then another proverb says those who preach the most practice the least. It is to be keenly watched whether the Higher Education Minister Gulchain Singh Charak could actually practice what he has preached.
Addressing a function here today, the Higher Education Minister Gulchain Singh Charak has asked the private educational institutes to relax fee structure to accommodate needy, unprivileged students. Why to ask others and why not take a lead and set examples for others.
As Education Minister the clarion call of Gulchain Singh Charak upon the private educational institutions holds massive... | |
| | | | 20 years must for pension: HC | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Feb 4
A Division Bench of J&K High Court Jammu Wing comprising Chief Justice KS Radhakrishnan and First Pusine Judge Justice NA Kakru have held that 20 years is the qualifying service of the officials to claim pensionary benefits.
In an appeal filed by BSF personnel who had resigned from service before completion of the qualifying service for pensionary benefits, as the appellant had completed only 16 years 7 months and 7 days of service, the Division Bench held that " we cannot find any fault with the competent authority denying pensionary benefits to the appellant since he did not have the requisite qualifying service that would entitled to him to claim th... | |
| | | | Selling dreams for huge sums, Jammu youth, another booked | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Feb 4
The Crime Branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police has registered a case two persons for luring youth to jobs in Canada and extracting huge money from them.
According to a Crime Branch spokesman, Harinder Singh of Nanak Nagar and Rajan Bansal of Chandigarh used to take lakhs of rupees from youth on pretext of sending them to foreign countries for jobs.
The enquiry conducted by Crime Branch following a complaint lodged by Mohammad Zubair Khan son of Pervaiz Ahmad and Arajuman Khan son of Mohammad Amin residents of Azad Basti Natipora revealed that lakhs of rupees have been grabbed by Rajan Bansal of Chandigarh and Harinder Singh of Nanak Nagar Jammu from th... | |
| | | | Jammu tourism promotion---only promise galore—1 | | Actions do not match words | | | Early Times Special Correspondent
Jammu | Feb 4
News Analysis
On the heel of Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Sidhanshu Panday asking all the offices still located in Mubarak Mandi complex, to vacate the same and shift their offices soon to an alternative place, for expediting the project of setting up of Dogra Heritage Centre in the Mubarak Mandi premises, the Governor, Gen. (Retd) S K Sinha, while taking round of the Mubarak Mandi complex, listed various aspects of the proposed Mubarak Mandi Dogra Heritage Centre.
Ironically, the Divisional Commissioner’s office continues to be housed within the Mubarak Mandi complex. Before stressing upon heads of other government offices for early sh... | |
| | | | 'Delhi Police let off kidney kingpins last month | | | | New Delhi | Feb 4
Amit Kumar alias Santosh Rameshwar Raut and his brother Jeewan, the absconding kingpins of the multi-million-rupee kidney transplant racket, were picked and let off by Delhi Police last month, a top police official revealed Monday.
'Harpal, Amit Kumar's driver who was arrested last week, in his interrogation revealed that sleuths of Delhi Police picked up the duo 20-25 days ago and whisked them to Connaught Place area. They later let them go,' Gurgaon Police Commissioner Mahender Lal said.
'We have asked Delhi Police to inquire into it,' Lal told reporters.
Gurgaon police sources said Amit and Jeewan were let off - reportedly after three inspectors and a constable exto... | |
| | | | Natwar takes on Pranab on "divisive" N deal | | | | New Delhi | Feb 4
Deprecating External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's statement that India would be "isolated" if the Indo-US nuclear agreement is not through, former minister K Natwar Singh today said going ahead with the "spectacularly divisive deal" would be tantamount to disregarding Parliament.
"It is the UPA that is isolated on the nuclear deal. The UPA government was isolated in both houses of Parliament," Singh, suspended Congress leader, said in a joint statement with another former minister and JD(U) leader Digvijay Singh.
"To go ahead with this spectacularly divisive deal will be tantamount to disregarding Parliament," they said. Natwar Singh is a former External Affairs ... | |
| | | | SC grants two weeks to Centre to respond on Delimitation | | | | New Delhi | Feb 4
The Supreme Court today granted the Centre an additional two weeks to respond to a plea seeking implementation of the Delimitation Commission's recommendations on re-constituting Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies in the country.
A Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan accepted the plea of Additional Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium for extending the four week time granted to the Centre on January 7.
The ASG had said that the issue was being looked into by an appropriate authority.
A bunch of PILs have been filed seeking direction to the Centre that the notification on re-defining boundaries of constituencies be put before the President for her assen... | |
| | | | FIR against Raj Thackeray, vandals target Big B's home | | | | Mumbai | Feb 4
Amitabh Bachchan's home was targeted by vandals in the backdrop of Raj Thackeray questioning the star's loyalties to Maharashtra while the Navnirman Sena leader today faced charges of encouraging attacks on North Indians in the state.
A day after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena(MNS) activists clashed with Samajwadi party workers, attacked two theatres screening Bhojpuri films and assaulted north Indian taxi drivers and vendors, the Centre asked the state government to tackle the situation in all seriousness and take proper steps to maintain law and order.
After the war of words between Thackeray and Samajwadi MP Jaya Bachchan,who came to the defence of her husband, two motor-cy... | |
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