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| J&K PSC victim in KAS among 100 IAS toppers of 2011 | | 920 selected for Civil Services out of 2.69 Lakh candidates | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, May 11: Sarvjeet Soodan of Jammu's Ranbir Singhpura area kept himself better placed by staying away from J&K Public Service Commission's selection of Veterinary Assistant Surgeons (VASs) in 2010. When the results came out on February 17th and Soodan found most of the state's brilliant veterinary graduates and post-graduates missing in the selection list, he felt pained but relieved in the sense that he had saved a lot of his time, energy and money.
He, however, could not resist the temptation of appearing in the PSC's Combined Civil Services examination. Finding himself among a limited number of the candidates who got 4-digit marks in the Mains (1024 out of 1950), Soodan (Roll No: 0901312) was certain of his placement in the high-prestige junior scale of Kashmir Administrative Service. Notwithstanding his best performance in the Personality Test, PSC selectors did not award him more than 135 (out of 250). Consequently, he plummeted from the top in the Mains to the bottom of the final selection and was placed at the tail-end of the candidates selected for... | |
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| In 2004, too, government curtailed Amarnath yatra period | | Flawed Arguments | | | Neha
JAMMU, May 11: In 2004, a rare event took place. That year, in the month of Shravana, three Poornimas were to occur and the first Poornima was on July 2. Several religious organizations and social groups urged the Shrine Board as well as the State Government to extend the period of pilgrimage from July 2 to August 30 (day of the Rakhsa Bandhan Poornima) considering the significance of the event. The Shrine Board took no time in accepting the suggestion taking into consideration the religious sensitivities of the people and decided to enhance the pilgrimage duration. It announced that the pilgrimage would commence on July 2. It also announced that while the Baltal route would remain op... | |
| | | | 'Govt undermined identity, rights of Dogras on certificate issue' | | | | Dogras of Jammu province are angry because the state government has done terribly wrong with Dogra certificate which will become a cause for another agitation like Amaranth agitation year 2008. It is perception that matters and the perception here among the Dogras is that the state government undermined the very identity of the Dogra Community by endorsing the viewpoint of the Kashmiri mainstream and separatist politician. Here are few views expressed by the Jammuites on the issue.... | |
| | | | | Mohd Yassir, student Sc. college, Jammu: | |  As a student and as a resident of Jammu province. I firmly believe that there was no need to revoke the Dogra certificate order. There was no need to extend the benefits of this certificate to other regions as there was no demand raised form the people. Just to appease the separatists, Government bowed down and revoked the earlier order. I feel it is just not good. The people of Jammu feel dejected by this government order. ... | |
| | | | | Khem Raj, student, Geography, Dept, JU: | |  This certificate is meant exclusively for Dogra irrespective of religion, caste and with the revocation of earlier order, this is injustice done with the people of Jammu region. This government succumbing under the pressure from Kashmiri separatists revoked earlier this order passed by Raman Bhalla, Minister for Relief, Revenue and Rehabilitation. This govt is not doing justice with the people of Jammu region.... | |
| | | | | Ghulam Nabi, Student Geography Deptt, JU: | |  In my view, the right of Dogra cannot be given to other people. This certificate is given to brave Dogras to get relaxation in getting recruitment in central para-military forces, now when govt has revoked this order and make PRC as its replacement is step taken in wrong direction. I myself live in Rajouri and support the Dogra certificate and there is no need to change the status of this certificate.
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| | | | Disciplinary committee under pressure, asked to go low against suspended MLAs | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 11: The BJP Central leadership is undecided over the fate of seven suspended MLAs as the Party High Command and Disciplinary Committee is itself in a quandary regarding the final decision.
According to Party sources the Disciplinary Committee which met at Union Capital yesterday has been under constant pressure from some senior national leaders of the Party who want the action against the seven MLAs should not only deferred but also but stopped completely.
The senior leaders believed to have proximity with seven MLAs have given well thought to the question posed by all the seven MLAs that what parameters were used for singling out the seven MLAs after resign... | |
| | | | Affirming position as leader, Prof Gupta 'dispatches' letters to all MLAs | | Says, he feels all 11 are guilty in cross voting matter, seeks 'response' | | | Saroj Razdan
Jammu, May 11: In a further twist to the complexities of BJP cross voting matter which can actually cause 'ripples' in the party leadership ,senior leader of BJP Prof Chaman Lal Gupta, affirming his authority as Leader of the Legislative Party in J&K Assembly, has written letter to all the members of the House seeking their views and response over the cross voting controversy for which the high command has suspended 7 MLAs.
Even as the suspended MLAs from day one have been publicly making it loud and clear that Prof Chaman Lal continues to be their leader in the House, maintaining defiant postures against the high command, it is for the first time Prof Gupta has established... | |
| | | | Prof Gharu Ram alleges RP Singh 'threatened' him | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 11: Prof Gharu Ram, one of the 7 suspended BJP MLAs has alleged that he has been threatened by Seh Prabhari, RP Singh that he would face the 'wrath' of the BJP workers if he did not respond to his call for coming to New Delhi and 'present' before the high command while maintaining distance from the other MLAs. Fearing for his life and security of family, Gharu Ram has sought intervention of the Police and written a letter to SSP Jammu seeking necessary action in the matter.
In the letter addressed to SSP, Gharu Ram has alleged that RP Singh threatened him demonstrations, scenes of self immolations and other such acts would be organized in front of his ... | |
| | | | Govt keen on rehabilitation of ultras but not of Pak refugees in Jammu | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 11: For the National Conference led Government facilitating those boys who had gone to Pakistan occupied Kashmir for arms training in returning to Jammu and Kashmir seems to be its priority. Day in and day out Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, is seen dishing out information about the number of applications received from the parents of the boys camping in occupied Kashmir and the number of applications cleared for their return journey.
That the ruling coalition treats the issue of return of the misguided youths to Jammu and Kashmir quite important is evident from the way the Chief Minister made a brief statement on the issue on the day the Durbar opened in Srina... | |
| | | | Punishing Jammu Youth | | Has the UPA Government decided not to set up CU? | | | Rustam
JAMMU, May 11: The people of Jammu in general and the youth in particular fought relentlessly for months and got the Central University. They had to fight because the Valley-centric State Government had transferred the sanctioned Central University from Jammu to Kashmir. The NC-Congress led coalition government had taken this anti-Jammu decision ignoring the suggestion of the Ghulam Nabi Azad-led government that Central University should be established at Jammu and Institute of Management Studies in Kashmir. Had not the people of Jammu fought relentlessly, the Central Government would not have decided to set up Central University in the Jammu province. Convinced that the controversy... | |
| | | | Transfer of power projects | | Finally Govt catches the bull by its horns | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 11: The government has finally taken the right decision at the right time. A notice has been served on the NHPC for return of Salal Power Project to the state. This is exactly what Early Times had suggested on October 31, last year. "Instead of autonomy, Omar must seek power projects", ET had said. Any ways, it is never too late to mend.
Omar's repeated requests for transfer of power projects to the state have been turned down the recommendations of the Rangarajan Committee notwithstanding. This reflects the influence he exercises in New Delhi.
Reports suggest that the union Power Ministry has repeatedly urged the state government not to insist on transf... | |
| | | | 3 killed, 25 hurt in road mishaps | | | | JAMMU: Three persons were killed and 25 others wounded in separate road accidents here today.
An unidentified man was killed after a speeding vehicle hit him near Purmandal. His body was kept in the hospital mortuary for identification, police sources said.
In a Santro car accident at Bantalab near Nagrota in the evening, Sonu of Udhampur was killed and Pankaj, Anil, Rashpal, Sunny, Shamsher and Ajit, all residents of Udhampur, were wounded. The injured were admitted to GMC hospital.
In another incident, Devi Singh was killed and 10 others were injured when a jeep in which they were travelling skidded off the road and rolled down in a gorge near Chenani in Udhampur.
The injured were hos... | |
| | | | Jawan dies of poisoning | | | | JAMMU: An army jawan today died of poisoning under mysterious circumstances at Yugpur in Samba.
Police sources said Ajay Kumar (25), who was posted in 12 JAK Rifles at Pathankote, was coming home on leave when he fell unconscious in a lane of Yugpur.
He was shifted by locals to hospital where he later died. Quoting doctors, sources said he had been given poison by someone.
Police had registered a case and started investigation as they suspected that someone might have given him poison to loot him.... | |
| | | | 2 held for slitting girl's throat | | | | Srinagar: Two persons were arrested today for allegedly slitting the throat of a girl after she resisted their molestation attempt in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district, police said.
According to police, the duo Farooq Ahmad Parra and Abdul Qayoom Parra slit the girl's throat with a knife after she resisted their attempt to molest her at village Gudsuthu, 25 km from here, they said. The girl was on way to her paddy fields when the incident took place. The alarm raised by the victim attracted the attention of the people who rushed to the spot and shifted her to hospital in a critical condition, police said, adding that the assailants fled the scene and were later arrested. The weapon of t... | |
| | | | SVO raids TSO's house at Subash Nagar | | | | JAMMU: Following alleged complaints of corruption against him, state vigilance organisation (SVO) sleuths this evening raided the house of a CAPD tehsil supply officer (TSO) at Subash Nagar here.
Official sources said SVO sleuths raided the house of TSO Sujan Singh at Toph Morh, Subash Nagar, following complaints of corruption against him.
He was at present posted at Kishtwar. He was alleged to have indulged in large scale corrupt practices in the deprtment, the sources added.
Sources said the SVO men seized several documents and other record from the TSO's house and made their inventory. These would be put to scrutiny, sources said.
The searches were continuing when reports last came i... | |
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