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| JU's order defies spirit of 'Right to Education' | | | | Arun Singh
Jammu, May 22: Jammu University authorities have attracted strong criticisms from socialites and academicians for its order restraining those who have criminal cases pending against them from seeking admissions in its academic departments.
Sources said that JU authorities issued the controversial order to deny admission to candidates with criminal background in all its departments and affiliated colleges, unmindful of the fact that the order was not in line with the spirit of education for all.
As per the notification vide No. F Acd/14/ 4575-4774 dated 16.05.2014 , at the time of admission to any course/ programme in the University Department/ Affiliated College/ Institutio... | |
| | | | Hoarders, profiteers have a field day as coalition stays in shock | | | | Shakeel A Khan
SRINAGAR, May 22: The government is found to be nowhere these days as the hoarders and the profiteers have taken control of the market giving anxious moments to the people, especially to the ones who have no means of sustenance.
It appears as if the ruling alliance hasn't come out of the trauma, as it has been completely unnerved by the outcome of the 2014 parliamentary election and is not ready to resume its routine duty giving free hands to the hoarders and the profiteers.
The people are going through the terrible times as the prices of the things have gone skyrocketing, breaking the back of the poor masses. Things, from eatables to readymade garments aren't affordabl... | |
| | | | SIC directs RTO Jammu to provide information free of cost | | Registration, Hypothecation of vehicles in Jammu | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 22: The State Information Commission (SIC) has directed the Regional Transport Officer (RTO) Jammu to provide information free of cost sought under Right to Information Act (RTI) by an information seeker from Jammu. As per details available one Tariq Mughal, (Advocate), R/O Rahim Nagar, Jammu moved an application dated 23.01.2014 under Jammu & Kashmir Right to Information Act, 2009 before the PIO in the office of Regional Transport Officer, Transport Nagar, Narwal Bala, Jammu.
Info sought under RTI from RTO office Jammu :
1. Information about the Hypothecation of commercial and non-commercial vehicles, what are the formalities for the entry and terminati... | |
| | | | Small national parties wiped out from J&K | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 22: The recently concluded Lok Sabha elections have seen the rout of many small national parties in Jammu and Kashmir as these parties failed to perform from their parent states.
These parties include, Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Mulayam Singh's Samajwadi Party (SP), Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Sharad Yadav's Janta Dal United, Lalu's Rashtriya Janta Dal and many such parties, who have suffered a huge setback in states from where they have emerged.
These parties were trying to make their base in Jammu and Kashmir as well especially in Jammu region where few years back, BSP and SP were able to make a statement by winning seats ... | |
| | | | Jammu's political scene after election | | Vote for mainstream politics | | | Rustam
JAMMU, May 22: Much has been written and said about the nature of people's mandate, as also about the 2014 election outcome in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. The PDP has defeated the NC in the Kashmir Valley and won all the three Lok Sabha seats, it has been repeatedly said and written about.
The BJP has defeated the Congress-NC coalition candidates in Jammu and Ladakh and won all the three Lok Sabha seats with an impressive margin, it has also been umpteen written and said during the past six days. Political observers and commentators would write more on this in the coming days, as the Congress and the NC suffered the most humiliating defeat in the sense that the coalition could no... | |
| | | | Regularization of daily wagers put on hold | | | | Bashir Assad
Srinagar, May22: Even though most of the departments have submitted details to the Sub-Committee constituted for the purpose, the regularization process of thousands of Daily Rate Workers (DRW) and Causal Laborers in Jammu and Kashmir is getting delayed which has badly hit the working in the departments as the workers are resorting to agitations. Even in some departments the DRWs do lock the offices in protest forcing the officials to stay away from their offices.
It merits a mention here that the State Cabinet had approved the mechanism for regularization of daily wagers in the year 2009, with directions passed to department to furnish details about the workers, so that ... | |
| | | | Omar crossing the line, interfering in foreign policy-related issues | | Invitation to Nawaz Sharif | | | Neha
JAMMU, May 22: The decision of New Delhi to invite the SAARC heads of state and Government, including Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, to the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi has delighted the Kashmiri leaders, separatist and the so-called mainstream leaders. They, including the self-styled chairman of APHC-M Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and NC working president and J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, whose party was decimated by the PDP in Kashmir valley in the just-held Lok Sabha election, on Wednesday spoke in one voice and hailed the decision of the Central Government. It was a good beginning, they said, adding that this gesture will go a long way in resolving the long-pending Kash... | |
| | | | CM fails in his commitment of setting up schools for deaf & dumb | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
JAMMU, May 21: The assurance given by Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah four years back to the Association of Parents of Hearing Handicapped (APHH) that two schools one each in Jammu & Srinagar would be opened for deaf and dumb children has not been fulfilled so far.
Omar had assured APHH (working in field of improving the condition and living standard of Deaf &Dumb children of state) that two schools for these children would be opened. But the promise has remained only a promise so far.
As per the details available with 'Early Times' the association approached Chief Minister in 2010 with regard to their demands of opening of schools for Deaf & Dumb children, reservation o... | |
| | | | Can Omar resurrect NC through internet? | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 22: National Conference has criticized Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for having learned lessons from the poll debacle. The party leadership had said Omar still feels that he can turn the tide by being active on internet, which it feels is only adding to the woes of the party.
"Omar still hasn't given up his old habits of relying more on internet than being on the ground. This email ID which he has been advocating and advertising now, was in place for the last five-years. Why he didn't use it when people mailed complaints on this ID. It's again likely to boomerang for us," said a senior NC leader.
Omar said that he has received many mails and is replying b... | |
| | | | Azad likely to be named Congress Chief Ministerial candidate | | Important meeting today | | | Javaid Naikoo
SRINAGAR, May 22: The Congress party is likely to name Ghulam Nabi Azad as its Chief Ministerial candidate for the forthcoming assembly polls scheduled to be held later this year. A meeting has been scheduled for Friday where some important decisions are likely to be taken. Insiders say the future relations with NC will also come up for discussion.
Sources close to Ghulam Nabi Azad revealed to Early Times that as part of introspection following the recent defeat to NC-Congress alliance candidates across the state, an important meeting of State Congress office bearers without prior announcement is scheduled at Broadway Hotel here in Srinagar tomorrow.
The demand for replacem... | |
| | | | CB makes head-way in examgate involving Minister's son | | | |
Mustansir
SRINAGAR, May 22: Crime Branch of J&K police has made some more head-ways in the examination scam that rocked the Valley in 2012 involving Imam Souban, foster son of top Congress leader and legislator from south Kashmir Peerzada Mohammad Syed. Crime Branch on May 15 raided Vision Public School, office in connection with the scam and seized some important documents related to the case from the school office besides taking few other school officials in their custody.
Admission register bearing the name of legislator's foster son was traced in the school office. Interestingly, the Vision Public School authorities have expressed their shock as to how his name surfaced in the scho... | |
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