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Gloomy students facing dual brunt: Ire of family at home, hardships at Board Agents ruling roost, Board authorities sleepy least bothered over matter 5/23/2007 11:57:49 PM Jammu | May 23 The recent declaration of Matric and Senior Secondary examinations by Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education (JKBOSE) has descended pall of gloom on the below par and unsuccessful candidates as they were only prepared for the single outcome i.e. unfavorable results but, they didn’t have even imagined that they have to face the harsh conditions at Board office to submit their forms coupled with the indignation of their nears and dears. In the meantime, they are also falling easy prey to the agents operating around the board as it’s a ripe time for these agents to mint money with the active connivance of Board officials. But, authorities sitting at the helm of Board affairs seem to be least concerned about the problems of student community. According to sources, the reevaluation forms customary which are issued free of cost to the students were being sold at the cost of Rs 5 by some shopkeepers around the Board office as most of the students were either unaware of it or don’t have the stamina to stand in long queues. Sources said these shopkeepers wer...   READ MORE

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Lax security at Railway station leaves people vulnerable to militant threats Without security eye people watched telecast of Gorakhpur blasts on TV 5/23/2007 11:57:15 PM Jammu May 23 It seems the police and security agencies in Jammu had some supernatural instinct that is why they still lie in deep slumber when the nation is echoed with the bomb blasts recently. The blindfolded and overconfident security cover left Jammu Railways Station on the mercy of Almighty despite when all the news channels were carrying reports of Gorakhpur blasts. While the nation is left shocked and is reconciling from the ear deafening blasts at Religious Place Macca Mosque in Hyderabad, the Tuesday May 22 left Gorakhpur completely bewildered and in shock when three crude bomb blasts made people to run for safety. The empty checkpoints and left over post in addition to t...   READ MORE   ‘Nexus between police and politicians’, alleges Nirmal? CM’s own constituency, a hot bed of militancy, terrorism: BJP 5/23/2007 11:43:20 PM Jammu May 23- Senior BJP leader today disagreed with the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad’s assertion that the militants are down and out in bulk from the J&K State and maintained that CM’s own constituency has become a hot bed for terrorists.. Addressing a press meet here today, BJP former state president said that ‘What to talk of other areas, the Chief Minister ‘s own constituency has become hot bed of militancy and terrorism, with the local minorities and nationalist Muslims in particular being the main targets of the SHO Gandoh, Farooq Ahmed Wani and militants nexus in the area. He also alleged that Chief Minister and Director General of Police Gopal Sharma, with the help of thei...   READ MORE   Court rejects bail of accused involved in chopping of forearm 5/23/2007 11:42:23 PM JAMMU, MAY 23 Third Additional Sessions Judge, Jammu, Mr. Sanjay Gupta rejected the bail application of accused Jatinder Singh, who along with other four accused involved in an attempt to murder case and chopped the forearm of one Chain Singh. The accused persons took chopped forearm along with them and threw the same in the river Tawi. The other four accused are still absconding and proceedings u/s 512 Cr PC initiated against them. In the rejection order, Mr. Sanjay Gupta said that it is also fact that previous bail application of the accused has been rejected. The allegations are very grave as the injured has become handicapped due to blow given by the present accused. In case accuse...   READ MORE   Cock-a-doodle-do -- hen turns into cock! 5/23/2007 11:35:58 PM SILIGURI MAY 23 It may sound like a cock and bull story but a hen has changed into a cock by a freak of nature in West Bengal's Coochbehar district. Partha Sarathi Ghose of the state's animal husbandry department today said that the hen changed its gender without artificial intervention at Kamat-Chengrabanda village in Mekhligunj sub-division. Officials of the department rushed to the village with the local block development officer after a paper published the news yesterday. Claiming that there were scientific reasons behind the change, Ghose described it as a "rarest of rare incidents" and the first of its kind in West Bengal and second in India after Bihar. A similar incident was r...   READ MORE   Favouritsm issue in SWD snowballs further 19 candidates appeal govt to reconsider quashment of list 5/23/2007 11:34:10 PM Jammu May 23 Even as the reported irregularities in the final list of supervisors in the Social Welfare Department Udhampur had forced the state government to quash the list; this has left the erring officers go scot-free while leaving 19 genuine candidates to lose their jobs. This - courtesy prevailing favoritism in the government set up. The 19 candidates, who claim their candidature the genuine and on merit, are running from pillar to post to save their careers, sources said. The resentment is brewing among the 19 supervisors whose appointment was held genuine by two Inquiry Committees but they too lost the job for their no fault due to the quashing of the list. These aggrieved h...   READ MORE

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