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| Brushing aside set norms, ISM Deptt calls aspirants for Dawasaaz (pharmacist) training | | | |
SANJAY KHAJURIA
Jammu | May 8
Who’s the godfather of the director, ISM is a million dollar question and many in the department feel envious with him for not managing the same mentor for them.
‘The faith in godfather is so strong that nothing can harm him, this man in chair putting aside the basic norms invited aspirants for Dawasaz (Pharmacists) training course in Kathua district, sources said.
However, a letter communicated to the chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and Minister for Health and Secretary Health and Medical Education has clearly demanded action against the nominations made for the course of Dawasaaz. This letter alleging mass malpractices within the department has asked the concerned authorities to endevour to the words given to the people by no one else but the chief minister himself about eradication of corruption.
Sources mentioned that this type of things happen only in ISM department as favoritism rules the roost here in sharp contrast to allopathic stream, where the training courses were first advertised, followed by interviews and then the candidates w... | |
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| Will 'living dead' get electoral voice? | | | |
BL KAK
NEW DELHI, May 8:
Even as a month-long battle of the ballot in India's all-important State of Uttar Pradesh (UP) has just come to an end, a villager has refused to give up his campaign in northern India for the rights of people declared legally dead by cheating relatives seeking to steal their assets. The villager has been identifed as Lal Bihari.
Lal Bihari, a lower caste villager who lost his father’s inheritance due to an unscrupulous uncle, formed the ‘Union of the Dead’ in 1980 to fight for the rights of thousands he says have fallen victim to scams by relatives. He contested as an independent in a month-long election in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous State, w... | |
| | | | Late Field Marshal of Pakistan ‘speaks’! | | India's Field Marshal Manekshaw receives brickbats | | |
BL KAK
NEW DELHI, May 8:
The diaries of Pakistan's Field Marshal, Mohamed Ayub Khan, have triggered a sensation in the Delhi-based Army Headquarters and Ministry of Defence (MoD). The reason: A clear impression one gets while reading the diaries is that the Indian Army Headquarters and the Defence Ministry were, in the 1950s and 60s, riddled with Pakistani spies.
Published in Pakistan this May 4, Diaries of Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan: 1966- 1972, have sold out within hours. And speaking to Karan Thapar on CNBC-TV18 show India Tonight, Ayub Khan's son, Gohar Ayub Khan-- whose own book will be released in July-- all but named the man who he claims sold I... | |
| | | | In deep slumber PDD fails to explain the details of revised power tariff | | | |
Jammu, May 8
The Power Development Department in Jammu is in deep slumber. It is yet to wake up for conveying to electricity consumers exact details on tabulating per unit charges which was warranted after the State Electricity Regulatory Commission revised the power tariff.The revised power tariff was published in some local newspapers but the innocent consumers could make neither tail nor head out of it.
And during the last over one month several consumers keep on visiting the sub-offices and division offices of the Power Development Department (PDD) but none of the officials are ready to explain the subtleties of the revised power tariff.At couple of places officials in the sub... | |
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