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| Islamic University doesn’t get new | | VC due to godfathers’ tug-of-war | | | Wahid’s overstay enters 10th month as Chancellor fails to take decision
Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, Jun 27: Political and bureaucratic godfathers of aspirants have been in a tug-of-war to install their blue-eyed boys on the top position of Vice Chancellor at Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST) (Awantipore) Kashmir. With two successive Chancellors, N N Vohra and Omar Abdullah, failing to take decision over the appointment of a new VC, retired incumbent Sidique Wahid has already overstayed for nine months. Regular academic activity, including research and expansion programmes of the University, has consequently suffered.
Even as IUST’s founder Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was proactively visible to engineer Prof Sidique Wahid’s extension for two years these days last year, his political adversaries---including then Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad---were keen to appoint a new head for the University. In his capacity as Head of the Government (who happens to be IUST’s Chancellor and appointing authority of the VC) Governor N N Vohra constituted a search committee days befo... | |
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| ABOLISHING CLASS TEN EXAMS | | Not bad idea, but J&K asks Sibal to do home work well | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 27: Popularly known as the ‘SMS poet’ for his recent book, Union Humar Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal’s idea of abolishing class ten examinations is being hotly debated in Jammu and Kashmir but the state wants him to do some more home work.
Indicating government’s seriousness to bring in substantial reforms in education Sibal recently hinted that the government could abolish the class ten board examinations to lesson the “trauma” on young students. According to reports the Human resource development minister has outlined his Ministry is looking into the feasibility of abolishing the strenuous 10th exams that give sleepless heights to the parent... | |
| | | | Resolving Kashmir | | We were close to it in 2001: Musharraf | | | Lahore, June 27: Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has claimed that he came near to resolving the Kashmir dispute during the infamous Agra summit in 2001.
In an interview to a private television channel, Musharraf said that he and the then India Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee had even agreed to draft a joint declaration regarding the Kashmir issue, but blamed New Delhi for ditching Islamabad at the last moment.
“The Indian leadership changed their mind at the last minute and did not support the joint declaration, saying that the cabinet had not approved it,” The Daily Times quoted Musharraf, as saying.
Musharraf said he tried his best to resolve the issue which is... | |
| | | | Tackle peaceful resistance…time running out | | | | NIRBHAY JAMMUAL
Jammu, June 27: How long peaceful resistance, launched by the separatists and their supporters, in the Kashmir valley continue? This peaceful resistance seems to have paralysed normal life as shutdown, unrest, clashes between the protesters and the police, enforcement of measures for preventing supporters of separatists from marching from Lal Chowk to other areas.
Take the examples from ground. Today it is march to Idgah and the Government swings into action by enforcing undeclared curfew restrictions. Next week it is march to Shopian, then to Sopore then to Tourist centre and so on and so forth. Since the start of the poll process in October last the separatists have rece... | |
| | | | After five years of no fresh taxes, Opposition watching FM’s plans | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 27: Though there is more than a month for the Finance Minister, Abdul Rahim Rather, to present the annual budget proposals in the state Assembly people keep their fingers crossed.
They are not sure whether Rather, to be more precise if the National Conference led Government, will opt for heavy or mild dose of fresh taxes or prefer a tax free budget proposals. Well people have had respite from paying additional taxes during the six-year rule of the PDP-Congress coalition. Yes only the power tariff had been marginally increased. Still the electricity rates are much cheaper than what they are in other states in the north.
While peoples' interest in the budge... | |
| | | | This year’s Hajj pilgrimage to cost more | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 27: The pilgrim, intending to undertake hajj this year, pay nearly thirty thousand more from those who performed holy pilgrimage last year with government attributing rise to the hike in accommodation in the Mecca city in Saudi Arabia.
According to the reports reaching , despite the fact that there has been no change in subsidy on the airfare, there is an increase upto Rs 30000 on the total amount incurred by the pilgrim on various categories set by the government for undertaking the pilgrimage.
“I had kept a particular amount ready for last two years but eventually I had to arrange about sixty thousands for myself and my wife to be able to take the ... | |
| | | | Farah not only Kashmiri in US State Department | | | |
New Delhi, June 27: Farah Pandith, who was appointed US Special Representative to reach out to the Muslim world, is not the only Kashmiri woman to occupy a coveted position in the State Department. Another Kashmiri Muslim woman, Afeefa Sayeed, was involved in writing US President Barack Obama's ''new beginning'' speech, which he later gave at Cairo University. Both women have their origins in the South Kashmir town of Sopore which is the bastion of hardline Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and is known to be pro-Pakistan. While Farah's family lives in Arampora locality of Sopore, Afeefa's family lived in Nowhamam area.
Afeefa's father headed the department of Kashmiri and... | |
| | | | Hakeem Yaseen may get cabinet berth | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar: PDF chief Hakim Mohammad Yasin today shared platform with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah after over two decades, triggering speculation that he might be inducted in the state cabinet, likely to be expanded in a few days.
Yasin, along with 12 other NC MLAs, had parted ways with the National Conference 25 years ago which led to the toppling of the Farooq Abdullah government in 1984.
Peoples Democratic Front president addressed a rally jointly with Abdullah at Arizal-Khansahib in Budgam district after inauguration of a bridge over Sukhnag.
In his address, Abdullah lauded the role of Yasin, the local MLA from Khansahib, for launching various d... | |
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