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| Nine Ph.D scholars of Punjabi found short of mandatory attendance | | Favouritism looming large over JU, senior Professor indulged | | |
Munish Gupta
JAMMU, July 29:
A yet another case of favourtisim and nepotism done by a senior most teacher surfaced in University of Jammu (JU), as nine of the Ph.D candidates of Department of Punjabi were reported to be allowed to complete the process despite reasonable amount of shortage in mandatory attendance. Meanwhile, the act was timely noticed by the concerned authorities and the candidates were desisted from the preferential treatment. Otherwise, most of them would have been awarded the degrees during the recently held 12th convocation of JU, as per official sources.
Sources close to VC secretariat revealed that Vice Chancellor Prof Amitabh Mattoo received a letter from the HoD Punjabi highlighting therein the issue of shortage of attendance of Research Scholars pursuing Ph.D in Punjabi. Following the matter, Vice Chancellor Prof Amitabh Mattoo constituted a four member committee comprised of Dean Academic Affairs Prof B P S Sehgal, Dean Faculty of Arts Prof Neelam Saraf, Dean Faculty of Oriental Learning Prof Khursheed Hamra Siddiqui and Assistant Registrar (Evalu... | |
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| On sex education, Minister joins Aasiya Andrabi | | As Dukhtran, Manjeet Singh says culture, society don't permit such things | | |
Surinder Raina
Jammu, July 30:
In a bizarre development, toeing the line of separatist hardliner and chief of Dukhtran-e-Millat Syeda Aasiya Andrabi, the junior minister for school education Manjit Singh has vowed the sex education shall not be introduced in the school curricula.
Interestingly, the reasons cited by Manjeet Singh to oppose the introduction of sex education in schools are a ditto copy of those flaunted by Aasiya Andrabi. The most talked about woman leader of the Kashmir's separatist conglomerate had recently hogged the national limelight for staunchly opposing the sex lessons in the schools.
The Minister of State for School Education Manjeet Singh, it cant be said is ... | |
| | | | Out of loop from reality, leaders lie on situation | | Indian Government is busy pleasing Pakistan and separatists while security scenario worsens | | |
NIRBHAY JAMMUAL
Jammu, July 30:
Situation is under control….situation is fast improving…..situation is better than the previous year –these are the popular and oft repeated statements made day in and day out by three national leaders Prime Minister, Home Minister and the Defence Minister when they talk about Jammu and Kashmir.
It is strange who these leaders are out to please –Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, the separatist leaders of Kashmir or the leadership of Peoples Democratic Party. Interestingly, when Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad points out towards fragility of the situation and uncertain graph of violence he is given a snub and accused of not supporting the efforts of... | |
| | | | Karyakhas important functionary of Police Department | | Money collection by illegal means – ‘main duty’ | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | July 30
It is an irony that while Government is fighting the menace of corruption but at the same time government officials are encouraging the corruption by misusing their official position.
In the Police Department the ‘Karyakhas’ is considered as an important functionary and many officers often use this name for minting illegal money and to secure the jobs. The work of Karyakhas is to collect money from the people and pass it on to their seniors. According to sources the post of Karyakhas is not an official post but has been created for selfish motives by those who matter. The officer incharge of a police post use the Karyakhas for collecting money illegal... | |
| | | | CM pampers KAS officers | | IAS lobby watches mutely their isolation | | |
Early Times REPORTER
Jammu, July 30:
As the powerful non-state IAS officers watch from the window as how they have been relegated to the insignificant departments, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today said that he made the KAS officers as fountainhead of power in Jammu and Kashmir.
Speaking at a conference organised by the KAS officers association, the Chief Minister pointed out that he had brought local officers on the centre stage of policy and decision making, saying for the first time in the history of the State local officers were holding 90 per cent key positions in the administration.
"The argument that local officers in J&K were not on top administrative positions does ho... | |
| | | | America calls Mufti | | | | Early Times REPORTER
Jammu, July 30: With growing American interest and intervention in Kashmir, the United States of America has enlisted the Peoples Democratic Party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed among the 40 key speakers from both countries in a conclave on Indo-US relations being held in Florida in September.
According to an official statement of PDPMufti Mohammad Sayeed has been invited to address the Global Leaders Conference in USA. The Conference is being hosted by the former US Defense Secretary, William S Cohen from September 14 to 16 this year under the aegis of Howard Gilman Foundation.
A select group of 40 leaders from government, politics, diplomacy, policy making, milita... | |
| | | | Academy held hostage to egos | | Secretary, Additional Secretary run parallel governments | | |
ET REPORTER
Srinagar, July 30: The Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Cultural and Languages, popularly called as Cultural Academy and supposed to be the guardian of the cultural values and moral ethos is these days hostage to the egos of its top officials as things go awry downwards.
Sources said that the normal functioning of the academy and the calendar of activities is in a state of jeopardy as its top officers are locking horns with each other. The issues of discontent, it is learnt, are not about the purpose of academy but the self egos and intolerance with each other.
As this newspaper had last week reported a court stay on some appointments in Dogri section, those who had ap... | |
| | | | Relief for 'Education Shops' | | HC stays order derecognising franchisee degrees | | |
Early Times REPORTER
Jammu, July 30:
In a fresh round of legal wrangle between the University of Jammu, the State Education department and the distance learning universities the "education shops" shops have emerged dominant as the Jammu and Kashmir High Court has stayed an order of the Jammu University and Directorate of Education doubting the credibility of degrees obtained through Study Centres.
It may be mentioned here that for many years now a debate and tussle has been going on about the quality of education and validity of degrees obtained through study centres of the distance education universities or other educational institutions through their franchisee centres. Pursuant ... | |
| | | | Blast in tourist bus: Police groping in dark | | Investigators clueless about nature of explosion; Bodies, injured airlifted to Gujarat | | | Srinagar July 30
Despite lapse of more than twenty-four hours, Jammu and Kashmir police was still groping in dark about the cause of blast near Shalimar Mughal garden, which not only claimed lives of six persons, including five tourists and leaving over a dozen others injured but also shook the tourism industry in the trouble torn state.
Well informed sources in the police revealed that despite forensic examination the exact nature of the blast was yet to be ascertained which has almost jeopardized the entire investigation process.
"The investigation can proceed further only when the reports of forensic tests conducted at the site of the blast are received", a senior police offi... | |
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