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J&K IIM approved but delayed by year 8/28/2009 12:11:12 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 27: Due to failure of the state government in indentifying location to the satisfaction of both regions, not the case of Central University has slipped into a perpetual jeopardy, but the prestigious Indian Institute of Management to come in Jammu and Kashmir too has been delayed by a year. The Union Cabinet today gave its formal approval and funding parameters for setting up of seven Indian Institutes of Managements in the country including one in Jammu and Kashmir. These IIMs were announced were announced by the Union Ministry of Human Resources Development on March 29, 2008. As per the decision of today’s meeting of Union Cabinet, four IIMs –to be established at Tiruchirappalli (Tamil Nadu), Ranchi (Jharkhand), Raipur (Chhattishargh) and Rohtak (Haryana) – shall come during 2009-10 while three –to be established in Jammu and Kashmir, Uttrakhand and Rajasthan –shall come up in 2010-11. The delay of an year in establishment of IIMs in Jammu and Kashmir and two other states is purely on account of failure of the respective state governments in ident...   READ MORE

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Decision casts shadow on CU 8/28/2009 12:10:51 AM Abid shah New Delhi, August 27: Today’s decision by the Union Cabinet to take up the three Indian Institutes of Management, including the one proposed for Jammu and Kashmir, in the second phase is inevitably going to cast its shadow on the Central University that Jammuites have fiercely been agitating for since last summer. The fate of the CU has somehow inextricably been linked to that of the IIM since both got Central Government’s nod. A tug of war began to bag the coveted institutions by both Jammu and Srinagar. This forced the higher ups of the State and Central Governments to assure people that the CU would come up in Jammu while the IIM would be set up at Srinagar. Yet when the C...   READ MORE   Confirmed : Three locations in Jammu , four in Kashmir being considered for CU , IIM 8/28/2009 12:10:35 AM Early Times Report Jammu/Srinagar, Aug 27: Either the Group of Ministers –the Panchratnas of Jammu region –lied to the people earlier this month or the government today blatantly misled the Legislative Assembly on the issue establishment of Central University. The Group of Ministers –comprising Medical Education Minister Rajinder Singh Chib, Health Minister Sham Lal Sharma, Industry Minister Surjeet Singh Slathia, Revenue Minister Raman Bhalla and CM’s Polical Advisor Devinder Singh Rana –in a meeting with the prominent citizens and student leaders of Jammu here on August 5 told them in no ambiguous terms that the Central University shall come in Jammu, even though they asserted that Cen...   READ MORE   ‘PDP’s supply-demand politics can no longer befool people in J&K’ Omar blasts PDP over AFSPA, PSA, SOG, ‘fear psychosis’ 8/28/2009 12:04:40 AM Ahmed Ali Fayyaz SRINAGAR, Aug 27: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today asserted that there was neither any increase in abuse of human rights by security forces nor any fear psychosis among the people in Jammu and Kashmir who had, for the first time in last 20 years, thronged Pahalgam, Gulmarg and other tourist hubs in hundreds of thousands on the Independence Day on August 15th this year. He said that the Opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had been spreading lies to sully the image of his 8-month old government and claimed that the people of Jammu & Kashmir could be no more misled by any politician or political party. In one of the most impressive speeches ever made in J&K A...   READ MORE   Mumtaz heads SIT to probe Sahai case 8/28/2009 12:03:07 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 27: The Superintendent of Police, Jammu South, Mumtaz Ahmed heads a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the cause(s) behind suicidal death of prominent businessman and former President of Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ram Sahai, the Government told Legislative Assembly today. Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Ali Mohammad Sagar today said that a special investigation team headed by Superintendent of Police South Jammu has been constituted for carrying out further proceedings in the inquest and after obtaining FSL report/ opinion, post mortem report and analysis of phone call details, the inquest will be brought to its logical conc...   READ MORE   Salaries of state HC judges enhanced 8/28/2009 12:01:50 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Aug 27- The salaries of Judges of Jammu and Kashmir High Court have been enhanced by amending the State Constitution and bringing its provisions at par with the laws governing the salaries etc of the judges of other state High Courts. This was stated by Minister of State for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Aijaz Ahmed Khan in reply to question of Nurboo Gialchan in the Legislative Council today. ...   READ MORE   Farooq takes rickshaw ride in Delhi 8/28/2009 12:01:12 AM Agencies New Delhi, Aug 27 : In an attempt to control pollution, Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Farooq Abdullah, unveiled eco-friendly auto rickshaws that runs on hydrogen fuel at the three-day World Hydrogen Technologies Convention being held at India Habitat Centre here. Abdullah himself took the driver's seat as he drove one of the hydrogen-run trial-based autos that are expected to hit Indian roads soon. The auto rickshaws are powered by hydrogen fuel. They can run at the speed of 50-70 kilometres per hour and can ply in sub-zero temperature up to minus 30 degree Celsius. About 20 scientists and engineers worked for seven years to develop these vehicles. As per the go...   READ MORE   One billion people to go hungry this year 8/27/2009 11:41:52 PM Agencies New Delhi, Aug 27 : The worldwide recessionary trend will send 53 million more people into the poverty net and over a billion would go 'chornically hungry' this year as per World Bank's estimates. Quoting this grim forecast borne out of nine per cent decline in the global trade as projected by World Trade Organisation (WTO) and 11 per cent by World Bank, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma today said, ''Fortunately, India has not been affected to the same extent as other economies of the world.'' He, however, said Indian exports too have suffered a decline in the last ten months due to contraction in demand in its traditional overseas markets, adding protectionist measure...   READ MORE

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