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At 11/20, J&K story static for worst Survey says investors no more interested, law & order deteriorating 9/16/2008 11:55:09 PM ET Special Hammad Saalif Jammu | Sept 16 Heavily funded with central grants and aids, for years India’s northern most state struggled with growth (or no growth) under the shadow of Punjab –one of country’s economically most robust states –but now there is a newly emerging challenge pushing Jammu and Kashmir to the wall. The neighboring and similarly hilly state of Himachal Pradesh has emerged as number one state of the country in almost all parameters which determine the growth story and quality of life. While there is no remarkable achievement on any parameter of growth, Jammu and Kashmir appears to have suffered a massive damage to its projected investment friendly environment. Among 20 big states in country Jammu and Kashmir ranks at 16 in attracting investors. What is more worrying is the fact that this ranking has been on a constant decline for last four years. At least two Chief Ministers –Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and his successor Ghulam Nabi Azad –always claimed that they mobilized huge investment for the state. However, a credible survey points to the contrary. The su...   READ MORE

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JU’s first list hits board MISSION ADMISSION 9/16/2008 11:53:11 PM Munish Gupta Jammu | Sept 16 After along wait of two months, the cutoff merit list for admission to various Post Graduate programmes of the Jammu University were finally declared here today. Earlier the same was to be completed in the month of July. The Department of Mathematics walked away with the honor of scaling maximum merit whereas chemistry and physics followed the suit, as University of Jammu (JU) declared the first cut off list for admission to various Post Graduate courses here today. The cut off figures in maximum departments were purely in accordance with the tradition, as Faculty of Sciences recorded the relatively higher cut off percentages in comparison to all other Fa...   READ MORE   Despite realignment, track on time Governor discussed rail projects with Northern Railway 9/16/2008 11:52:35 PM Early Times Report Jammu | Sept 16 Despite change in alignment on Jammu side of the Udhampur-Katra-Qazigund rail line, the Northern Railway has assured Jammu and Kashmir Governor NN Vohra that the completion of the railway link will not be delayed beyond the stipulated time. Vohra, who is in New Delhi to attend the Governors’ Conference on Internal Security, today had a meeting with the top officials of Northern Railways to discuss progress on various stretched of rail link. The Governor had recently made in inspection of rail projects at different places on the way. The Governor discussed the Project with the General Manager, Northern Railways, Sri Prakash. The Inspector General, R...   READ MORE   Laws not enough: ARC 9/16/2008 11:51:40 PM New Delhi | Sept 16 In sharp contrast to the Centre’s stand, a key Government-appointed panel today felt that existing laws were not enough to deal with terrorism and recommended a comprehensive anti-terrorist legislation. "A comprehensive and effective legal framework to deal with all aspects of terrorism needs to be enacted," the second Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC) said in its eighth report on ‘Combating Terrorism’. Releasing the 185-page report at a press conference, Commission’s Chairman M Veerappa Moily felt that present laws were not enough to tackle the menace and said the law should have adequate safeguards to prevent its misuse. The Government has been of the view ...   READ MORE   Share brains, Prez tells Guvs 9/16/2008 11:51:16 PM New Delhi | Sept 16 Observing that trans-border intervention fuelled the threat of terrorism and Left-wing extremism, President Pratibha Patil today said an institutional mechanism needs to be evolved to seamlessly share intelligence on real-time basis to foil their attempts. "The big challenge facing us is the battle against terrorism, Left wing extremism and insurgency. Outfits with varying goals have been waging a long and ensuring warfare against the State with some forming a mutually supportive grid in this proxy warfare," she said inaugurating a two-day conference of Governors here. The threat to country's security and integrity was also posed by "intervention by trans-border ele...   READ MORE   Ready to snap trade but not financial ties 9/16/2008 11:50:20 PM Nirbhay Jammual Traders in the Kashmir valley have snapped their trade ties with their counterparts in Jammu.The reason is their anger against the so called economic blockade on Kashmir during the two-month long agitation over the land loss.Was this agitation and the consequent economic blockade launched by the Jammu traders ?Certainly not.The traders in Jammu have suffered a loss of over Rs.3500 crores during the two months of turmoil.But the leaders of Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industries and those belonging to the Kashmir traders and manufacturers federation are not ready to accept it.The disruption in the movement of goods was caused by the agitation over the land row.The Amarn...   READ MORE   Search launched for new SKUAST VC 9/16/2008 11:49:50 PM Early Times Report Jammu | Sept 16 A month after Prof Nagendra Sharma’s end of tenure and his quiet departure, the government has set up a Search Committee to find out suitable candidate for the post of Vice Chancellor of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences, Jammu. A five member panel headed by Mangla Rai, Director of Indian council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) has been set by the state Governor to select new vice-chancellor of SKUAST, sources said. The Search Committee has been asked to finalise a panel in next one month. The post of SKUAST Vice Chancellor had fallen vacant last month after Nagindra Sharma's term ended. A favourite of former Governor SK Sinha, Prof ...   READ MORE

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