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| JU ignores resolution of Academic Council | | Prof in Economics did not teach for years | | | Abodh Sharma
Jammu, Sept 17: Reflecting poorly on the management of the human resource in the Jammu University, a professor has been allowed to draw huge salary every month without taking a single lecture for years.
Awkward it may sound, but the fact is that Professor Dhian Singh Bhau, a professor in Economics in the Department of Distance Education of the JU has not taken a single class in more than four years and the department of Economics within the DDE has since been locked, to the utter inconvenience and dismay of the students from across the region aspiring to study Economics.
Sources disclose that Dhian Singh was assigned important duties in the university administration including Dean Students Welfare after Dr. PS Pathania became Registrar of the University as he was important member of former's coterie. He was however removed from the sensitive position and appointed as Director Sports and Physical Education more than four years back, where he is continuing till today eventhough he had no background, acumen or understanding of sports. In a bid to project his confidante ... | |
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| Prime land encroached at Gandhinagar | | Residents allege 'deal' with Congress Minister | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 17: Nexus between Politicians and land mafia has come to the fore again, with a blatant encroachment on the prime land appearing in Gandhinagar locality.
Sources disclose that large scale encroachments were reported along the Gandhi Nagar main road near last morh area due to failure of the J&K housing Board to demarcate its green strip. Those who had their plots adjacent to this green strip reportedly encroached upon the land, following which JKHB issued notices to the violators. However, most of these encroachers to give up the encroached land if the JKHB developed a green park along the strip.
Notwithstanding the agreements, a brazen encroachment has rece... | |
| | | | Following assurance from Cabinet Sub Committee, JCC defers agitation up to Sep 27 | | | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, Sept 17: The Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) of Government employees today deferred its current phase of agitation following assurances from the Cabinet Sub Committee (CSC) that their demands would be given due consideration and some solution would be found out in near future.
Addressing a press conference today, Rouf Ahmad Bhat, Convener JCC said that the meeting with the CSC headed by Finance Minister, Abdul Rahim Rather was carried out in a cordial manner. Rouf said that the employees are never in favour of confrontation adding that stalemate and deadlock are beneficial neither for employees nor the State Government.
"We have never been adamant and have gi... | |
| | | | Congress has eyes on stars after Kargil victory | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 17: The formation of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Kargil unit by Congress party is a slow but steady start by the party to achieve bigger goals in upcoming days. The Congress party has been able to go deep inside the territory of its coalition partner, National Conference (NC) and snatch the chair which has remained with NC for years together.
The Congress leaders of Jammu and Kashmir have been and are pushing their high command to announce that Congress will go alone for the 2014 Assembly elections as they feel they have the best opportunity to get highest number of seats and form the Government. But the Congress high command seems to ... | |
| | | | Potholed roads putting financial burden on commuters | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 17: Apart from disrupting the smooth flow of traffic, the damaged roads in the winter capital lead to put financial burden on commuters, as they have to spend more on the maintenance of vehicles which get damaged while plying on these bad roads.
Heavy rain in the month of July and August has created potholes at almost all the roads of the city and peripherals, including National Highway. These potholes are not only creating traffic jams and inviting accidents, but also putting financial burden on commuters by damaging the vehicles, especially Shockers.
Commuters moving towards Gumat Chowk, Kunjwani by-pass and Amphalla Chowk are worst effected these days ... | |
| | | | With 200 dead in 5-yrs, Omar wants to serve with sincerity | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 17: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who had earlier served as Union Minister, and whose tenure has seen maximum number of deaths, wants to serve the people to lay the foundation of progress in the State.
The Chief Minister interacting with the students in Jammu, the first time he had done so in Jammu, said he wants to serve the people in the best possible manner.
About two-hundred people have died across the state in different violent incidents. About 110 people died alone in 2010 turbulent summer in Kashmir alone. The cycle of violence didn't stop there and every day killing are taking place.
About 100 pilgrims died in 2012 Amarnath yatra, and the number ... | |
| | | | 3 JK-citizens still missing in Uttrakhand catastrophe; RTI query reveals | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 17: The Government has disclosed that still 3 of its citizens were missing from Uttarakhand after nature's ire caused major catastrophe in the state.
This information has been provided by the Jammu and Kashmir Police to activist Raman Sharma, in response to his Right to Information plea seeking details from the State’s home department about the number of J and K People killed or missing in Uttarakhand natural disaster that claimed lives of thousands of people in June-2013.
Public Information Officer of Zonal Police Headquarters, Jammu (ZPHQ-J) vide his office letter no. RTI/ZPHQ/42/2013/24286-87 dated 07/Sept/2013 has apprised the Information Seeker that t... | |
| | | | "Traffic lights in Jammu were a Frankenstein idea" | | Commuters at ease to criss-cross through narrow Jammu roads as usual | | | Siddharth Sadralia
Jammu, Sept 17: The Frankenstein idea of installation of traffic lights that struck the govt minds with lightning inspiration couple of years back have darkened into oblivion with nearly Rs 250 lakhs project having washed down the drains.
The state exchequer that was spent lavishly, had few stakeholders also in the league, who after the untimely failure of the project, have just the sorry figure to cut rather than coming up with some substantial rejoinder as to what went wrong.
While the major chunk of the infrastructure erected at various points in the city show up ominous face to the commuters and vehicle pliers, the people at large in Jammu city are of the other o... | |
| | | | Fresh controversy engulfs Kashmiri Hindu Shrines Bill | | Dharmarth Trust, others oppose it | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 17: With J&K Dharmarth Trust, Sanatan Dharam Sabha and Sadhu Samaj voicing their opposition, a fresh controversy gripped the much talked about Kashmiri Hindu Shrines and Religious Places Management Bill today.
At a joint press conference here today, the leaders of J&K Dharmarth Trust (JKDT), Sanatan Dharam Sabha (SDS) and Sandhu Samaj representatives openly opposed the Bill and demanded that the proposed Bill lying with Select Committee of the State Assembly be either reviewed or withdrawn.
They warned that they have no objection in the passage of the Bill provided the 45 temples of Kashmir managed by the DT and other Hindu organization... | |
| | | | Driving test in 2 minutes, RTO Jammu style | | | |
Arun Singh
Jammu, Sept 17: The Regional Transport Office (RTO) Jammu has the distinction of holding driving test in just two minutes. In fifteen days, the department conducted 3,623 tests.
Sources told Early Times that total 3623 persons appeared in the driving tests at RTO Jammu in last two months. The trial held only for 15 days in last two months, i.e. on an average 242 appeared per day and less than two minutes were given for one trial which appears weird that how a person can complete his/ her trial test in two minutes.
"Usually Government offices function for eight hours per day which means 480 minutes per day and 7200 minutes in fifteen days as per detail available 3623 pers... | |
| | | | Yadav & Abdullah two sides of same coin | | Charge against Jaitley baseless, ridiculous | | | Rustam
Jammu, Sept 17: On Monday, clueless Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah accused senior BJP leader and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley of adopting a selective approach towards Jammu and Kashmir State and asked him why did he not visit riot-affected Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh)?" "Why did Arun Jaitley single out Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir and not go to Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh?," he asked. "I had no objection in allowing him to go to Kishtwar, if he treated all riot-hit areas of country equally. He cannot single out us (Jammu and Kashmir) for special treatment," Omar Abdullah reportedly said.
It bears recalling that Arun Jaitley, along with ... | |
| | | | Manmohan, Sonia and Rahul had no time to assuage hurt feelings of minority community in Kishtwar | | Muzaffarnagar communal riots | | | Neha
Jammu, Sept 17: Anti-national and pro-Pakistan elements and jihadis chose the holy day of Eid (August 9) to target and persecute members of the minority community in Kishtwar with a view to causing migration and cleansing the district of the minority community. The worst aspect of the whole situation was the reported connivance or negative attitude of certain elements in the Government and local civil and police administration, including MoH Sajad Ahmad Kitchloo and DIG, with those who unleashed a reign of senseless brutalities against the innocent and unarmed members of the minority community to promote their seditious and communal agendas. So much so, the district hospital authoriti... | |
| | | | Candidates not allowed to carry question papers after writing exam | | SSRB frames fresh rules | | | Mustansir
Srinagar, Sept17; In a complete departure from the conventions, around 2 lakh candidates who appeared in the written exam today were not allowed to take question papers along with them after writing their exam. Conventionally, for all professional entrance tests in the state, the candidates are allowed to carry home their question papers as well as the carbon copies of their answer sheets to match their answers with the final answer keys published by the test conducting authority. But quite strangely, today the candidates were not allowed to take away the question papers.
On being asked as to why the SSB didn't allow candidates to take along question papers or carbon copies o... | |
| | | | NC demands Autonomy, but what about finances? | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 17: The Valley-based National Conference (NC) has been demanding greater autonomy for Jammu and Kashmir on the ground that it is a Muslim-majority State. The people of Jammu and Ladakh, besides Kashmiri Hindus and other religious and ethnic minorities in the state, hate and abhor the idea of the state getting more autonomy, as they feel that the grant of more autonomy to the state would not just help the Pakistani cause in the state but would also enslave them. The NC has been saying that the application of central laws and institutions to the state has alienated the people of the state (read not the people of the state but a section of Kashmiri society) an... | |
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