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Winter games at Gulmarg from Feb 10
Selection of Teachers
Protest against principal’s transfer
Ultras kill jawan
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Winter games at Gulmarg from Feb 10
Srinagar, September 19 Arrangements for this purpose were finalised at a high-level meeting here yesterday under the chairmanship of minister for tourism, Mohammad Dilawar Mir. He said holding of national-level winter sports would showcase Kashmir as a favourite winter tourism destination at the national and international levels. This is for the third time Kashmir is hosting the National Winter Games, with the first having been organised at Gulmarg in 1998. The mega event to showcase Kashmir was first held during the National Conference government headed by Farooq Abdullah in 1998 less than two years after an elected government took over in the wake of militancy in Kashmir that erupted early in 1990. Another National Winter Games event was held in Gulmarg in 2004, while two other events have been held at Auli in Uttarakhand and Shimla in Himachal Pradesh. The meeting, held under the chairmanship of Mir, was informed that the latest and modern winter sports machinery and ski equipment would be imported for better facilities to those participating in the games. For the first time, alpine events at Kangdoori and Nordic events at the Gulmarg Golf Course are proposed to be held.
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Selection of Teachers
Udhampur, September 19 Despite government’s claims of transparent and accountable governance, the recently released selection lists of teachers have sent a wave of anger among unemployed youth. Some handicapped youth alleged that fake handicapped candidates had been selected for the posts meant for their category. Unemployed youth of the general category also accuse selection agencies of charging money. They listed some selected candidates who were given more than 100 per cent marks in the interviews while some candidates having meritorious records were rejected. Like their counterparts in Jammu and Poonch districts, unemployed youth of Udhampur and Reasi too have pin-pointed some wrongdoings in the selection. Marching in a procession here, the jobless youth alleged that rules and regulations were flouted to adjust kin of some senior officers. They alleged that a huge sum was collected during the selection and officers deputed to hold interviews had received money for selecting candidates. The selection list of the teachers of Udhampur and Reasi districts has shocked job aspirants as some highly qualified youths were given less marks vis-a-vis graduates and undergraduates. As tempers ran high among the jobless youth, they have decided to approach Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and bring to his notice the wrongdoings committed in the selection. As rejected candidates of Jammu and Poonch have already challenged the selection list in court, the unemployed youth of Udhampur have also decided to move court to get the list stayed. President of the Unemployed Post-Graduate Youths, Udhampur, Hans Raj has said they have decided first to bring the matter to the notice of the Chief Minister before taking extreme steps.
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Protest against principal’s transfer
Rajouri, September 19 The students alleged that principal of the college Muhammad Razak Khan was transferred only a year after his appointment and it was due to due to petty politicking by some vested interests. They said the principal should not be transferred as he had just six months to retire. The students have appealed to the government to cancel the transfer of the principal in their interest. |
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Ultras kill jawan
Srinagar, September 19 The police here said militants after firing on the Army convoy at Hari Ganwan near Kangan, 40 km from here, in Ganderbal district escaped. The convoy was on the way from Srinagar to Leh when the incident took place. Elsewhere, unidentified militants shot dead a released militant of Hizbul Mujahideen, Bashir Ahmad Wani in the Pattan area of Baramula district last night. Unidentified persons kidnapped Habibullah Malik, an employee of the Public Works Department from his home at Pymas Pathanpora in Budgam district last night. The police recovered a human skeleton from Medgath Sedow in Shopian district of south Kashmir today. It was identified that of Mohammad Hussain Kasana of Cheeh Mirzapora by his brother and his father-in-law. — TNS |
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‘Kidnapped’ trade union leader traced Udhampur, September 19 Superintendent of police Katra Ashok Sharma told The Tribune CITU leader O. P Sambyal was traced from Nud, a place near Samba after getting some inputs about the `kidnapped" leader. Motive of the kidnappers in abducting the trade union leader is also being probed.
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