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Recruit youth of border belts: NSF urges state govt
Teenager crushed to death near Police HQ
BJP protests power crisis in Poonch
Students blame ‘flawed’ govt policies for growing disenchantment among youth
Court acquits murder accused
City Blues, Drass Angels clinch Ice Hockey titles
GDC Mendher organises seminar on crime against women
Amazon Institute to offer free courses
SCC beat BCC in cricket tourney
Acupressure medical camp organised
Sports meet concludes
Army flags off tour for senior citizens
2 bodies found, one yet to be identified
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Now, written test for subordinate posts
Jammu, February 16 The board has already begun the process in this direction with conducting of objective-type examination for the recruitment of candidates for the posts of motor vehicles inspector. After this, the board will take up the recruitment process of forester, forest protection force inspector, teachers and junior assistants for which it had recently issued an advertisement. It has also issued revised and updated syllabus for written test in multiple-choice format for the said posts for district/divisional/state cadre. About a year ago, a Chief Secretary-led committee had advised the SSB to select candidates through written examination system so that the old practice of shortlisting the candidates on the basis of marks obtained in the degree examination could be done away with. In the previous selection process, the candidates who had obtained higher marks in the qualifying examination were being recruited. Sources said the SSB, in its 86th board meeting held in June last year, had resolved to implement the decision of the state Cabinet that was issued by the Department of Higher Education for conducting the written examination to assess the merit of candidates. While finalising these selections, the SSB observed huge variations in the method of evaluation of students’ merit by different universities and institutions from within and outside the state, sources added. “The method of evaluation by various universities and institutions was found discriminatory against those students who are pursuing their studies at universities in Jammu and Kashmir. The students pursuing their courses through distance mode were found to have been awarded marks liberally as compared to students pursuing their courses through regular courses,” an official claimed. The board on the basis of observations over the years had also made a number of recommendations to the government for introducing the written examination in the process of selection replacing the academic merit to make the selection process transparent. Why the new mode
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Cold wave back with rain, fresh snowfall
Jammu, February 16 Rain and heavy snowfall also brought back the chill in most parts of the region with day’s temperature plummeting five notches below normal. Besides, normal life was affected due to rainfall that forced people to stay indoors. The government offices and educational institutions witnessed thin attendance as well. Poor visibility and cloudy sky also disrupted the air traffic with most of the flights moving several hours behind schedule. “Following fresh snowfall near the Jawahar Tunnel and landslides in the Seri area of Ramban district, the vehicular traffic has been stopped and the highway will be reopened after assessing the weather condition tomorrow,” a senior traffic police officer said. As a precautionary measure, the highway was closed following slippery conditions and chances of landslides in vulnerable areas on the highway, the officer said. He advised that those intending to undertake journey should contact traffic control rooms set up on the highway for any update. As per a communiqué of the Superintendent of Police (Traffic Rural), Kashmir, all kinds of vehicles will be allowed to move from Jammu to Srinagar in a regulated manner on tomorrow. The same will be done tomorrow as well. An intermittent rainfall affected the normal life in most parts of the region as people faced many problems to reach their destinations. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said that the maximum temperature in Jammu was 16.9 degree Celsius which was five notches below normal. “Rain continued to lash Jammu and its outskirts throughout the day while snowfall in the upper reaches brought back the chill as the day temperature dipped several degrees below normal in most parts of the region,” an IMD official said. The department said the day temperature was 15.9 degree Celsius in Katra town- the base camp for the cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi- which was three degrees below normal. The maximum temperature in the Batote area of Ramban district was two degrees below normal and it was 9 degree Celsius. Dr Sonam Lotus, IMD Director, J&K, said there would be a significant improvement in weather by tomorrow afternoon. “Due to western disturbances, most parts of the region experienced rainfall but the weather would improve tomorrow,” he added. Dr MK Khushu, Chief Scientist, Agrometeorology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology (SKUAST), said various stages of crops such as flowering and maturity might get prolonged due to the rainfall. “Hopefully, the weather will improve in the plains by tomorrow but the rainfall will have impact on crops,” he said. Normal life hit
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NYC demands job Regularisation
Jammu, February 16 Led by state joint
secretary Syed Bakar Jafri, the protesting NYC volunteers raised slogans against the
government and demanded a concrete policy to regularise 8,000 NYC volunteers who
had completed their two years service period. They also demanded conversion of
honorarium being paid to NYC volunteers into salary. Addressing the protesting volunteers, Jafri
said the state government had failed to keep its promises which, he claimed, was made
with the NYC volunteers. He announced that the NYC volunteers would hold divisional
level protest on February 22 and urged Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for his personal
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Recruit youth of border belts: NSF urges state govt
Jammu, February 16 NSF activists, led by state vice-president of the forum Surjit Choudhary, assembled outside Government Degree College in RS Pura and raised slogans against the state government for its failure to hold recruitment rally for youth of border areas. “The government has conducted recruitment rallies for border youths in Akhnoor and Nargotra areas but it ignored the villages in RS Pura and Bishnah. The problems being faced by the youth in these areas should be taken on top priority. Apart from this, the youth from these areas should be given preference in government jobs and other services,” Choudhary said. He further said the state government had promised the youth that they would be given preference in the police recruitment and a drive would be conducted for them. “While other villages in Jammu were covered under the recruitment drive, the areas falling in the RS Pura sector were ignored,” he alleged. He said as the ALC (Actual Line of Control) category had been given to the youths who were putting up near international Line of Control (LoC), the youth belonging to border areas should also be benefitted in the category. Parvinder Singh, college president and vice-president, NSF, RS Pura Unit, said “The government should seriously
look into the demands of the youth and recruitment should be conducted immediately so that they are delivered justice”. |
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Teenager crushed to death near Police HQ
Jammu, February 16 Preliminary investigations revealed that a speeding minibus crushed the teenager outside the J&K Bank branch located inside the Jammu University campus. The incident took place just a stone throw distance from the Police Headquarters. “A minibus which was on way to the Railway Station from the General Bus Stand hit the teenager. The bus driver fled. The victim died on the spot,” the police said, adding that they had launched a manhunt to nab the driver. Jammu Tribune had prominently highlighted that the Jammu University road had virtually turned into a killer stretch. Last year, three people, including a couple and a Jammu University scholar, were crushed on the road. Chief Engineer, Roads & Buildings (R&B), Jammu, Toshin Mustafa, had assured that his department would install rumble strips outside the main gates of the University of Jammu and Government MAM Post Graduate College to control the speed of vehicles. The department, however, has miserably failed to act in this regard till date. |
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Daily wagers demand regularisation policy
Jammu, February 16 Addressing the rally, Mohammad Gafoor Dar, state president, J&K National Trade Union Front, criticised the “delaying” tactics of the government. He also stressed upon the daily rated workers to remain united for a decisive struggle so that their issues were settled. The daily rated workers of all the departments had unanimously decided to constitute a united front of such workers of all the departments under the banner of J&K All Departments ITI and Non-ITI Daily Rated/Casual/Labour Community United Front. Among others who addressed the rally were Tanvir Hussain, Subhash Chander, Chandan Singh, Manish Abrol, Ishfaq Ahmed, Ramesh, Barkat, Sumit, Romi, Mukhtiar, Nek Alam, Joginder Pal, Inder Singh, Jevan Sharma, Rajesh Khajuria, Dushant Sudan, Deepak and Manjeet Singh. |
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BJP protests power crisis in Poonch
Poonch, February 16 Hundreds of BJP workers assembled at Krishan Chander Park accusing the PDD of plunging the district into darkness. Sunil Gupta, BJP district president, said, “The PDD has created an inordinate delay in repairing the damaged towers of 132 KV transmission line which suffered damages on January17 after a heavy snowfall.” “We are facing immense hardships due to erratic power supply,” Gupta said. He accused the PDD authorities of acting as mute spectators. Pardeep Sharma, senior BJP leader, said, “About month has passed since the 132 KV line has not been repaired. The annual examination for all classes in schools is near.” “If the PDD fails to restore power supply soon, it will be difficult for the students to face the examinations,” Sharma added. |
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Students blame ‘flawed’ govt policies for growing disenchantment among youth
Jammu, February 16 — Suresh Kumar, PhD scholar, Buddhist Department — Manjeet Singh, MPhil student, Economics Department — Virendar Singh,
PhD scholar, Economics Department — Vinod Kumar Sharma,
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Panun Kashmir organises seminar to discuss Pakistan’s actions in J&K
Jammu, February 16 The leading speakers were Shailendra Aima, vice-chairman of Panun Kashmir, Prof Hari Om, eminent political analyst, MM Khajuria, former Director General of Police, BS Salathia, former president of the Bar Association Jammu and Dr Ajay Chrungoo, chairman of Panun Kashmir. Shailendra Aima said “Pakistan is not just another state in the neighbourhood. It’s a mindscape which is antithetical to what we envision as Bharat or India. It is not only an ideological state but is also presenting itself as the front-runner state in search of Islamic hegemony and is at war with the rest of the civilisations”. Prof Hari Om delved in detail on the developments in the area of Indo-Pak relations in recent times and said, “For the first time in last 65 years, Pakistan has been allowed to get away with brazen diplomatic affronts which border on national humiliation. ” Khajuria made an assessment of the security developments in the state and the new thrusts of Pakistani Policy in Jammu and Kashmir. The proceedings of the seminar were conducted by Kuldeep Raina, general secretary of Panun Kashmir. |
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Court acquits murder accused
Jammu, February 16 Taking note of the statements of the prosecution witnesses Balvinder Singh, Veer Singh, Jasvinder Singh and Rajesh Kumar, recorded under Section 164-A of the Criminal Procedure Court (Cr PC), the Judge said “The witnesses have pleaded the occurrence of the event and subsequently, took a u-turn by stating that occurrence took place in a different mode and manner. This runs
contrary to their earlier statements”. On October 23, 2010, the accused, a tipper driver, had a heated argument with Gurpreet Singh, driver of another tipper. The accused knocked him in a fit of rage and crushed him under the front and the rare wheels of the tipper, resulting in the latter’s death. The judge, while acquitting the accused, observed that “the witnesses examined by the prosecution have not state in
their statements that they saw the accused committing the crime imputed to him. There is nothing in their statement to connect the accused with the crime.” |
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City Blues, Drass Angels clinch Ice Hockey titles
Jammu, February 16 In men section, City Blues overcame the challenge of City Red in a keen contest with the final scoreboard reading 5-4. Earlier, in the girls section, Drass Angels trounced Domkhar Idols by 3-1. A total of eight teams participated in the men section. In order to generate interest among the females in the sport, girls’ event was introduced this year. Brigadier Sagarika Patyal, Commandant 153 GH, was the Chief Guest in the prize distribution function, who gave away the trophies to the winners and runners-up, besides other individual prizes. Speaking to the gathering, Brig SK Narain, Commander, Drass Warrior Brigade, appreciated the enthusiasm and assured the players that all efforts would be made to popularise adventure sports in the area and improve the infrastructure for promotion of the games. |
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GDC Mendher organises seminar on crime against women
Poonch, February 16 Six students of the college took part in the symposium. Prof Hussain said “The alarming rate of crime against women is a cause of concern and
there is a dire need to curb it”. He congratulated the students and the organising committee for their informative and intellectual approach towards the society. Nighat Ara, Saima Habeeb and Waseem-ul-Haq won the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd position in the symposium. Prof Mohd
Akram, Prof Paramjeet Singh, HOD Economics, Prof Javid Manzoor, HOD EVS, Dr Mohd
Azam, Urdu, Dr Mehroor Khan, HOD Botany and Prof AA Choudhary also spoke on the occasion. |
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Amazon Institute to offer free courses
Jammu, February 16 While briefing the media today, Ruchi Chouhan Khan, announced the sponsored programme of “Huner-Se-Rozgar” under capacity building programme to promote skill among the youth. She also briefed the gathering about the various avenues in and outside the state for placements in the tourism industry. She said the institute would also provide stipend to the successful candidates. Sambodh Kohli, Head of Amazon Institute of Hotel Management and Applied Nutrition also talked about the upcoming areas of the tourism industry. The Amazon institute
of Hotel Management and Applied Nutrition is sponsored by the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India and supported
by Directorate of Tourism, Jammu. |
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SCC beat BCC in cricket tourney
Jammu, February 16 Winning the toss and batting first, SCC accumulated a fighting total of 146 runs in the stipulated 20 overs, losing 8 wickets
in the process. Shashi Kumar (34), Dhruv Mahajan (22) and Sameer Khajuri (15) were the main contributors. In reply, BCC managed to score 125 runs in the stipulated overs for the loss of 9 wickets. Himalaya was the top scorer with 24 runs while Sachin and Shibu contributed 16 and 14 runs to the total
respectively. For SCC, Sameer Khajuria and Raman Dutta bagged 3 wickets each while Sahil Sharma claimed two wickets. Sameer Khajuria
was adjudged the man of the match. The match was officiated by Nadeem Bhat and Jugal Khajuria
as umpires. The tournament is being organised under the supervision of
Nadeem, Vikas Sharma, Vikas Baru and Surinder Sharma. |
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Acupressure medical camp organised
Jammu, February 16 ML Mehra, Staff Officer to IGP Crime Branch, Vijay Sadhu, Deputy Director (Retd), J&K Fire and Emergency Services and Prof Kailash Mehra Sadhu lauded the efforts of the organisation for conducting the camp. SEMCS president, Jyoti Mehra said the camp, if organised on regular junctures, would go a long way in keeping the local populace of the area physically fit. The camp would conclude on February 25. |
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Sports meet concludes
Jammu, February 16 287 students were awarded gold, silver and bronze medals and merit certificates for securing the first three positions in different events. Ashok Kumar, Deputy Director of Youth Services and Sports and Benam Tosh, ASP Udhampur were the chief guests in the function. Students competed in 100 mt, 200 mt, 400 mt individual and group races. The primary wing of the school played under the theme “run for joy” while the senior classes ran under the theme “run for strength”.
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Army flags off tour for senior citizens
Jammu, February 16 The tour was organised by the Rashtriya Rifles, as a part of the ongoing ‘Operation
Sadbhavana’, to provide an opportunity to the village elders to visit other places in the country, see the development taking place in various spheres and interact with their countrymen from other regions and establishing bonds of friendship. The 10-day tour would give an opportunity to village elders to visit Delhi, Bharatpur and
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2 bodies found, one yet to be identified
Batote, February 16 The boy was reportedly missing since November 30 and the Khelani Police was investigating the case under Section 174 of the CrPC since then. Meanwhile, according to the police, an unidentified dead body of a 25-year-old youth, 5.3 ft tall was recovered from Nowgam, Banihal, on February 12.
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Because of the Kashmir-centric approach being followed by the Centre and the state government, the youth in Jammu and Ladakh regions feel alienated. They are least interested in politics and are exploring job avenues outside the state. Besides, there is no policy wherein the youth in rural belts could be made aware of various schemes- while they are sponsored by the Centre or the state government. The government should seriously look into its obsolete educational
policies 
I fail to understand the intent of the government in formulating an absurd recruitment policy which will encourage corruption in the system. The educated youth, who got government jobs till last year, will get anything between Rs 20,000 to Rs 25,000 for the post of a teacher while those who would get job from this year will get one-third of their salary for five years. Could the state government apply the same yardstick for ministers who were elected for six years? It (policy) is nothing but an attempt to suppress the educated
youth. 
Though the Centre has announced several schemes, the youth residing in the rural areas are not aware about them. Those belonging to financially weak sections are not able to get loan facilities under various Centrally-sponsored schemes as the same benefits are being provided to the blue-eyed of politicians and influential people. There is a need to revamp the entire system to bring in transparency and
accountability. 
The new recruitment policy will not only force the educated youth to indulge in malpractices but it will have a negative impact on the economic set up of the state. The political class seems to be bent on suppressing the youth for its petty gains. For instance, the state government opened hundreds of BEd colleges where thousands of students are qualifying with BEd degree every year. Does the government have any policy or posts to absorb these
people?