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Education

HC tells union leaders to go to schools to teach students; Transfer row

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Dismisses Abdul Qayoom’s two petitions challenging his detachment, transfer order In a setback to trade unions and various teachers, who have been resisting transfers, the state High Court today dismissed two writ petitions of trade union leaders and Teachers Forum chairman Abdul Qayoom, wherein he had challenged his detachment as well as transfer orders. Coming hard on unionism, which has paralysed several government departments in the state, the High Court observed that the “union leaders will also have to go to schools to teach students” as “they are really being…

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Teacher convicted of rape, sentenced to 10-yr rigorous imprisonment

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A local court on Monday sentenced a teacher, accused of raping a 9th class student, to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment. The Second Additional District and Sessions Judge Srinagar Sham Lal Lalhal convicted Pervaiz Ahmad Dar of New Colony Old Barzulla for raping the minor student after prosecution proved the accused guilty on February 26 and announced the quantum of punishment on Monday. “Under section 376 (1) RPC the accused/convict is sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for 10 years and (he) shall pay a fine of Rs 25000, and in default…

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Kashmir schools to reopen tomorrow – Post winter break

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Schools across Kashmir are set to reopen from Tuesday (March 1) after being closed for more than two months for winter vacations. The schools are opening a week earlier than the scheduled date of March 8 this time. Officials said the weather in the Valley has shown drastic improvement, making them pre-pone the date. “All schools will open from March 1 as the weather has also shown drastic improvement,” said Director, School Education, Kashmir (DSEK), Shah Faesal. The weather had mostly been dry this winter as there has been less…

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Distributing ‘anti-army’ pamphlets land 6 students in trouble

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Six students from Jammu and Kashmir, enrolled in a skill development programme at a private institute in Mohali under the Centre’s Udaan initiative, were expelled for distributing pamphlets against the army. The students were subsequently taken back after they submitted a written apology. A group of 10 students, mostly from Kashmir, are receiving IT training under the Udaan initiative at a private institute in nearby Mohali in Punjab. Udaan, the Special Industry Initiative for J-K, is funded by the Centre and being implemented by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). The…

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Delhi Guv appoints special nodal officer for Kashmiri students

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Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung today appointed a special nodal officer for addressing issues of Kashmiri students studying in the national capital. The move comes in the wake of the questioning of several Kashmiri students by Delhi Police after a row over an event in JNU campus against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. The Lt Governor has appointed Delhi Police’s Special Commissioner (Crime) Taj Hasan as the Special Nodal Officer for addressing Kashmiri students’ issues. “Lt. Governor’s office has been approached by some people that students from Kashmir…

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KU scholars start signature campaign for JNU stir

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Research scholars of the Kashmir University (KU) today started a signature campaign to extend support to the students and faculty of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. Scholars assembled near Alama Iqbal Library of the KU with banners in support of JNU students. “We have organised this peaceful and non-violent signature campaign in solidarity with the JNU students who are being targeted by RSS-backed agencies. We stand for strengthening the voice of dissent in universities with due recognition to freedom of speech and expression,” Ashfaq Ali, the coordinator of the…

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Kashmiri students ‘silent’ sufferers in Afzal Guru row at JNU

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Students from Kashmir, whose numbers have been increasing at Jawaharlal Nehru University, are a scared lot today after the row over an event on its campus against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru as police have been quietly approaching them in their rented accommodations and subjecting them to questioning. After the February 9 incident where some anti-India slogans were allegedly raised, police is believed to have collected the names of Kashmiri students which sound similar to the names of the organisers of the Guru event. “I woke up…

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Hounding of Kashmiri students in JNU unacceptable: Omar

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Former Chief Minister and National Conference working president Omar Abdullah Wednesday termed as “unacceptable” the “hounding” of Kashmiri students in Delhi and making them “convenient scapegoats” on the name of crackdown on anti-national activities in JNU. “If the Delhi Police and the Home Ministry want to unleash a dictatorial and tyrannical crackdown on dissenting voices and students in Delhi, they should not make Kashmiri students convenient scapegoats, stigmatize them and ruin their careers. This is unacceptable,” Omar said. The National Conference (NC) working president said there have been numerous instances…

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Kashmiri students on radar for anti-india event at JNU

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Intelligence agencies are probing the role of Kashmiri students enrolled at various universities and educational institutions who could have been instrumental in garnering support for commemorating the hanging of Afzal Guru at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). The JNU is in the news for an event organised by the students union where slogans were allegedly raised against hanging of convicted terrorist Afzal Guru. Earlier, similar protests were allegedly reported from university campus in Hyderabad. “There is a pattern in the events in support of a convicted terrorist. International NGOs will…

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BOSE to keep board exam papers at police stations to check leak

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After being criticised for alleged incidents of question paper leak at various examination centres across the Jammu division during annual board exams of the summer zone for the past few years, the J&K Board of School Education (JKBOSE) has decided to keep the question papers at police stations concerned. The practice will commence in the upcoming exams of Class X and XII wherein the superintendents of examination centres will have to collect the papers from the police station hours before the commencement of the exam. Sources said in the previously…

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