Karan Singh wants Central varsity in Azads home town

Congress MP Dr Karan Singh has added to the raging controversy over opening of a Central university in Jammu and Kashmir...

Congress MP Dr Karan Singh has added to the raging controversy over opening of a Central university in Jammu and Kashmir by suggesting that the varsity be opened at Bhaderwah,home town of Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad. Singh said Bhaderwah was most suited for the purpose,as the construction of Bhaderwah-Chamba road would open new vistas of development in Doda district. Singh asked the Centre to consider the proposal of setting up of two Central universities in the state. If this is difficult,the UPA government should set up the proposed Indian Institute of Management in Kashmir and a Central university in Jammu region, he said. For over a month now,students in Jammu have been boycotting classes seeking the varsity be opened at Samba. Both the BJP and Panthers Party have voiced their opposition to the setting up of a Central university in Kashmir.

Send your grievances online to Omar

That Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is tech-savvy is a known fact. Now,he is taking a note of complaints filed online. For this purpose he has launched a grievance cell at the civil secretariat in Srinagar that will remain connected to 120 Community Information Centres at the block-level where people can register their complaints from 9.30 am to 5 pm. The grievance cell,which had been on trial run for the past three months,will be an effective mechanism to entertain the complaints of general public and people will get information about the status of their complaint,progress and the action taken,the Chief Minister said,adding that he will personally audit the working of the cell on a regular basis.

BJP too opposes Paks Gilgit-Baltistan move

Separatist leaders and the BJP have found a common ground for protest. After opposition by the separatist leaders in Kashmir against the Pakistan governments move to extend self-governance to Northern Areas by renaming it Gilgit-Baltistan,the BJP has also opposed the move. BJP spokesperson Ramesh Arora blamed the Congress for conceding too much to Pakistan. He said Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had committed a big blunder by referring the issue of Jammu and Kashmir to the United Nations. Opposing the self-governance move to Northern areas,Arora said,It is a calculated design of Pakistan to defeat Indias claim over the part of Jammu and Kashmir under its occupation.

BJP a Private Ltd firm: former partyman

Jaswant Singhs expulsion has given BJP rebel and now a Congress leader,Prof Hari Om,an opportunity to speak against the saffron party. The former BJP spokesperson termed the party a private limited company and a sinking ship which has drifted away from its core ideology due to the overarching influence of power hungry leaders within it. Prof Hari Om said the BJP was abandoning its ideology in a systematic manner. He said that he agrees with BJP leader Arun Shourie that the party only promotes a select group of people. He also blamed the BJP for discriminating against Jammu region,saying that in 2002 the party supported an anti-Jammu amendment to the the Representation of the People Act that banned delimitation of the Assembly constituencies.