by admin | May 25, 2021 | Employment, Government Jobs, News, Politics
New Delhi : Union cabinet has given its nod to 10 per cent quota for poor among the general categories in Jammu and Kashmir and also approved the provision for SC/ST reservation in promotion in government jobs in the state.
Minister of State in PMO Jitendra Singh said since Jammu and Kashmir is under the President’s Rule, the Cabinet on Tuesday in its meeting took these decisions.
Talking to reporters here at his official residence, Singh thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said it will help a certain section of society which belongs to lower economic strata and will benefit equally Jammu and Kashmir like other states.
He said the government had introduced the provision of reservation in promotion for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
“That too has been approved for Jammu and Kashmir,” he said.
“It will enable Jammu and Kashmir to be beneficiaries of the same public welfare measures for the benefit of the weaker sections that PM Modi initiated for the rest of the country,” he said.
Hailing the decision Singh said that these decisions show the Prime Minister’s extremely sensitive concern for the state.
“In the last 65 years, no earlier government had ever taken an initiative on these lines and even now these decisions have come forth in the interest of the state because of the Modi Government being at the helm at the Centre,” he said.
The Union Cabinet had in January this year took the decision to provide for 10 per cent quota for people belonging to ‘unreserved categories’, including Christians and Muslims, in jobs and education with an annual income limit of Rs 8 lakh and land-holding ceiling of about five acres, highly-placed sources said.
A Constitution Amendment bill for the purpose was recently passed by the Parliament.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | News
New York : The Indian government should prevent and prosecute mob violence by vigilante groups targeting minorities in the name of so-called cow protection, Human Rights Watch has said.
A 104-page report, “Violent Cow Protection in India: Vigilante Groups Attack Minorities,” describes the use of “communal rhetoric” by members of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to spur a violent vigilante campaign against consumption of beef and those engaged in the cattle trade.
Between May 2015 and December 2018, at least 44 people – including 36 Muslims – were killed in such attacks, the report said. It added that police often stalled prosecutions of the attackers while several BJP politicians publicly justified the attacks.
“Calls for cow protection may have started out as a way to attract Hindu votes, but it has transformed into a free pass for mobs to violently attack and kill minority group members,” said Human Rights Watch.
“Indian authorities should stop egging on or justifying these attacks, blaming victims, or protecting the culprits.”
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | News
Jammu : In response to the overall improvement in the law and order situation in the Jammu district on Wednesday, authorities have decided to extend the curfew relaxation till 1 p.m., which was initially only till 11 a.m.
Ramesh Kumar, District Magistrate (DM), Jammu, issued an order saying that the relaxation that began at 8 a.m., will continue till 1 p.m.
The DM’s order however, said all wine shops and bars will remain closed in the district during this period.
On Tuesday, the curfew, which was imposed on February 15, was relaxed in few parts of the Jammu city in three phases. No untoward incident was reported.
All educational institutes remained shut and examinations scheduled for the day were postponed.
New exam dates would be announced later, the authorities said.
Mobile Internet services were suspended for the sixth day.
The curfew was imposed after miscreants torched vehicles and damaged several others carrying number plates of the Kashmir Valley in protest against the February 14 terror attack in Pulwama that killed 40 CRPF troopers.
Tensions mounted in Jammu city as hundreds of Kashmiris living here felt unsafe after the selective targeting by miscreants.
“Things are returning to normal. Miscreants trying to disturb harmony among different sections of the society are being booked and will be dealt with accordingly,” the police said.
—IANS
by admin | May 25, 2021 | News
The national level entrance exam for post madrasa Diploma in English Language and Literature (DELL) conducted by MMERC, Mumbai in Deoband last year.
By Maeeshat news,
Mumbai : Markazul Ma’arif Education and Research Centre (MMERC) announced the dates for the national level entrance exam for fresh madrasa graduates who wish to seek admission in the two-year Diploma in English Language and Literature (DELL) course for the batch 2019-21. In a press statement Maulana Mohammad Burhanuddin Qasmi, Director of MMERC, Mumbai stated that the written and spoken tests are scheduled on 21 and 23 March 2019, corresponding to14 and 16 Rajab, 1440 AH on Thursday and Saturday. The exams will be held at Heera Garden, Qasimpura Road, Near Eidgah in Deoband, (UP).
The press statement further detailed that the written exam will be held on Thursday and only those who passed it will be called to appear for the spoken exam on Saturday. Those candidates will be selected who have scored better combining both – the written and the spoken – exams for different MMERC affiliated branches across India.
Maulana MB Qasmi also said that this year the entrance exam would be for seven MMERC affiliated institutions from different states of India for a total 150 seats. Out of these 150, 30 at Markazul Ma’arif Education and Research Centre (MMERC), Mumbai, 10 at Markaz-e Islami Education and Research Centre (MIERC), Ankleshwar, Gujarat, 10 at Jamia Islamia Jalalia, Hojai, Assam, 25 at Al-Mahad Al-Ali Al-Islami, Hyderabad, 20 at Markaz Waliullah Education and Research Centre (MWERC), Haridwar, Uttarakhand, 30 at Markaz Ihyail Fikril Islami (MIFI), Muzaffarabad, Saharanpur, UP and 25 at Madni Foundation for Education, Research and Development (MFERD), Kashipur, Kolkata.
It is note worthy that MMERC is the first of its kind and a unique institution in the world for post madrasa education, established by Maulana Badruddin Ajmal in 1994, as part of Ajmal CSR initiative, where a two-year DELL course was introduced to impart quality English language education to madrasa graduates. Following the success of the DELL course a dozen plus other institutions in India have also started the same curriculum in their environs, eight among them are directly affiliated to MMERC, Mumbai this day.
MMERC covers a raft of subjects such as English language and literature, computer and communication, sociology, journalism, general studies and comparative studies of religions. The students are also exposed to interactive talks by experts on various important topics such as on science, arts, commerce, politics and other branches of learning and humanities so that upcoming ulama (madrasa graduates) are fully prepared to cope with present requirements and serve the country and the community better.
At MMERC, Mumbai and all its affiliated institutions in India teaching as well as lodging and food are free for the selected students, said Maulana Muddassir Ahmad Qasmi, national coordinator of DELL.
Maulana Burhanuddin Qasmi also went on to explain that MMERC holds a competitive type of objective and subjective exam for madrasa graduates every year where students are tested in various fields of Islamic knowledge such as Qur’an, its exegesis, hadith, fiqh, Arabic language and literature, as also their proficiency in writing in Arabic and Urdu and their awareness of general knowledge is tested. A candidate’s own ability and merit is the only criterion for getting selection at his chosen institution. Only those who have passed graduation from any madrasa in India can apply to sit for this exam, reads the press release.
Application forms with prospectus will be available at Students’ Coaching Centre, Qasimpura Road, Near Indra Park, Deoband and at all Centres. The same can also be downloaded freely from www.deoband.net from 7 March, 2019 onwards. The last date for application submission at Deoband is 19 March, 2019.
by admin | May 25, 2021 | News, Politics
Lucknow : Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday slammed the Modi government for approving an ordinance for a third time to make triple talaq a law.
The Modi cabinet on Tuesday evening ratified three ordinances, including one on triple talaq.
Yadav said the law was being “used as a weapon” to target minorities from university campuses to Parliament. He said the ordinance was not the way to usher in major social changes.
“Only politics of honour and respect can make the country progressive.”
He also urged his party workers to ensure that the decades of rivalry between his party and the Bahujan Samaj Party was bridged so that the alliance emerged victorious in the Lok Sabha election in Uttar Pradesh.
—IANS
