Omar calls for probe
Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah Wednesday called for a probe into the blast in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir in which 12 schoolchildren were injured. “Education must be made conflict neutral. It is unacceptable & inhuman to have explosives going off inside class rooms. I condemn this act unequivocally & hope that it […]
NHM employees asked to end strike
Face police action in Srinagar during protest march
Face police action in Srinagar during protest march
Pleas challenging Art 35A: Govt seeks SC’s nod to seek adjournment of hearing
New Delhi: The Jammu and Kashmir government Monday sought permission from the Supreme Court to circulate a letter to parties for adjourning upcoming hearing on pleas challenging the constitutional validity of Article 35A, which provides special rights and privileges to natives of state, saying there was no “elected government” in the state. The apex court […]
Callous attitude of MHRD, state govt forced 500 students to miss GATE exam
Srinagar: The negligence on the part of the state administration and union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has cost around 500 GATE aspirants so dearly that they missed out on a chance to crack the examination this year. The students lost the opportunity to appear in the exams as the MHRD had set up […]
Social media onslaught: Hospital admins tasked to create media cells
Srinagar: In a bid to nip ‘rumors’ and ‘factually incorrect’ news regarding the patient care in hospitals and put forth a counter narrative, the Government Medical College (GMC), Srinagar has directed all the Medical Superintendents in its associated hospitals to create media cells in order to respond ‘proactively’ under such circumstances and present ‘facts’ before […]
Teachers get a respite as MANUU consents for their B.Ed training
Srinagar: In a breather for untrained teachers in the school education department, Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) has decided to accommodate untrained graduate teachers for B.Ed courses this year. In a letter shot to Director School Education Kashmir (DSEK) G N Itoo, regional director MANUU has agreed to accommodate the teachers for B.Ed course […]
Schools will finally get to see light
All govt schools to get electricity connections during this year
All govt schools to get electricity connections during this year
Taliban takes centre stage as Kabul cut out of peace talks
Kabul: President Ashraf Ghani is being pushed to the sidelines as the Taliban ignores his overtures for peace and negotiates instead with his friends, and enemies, over the future of Afghanistan. From Doha to Moscow, the insurgents are meeting an array of envoys with competing interests in Afghanistan, from the United States eager to withdraw […]
Poor work culture reflected in research institutions of education department
Srinagar: In what could reflect the poor work culture in the research institutes of education department in valley, the teaching faculty deputed in these institutes rarely attend to their duties. In a fresh instance, nine teaching faculty members of State Institute of Education (SIE) Kashmir and District Institute of Education and Training (DIET) Srinagar were […]
Pak women in JK appeal to Modi, Imran Khan for facilitating their return home
Srinagar: A group of women from Pakistan, who came to Jammu and Kashmir with their husbands under the rehabilitation policy for militants, Saturday appealed to Prime Minister NarendraModi and his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan for travel documents to return home. They claimed that they have not been provided the permanent resident certificates as promised. In […]
