Govt sets up tribunal to review ban on JeI, JKLF
New Delhi: The Centre has set up a tribunal, headed by Justice ChanderShekhar of the Delhi High Court, to adjudicate if there exists sufficient cause to ban the Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir (JeI) and the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front-Yasin Malik (JKLF-Y) faction. The decision has been taken by the Home Ministry exercising the powers […]
Appointing MOs: PG students in GMC asked to submit undertakings
Srinagar: The Government Medical College (GMC), Srinagar Monday issued an order asking all the Post Graduate students to submit an undertaking to make sure that they don’t take up any additional assignments while they are yet to complete their PGs. The order issued by the Principal, GMC DrSamia Rashid states that PG students who have […]
Azhar listing: China claims positive progress, says issue will be resolved
Beijing: China on Monday claimed that “positive progress” has been made to resolve the issue of designating Pakistan-based JeMchiefMasoodAzhar as a global terrorist by the UN and accused the US of scuttling its efforts by taking the matter directly to the Security Council. China last week defended its repeated attempts to block the listing of […]
Musharraf gets a ‘warning’ from SC, asked to appear on May 2
Islamabad: Pakistan’s former military dictator Pervez Musharraf was ordered to appear before a special court on May 2 by the Supreme Court in the high treason case and warned him that he would lose the right of defence if he failed to turn up. A special court indicted General (retd) Musharraf for high treason in […]
Post-poll alliance possible after election results, says Rahul
New Delhi: A post-poll alliance is ‘absolutely’ possible after the LokSabha elections as all the opposition parties are ‘united’ in defeating the BJP in the interest of the country, Congress President Rahul Gandhi has said. Stating that the ‘job no. 1’ is to defeat Prime Minister NarendraModi, Gandhi also said secular formations are in place […]
Pak boys dream to fly ‘grounded’ by police
Lahore: A Pakistani student who attempted to operate a “flying machine” he built has been taken into “protective custody” by police in Punjab province, a media report said Monday. Police detained Fayaz, a matriculation student, who was about to “fly” his device in the fields of a village in Muhammad Nagar of Arifwala, Punjab province. […]
Failures galore
The debate to address the failure of the state government and the private players to establish institutions of higher learning in the state has never been taken to its logical conclusion. The debate gains momentum once some crisis crops up and dies once the crisis is over. Just last month when students studying in outside […]
Punctuality week in educational institutions begins
Srinagar: School education department on Monday launched punctuality week in a bid to instill and refresh the habit of punctuality among the students and teachers in the schools. To begin with, the Director School Education Kashmir (DSEK) visited S P higher secondary school (HSS) Srinagar and interacted with the students and the staff. While interacting […]
Geelani asks people to stay away from poll process
Srinagar: Elections are integral part of any democratic process, but there is not even the trace of any democratic values as more than one million armed forces contain this “helpless nation” to conduct this ‘military exercise’, said the chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Geelani on Monday while appealing for a complete and unanimous […]
