Despite being targeted, Sikhs stood shoulder to shoulder with Muslims: JRL
Condemns Tral Sikh youth's killing
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) on Thursday strongly condemned the killing of a Sikh youth by unidentified gunmen at Tral. The JRL comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik’s statement comes a day after the Sikh body expressed resentment against the silence maintained by pro-freedom camp over Sikh youth’s killing in […]
NHM employees to observe 2-day strike from Monday
Srinagar: While saying that the govt has failed to fulfill the commitments made to the NHM employees by the then Minister for Health, Principal Secretary H&ME and Mission Director NHM last year, All J&K NHM Employees’ Association Thursday decided to observe a 2-day strike from Monday. “The Association has decided to observe a 48-hour-long strike […]
Bandipora-Gurez road to open for traffic after three days
Srinagar: The Bandipora-Gurez road in north Kashmir will be re-opened for traffic on Saturday. The road has remained closed for more than a week, officials said. The 84-km long Bandipora-Gurez road was opened after snow was cleared from the road and movement of traffic was allowed today morning, said an official. “We are making efforts […]
NHM doctors given ‘peanuts’ for working in far flung areas
Medicos threaten quitting their job, if incentives not restored
Srinagar: Opposite to the claims of encouraging the doctors to work in far flung areas and provide better healthcare facilities in these areas, government has surprisingly halved the monthly remuneration of medicos working in far-flung areas like Gurez. This has been revealed by the shocked medicos who say they are thinking of returning from these […]
PDP women’s wing head pitches for greater reservation for the fairer sex
Jammu: Women’s wing head Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Safina Beigh on Wednesday pitched for the greater reservation of women in political and administrative set-up while underlining the pro-women initiatives taken by the Mehbooba Mufti led government in the state. Safina said that the triple talk bill was tabled in the parliament in haste by the […]
Hurriyat’s silence over Sikh youth’s killing unfortunate: APSCC
‘Those trying to harm communal harmony won’t succeed’
Srinagar: All Parties Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) on Wednesday expressed resentment over the silence maintained by Hurriyat leadership over the killing of Sikh youth, Simranjeet Singh from KhasiporaTral village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district a few days ago. The Sikh body in a statement issued here said that a youth from minority community was killed […]
NC, Cong workers join PDP in Bandipora
Srinagar: Dozens of workers of National Conference (NC) and Congress on Tuesday joined Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in PanarPanchayat segment of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Prominent among them who joined PDP was MohdYousuf Chichi, brother of former SarpanchPanar, MolviYaqoob Chichi along with dozens of his supporters. According to the statement issued here, the workers joined […]
Malik grieved over death of Dagga’s wife
Srinagar: Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Muhammad Yasin Malik on Wednesday expressed grief over the demise of the wife of Haji Ghulam Mohammad Dagga (ex-president of chambers of commerce and veteran trade union leader). The deceased was also aunt of senior lawyer Advocate Bashir Ahmad Sideeq. On receiving the news of her […]
DAK aghast over exorbitant rates on diagnostic procedures
Urges govt to implement Free Drug, Diagnostic policy
Urges govt to implement Free Drug, Diagnostic policy Srinagar: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) has expressed serious concern over the exorbitant rates being changed to poor patients in hospitals run by Directorate of Health Services Kashmir. In a statement, the spokesperson of association said that it was surprising that different rates were being charged in different […]
