Shabir Shah denied bail
A Delhi Court on Tuesday denied bail to Kashmiri pro-freedom leader Shabir Ahmad Shah, media reports said. Arrested on charges of money laundering, Shah had sought bail by submitting an application last week. Pertinently, Shah is languishing in Tihar Jail after he was remanded to judicial custody after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) did not seek […]
Woman missing in Ganderbal
A married woman has been reported missing from Ganderbal, a police spokesman said here. He said that Ali Mohammad Dar son of Asad-ul-lah resident of Aarhama Ganderbal reported in Police Station Ganderbal that his daughter in law namely Raja Begum wife of Bashir Ahmad Dar is missing from last five days. Police has lodged a […]
DSEK: Where even retired teachers are transferred
It seems that the school education Department is not willing to learnt any lessons from its past mistakes. Recently, the secretary school education Department on August 17 ordered transfers of around 167 Principals, in-charge Principals and other officials of equivalent ranks. However, the Department has again repeated its past mistakes as it has transferred one […]
Editorial: Ensure accountability first
The Jammu and Kashmir Government has constituted a panel to ensure adherence to government circulars and orders that have banned private practice by medicos working in Government Medical Colleges, Government Dental Colleges and the Associated Hospitals of the state. This in view of the fact that rampant non-compliance to the said orders by many […]
Fire incident exposed unpreparedness of district administration to deal with disasters
The gutting of seven houses in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday exposed the unprepared of district administration to deal with such calamities. Eyewitnesses said that soon after the fire started in a house at Dalipora the fire and emergency services were contacted at around 10: 45 in the morning. “They took around half an […]
Cannabis veil Jhelum ‘beautification’ in Anantnag
Despite tall claims being made by the Irrigation and Flood Control Department (IFC), vis-a-vis the beautifications of Jhelum embankments, the situation on ground narrates a different story altogether. The beautification works have been covered by the growth of cannabis plants as the cultivations can be found across long stretches on both the banks of […]
Hundreds of willow trees to perish owing to official apathy
Belying the tall claims of the government of conserving the green gold in state, the locals in Ganderbal have blamed the forest department of leaving hundreds of willow and poplar trees unattended which were uprooted owing to wind storms. According to reports, the strong winds during the last couple of months back had left several […]
Minister conducts extensive tour of Kupwara
Minister of State for Forest, Environment, Animal & Sheep Husbandry, Fisheries and Cooperative, Mir Zahoor Ahmad today visited various areas in district Kupwara and took stock of the functioning of Forest Department and its allied Wings there. During the tour, the Minister inspected Langate Coniferous Nursery, Office of the Divisional Forest Officer, Soil Conservation […]
CUK introduces mentoring in curriculum
Central University of Kashmir (CUK) has introduced Mentoring as one of the components in the curriculum of all the programmes offered by the university.“Since the students of Central University are from “Since the students of Central University are from diverse geo-socio-economic background, the mentoring will be one of the effective tools for their all-round development,” […]
Counseling cells must in schools, colleges: Minister
Minister for Education, Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari today said establishment of counseling cells in educational institutions is imperative for students’ guidance and the government is keen to establish such centres at an earliest. He said setting up of counseling cells would lead to massive participation of students in education reforms. Through this setup, the […]