Has PDD, Pulwama submitted ‘forged’ list of casual workers
With an eye on the regularisation policy announced by Jammu and Kashmir government for daily wage workers of various departments, the Power Development Department of Pulwama has allegedly submitted a forged list to senior officers regarding the benefits that the kith and kin of employees serving in the department are availing. Sources within the department […]
Editorial: Fix responsibility
Tourism no doubt is one of the mainstay of the state’s economy. No wonder then that the industry carries a lot of weight in terms of being on the priority list of the government all the time. However, any bad media which the tourism Industry attracts not only affects the industry’s performance but also […]
CM seeks project monitoring apparatus for ongoing developmental schemes
Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti today underscored the need for putting in place a project monitoring apparatus to evaluate the completion pace, funding and quality assurance of ongoing developmental projects in the State. The Chief Minister made these remarks while chairing a meeting to review some key infrastructural projects in the State. Mehbooba Mufti said the […]
Clashes erupt in Sopore after Friday prayers
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CM dismayed over low spending on Tribal affairs
Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti today expressed dismay over the low spending reported on Tribal welfare measures by the concerned Department in the State. Chairing a meeting to review the performance of the Tribal Affairs Department here, the Chief Minister directed abandoning the lackadaisical approach to execute Government schemes and bring in proactive approach to take […]
JKLF chief Yasin Malik condemns fresh wave of arrests in Valley
Chairman of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Muhammad Yasin Malik, on Friday, condemned the fresh wave of arrests in Kashmir. Meanwhile on the call of resistance leadership, JKLF leaders and activists staged a peaceful protest against the United States declaring Syed Salahuddin as a “global terrorist” and fresh wave of arrests in Kashmir at Budshah […]
Understand Kashmir issue in its right context, Geelani urges people
Strongly denouncing electronic media for its biased reporting, negative campaign and carrying malicious and misleading propaganda against Kashmiris, Syed Ali Geelani, said these sleuths with stale ideology are representing fanatical forces, thus creating a state of intolerance. On Friday, Geelani referred media channels “Republic TV”, “Times Now”, “Aaj Tak”, “India Today” and “India TV” as […]
HC stays order accepting medicos resignation
Jammu and Kashmir High Court has stayed the impugned government order whereby the resignation of Associate Professor, surgical oncology department, Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Dr Altaf Gauhar Haji, was accepted despite the former having withdrawn it. The High Court while passing the stay order observed: “The resignation letter, having been withdrawn by the […]
EJAC decries delay in implementation of medical
Employees Joint Action Committee (EJAC) President, Abdul Qayoom Wani Friday condemned the dillydallying attitude of government in implementing the medical insurance scheme for government employees. Wani in a statement issued here said that employees of the state are getting a meager amount of Rs 300 per month as medical allowances, which is good for nothing […]
Private Schools Association hails fast track work at DSEK
The Private Schools Association of Kashmir (PSAK) Friday hailed the initiation of fast track mode of working in the department of Education by virtue of which 350 pending files of private schools were cleared within a record time. The Association in a statement said that with the fast working, the education sector is moving […]
