CM announces construction of 15 community bunkers
BIMBER GALI (POONCH): Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti Monday announced construction of 15 community bunkers in Balakote area besides stationing of one bunker vehicle for the help of the local people. The Chief Ministers announcement came after five members of a family were killed in Pakistani shelling in Bimber Gali along the Line of Control (LoC) […]
India summons Pak DHC, protests civilian killing
New Delhi: India on Monday summoned the Pakistan deputy high commissioner here and lodged a strong protest against the killing of five civilians in “unprovoked firing” by Pakistani forces, terming the incident “highly deplorable”. Pakistan Deputy High Commissioner Syed Haider Shah was also told that such heinous acts are against established humanitarian norms and professional […]
Probe panel announced to prod into KVIB selections
JAMMU: After a delay of almost one month, the government on Monday constituted a Committee to conduct inquiry into the selections made by the J&K Khadi Village and Industries Board (KVIB) against various posts recently last month. As per the order issued by the General Administration Department (GAD), Principal Secretary to the Government, Home Department […]
Pak upset over non issuance of visas to pilgrims
Islamabad: Pakistan on Monday expressed disappointment at India for not issuing visas to more than 500 Pakistani pilgrims for visiting the famed shrine of Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer. The visit was to take place under the 1974 Pakistan-India Protocol on Visits to Religious Shrines and is a regular annual feature, Foreign Office (FO) said […]
GDC row: Govt attaches HoD
Jammu: Government on Monday attached Dr. Muhammad Mushtaq, Head of the Department Orthodontics, Government Dental College Srinagar with Directorate of Health Services Kashmir (DHSK) till further orders. The move comes following the strike of GDC students who have been demanding immediate termination of Dr Muhammad Mushtaq. “In the interest of administration, Dr Mushtaq Ahmad HoD […]
‘GDC has many skeletons in its closet’
Srinagar: The students at the Government Medical College have been bearing the physical and mental torture at the hands of teachers from past several years. However, the mess has come to the fore recently only after the students raised their voice against the behaviour that they are subjected to. Dr Irfan ul Hassan, currently working […]
SC asks Centre for report on conditions in Rohingya camps
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday directed the Centre to file a “comprehensive status report” giving details of conditions in Rohingya refugee camps in various states. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud considered the submission of senior advocate Colin Gonsalves that conditions at the camps […]
Teachers averse to work in schools, seek solace in administrative offices
Srinagar: There seems to be no implementation of government orders directing Chief Education Officers (CEO’s) and Zonal Education Officers (ZEO’s) to relieve the teachers who have been working in their offices. The directorate of school education has number of times issues circulars wherein it directed the CEO’s and ZEO’s to relieve the teachers, however, the […]
Tragedy: Another relative of missing MBBS student succumbs, father put on ventilator
Kupwara: One more relative of missing MBBS student, who was injured in a road mishap at Unsoo area of Handwara on Sunday morning, succumbed to injuries. The mishap occurred yesterday when a car (Tata Bolt, JK09A-5547) they were travelling in, were returning from Odhisa where the MBBS student Suhail Aijaz is still missing for more […]