Despicable: 72 percent government schools have no fencing, 71 percent sans playgrounds
Srinagar: The tall claims of the state government to take education to newer heights, notwithstanding there are around 72.21 percent government schools which do not have a boundary wall. Also 71.98 percent government schools lack playgrounds for school children. Pertinently, there are around 23,773 government schools in state. However, the official figures reveal that around […]
Senior cop’s cavalcade targeted in Shopian
Srinagar: Suspected militants attacked a senior police officer’s cavalcade in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Saturday, but there was no loss of life, police said. The militants fired at the cavalcade of senior superintendent of police (SSP) of Shopian A S Dinkar in Harmain area of the district, a police official said. He said the […]
RSS demands deportation of Rohingyas
Jammu: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Saturday supported the demand for deportation of illegal migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh, saying their presence in Jammu and Kashmir posed a security threat to the country. We do not consider them (Rohingyas and Bangladeshis) as refugees as they are foreigners and have entered in our country illegally, […]
PDP-BJP government anti-youth: Omar
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah said the youth of the state had been left in lurch by a ‘nepotistic’ and anti-youth PDP-BJP coalition government. Hard-working, meritorious and qualified youth of the state are being pushed against the wall because of open political patronage to nepotism and an unprecedented chaos in recruitment, […]
Leopard found dead in Reasi
Jammu: A four-year-old leopard was found dead in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, the second such incident this week, a wildlife official said Saturday. The leopard’s carcass was recovered from a roadside at Simbal-Choa and the animal apparently died after being hit by a speedy vehicle while crossing the road yesterday, Wildlife warden, Jammu, […]
Editorial: The stray dog menace
Srinagar: With the stray dog population in Srinagar touching close to one lakh, the authorities are still in deep slumber. The dog menace has been posing such a grave challenge that nearly four thousand dog bites are reported in various hospitals in Srinagar annually. Though authorities claim that around 30 per cent decline has been […]
Elderly woman dies of cardiac arrest amid teargas shelling in Pulwama
Srinagar: A 70-year-old woman died allegedly after forces fired teargas shells on protesters during a cordon-and-search operation in Chukura village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday. Official sources told that Raja Begium (70) wife of Abdul Samad Kumar fell unconscious in village Chukura after the police and paramilitary forces used tear smoke shells […]
Principal GDC appeals students to end strike
Srinagar: Principal Government Degree, College Srinagar has appealed the agitating students of the College to join classes forthwith. “Till all the allegations and counter allegations are proved, the students should join their concerned department and report to Dr. Syed Zameer, Associate Professor (Department of Orthodontics) for their academic curriculum and patient work,” he said. However, the […]