Newly recruited employees protest against SRO-202
Srinagar: Scores of youth recruited under the New Job Policy, Sunday, held a protest demonstration in Press enclave Srinagar demanding revocation of SRO-202. Raising the issue, the protesting employees described the SRO 202 (NewJob Policy) ‘descriminatory’ , saying its clause 8 & 9 have already been repealed by the Jammu and Kashmir High Court for […]
J&K’s Leh, Kupwara, Bannihal record coldest night temperatures
Leh, Bannihal and Kupwara towns recorded the lowest night temperatures in Jammu and Kashmir, the weather office said on Sunday. The present cold wave conditions are likely to persist during the next 24 hours although light snowfall has been forecast at isolated places in the higher reaches of the state during the next 48 hours. […]
EDITORIAL: Obama’s advice has fewer takers in India
Speaking at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, the former US president Barack Obama made for a re-assuring presence. For he said what no Indian leader, no matter how big, would say: he called for the India to “cherish and nurture its large Muslim population that thinks of itself as Indian”. A country, he continued, shouldn’t […]
11 H1N1 deaths fail to make any impact on SKIMS authorities
Srinagar: With number of deaths increasing due to H1N1 at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura, the administration has failed to issue regular medical updates regarding the status of the disease in the hospital which is raising questions over the handling of H1N1 cases. The SKIMS administration has been under severe pressure over the […]
Sowing corruption: Bungling’s in Agriculture department go unpunished
Srinagar: From diverting State funds into their personal bank accounts to taking huge bribes from their employees for releasing their salaries, the Kashmir’s agriculture department has done it all. In Beerwah agriculture sub-division alone, the officers have diverted Rs 6.51 lakh into their personal bank accounts out of Rs 8 lakh meant for training of […]
Majid Khan to shape his career outside his home state
Srinagar: Army has reportedly sent Majid Khan outside the state to pursue studies and a career in sports. The decision has been taken after taking his family into confidence, reports said. Khan, a footballer who returned back to his home after a brief stint with Lashkar outfit about a fortnight ago is an ace […]
Faith reposed: Mehbooba to lead PDP again, elected party president for sixth time
Srinagar: For the sixth time in a row since 2003, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was Saturday re-elected as the People Democratic Party (PDP) president at Jammu. Over 300 functionaries including the parliament members of the party, MLA’s, MLC’s, Zonal and district presidents unanimously decided to re-elect Mehbooba as the party president in the elections held […]
Mehbooba, Omar get ‘social’ through social media
Srinagar: After Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti was re-elected as president of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) unopposed on Saturday, opposition National Conference (NC) working president Omar Abdullah took to Twitter to wish her success. “Congratulations to @MehboobaMufti on being re-elected as President of @jkpdp. We may not agree on much these days but I […]
NEET (PG)-2018 exam: Two centres set up for Valley candidates
JAMMU: Responding to the plea of the Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti, the Central Government has decided to set up two examination centres for the students of Kashmir Valley appearing in the upcoming NEET (PG)-2018 examination. In a communication, the Union Health Ministry has informed the Board of Professional Examination authorities of the State to re […]
Shewag mocking at killings in Kashmir is pitiable: Er Rashid
Srinagar: The ‘double century’ remark over the killings in Kashmir by former Indian Cricketer Verandar Sehwag has not gone well in Kashmir Valley. Awami Itehaad Party (AIP) president and MLA Langate, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh on Saturday said that it speaks volumes of mental bankruptcy of a section of Indian celebrities. The firebrand leader in […]