SKIMS medico posts ‘hate comment’ on FB, authorities assure action

Srinagar: Keeping ethics at bay, a doctor from Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura, in a Facebook live post wrote that Kashmiris need a ‘killing touch,’ rather than ‘healing touch.’ The post has generating resentment among the fellow doctors in the institution who are demanding immediate action against the doctor for his ‘disturbing’ post. […]
Remorse: Vacancies in Colleges creating hurdles for students

Srinagar: Signifying the sluggishness of the authorities, as many as 1000 posts of teaching faculty and Principals in degree colleges are lying vacant in the higher education department. The vacancies in degree colleges have led to a crisis like situation with respect to the availability of the teaching staff for students in the higher educational […]
NHM employees asked to end strike

Face police action in Srinagar during protest march
Face police action in Srinagar during protest march
Pleas challenging Art 35A: Govt seeks SC’s nod to seek adjournment of hearing

New Delhi: The Jammu and Kashmir government Monday sought permission from the Supreme Court to circulate a letter to parties for adjourning upcoming hearing on pleas challenging the constitutional validity of Article 35A, which provides special rights and privileges to natives of state, saying there was no “elected government” in the state. The apex court […]
Callous attitude of MHRD, state govt forced 500 students to miss GATE exam

Srinagar: The negligence on the part of the state administration and union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has cost around 500 GATE aspirants so dearly that they missed out on a chance to crack the examination this year. The students lost the opportunity to appear in the exams as the MHRD had set up […]
Social media onslaught: Hospital admins tasked to create media cells

Srinagar: In a bid to nip ‘rumors’ and ‘factually incorrect’ news regarding the patient care in hospitals and put forth a counter narrative, the Government Medical College (GMC), Srinagar has directed all the Medical Superintendents in its associated hospitals to create media cells in order to respond ‘proactively’ under such circumstances and present ‘facts’ before […]