After 23 years of incarceration, three Kashmiri youths try picking up threads of life
Srinagar: Three Kashmiri youths, Mohammad Ali Bhat, Lateef Ahmad Waza and Mirza Nissar Hussain, arrested in 1996 in prime of their youths as “terrorists” but finally acquitted as “innocents” after 23 years of incarceration have been left coming to the terms of their lives here. First arrested by the Delhi police from Nepal for their […]
Setting standards: ‘Lifeless’ below waist, wheelchair bound Pulwama man runs his joinery unit
Pulwama: 34 year old Arshid Ahmad Wani is not just like other youth of his age. Wani is paralyzed down the waste but he has not let his handicap to come in his way as Arshid is not only working for himself but has managed to provide gainful employment to four others. Arshid Ahmad Wani, […]
‘We get peanuts in the name of salary’: MDM cooks
Srinagar: Hundreds of Mid-Day Meal (MDM) cooks from scores of Government schools across Kashmir on Tuesday staged a protest seeking better work conditions and emoluments. The protesting female cooks threatened to intensify their strike if their demand for hike in monthly wages is not fulfilled. The protesting cooks demanded hike in their salaries and regularisation […]
Lassitude: ZGC’s denied salary for two years now
Govt also silent on their absorption in KGBV schools
Govt also silent on their absorption in KGBV schools
Lapse: Arabic won’t be taught in upgraded higher secondary schools
Candidates possessing PG degrees in Arabic stage protest
Candidates possessing PG degrees in Arabic stage protest
Rajnath to pay tributes at war memorial in Dras
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will lay a wreath at the Kargil War Memorial in Dras on Saturday to commemorate 20 years of the Indian Army’s Operation Vijay, officials said. In a statement, the Defence Ministry Friday said Singh will also dedicate to the nation two bridges built by the Border Roads Organisation at […]
Jeopardy: DSEK fails to conduct safety audit of school buildings in Kashmir
Despite announcement, proposal was shelved for unknown reasons
Despite announcement, proposal was shelved for unknown reasons
Students yet to get uniforms as half of academic session is over
Srinagar: The school education department has failed to complete the distribution of the school uniforms among the school children despite the passage of seven months. The uniform was supposed to be distributed among the school children in the month of March after the reopening of schools post three month long winter vacation. Earlier, the department […]
Govt panels on reforms in education department fail to deliver
Srinagar: Despite the passage of more than one year, the much hyped panels constituted by government to revamp the education sector has failed to bring any change on the ground. In February last year, the two panels were constituted and were tasked to give recommendations on improving literacy rate in J&K state and addressing issues […]
School in Shair e Kashmir’s village has 6 rooms for 10 classes
Pulwama: In times of smart classrooms, a government High School in Shair e Kashmir, Mehjoor’s native village in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district has been operating out of six rooms for ten classes with an enrolment of over 110. The ordeal of the students at the High School Mitrigam can only be imagined when two to […]