Misery: Transition in south Kashmir- From militancy hotbed to drug abusers ‘paradise’
Pulwama: The Sangam-Litter belt including Zainapora area in south Kashmir is turning out to be a hub of drug addiction as local as well as youth belonging to other parts are thronging the region due to easy access to drugs here. As per locals the youth can get every kind of drug here especially from […]
RTO Jammu falls in ACB dragnet
Issuance of fraudulent HMV licences reported
Jammu: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Sunday said it has registered a case against several persons, including some officials of the Regional Transport Office (RTO) here, for illegally issuing Heavy Motor Vehicle (HMV) licences to ineligible candidates for alleged pecuniary gains. The case was registered after a joint surprise check was conducted in the RTO, […]
Unconcerned: Proposal to procure mobile labs for schools comes to a grinding halt
Srinagar: The much hyped initiative of J&K government to purchase mobile laboratories for the schools has been shelved given the laxity of the school education department. Earlier, the department had cleared a proposal to use Mobile Science Laboratories (MSL) fitted in buses. Each vehicle as per the officials would have cost Rs 40 lakh. An […]
KU, Colleges involve in blame game over delay in results
Srinagar: The authorities in Kashmir University (KU) have warned the college teachers of administrative action for delayed submission of practical award sheet of undergraduate students appearing in the exams. In a letter to all degree college principals, the KU administration has stated that the formal deceleration of the result of 2018 batch first semester and […]
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 […]