Insensitive: JKBOSE agonizes students by delaying re-evaluation results
Srinagar: Despite the passage of around three months, the JK Board of School Education (BOSE) is yet to declare the re-evaluation result of the class 11th and 12th students. A group of students, who were accompanied by their parents, said most of them have obtained more than 90 percent marks in other subjects except the […]
Meet Asrar ul Haq who released his first book “Breeze” on Friday
Pulwama: Hailing from a remote Tral Bala village in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, a young writer created history of sorts when he released his first book on Friday. Asrar ul Haq son of Sheikh Abdul Rashid resident of Tral bala (Upper town Tral) released his book ‘Breeze’ at a function organized at ‘Future Vision Model […]
Gang using fake guns for robberies busted in Sopore: Police
Sopore: The local police in Sopore Thursday claimed to have busted a gang of thieves who were allegedly using “fake” guns for carrying out robberies in the apple town of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. SDPO Sopore Raja Majid told a press conference that a “gang using a wooden AK 47 looting people in parts of […]
Betrayal: Kashmiri students ditched once again
Aspirants asked to appear in outside state exam centres for NEET 2019
Srinagar: Kashmir based students have faced another road block after the National Testing Agency (NTA) has once again designated exam centres for the prestigious National Entrance Eligibility Test (NEET) 2019 outside the Valley. The students have been left bewildered as the NEET exams is scheduled for May 05 and the aspirants have got the admission […]
Locals, tourists suffer as vital Aishmuqam-Pahalgam road in shambles
Blacktopping this year, say officials
Anantnag: The vital Aishmuqam-Pahalgam road in south Kashmir, which has not been macadamised by the authorities since 2007, is giving tough time to commuters. The dilapidated road is causing inconvenience to the residents as well as the tourists who visit the famous tourist spot, Pahalgam in the district. “It takes more than an hour to […]
Strengthening democracy: Five months on, 28 Sarpanchs in Pulwama yet to take oath
Pulwama: Even after five months have elapsed after the Panchayat elections were held in Jammu and Kashmir, around 28 Sarpanchs have failed to take oath of office in various areas of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. These Sarpanchs who had put their lives at risk to contest elections are in a dilemma as the Panchayat bodies […]
Beastly: Girl commits suicide after allegedly raped by father
Police registers case, arrests culprit
Srinagar: in a shameful incident a father has reportedly outraged the modesty of his daughter in Chaliwaan Chattybandi area of North Kashmir’s Bandipora District following which the girl committed suicide. Police said that after the incident was reported to them they swung into action and arrested the father and have registered a case besides starting […]
DSEK fails to detach teachers associated with administrative jobs
Despite several circulars, teachers continue to stick to non-teaching assignments
Srinagar: Contradicting the repeated circulars issued by the authorities in the school education department for de-attachment of teachers from Zonal and Chief Education Offices (CEO) in districts, more than 30 teachers, masters and lecturers are enjoying prolonged stint at the Directorate of School Education Kashmir. The teachers deputed in the Directorate from past more than […]
Three years on, damaged health centre awaits repairs
Pulwama: Damaged three years ago after a huge tree fell on its premises, authorities have failed to repair a health centre in Tral area of Pulwama district. Locals in Amlar-Nowpora village in Tral said that three years ago a tree fell on the health centre leaving the building completely damaged. Since then, a local alleged […]
Polling, boycott went hand in hand in north Kashmir
Srinagar: On 9 am in morning all the polling stations in old town Baramulla wore a deserted look as no one came out to vote for any candidate on the day of parliament elections. A polling station setup in Bunglow Bagh high school of old town had almost no voters for the whole day. No […]