Renal ailments: Absence of financial help for poor patients making things worse
Srinagar: Patients with renal ailments in Kashmir are facing a tough time, with the government failing to come up with any scheme offering any financial help for such patients, especially for those who are living below the poverty line. As per experts, the cases of renal ailments are on rise in Kashmir, given the change […]
MLA lands in a soup after using ‘foul’ language
Poonch: An altercation broke out between cops and National Conference (NC) MLA Javed Rana when the latter ‘insulted’ the policemen using derogatory words against them while speaking at a public rally in Poonch. Reports said that Rana was speaking in presence of Minister of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Choudhary Zulfkar Ali. In a […]
Rana threatens privilege motion against cops
Poonch: National Conference (NC) leader, Javed A Rana said that he has decided to bring breach of privilege against officers of Poonch Police who were hell bent to create problems in official programme in Mendhar recently. He said that police has badly failed to take any action against criminal elements of Mendhar who are indulged […]
BRO says it is trying to reopen Sgr-Leh highway
Srinagar: Even as the weather remains challenging in hilly region in Sonamarg, Border Roads Organisation (BRO) Tuesday said that it is making all out efforts to clear the snow on Zojila to make the road through for vehicular traffic. Despite freezing weather conditions and icy surface on the 25-km long stretch of Sonmarg to Gumri […]
Bodies of 3 soldiers missing after snowfall recovered
Srinagar: The search and rescue teams recovered bodies of three of the five soldiers who went missing along the Line of Control in the Gurez and Naugam sectors following heavy snowfall in Kashmir last week, defence sources said. The bodies of two soldiers were recovered in the Gurez sector while the body of a jawan […]
Academic calendar in Govt schools
Srinagar: The J&K government this year has decided to work out an academic calendar for government schools from primary higher secondary level in order to have maximum number of working days in schools during an academic session. The development comes months after the government schools in Kashmir remained shut for maximum number of days […]
NGT didn’t give full opportunity to present case: Amarnath shrine board
Jammu: The Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) today said the National Green Tribunal (NGT) had issued directives without giving a full opportunity to it to present its case. The NGT on December 13 had declared the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas as a “silence zone” and prohibited religious offerings beyond the entry point. […]
Ansari inaugurates Digital X-Ray plant at Imam Hussain hospital
Srinagar: Minister for Information Technology, Technical Education, Youth Services and Sports, Imran Raza Ansari, Tuesday inaugurated a Digital X-Ray plant at Imam Hussain hospital in Bemina locality here. The Minister said the installation of the new X-Ray plant is the beginning of a good change at the hospital which has been providing free healthcare […]
Speaker convenes meet, assesses issues of 10+2 lectures
Jammu: Speaker, Legislative Assembly, Kavinder Gupta Tuesday convened a meeting with the authorities of Education department to take stock of grievances of 10 2 lecturers engaged on academic arrangement basis in the State. Divisional Commissioner, Dr M K Bhandari, Secretary Education, Farooq Ahmed Shah and Director School Education, Ravinder Singh besides other senior officers […]
Education outreach to get fresh boost
Jammu: Education outreach in Jammu and Kashmir is getting a fresh boost as the state Government has decided to upgrade 400 schools and establish sixteen new Degree Colleges to fill the accessibility gap. “Two hundred High Schools would be Upgraded to Higher Secondary level, while 200 Middle schools would be upgraded to High School […]
