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Mehbooba acting as mouth piece of New Delhi: Er Rasheed

Lashing out at Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti for her remarks that third party intervention over J&K will turn it into Syria and Afghanistan, Awami Itehaad Party (AIP) president and MLA Langate, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sunday said that either Mehbooba Mufti is ill informed or has to speak every single word according to the needs of […]

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Patients procuring 47 per cent drugs from market, says CAG

Health institutions across the valley that are providing free medicines to the patients are not maintaining identity records of those patients to whom the medicines are being issued, raising serious questions over the proper functioning and the transparency in such institutions. Records to identity end-user patient to whom the medicines were issued had not been […]

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Tarigami survives heart trouble, admitted in Hospital 

MLA, Kulgam and senior Communist leader, Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami was admitted at Shere-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Sours after suffered a heart block on Saturday night.  Tarigami, who represents Kulgam continuously since 1996, faced multiple problems during last night at his Srinagar residence and was rushed to SKIMS. After series of tests it was […]

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Indo-Pak tension: BJP leader warns Pakistan for supporting terror

Amid an escalation in the border tensions between the two arch rivals, India and Pakistan, senior Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), leader and party’s nominee for the Vice President’s post Venkaiah Naidu blamed Pakistan for aiding and abetting terror. NDA’s Vice Presidential candidate M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday reminded Pakistan not to forget what happened in […]

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Migrant teachers enjoying unofficial holidays since 2016 unrest, govt in slumber

ln a bizzare move, hundreds of  teachers recruited under special employment package for Kashmiri Pandits are enjoying unofficial holidays since 2016 summer unrest which resulted in prolonged closure of schools. While the schools resumed functioning since last November, all these teachers left the Valley and are yet to return to their respective schools. “Even these […]

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Rutba’s twin sister, friends will miss Roll number: 3 

On Monday the Government High School Aglar Chirat in South Kashmir’s Shopian district will open as usual. The students will attendant their classes and teachers will deliver lessons as they used before but for Arooba’s twin sister Rutba and her father, Mohammad Farooq Zargar, who is a teacher at the school Monday will be miserable. […]

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Wadoo to play for MCFC in ISL-4

  Kashmir’s international footballer Merajuddin Wadoo who plays as defender, will be now playing in Mumbai City FC (MCFC) in 4th edition of Indian Super league (ISL). During 13th round of auction for the players for ISL-4, which was held at Mumbai, Wadoo signed for MCFC at the salary of Rs 45 lakh. MCFC is […]

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Where is probe panel’s report on medical negligence?

Almost two months have passed, but the report that was submitted by the probe panel—investigating a medical negligence case that occurred on May 25 at Govt Lalla Ded Hospital, resulting in the death of an infant—has not been made public. Asifa, bearing MRD number 4401, was a known instance of high risk pregnancy, however, was […]

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CRPF commander ‘thrashed’ by colleagues 

Paramilitary CRPF troopers Sunday thrashed their company commander after one of their colleagues died in the camp after falling ill. Police sources said that the CRPF troopers posted at Wanpoh area of Anantnag district roughed up their commander after one of their colleagues died, allegedly due to lack of medicare as he was denied permission […]

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Editorial: Sub standard medicine

Kashmir is considered as a safe haven for all the drug manufacturers in India.  It has been observed that people in Kashmir consume huge quantities of drugs.  At times, people take these medicines as prescribed by the doctors, but sometimes they do it without the advice of doctors. No wonder that medicine manufacturers are putting […]