KU seals Rumi gate, official cites ‘technical snag’

SRINAGAR: Authorities at the University of Kashmir have sealed the varsity’s Rumi gate for traffic “due to technical snag” causing inconvenience to visitors. The Rumi and Budshah gates of the varsity were closed by the administration for motorists “all of a sudden” around a month ago, sources told Kashmir Reader. Besides closing the Rumi gate […]

Lack of funds delay construction of 9 polytechnic colleges in J&K

SRINAGAR: Construction of nine new polytechnic colleges in Jammu and Kashmir has remained pending since the government of India established them six years ago. In 2012, the government established 18 new polytechnic colleges in the erstwhile state and allocated Rs 8 crore to each college. Besides, Rs 4.3 crore was granted for purchasing equipment and […]

Internet restored at KU

Srinagar: In a major relief to thousands of students and job aspirants, authorities at the University of Kashmir, have restored the varsity’s internet facility, which has remained blocked throughout the recent lockdown in the valley after the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5. The KU website, which has been out of order throughout the […]

JK Bank aspirants rue delay in selection list

JK Bank aspirants rue delay in selection list

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Bank has put career of thousands of job aspirants at stake as it has withheld selection list of some 1400 Probationary Officers (PO) and Banking Associates (BA) posts advertised over a year ago. The bank had, in October last year, advertised 250 and 1200 vacancies of PO and BA posts, […]

Closure of hostels at KU leave students in quandary

Srinagar: The continuous closure of hostels at Kashmir University by administration has left hundreds of student hailing from far-flung areas in a difficult situation. The boarders were asked to evict the hostels at Kashmir University in the run up to the abrogation of Article 370 by the government of India on August 5 as it […]

4 years on, government yet to clear additional land for CUK

Srinagar: The Central University of Kashmir (CUK) is awaiting allotment of 1,000 kanals additional land promised to it by the Jammu and Kashmir government four years ago, officials said. The land could have significantly helped in expansion of the varsity, which is currently functioning out of scattered buildings in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal. The proposed land […]

At KU’s law dept, students left to shiver in cold on exam day

SRINAGAR: Scores of students at the Kashmir University’s Law department were left to shiver in the chilling cold inside their examination centres on Wednesday by the varsity administration, which according to the students has failed to setup adequate heating arrangements. The 8th semester students pursuing BA LLB at the department, who wrote their ‘Cyber Law’ […]

Listed for conservation, educationist Ashai’s 19th century house still dilapidated

Poses risk to school children and staff

Listed for conservation, educationist Ashai’s 19th century house still dilapidated

Srinagar: At Ashai Kocha, a narrow elevated lane few hundred metres from Fateh Kadal in Srinagar, dozens of students and staff at a government school are apprehending a nearby dilapidated building to collapse, anytime. Till recently, they were taking classes from the same building – the 19th century house of renowned educationist Ghulam Ahmad Ashai, […]

Architecture school to be moved to another makeshift accommodation

Architecture school to be moved to another makeshift accommodation

Srinagar: Kashmir’s lone School of Architecture, which is running from a government college in Srinagar, is set to be shifted to another makeshift accommodation, this time at Safapora Ganderbal, as the authorities have failed to set up its permanent campus. The School of Architecture running from a building inside Government Degree College, Bemina, since its […]