SRINAGAR: The degree holders in Mass Communication are seeking inclusion of the subject at 10+2 level under New Delhi’s RAMSA scheme. RAMSA, the scheme for universalisation of secondary education throughout India, was recently extended to Jammu and Kashmir with an aim to provide free and compulsory higher secondary education to all in the age group […]
By Naseer Khora Doda: Hundreds of people Thursday staged protests at the Old Bus Stand here in this mountainous district demanding fast track investigations into the alleged murder of a young student in the neighbouring Punjab state last month. 22-year-old Mehraj Khalid Mintoo of Irfan Abad here was found dead under mysterious circumstances on January […]
Srinagar: On the 30th death anniversary of JKLF founder Mohammad Maqbool Bhat, who was hanged and buried in New Delhi’s Tihar Jail on February 11, 1984, a petition signed by over 50 British Parliamentarians demanding the mortal remains of Bhat was handed over to the Indian High Commission in UK, a JKLF statement said Wednesday. […]
SRINAGAR: The undergraduate students at Government Medical College (GMC) here Wednesday went on strike and staged protest against the proposed extension in the MBBS course from 5.5 to 7.5 years. The students of first to final year MBBS boycotted the classes after noon and staged protest in the campus against the move proposed by the […]
Srinagar: Senior Hurriyat Conference (M) leader and chairman Jammu Kashmir Salvation Movement (JKSM), Zaffar Akbar Bhat Wednesday visited Chari-e-Sharif where he paid tributes to the militants who laid down their lives for the “ongoing freedom struggle.” Zaffar flanked by other party leaders including Molvi Abdul Rashid, Mustaq Kashmiri, Beigh Aijaz, Mohammad Shafi and Abdul Rahim […]
SRINAGAR: Senior Hurriyat Conference (M) leader and chairman of his faction of the Muslim Conference, Professor Abdul Gani Bhat on Wednesday said the Kashmiri movement was at “crucial stage” and “nearer to resolution” and “this stage Kashmiris must stand up and reap the benefits.” “The movement for which we have rendered uncounted sacrifices since decades […]
SRINAGAR: Cautioning the government against any manipulations for political ends in creation of new administrative units, opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Sunday demanded publication of the Mushtaq Ganai report on the subject. “By employing the Cabinet Sub-Committee for cosmetic meetings on the subject, the government was apparently up to a mischievous agenda to serve the […]
Srinagar: Over 30 kilograms of narcotic substance were seized from a house in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district and an alleged drug peddler was arrested in this connection, police said on Sunday. Acting on a tip off, a police party raided the house of Muzaffar Ahmad Hajam in village Larve Kakapora and seized 19 kg of […]
Srinagar: The J&K High Court has stayed the selection list of 18 medical doctors for district Kupwara under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). A bench of Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar stayed the selection list after its attention was drawn to a communication by Assistant director (ISM) Kupwara to director (ISM) J&K, stating that District Health […]
Srinagar: The state government has ordered its workforce in Jammu to attend the main Republic-Day function in winter capital of the state on January 26, warning them that failure on their part will be construed as dereliction of duty. “All Officers and Officials of the State Government and Public Sector Undertakings stationed at Jammu are […]