Srinagar: Two journalists were beaten by police outside Islamia College of Science and Commerce in Hawal area of Srinagar’s downtown on Tuesday. The journalists included Azaan Javaid of The Print and Anees Zargar of Newsclick. According to the duo, they were at the spot to cover students’ protest when policemen deployed there thrashed them. “We […]
Search for makeshift campus begins; health dept yet to transfer civil work to CPWD
Srinagar: The government has decided to start academic session at the upcoming All India Medical Institute (AIIMS) Awantipora next year. However, the class work will be held at the makeshift campus in Srinagar almost 30 kilometers away from the proposed site of the campus in south Kashmir. The Health and Medical department, which is coordinating […]
SRINAGAR: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assertion about debate and dissent being essence of democracy in the light of the detentions and curbs on opposition leaders in Kashmir. “If debate and discussion are essential to democracy then why deprive people of J&K of the same rights? For us Kashmiris, […]
SRINAGAR: The Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) sanitation workers said that the Corporation has failed to give them new handcarts as the old ones are either broken or unworkable. The sanitation workers said that they are facing difficulties as their handcarts have been damaged. “The Corporation has provided some equipment’sto us, but they have not issued […]
SRINAGAR: An event was held in Srinagar on Sunday to pay tributes to Agha Shahid Ali on his death anniversary – where poets, writers, artists and students paid respect to the great Kashmiri poet. The open mic session was organised by Sparks Creativity Club and Freshcode Books at Gulshan Books and Café at Nehru Park. […]
SRINAGAR: Since August nearly 1.2 lac users have availed of the internet facility made available at different facilitation centres the district administration has set up in Srinagar, the government press release said on Sunday. These include students and businessmen apart from officials of government departments, it said. “While the businessmen and government officials together add […]
SRINAGAR: Assistant Nursing Superintendent, SKIMS, Haseena Parveen Sofi was presented with National Florence Nightingale award by President Ram Nath Kovind for her services to the community in national capital, the statement said on Saturday. Haseena Parveena Sofi joined SKIMS in 1984 and served in SKIMS in various capacities and has a huge contribution towards patient […]
Sanctions Rs 1 lakh as immediate relief in favour of victim families
SRINAGAR: The Srinagar administration has sanctioned one lakh rupees as immediate relief in favour of each of the families affected in last night’s fire incident resulting from short-circuit at Abi Karpora near Dalgate’s Nehru Park area here. Each of the twelve families affected in the unfortunate incident were also provided articles of essential use including […]
VC says process to complete in next few months
Srinagar: A key post at Cluster University in Srinagar is lying vacant for the last seven months affecting the work at the varsity. The post of Controller Examination turned vacant early this year after the incumbent officer completed his services. However, it was learnt that the varsity advertised the post in May for which 16 […]
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has quashed the detention of two people under the controversial Public Safety Act (PSA), officials said on Tuesday. Justice Ali Mohammad Magray passed orders, quashing the detention under the PSA of Mohammad Ashraf Ganaie of Sopore and ImtiyazPahloo of Srinagar, on Monday, the officials said. While Ganaie was […]