By Sheikh Fayaz Ahmad on November 30, 2018
MUST READ, OPINION, TOP STORIES
Two caves and one conclusion. Reality can’t be suppressed and truth can’t be obscured. As affirmed by caves, imaginary realities, hypothetical explanations, unfounded schemes and treacherous narratives should not to be trusted. Which caves and what allegory, one would like to question. Well, I am juxtaposing two caves: one is a parable, written in […]
By Arshid Aziz on November 24, 2018
LATEST NEWS, OPINION
This year, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India (GOI), established National Testing Agency (NTA) as an independent, autonomous and self-sustained premier testing organization under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has entrusted the responsibility of conducting UGC-NET to the NTA. Interestingly, this year, the examination […]
By Press Desk on October 18, 2018
JAMMU, KASHMIR, LATEST NEWS, OPINION
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday appointed new Director for the Health Services Kashmir. Dr Kunzes Dolma will relieve principal secretary, Health and Medical Education department Atal Dulloo of additional charge. Dr Kunzes Dolma was Deputy Director Health Services. Meanwhile, Dr Samir Matoo has been appointed as Director Health Services Jammu.Matoo will relieve Bhupinder […]
By Press Desk on September 24, 2018
JAMMU, LATEST NEWS, OPINION
Srinagar: Twenty-nine people stranded in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district after flash floods and heavy rains were rescued Monday, officials said. Traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the all-weather road linking Kashmir to the rest of the country, was also restored Monday a day after it was closed due to landslides at different places, they […]
By Salar Khan on September 11, 2018
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Srinagar: Tired by the perennial reports of corruption, the government is planning to split the administrative powers in Jammu and Kashmir bank by taking away the charge of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) from the Chairman bank. “Currently both the chairman and the post of CEO are being held by Parvez Ahmad Nengroo,” government officials told […]
By Salar Khan on August 30, 2018
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Srinagar: It seems bizarre, but it is true. The Jammu and Kashmir bank has donated hefty 11.50 crore for the Kerala flood releif while it contributed just Rs 5 crore for the victims of devastating Kashmir floods of the year 2014. Even as the magnitude of the infrastructural destruction including both to the businesses […]
By Salar Khan on August 27, 2018
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Srinagar: Opening the new cane of worms, the former and the present employees of Jammu Kashmir HDFC bank said many of their colleagues have been forced to tender resignations so as to make way for the blue eyed boys of the higher officials of the bank in the state. The employees said that forced […]
By Press Correspondent on July 25, 2018
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Srinagar: Srinagar Municipal Committee (SMC) Wednesday demolished the illegal constructions for commercial purposed carried out by the Hattrick food owner Showkat Chowdhry in uptown locality of Sanatnagar. SMC Commissioner Riyaz Ahmad Wani said as soon they came to know about the illegal construction carried out by the Hattrick food owner, they sent the teams to […]
By admin on July 13, 2018
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Srinagar: The agricultural and wetlands of Kashmir are under serious threat as they are being fast eaten up by the rapid urbanisation and the faulty land-use. The unchecked construction of residential colonies, factories, shopping complexes, brick kilns etc has squeezed the agricultural land in the valley. It has also thrown up the challenge as to […]
By Press Desk on June 27, 2018
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By Irrfan Khan It’s been quite some time now since I have been diagnosed with a high-grade neuro-endocrine cancer. This new name in my vocabulary, I got to know, was rare, and due to fewer study cases, and less information comparatively, the unpredictability of the treatment was more. I was part of a trial-and-error […]