August 4, 2015 | Kashmir POST

21 Employees Suspended for remaining absent from duty

August 4, 2015 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir government has placed under suspension 21 employees after they were found unauthorisedly absent from duty. “Additional Deputy Commissioner, Ganderbal, Syed Shahnawaz Bukhari suspended 21 officials for unauthorised absence from duty,” an official spokesman said today. The action against these employees was taken following a surprise inspection by Additional Deputy Commissioner to the office of Municipal Committee Ganderbal yesterday, the spokesman said. Bukhari directed the Executive Officer of the Municipal Committee Ganderbal to ensure full attendance in his office so that people do not face any inconvenience

Govt blocks 857 porn websites; plans ombudsman for Net content

August 4, 2015 Editor

The Government of India has ordered blocking of 857 porn websites and plans to put in place an ombudsman to look into cyber content- related issues, even as a debate raged on social media over Internet censorship. The Department of Electronics and Information Technology has asked Internet service providers to take down 857 porn websites, an official said. The official, however, said it was a temporary measure till the final orders are pronounced by the top court. Explaining rationale for the decision, a top government official said the government has…

Simple ways to treat diabetes

August 4, 2015 Editor

Lifestyle disease, as diabetes is called, refers to disorders owing to the way people live, eat and interact with their environment. Diabetes is one of the various lifestyle disorders which have gripped the youth of today tightly. Diabetes in numbers In India alone there are around 77 million people with prediabetes and 64 million people with diabetes which makes India the Diabetes capital of the world next to China. This is expected to go up to a whopping 87 million – 8.4% of the country’s adult population – by 2030.…

Govt to develop 15,000 km of NH at Rs 1.9 lakh cr

August 4, 2015 Editor

To improve connectivity with far- flung areas including major tourism centres, the government plans to develop 15,000 km of National Highways (NH) at an estimated cost of Rs 1,90,000 crore. The government has “undertaken detailed review of NH network with a view to improve connectivity in border area including coastal boundaries, major cities of tourism, pilgrimage, minor ports and under developed areas,” Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Pon Radhakrishnan informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply today. “This covers about 15,000 km of NHs at an estimated cost…

Doctors, Paramedics of SKIMS Medical College Hospital go on indefinite strike

August 4, 2015 Editor

Patients had to face a tough time on Monday as doctors and paramedical staff of the SKIMS Medical College Hospital at Bemina here went on an indefinite strike to protest against ransacking of the institute by a mob. All operations in the hospital including casualty, OPD as well as IPD at (JVC) were closed on Monday as hundreds of patients were left without receiving consultation and treatment. The strike by doctors and paramedics follows the series of incidents that followed allegations of molestation against a hospital employee by a girl…

‘Climate change cause of freaky weather in Kashmir’

August 4, 2015 Editor

Prominent environmentalist Sunita Narain on Monday said the freaky weather in Kashmir is clear indicator of climate change in the Himalayan region and maintained that the pattern may worsen in the coming years. “There have been 11 cloudbursts in Kashmir during past few months. Now this unusual natural phenomena is becoming ‘normal.’ The frequency of freaky weather is increasing. Clearly, this is an indicator of climate change and has affected fragile eco-system here. People will be deeply impacted by it,” Narain said in her lecture on ‘The imperative of environment…

ACC agitation guided by NC and Congress: BJP

August 4, 2015August 4, 2015 Editor

Stating that the BJP’s repeated assertions of ACC agitation being guided and directed by political parties like NC and Congress, party State President & MP Jugal Kishore Sharma said that ACC stands exposed before the public now. Addressing a press conference along with State Chief Spokesperson Sunil Sethi at party headquarters on Monday, the BJP Chief said that today’s incident of the ACC gathering being addressed by NC patron Dr. Farooq Abdullah, has now totally exposed the ACC as it had been repeatedly assuring the people that no political leader…

NC expresses anguish over excesses on peaceful demonstrators

August 4, 2015 Editor

Senior National Conference leaders on Sunday expressed anguish over excesses committed on peaceful demonstrators in Jammu yesterday and assailed the PDP-BJP coalition for showing scant regard for democratic norms and civilised behaviour. “It is intriguing that instead of conceding the just demand of the people being projected by the civil society with regard to establishment of a full-fledged AIIMS in Jammu, the government chose to crack down on them by using excessive force”, the leaders said in a joint statement, while cautioning the administration against the anti-people approach. They said that…

Consumers in Kashmir shell out Rs.18 tax on every petrol litre

August 4, 2015 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir’s business community has demanded immediate rollback of increase in taxes of petrol and diesel recently imposed by state government, terming the hike as “undue and irrational”. The business community in the state has accused the state government of “inflicting miseries on people” of JK who have yet to recuperate from aftermath of September floods. The chambers, business associations from both provinces of the state, Jammu and Kashmir, have flayed the state government for increasing the rate of tax on petrol and diesel. The Jammu and Kashmir government…

Jammu bandh over AIIMS enters Day 4; 15 detained

August 4, 2015 Editor

Police detained 15 protesters on Monday, the fourth day of the Jammu bandh called by the AIIMS Coordination Committee (ACC), demanding a notification to set up an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the Jammu region. The ACC extended the 72-hour bandh on Sunday by another three days despite Union health minister JP Nadda’s recent tweet wherein he assured “AIIMS-like facilities for both the Jammu and Kashmir regions”. Not convinced with the assurance, the ACC demanded that the minister issue a notification, stating that the institute would be…