August 11, 2015 | Kashmir POST

Desilting operation in Jhelum from September

August 11, 2015 Editor

While Jhelum’s fury is still haunting the people of Kashmir, the recurrence of floods this year has delayed de-silting of the river. Although, government of India has sanctioned Rs 399 crore for dredging of the river, the Irrigation and Flood Control department says dredging would be started in a major way after September this year. Talking to us, Chief Engineer, I&FC, Javid Jaffar said it is not possible to go for major dredging operations in the summer months as the water level is high. “Further, post floods ground water level…

1321 of 1427 human rights complaints against forces are false: MHA

August 11, 2015 Editor

Ministry of Home Affairs has stated that 1321 out of the 1427 complaints of human rights excesses involving personnel of Army and central paramilitary forces as false. According to the annual (2014-15) report of MHA, from January 1994 to December 2014, out of 1427 complaints of human rights excesses received against the personnel of Army and central paramilitary forces, 1401 have been investigated out of which 1321 have been found false. The report said in 80 cases complaints were found genuine “in which personnel responsible were punished”. Citing the Machil…

Forget AIIMS, IIT, JK Govt grounds Institute of Mathematical Sciences

August 11, 2015 Editor

CS wants to know difference between institute and department The Jammu and Kashmir government has failed to give wings to a prestigious project – the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMS) even after three years of its launch in 2013. As politicians these days are creating hype over the establishment of AIIMS and IIT in Jammu and Kashmir, they have ignored the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMS) while government is yet to start the academic and research programs even as three years have elapsed. Official sources told that the government couldn’t…

Does schooling matter?

August 11, 2015 Editor

Admission in any premier private school doesn’t necessarily guarantee children a bright future Dr. Zubair Ahmad War Recently, one of the premier private schools of Valley conducted the admission process for nursery classes. Right from the day of form submission, the parents were worried, desperate and on their toes in order to seek admission for their wards. Amusingly, seeing the seriousness of the parents’ vis-à-vis the interview, it appeared as if their wards were to face the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) panel. Interestingly, most of the children didn’t realise the gravity…

Hartal: The unofficial holiday

August 11, 2015 Editor

I still remember the day when I was selected for cabin crew in an airline. I had to show them my qualification documents. As one knows, in Kashmir no government office rightly guides you about your documentation, so I spent three to four days to get my documents from different schools and on one Friday I had to collect my last document that is the final year marks card from college. An officer in college told me to visit University of Kashmir (KU) as they (college) had not received my…

SKIMS big problem for Govt: Lal Singh

August 11, 2015 Editor

Minister for Health and Medical Education, Chaudhary Lal Singh today said that the crisis-hit primary tertiary care Shere-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) was a “big problem” for the government. “SKIMS is in a complete mess,” the minister told . Singh said that he has been receiving many complaints about the “administrative faults and mismanagement.” “You will soon find some massive changes in SKIMS because Government won’t allow any callous approach of its administration to ruin this institution,” he said. The primary tertiary care, SKIMS, has been in news for…

Yatra resumes after highway opens for one-way traffic

August 11, 2015 Editor

The Srinagar-Jammu highway was Monday thrown open for one-side traffic and the annual Amarnath Yatra resumed after two days of suspension. Traffic movement on the highway has been erratic for the past three days due to landslides near Kheri on Udhampur-Batote stretch. Following rains and landslides, the authorities had suspended the ongoing Amarnath yatra for two days. Sources said with movement of vehicles towards the Valley on Monday, a fresh batch of Amarnath pilgrimage was allowed from Bhagwati Nagar Base camp in Jammu. An official said the maintenance work on highway…

Article 370 prevents fake varsities, study centres to set shop in JK

August 11, 2015 Editor

With fake universities and their study centres taking root all over India, Jammu and Kashmir has been comparatively spared from the onslaught due to stringent conditions set by state constitution. The certificates granted by outside universities are already playing havoc with academic as well as office work. “People don’t know how to write a letter and suddenly they are appointed as teachers or administrators,” said Dr Shafiq Ahmad, Incharge officer Jammu, Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU). “All over India, there have been an explosion of universities and distance education…

MLAs want to hoist tricolor, Govt turns down request

August 11, 2015 Editor

The government has turned down the request of legislators who wanted to hoist the tricolour in their assembly constituencies. According to sources, the government rejected the submission of a number of MLAs who had sought permission for hoisting the flag in their respective constituencies and made it clear to them that it would set a new precedence and create conflict with the already established mechanism in place. The government had decided not to pay heed to the legislators considering the ministers, who are the chairmen of the District Development Boards…

PDP-BJP govt turned out to be policy, governance nightmare: Omar Abdullah

August 11, 2015 Editor

Former chief minister Omar Abdullah on Monday termed the ruling PDP-BJP coalition as a “complete failure”, saying the government has proven to be a policy and governance “nightmare” for the state, which needs economic impetus for reconstruction after the devastating floods. “All self-marketed myths of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed stood exposed as the PDP-BJP coalition government has turned out to be a complete failure that stood on an ever-mounting pyre of broken promises and U-turns,” Omar said after launching a membership drive of his party National Conference (NC) in north Kashmir. “From…