September 9, 2015 | Kashmir POST

Government felicitated teacher for innovative teaching methods

September 9, 2015 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir government felicitated the teacher whose video of innovative methods of teaching went viral on social media last week. Education Minister Naeem Akhtar felicitated Mohammad Yousuf Rather, who teaches at a government school in South Kashmir Shopian district, for devising unique method to simplify the teaching process. “Innovation is a key part of education and it is a matter of great honour for our department to have such bright teachers. I congratulate him for his novel method of teaching which could be emulated by other teachers also,” Akhtar…

Gold remains down, Automobile sales accelerate, post flood impact

September 9, 2015 Editor

One year after the floods, it has been a mixed set of performance witnessed by various business segments in the Valley during this period. While the jewellery sales mostly remained low, the floods came as a blessing in disguise for the auto-mobile sector, especially car segment where the business has gone up because people opted for car exchange in lieu of their damaged vehicles. GOLD BUSINESS Bashir Rather, President, All Kashmir Gold Association says that gold sales have witnessed a negative 15 – 20 per cent growth since September last…

Shabir Shah, Nayeem Khan, Agha Hassan join Geelani-led Hurriyat

September 9, 2015 Editor

In a major development, three top separatist leaders in Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday joined Hurriyat Conference led by octogenarian leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani. Sources told that Freedom party chief Shabir Ahmad Shah, National Front chairman Nayeem Ahmad Khan and Anjuman-e-Shar-e-Shian president Agha Syed Hassan reached the Hyderpora residence of Geelani early today to join the amalgam. The leaders will address a joint press conference at noon today, they said. Shah and Khan, it needs to be mentioned, had launched Hurriyat JK last year after differences with Hurriyat (M) chairman…

JK Government Fiddles on Floods, No Action Only Celebration

September 9, 2015 Editor

The Government and some civil society organisations planned to celebrate last year’s destructive floods in Jammu and Kashmir reported to be the worst in a century. It was given out that the celebrations were to honour the peoples’ determination and resolve to survive the worst disaster in the state’s recent history. But were seen as diversionary tactics to shift attention from the questions that need to be answered, and the action that is required urgently on the ground. The first that still remains unanswered a year later is why did…

‘We Need Pens, Computers Not Guns and Grenades’

September 9, 2015 Editor

A member of British House of Lords, Nazir Ahmad on Tuesday said that ‘Tripartite negotiations between Governments of India, Pakistan and Kashmiri leadership’ is the only way to resolve the “outstanding dispute of Jammu & Kashmir.” He was speaking during the 52nd Annual Convention of Islamic Society of North America(ISNA), held in Chicago USA, on the subject: ‘Kashmir: A Case of Steadfastness’. Lord Nazir said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “reckless defiance to resolve the Kashmir dispute” is a “threat to the regional peace and stability”. “And the international community…

NC-Cong mislead people over Kashmir’s paediatric hospital: Lal Singh

September 9, 2015 Editor

Minister for Health and Medical Education, ARI and Trainings, Choudhary Lal Singh on Thursday lashed out at the former National Conference, Congress government for “misleading” people over establishment of paediatric hospital in summer capital Srinagar. “When I joined the government, I was astonished to see that there was no home work done by the previous government over the establishment of the paediatric hospital in Srinagar,” he told reporters at GB Pant hospital after inaugurating 30-bed causality at the healthcare institute. “NC- Congress government has misled people over the establishment of…

Pulwama will soon Witness Transformation on Ground: Dr Drabu

September 9, 2015 Editor

J&K Finance Minister, Dr Haseeb A Drabu Tuesday said that a holistic and futuristic plan of action has been devised for the overall development of district Pulwama to do away with the past “injustices” with the district. Addressing a PDP convention in South Kashmir district, along with PDP president Mehbooba Mufti, Drabu said, “despite being declared a district head quarter in early seventies, Pulwama continues to face colossal infrastructure deficit in almost all the crucial sectors including road communication, education, health, drinking water supply, horticulture and tourism resulting in sluggish…

Deliver or Quit: Farooq tells Mufti

September 9, 2015 Editor

Omar says Mufti sabotaged Indo-Pak NSA talks National Conference (NC) President and three-time chief minister, Farooq Abdullah Tuesday asked Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed to deliver proper compensation to the flood victims or quit office. Speaking to NC workers at the mausoleum of Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah on his 33rd death anniversary, Farooq said Mufti had no business being in power if he could not deliver as a CM and provide compensation to last year’s flood victims. “I don’t have any personal problems with Mufti but if he formed a government,…

Being a Kashmiri

September 9, 2015 Editor

Mother tongue is a fundamental tag that ties people into a particular identity. More than geographical identities, it is the idiom you inherit that makes you a people. Humans tend to dream in their mother tongue and it is the language you speak that shapes up your perception. But it is to note with great concern that we are fast losing this peculiar identity. The Kashmiri language, which binds us into a distinctive character, is dying a leisurely death. The official apathy apart, the people who get identified by this…

Ganai goes on protest leave after Sharma’s appointment as CS

September 9, 2015 Editor

Kumar not to move court, to submit papers for VRS Miffed over government decision to appoint his junior, B R Sharma as chief secretary, Financial Commissioner (FC) Industries, Khurshid Ganai, Tuesday went on a “ protest leave’’ till October 31, when he retires. A top government official said Ganai applied for the “preparatory leave’’ before his retirement with the General Administration Department (GAD). “Under the service rules, officers can take six month leave ahead of their retirement and Ganai has availed the leave,” he said. The official said both Ganai…