October 5, 2015 | Kashmir POST

Khyber 13th Tour de Kashmir

October 5, 2015 Editor

Waheed wins Dodapathri stage Waheed Ahmad Ganai won the 3rd stage of ongoing Khyber 13th Tour de Kashmir cycling expedition held from Humhama Chowk to Dodapathri on Monday. With this win Waheed made it two in a row in the Tour after having won Pahalgam stage on Rajneesh of Haryana finished second while as overall leader and holder of yellow jersey Saurabh of Haryana finished third. Earlier the third stage of this 350-kilometre national level cycling extravaganza was flagged off from Humhama by Deputy-Commissioner Budgam, Mir Ahmad along with officials from Police, administration and organizers…

Beef Ban in J&K suspended for 2 months by Supreme Court

October 5, 2015 Editor

An order enforcing a decades-old ban on the sale of beef in Jammu and Kashmir, which had sparked protests in the state, has been suspended by the Supreme Court for two months. The Jammu bench of the state High Court had last month directed the police to enforce an old law banning the slaughter and sale of beef in the state. A week later, the high court’s Srinagar bench issued notice to the state on a petition that asked for the ban to be cancelled. The Supreme Court today asked…

Speaker adjourns Kashmir assembly, says ‘proud to be an RSS man’

October 5, 2015 Editor

“I am proud to be an RSS man,” Kavinder Gupta said before he adjourned the house for the whole day. The speaker of Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly asserted that he was a “proud RSS man” when members of opposition parties shouted slogans against the RSS in the house. “I am proud to be an RSS man,” Kavinder Gupta said before he adjourned the house for the whole day. Earlier, opposition parties led by Ali Mohammad Sagar of National Conference (NC) stood up from their benches and raised anti RSS…

Chaos in JK Assembly as Opposition Parties Stage Protest

October 5, 2015 Editor

Chaos prevailed in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly today as banner-waving legislators of opposition National Conference and Congress stormed the well over beef ban and other issues. As soon as the house assembled, National Conference (NC) and Congress members started their protest, displaying banners in the well of the House against alleged “politics over flood relief” and tax on Vaishnodevi pilgrims. The National Conference members raised slogans against the beef ban and what they termed as “interference in religious matters”. The lawmakers raised slogans against the BJP-PDP coalition government and…

All eyes on SC hearing over Beef Ban Issue

October 5, 2015 Editor

Apex court lifeline to Govt All eyes are set on the Supreme Court hearing on the issue of slaughter of bovine and the ban on sale of beef in the State. The Apex court is hearing a plea against two different orders of the State High Court pertaining to slaughter of the bovines and enforcement of ban on sale of beef. The SC hearing has provided a lifeline to the seven-month-old coalition government of the Peoples Democratic Party and Bharatiya Janta Party as the stand taken by the two parties…

WHO cautions against excessive use of antibiotics

October 5, 2015 Editor

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has cautioned that the current practice of indiscriminate use of antibiotics is increasingly leading to resistance to medicines, persistence of infections and treatment failure. “Immediate action is needed to stop the world from heading towards a pre-antibiotic era in which all achievements made in prevention and control of communicable diseases will be reversed,” Regional Director of WHO South-East Asia Region, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, said at a recent regional meeting of WHO at Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste. Health ministers and senior health officials of…

In Srinagar vs Jammu tussle, JK may lose Smart City race

October 5, 2015 Editor

At a time when most of the states are discussing plans and models to make their cities best under the Smart City Project, the Union Government is yet to make its choice in selection of a city or cities in Jammu and Kashmir. More than a month has passed since the Union Minister of Urban Development, M Venkaiah Naidu, announced the list of 98 Smart Cities excluding any city from Jammu and Kashmir citing reasons that the state had sought more time to decide on its choice between Srinagar and…

Kothibagh girls school now to be model institution

October 5, 2015 Editor

The Kothibagh Girls Higher Secondary School, established in 1886, has played a pivotal role in the field of girl education in Kashmir. Being close to Lal Chowk, the school has been witness to and withstood many political upheavals. But all along its journey from 1886, the school, which is spread over a vast campus just behind the famous SP College, has stood like a rock and continued its mission of imparting education to girls. One of the top schoolsThe school has now been designated as a model school by the…

Forest food festival attracts youth

October 5, 2015 Editor

The Forest Food Festival on the banks of the Jhelum attracted a lot of youngsters who showed a keen interest to know more about local herbs that were served to visitors. While youngsters were served snacks, cookies and beverages during the day-long festival at the Institute of Hotel Management (IHM), Rajbagh, elderly people were keen to know as to where they could get these herbs. A group of youngsters from city tasted a cake made up of local herb haend (taraxacum officinale) at a stall installed by the Department of…

Dry weather aids in spread of dengue

October 5, 2015 Editor

30 cases of disease reported so far, situation like to improve with dip in mercury Prevailing dry weather condition is aiding in the spread of dengue with the Health Department officials saying that the situation is expected to improve with the dip in temperature. About 30 cases of the vector borne disease have been reported so far in the region. Dengue spreading mosquitoes don’t breed in cold weather and it is expected that situation will improve after October 20, said a Health Department official.At present, the maximum temperature is hovering…