Day: December 15, 2015

‘JK doctors prefer winter vacation over patient care’

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DAK demands end to ‘elite practice’ Calling for an end to winter vacation of senior doctors in tertiary care hospitals, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) today said that this practice leaves patients to suffer severely. Terming the practice unethical President DAK Dr Nisar ul Hassan in a statement said that holidays for senior doctors leave patients in lurch. “Patient care is worst hit and patients face immense hardships during holiday time of doctors,” Dr Hassan in a statement issued here said. “Every year faculty of referral hospitals go for two months…

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Accused army man has admitted meeting missing Kupwara trio: Police

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Judicial remand of arrested trooper extended till Dec 19 The remand of Territorial Army (TA) man, who was arrested for his alleged involvement in disappearance of three residents of Kupwara, has been extended till December 19 while police said the accused trooper has admitted his meeting with the trio, who went missing since November 17. The court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Kupwara Iqbal Massodi today extended police remand of the accused trooper, Manzoor Ahmad Khawaja till December 19 (Saturday). During the hearing, counsel of the complainants Advocate Bilal Malik informed…

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Mushtaq Group signs Rs 1000 Cr deal with Carlson Rezidor to open 7 hotels in JK

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Mushtaq Group of Hotels signed a portfolio agreement with one of the world’s largest hotel companies, Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, on Monday to open seven hotels in Jammu and Kashmir. The Rs 1000 crore deal will be a major boost for tourism in the state. According to the agreement, seven hotels with 817 rooms will be opened under Radisson Blu, Radisson and County Inns and Suites by Carlson brands in the state. The first hotel is expected to open in the fourth quarter of 2016 in Srinagar. Speaking at a…

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‘Won’t allow firing range in Bajpathri’

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Opposing the move to establish Army firing range in Bajpathri, the residents of Kandimarg, Andarwali, Gadawali and Sangarwani villages, which are only 600 to 700 meters away from the proposed area, today said that they will never let it happen. The villagers said the proposal, if materialized, would be threat to the lives of thousands of people and their property. “We will never let the government to establish firing range here. We will protest. The example of Tosamaidan is in front of us. Dozens of people died there and many…

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Traffic department adopts novel way to prevent wrong parking

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Traffic department on Monday adopted a novel way to prevent wrong parking in city centre by pasting challans on windscreens of vehicles parked in no parking zones. The novel way is part of special drive launched by the Traffic department to prevent wrong parking in the summer capital. The drive was launched under the supervision of SSP Traffic City, Maqsood-ul-Zaman. During the drive, sticker notices were pasted on the front screen of wrongly parked vehicles. “The wrongly parked vehicles were filmed on spot clearly indicating the registration number of the…

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Leave it Mufti sahib!

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Ghulam Nabi Khayal It is high time that Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed now save his bruised skin from more bites being inflicted upon him by snakes he has been feeding with sweet milk for about a year now. His hugging the communal political organisation, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a born enemy of Kashmiri Muslims and patron and mentor of Kashmiri Hindus, has given this veteran Kashmir politician nothing except unrest and mental disturbance out of this dangerous accord between a liberal regional organization and a pack of unbridled deadly…

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Mehbooba takes up students’ admission in LS

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There is some good news for Jammu and Kashmir students who are struggling to get admission in various colleges and universities in the country. The Union Ministry for Human Resource Development (MHRD) has swung into action to ensure that eligible students from the state get admission under the supernumerary quota. This has become possible after Member of Parliament Mehbooba Mufti raised the issue many a time in Parliament and at various other platforms. Mehbooba today again raised the issue in the Lok Sabha during the Zero Hour and sought the…

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Maisuma residents protest faulty ration distribution

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Residents of Maisuma in Srinagar today held a protest demonstration against the Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Department (CAPD) for failing to distribute ration to people in a justifiable manner. The residents came out on roads and raised slogans against the CAPD Department for mismanagement in the distribution of ration. “We are not getting proper ration by the CAPD Department. We are all facing inconvenience as many poor families are dependent on the ration provided by the government. We brought the issue to the notice of the munshi and other…

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Rivers up for grabs, govt remains insensitive

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No major policy change to save water bodies in the state since devastating floods last year More than a year has passed since the devastating floods in September 2014 ravaged Jammu and Kashmir, but the state government seems to have forgotten its promise to rein in unabated encroachment along rivers and other water bodies. This was a major reason for destruction which cost the state billions in infrastructure and around 300 precious lives. Despite the Water Resources Regulation Act providing executive powers to the authorities to act against the offenders,…

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Need to beautify city for coming tourist season, Dy CM

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Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Power Development and Housing and Urban Development Nirmal Kumar Singh has stressed the need for beautifying Srinagar city by ensuring cent percent cleanliness and removing illegal encroachments. Nirmal was reviewing the functioning of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) here today. He asked officials to prepare a comprehensive list of all illegal encroachments and commercial buildings lacking the mandatory space for car parking. The list would help the government make a comprehensive policy to deter future encroachments by way of enhanced punishments and imposition of…

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