Month: August 2015

SKIMS big problem for Govt: Lal Singh

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 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…

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Yatra resumes after highway opens for one-way traffic

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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…

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

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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…

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MLAs want to hoist tricolor, Govt turns down request

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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…

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

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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…

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Teacher booked for beating student with stick

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A teacher of a private school in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district has been booked for allegedly assaulting an eight-year-old student. The class II student of Kashmir International School in Handwara, has marks all over his back after being beaten up by teacher Towseef Ahmad with a stick on Saturday, police said. The teacher got annoyed with the kid because he was shouting loudly with another student and had entered into a tiff with him, they said. A case under Juvenile Justice Act has been registered against Ahmad, police said, adding,…

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PM Modi may offer J&K Rs 1 lakh-crore financial aid

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to announce a financial package for Jammu & Kashmir on August 15 during his Independence Day speech from Red Fort in Delhi, about a month after the state government said it would be unveiled. The blueprint of the package, which could be worth over Rs 1 lakh crore, is ready and awaits just a green signal from the PM, people familiar with the matter said. J&K government had expected the package to be announced around Eid-ul-Fitr in July, according to an earlier statement by…

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Syed Ali Geelani appeals for complete shutdown on 15th

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The veteran Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Geelani has appealed for complete shutdown on 15th August, the Independence Day of India. Syed Ali Gilani in a statement issued in Srinagar said: “We are not against the freedom of any country including India but until this country will accept the freedom right of the Kashmiri people and will provide them a chance to decide their future by allowing independent plebiscite in Kashmir, till then it doesn’t have any moral and constitutional right to organize the freedom celebrations on the soil of the…

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Muslims look after a Hindu temple since last two decades

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Every morning, local Muslims enter the premises of Payer temple to clean its floor and lawns. They have been doing this for more than 20 years since Hindus known as Kashmiri Pandits left the village during the height of militancy in Jammu and Kashmir. The temple is named after the village Payer, where it is situated. However, some historians also call it by the name Payech. Payer village is situated about three kilometres south of Pulwama district and 40 kilometres from Srinagar in Kashmir. The people of the village not only…

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BJYM to launch “Panch Kranti” for better execution of central schemes

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Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) today announced its plans to launch “Panch Kranti” programme in Jammu and Kashmir to fulfil Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “outstanding vision and commitment” to improve social strata of common people. Like in other states, the Morcha is going to launch “Panch Kranti” programme in Jammu and Kashmir, BJYM state president Suresh Ajay Magotra said. A road map has been chalked out to contribute in five particular schemes selected at the national level which include “Yog Kranti”, “Swachta Kranti” (Swacch Bharat), “Koushal Kranti” (Skill India), “Kanya…

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