Year: 2015

1851 post for Jammu, 1251 posts for Kashmir

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JKSSB issues notification for 3000 jobs The Jammu region has once again managed to bag a lions share in the recently issued job notifications by the Government. This despite the fact the both the population as well as unemployment are higher in Kashmir than Jammu. The Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection Board (JKSSB) recently advertised  two notifications in local dallies on August 10 and September 3 this year, inviting application forms for the various posts in different departments under notice numbers 04 of 2015 and 06 of 2015. The posts…

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Gilani welcomes Agha, Shabbir, Nayeem; invites others to join forum

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Veteran Kashmiri leader, Syed Ali Gilani has welcomed senior Hurriyet leaders, Agha Syed Hassan Al-Moosvi Al-Safvi, Shabbir Ahmad Shah and Nayeem Ahmad Khan in his forum, and has invited other leaders to also join the forum. Syed Ali Gilani addressing a press conference after the joining of his forum by the senior Hurriyet leaders at his Hyderpora residence in Srinagar, today, said that the move would further strengthen the liberation struggle against the Indian occupation. Citing challenges faced by the Hurriyet leadership in the wake of Indian conspiracies to perpetuate…

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Mufti calls for greater public-private partnership to overcome unemployment

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Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today handed over placement orders to 300 ITI trained youth at a mega job festival held at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Center (SKICC) here. With unemployment emerging as the biggest challenge for the government, the Chief Minister stressed the need for public-private partnership to overcome the problem. Admitting that unemployment was the biggest challenge, Mufti said the problem could only be addressed by way of greater public-private partnership. He also called for concerted efforts to bridge the gulf between skills and jobs. “There is a…

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BJP flays Drabu for equating leisure tourism with pilgrimage

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Says it will not accept decision to impose tax The state unit of the BJP today flayed Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu for his “adamant attitude” over imposing tax on chopper services to the cave shine of Mata Vaishno Devi in Katra. The party also lambasted the minister for equating leisure tourism with the pilgrimage. Stating that the party has conveyed its resentment in strong words to the state government on the issue of imposing surcharge on helicopter services to religious places, chief spokesperson for the state BJP Sunil Sethi said:…

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Government felicitated teacher for innovative teaching methods

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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…

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Gold remains down, Automobile sales accelerate, post flood impact

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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…

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

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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…

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JK Government Fiddles on Floods, No Action Only Celebration

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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…

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‘We Need Pens, Computers Not Guns and Grenades’

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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…

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

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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…

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