Year: 2015

Comm Sec reviews Power Scenario in Kashmir

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Directs officers to act tough against defaulters Commissioner Secretary Power Development Department (PDD), Dheeraj Gupta today reviewed Power scenario in Kashmir Division. The meeting was attended by Inspector General of Police Syed Javid Gilani, Development Commissioner Power Gul Ayaz and Chief Engineer EM & RC Bashir Ahmad Khan. Dheeraj Gupta while reviewing the preparedness of the department during winters asked the officers to ensure repair and replacement of damaged transformers as soon as possible so that people do not face any inconvenience. The Commissioner Secretary also asked the officers to act…

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More Valley youths trying their luck in civil services

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As unemployment shows no respite among young professionals in Kashmir, more youths are showing interest in competitive exams like Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and Kashmir Administrative Service (KAS) in thetroubled Valley. In 2001, when there was less awareness among people about administrative exams, SN Das Gupta College in Srinagar started coaching for the exams. As per figures of every year since its inception, admissions are increasing manifold. The reason is obvious — rising unemployment. “Admissions and responses are immense every year. Students are more interested in competitive exams due to…

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Geelani completes 230 days in house detention

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Chairman All Parties Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Geelani today completed his 230 days in house detention in the year 2015 and according to the spokesperson of the organization Geelani was once again today on 4th December forcibly stopped from participating in the Friday congregational prayers. In a statement to CNS, the organization said that Hurriyat spokesman Ayaz Akbar and Tehreek-e-Hurriyat district president for Srinagar and Ganderbal Raja Mehraj-ud-din have also been once again put under house detention and they too were not allowed to offer Friday prayers. While strongly condemning…

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Historic Budshah tomb in shambles

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Sultan Zain-ul-Aabideen popularly known as Budshah in Kashmir wouldn’t have thought in his wildest dreams that the graveyard in which he will be buried will go to dogs one day and the government will even not bother to construct a wall around it. During the September 2014 floods destroyed the wall around Budshah tomb and since then no efforts have been made to construct the wall around the tomb. A delegation from Zainakadal area in old Srinagar city headed by one Abdul Ahad Bhat told CNS that the tomb of…

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Annoyed BJP legislators give Mufti 15 days to address their concerns

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After their breakfast meeting with Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, the annoyed BJP ministers and legislators have decided to give 15 days to the coalition partner before taking any further course of action. The enraged lot, comprising some Ministers of State (MoS) and legislators, will wait for a fortnight as the Chief Minister had promised to address all their issues. In a bid to placate the annoyed coalition partner, Mufti Sayeed had hosted a breakfast meeting with BJP ministers and legislators on Saturday to listen to their grievances. In the…

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Srinagar records coldest night so far

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Srinagar city recorded the season’s coldest night so far at minus 0.5 degree as all other places in the Kashmir Valley also recorded minimum temperatures several notches below the freezing point, an official said on Saturday. “Today was the coldest night of the season so far in Srinagar as the minimum temperature dropped to minus 0.5 degree Celsius,” the weather official told IANS on Saturday morning. According to the official, in all other places of the valley, the night temperatures fell several notches below the freezing point because of clear…

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GMC students run SMHS Hospital in Srinagar

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Seniors spend more time at clinics, death rate on rise Kashmir’s most visited hospital, SMHS, is fast losing its sheen as complaints about senior doctors leaving the patients at the mercy of the Government Medical College (GMC) students have been pouring in continuously. However, the frequent pleas to put system on track have fallen flat on the deaf ears. Sources told that senior doctors visit the hospital in the morning for rounds and “disappear” leaving the burden to handle the hospital on junior doctors, mostly GMC students, who are doing…

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Soz may join PDP

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Eyes Parliament seat from Baramulla In a development that may have far reaching consequences for the state unit of the Congress, former JKPCC president Saif-ud-Din Soz is likely to join the PDP. First time in 18 years a stalwart from J&K Congress, Soz is seriously weighing options to cross the floor. Sources in JKPCC said he is in touch with Chief Minister Mufti Sayeed and his daughter Mehbooba Mufti who heads the ruling PDP. Soz represented Congress in Rajya Saba for a long time and was a minister in Union…

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Illegal construction resumes in Pahalgam

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Minister’s close aide flouts norms with impunity An influential hotelier has resumed construction work on a commercial complex in violation of the normsat Ganeshpora in Pahalgam allegedly at the behest of a senior cabinet minister. Ganeshpora along with 10 vicinities of Pahalgam like Gujrani Batkoot, Mawoora and Srechan were notified in 2013 and brought within the purview of Pahalgam Development Authority (PDA). Official sources in Pahalgam Development Authority (PDA) told that the violator is using his political connections to evade action. “It’s open secret, he (violator) is violating the laid…

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Online Shopping

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Nazim Humayun E-Commerce has grown immensely in past few years and it is expected to grow further in a very fast manner given the fact it has grown more than 30 per cent from 2012 to $12.6 billion in 2013. Some days ago, I saw a post on Facebook that instead of an Iphone a ‘Stone’, Yes!  A stone was delivered to a customer by E-Commerce giant. All of us must have heard and also encountered personally some of these mistakes by the companies. Some months ago a soap bar…

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