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Vistara commences services to Srinagar

April 8, 2016 Editor

Kashmir has huge tourist potential: CEO Vistara, a JV of Tata and Singapore Airlines and India’s fastest growing full service carrier, took its inaugural flight to Srinagar from New Delhi’s IGI Airport today at 14.45 hours. Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu & Kashmir, is one of India’s top tourist destinations which make this an apt addition to Vistara’s route network. Travellers to Srinagar will now be able to enjoy Vistara’s seamless services with direct connectivity to the capital. Vistara’s daily flight schedule on the Delhi-Srinagar-Delhi route is: Speaking on…

Nine students belonging to JK arrested, suspended by Rajasthan university

April 8, 2016 Editor

Nine students and a hostel warden from Jammu and Kashmir were arrested following a clash in the hostel mess of a private university in Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh district over Indian cricket team’s loss against West Indies in the T20 World Cup last week. The Mewar University today said it has suspended these nine students, who were released on bail on Monday, along with seven others for creating nuisance on the varsity premises on March 31. “16 students have been suspended till April 25. The accused students created ruckus in the hostel…

Know how Kashmiri Pandits celebrate their New Year! Navreh

April 8, 2016 Editor

India is a diverse land which prides in being home to multiple cultures while respecting their equally multitudinous traditions. Similarly, the Kashmiri Pandits of Jammu & Kashmir take pride in celebrating their New Year on the first day of the bright half of the month of Chaitra, which falls somewhere between March–April), and it is called Navreh. This year Navreh is on April 8, 2016. Navreh is derived from Sanskrit word ‘Nava-Varsha’, meaning New Year. There is a customary practice of preparing a plate full of unhusked rice with a…

NIT Srinagar campus clashes could have long term repercussions in Kashmir

April 8, 2016 Editor

The state government must play a major role in brokering peace The clashes at the National Institute of Technology in Srinagar between local and non-local students and the alleged lathicharge on the latter group by Jammu and Kashmir police poses the first challenge to the newly sworn-in Mehbooba Mufti government. The current spate of unrest was triggered by clashes between student groups who were on opposing sides while watching the India-West Indies T-20 cricket match. The non-local students were incensed by the Kashmiri students’ support for the West Indies side…

‘We crossed limits’, say non-local students

April 8, 2016 Editor

Six days after non-Kashmiri students resorted to violent protests against Kashmiri students celebrating India’s defeat against West Indies in the T20 world cup semifinal, a group of non-Kashmiri National Institute of Technology (NIT) students accepted that ‘they resorted to things which were beyond limits (sic).’ Non-Kashmiri students had protested and chanted ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ slogans on Friday, a day after Kashmiri students celebrated India’s defeat in the campus. But on Friday afternoon, last week, the non-Kashmiri group resorted to violence, vandalised NIT property and allegedly attacked Kashmiri students, a…

NIT Students stick to their demand, want campus shifted

April 8, 2016 Editor

Say foolproof security in institute not enough, cannot remain caged The non-Kashmiri students of the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Srinagar, today insisted that their main demand remained that the NIT campus in Srinagar should be shifted from Kashmir. Refuting media reports that they were demanding a temple and the Tricolour on the campus, the non-Kashmiri students clarified that they wanted the Tricolour on the campus as per the guidelines of the Centre, but their main demand was that the campus should not be in Kashmir. “We never demanded a…

Don’t politicize NIT issue, resolve mutually: KCC&I

April 7, 2016 Editor

The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Inc) has noted and is watching with grave concern the events related to trivial issues recently that crept in between the students and the management of NIT Srinagar which is being fanned out of proportion by the politically motivated vested interest with apparently a nefarious design to rouse the sentiments of local people and cause unrest. The Chamber would call attention of the authorities to the fact that such issues have been occurring among students of institutions like JAWAHAR LAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY (JNU), FILLING…

JK performs worst in pvt sector job creation

April 7, 2016 Editor

In a concern, Jammu and Kashmir figures second least performing state in terms of private sector job creation. The state’s share stands just at 1579 in about nine lakh positions filled across India in quarter 4, 2015-16. According to a survey, ‘State-wise job openings in India in Q4 FY16’ released by Assocham, JK’s share in private sector jobs has been a negligible 0.2 per cent. J&K has figured on number 19, only before Odisha among 20 states surveyed by the industry body. The survey conducted for January to March quarter…

Don’t name, shame borrowers publicly: CCIK to Banks

April 7, 2016 Editor

The Associated Chamber of Commerce & Industries- Kashmir (CCIK) is surprised at the recent disclosure of heavy bank defaults and NPAs flying thick and fast in all types of media. It said the alleged amount of defaults runs in thousands and lakhs of crores in which leading banks were the parties. “If allegation of thousands of crores was made against one party, that same one defended it by pointing out defaults of some other party are running in lakhs of crores and why he alone should be maligned.” It said…