Category: Community

Renovated ‘Diwan-i-Khas’ at Shalimar thrown open to public

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Renovated “Diwan-i-Khas” dating back to the Mughal era at the Shalimar Garden was thrown open to the residents here today. It is located on the fourth terrace in the erstwhile “zenana” quarter of the garden. Ambassador of Germany Martin Ney inaugurated the first phase of Diwan-i-Khas. He unveiled a plaque commemorating the project and also inaugurated the restored papier mâché ceilings inside the hall. The restoration works were undertaken by the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), Kashmir Chapter, after it had received financial assistance from Germany.…

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Guv reviews Amarnath yatra arrangements

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Governor NN Vohra, who is chairman of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB), visited Yatri Niwas at Bhagwati Nagar here today to meet all officers concerned and review arrangements being made for this year’s Amarnath yatra. The yatra will commence on July 2 along Baltal and Chandanwari routes. Addressing a meeting of officers held at Yatri Niwas, the Governor reviewed various arrangements for the yatra from Lakhanpur check post onwards, including reception of yatris at the railway station and bus stand and requirements of accommodation, water, power, food, hygiene and…

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Potholed highway turns a nightmare for commuters

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The potholed stretch of National Highway (NH) 44 between Patnitop and Banihal has put the lives of passengers at risk. The health of local residents, especially shopkeepers, is being affected and the vehicles being plied on it are getting damaged. The district administration is ensuring smooth traffic during the ensuing Darbar move and Amarnath yatra. A one-km stretch from the north portal of the Chenani-Nashri tunnel had become a nightmare for commuters since construction of the tunnel began. Their misery compounded with transfer of maintenance from Beacon todifferent contractor companies…

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JK Govt sits on DPC for GMC Srinagar, pushes for clearance to GMC Jammu

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The State Health and Medical Education Department has come under sharp criticism for “deliberately delaying” promotion of faculty members of Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar even as the Department is learnt to have been “pressuring” Public Service Commission (PSC) to undertake the promotion of faculty members of Jammu GMC. Sources told Kashmir POST that while on one hand the meeting of Department Promotion Committee (DPC) for the GMC Srinagar has been delayed for past three years, on the other hand the administrative Department (H&ME) has been asking the PSC for…

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Flood victims rue end of Governor Rule

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With Governor Rule coming to an end recently, the authorities have stopped to disburse the rehabilitation amounts in favour of flood victims of September 2014. Hundreds of cases of flood victims are still pending in the district administration offices. Not satisfied with the assurances and re-assurances from the authorities, flood victims from various areas have also recently staged protest demonstrations. On March 2, when state was under governor’s rule, following the approval of the State Administrative Council the Revenue Department has issued orders to the payment of financial assistance, under…

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Army fired in self-defence: Govt on Kupwara Killings

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Objects to probe by sitting judge After giving clean chit to Army, the state government has objected to investigation into the recent civilian killings in Kupwara district by a sitting judge, saying that it has already constituted an eight-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the case. Police informed the court that Inspector General of Police has constituted an eight-member team, headed by DIG North Kashmir Range Baramulla, to investigate the cases registered under FIR 130, 131, 132, 134 in Police Station Handwara, and FIR 60 and 66 in PS…

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Marital disputes in Kashmir on the rise, affected women fighting a lonely battle

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Its 10:30 in the morning, Shaista (name changed) with half of her face covered by a black mask, is waiting outside the women police station along with her old ailing mother amid buzzing honks on the busy Ram Bagh Road here. Marital discord has taken away all her happiness and she is here to seek justice. In 2014, Shaista was married at the Gulab Bagh locality of the summer capital, just hundred metres away from her home. It was a happy day for her, the marriage was an arranged one.…

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Deep, disturbing decline in media freedom across the world: RWB

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‘Global indicator gone up from 3719 to 3857 points in a year’ The 2016 edition of the World Press Freedom Index, which Reporters Without Borders (RWB), will publish on April 20, shows that there has been a deep and disturbing decline in media freedom at both the global and regional levels. Ever since the 2013 index, Reporters Without Borders has been calculating indicators of the overall level of media freedom violations in each of the world’s regions and worldwide. The higher the figure, the worse the situation. The global indicator…

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Agitating NIT students meet Rajnath Singh, discuss about ongoing stir on campus

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A group of NIT, Srinagar students on Wednesday met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and discussed about the ongoing stir on the campus following clashes between local and outstation students. During the 20-minute meeting, the students placed various demands, including shifting of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) campus from Srinagar. The Home Minister is understood to have assured the aggrieved students of security on the campus and suggested them to concentrate on their studies, official sources said. Tension started brewing inside the NIT campus, located on the banks of…

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Experts differ on return of NHPC-run power projects

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After the formation of the PDP-BJP coalition government in the state on April 4, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has been silent over the return of the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation-run power projects to the state. The return of the NHPC power projects to the state has been mentioned in the “Agenda of Alliance” —- the framework for governance for the two coalition partners. To restitch the alliance with the BJP, the PDP took around three months, seeking the BJP’s assurances on confidence-building measures, including return of power projects. Meanwhile, experts…

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