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Stop Stereotyping Kashmiri Students

March 21, 2016 Editor

“Jab kendra main sarkar kamzor ya undecided hogayi to aapko pata hai ki akhri dinoon main Manmohan Singh ji kuch nikar rahe thei. State agencies koi kaam ni karrahi thei. … Usi period main ye sab gusein hain, jo Kashmiri militants hain aur ye saare hain. Ye usi period main in tatvoon kayahan par entry hogaya hai. Varna JNU ki history main kabi be is qisim ki naare-baazi nahin hui. … anti-national matlab aisi naare-baazi jo desh ki akhandta aur samprabuta kei upar prashan chin uthayey. Aise kabi naare-baazi ni…

Show respect to laws outside state ; BJP suggests Kashmiri students

March 19, 2016 Editor

Bharatya Janta Party (BJP) Friday asked the students from Jammu and Kashmir studying in educational institutions outside the State to show respect and regard to the laws to ‘enhance the image of JK in the eyes of nation.’ The students of JK studying outside the state belonging to any religion or region are ambassadors of the State and they should conduct themselves in manner befitting the persons belonging to State with rich heritage and dedication to nationalism, BJP State, chief spokesperson, Sunil Sethi said. Sethi noted that lawlessness or anti-national…

Despite bad weather, schools to remain open

March 18, 2016 Editor

As rumours started making the rounds in the Valley that schools might shut for a day or two in the wake of bad weather, officials made it clear that no such decision had been taken. Director, School Education, Kashmir, Shah Faesal, said people should not pay heed to such rumours. “Please do not pay heed to rumours regarding schools being closed due to the rains. We have no plans to shut the schools as of now and classes will continue as per the routine,” he maintained. It has been raining…

Edu Deptt to outsource supply of mid-day meals to NGOs

March 17, 2016 Editor

The Education department has decided to outsource the work of supplying the mid-day meals to the school children to Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to ensure that the academic work was not hit due to employment of teachers in arranging the food items. Officials said the Education department has decided that NGOs should supply the meals as thousands of teachers have to be engaged to lift the ration and other food items from market to supply the meals to children. They said during the current financial year, over 23166 schools have…

Students of cowshed-cum-school have nowhere to go

March 16, 2016 Editor

A day after we carried the picture of a Primary School in Anantnag, operating from a cowshed, the school was relocated on Monday. The move, however, didn’t prove any better for the students. The students were sent to another school where lack of proper space has forced them to return to the cowshed. Compounding the problem, the owner of the cowshed is not letting the students back in now. Government Primary School Brakpora in Achabal zone of Anantnag was running from a cowshed and its picture carried by us evoked widespread concern.…

Kashmir students at Mewar University attacked, detained for ‘consuming beef’

March 16, 2016 Editor

Some Kashmiri students, studying at Mewar University in Chittorgarh of Rajasthan, were attacked by a group of locals belonging to a particular community for allegedly consuming beef in the varsity’s hostel last evening. Students hailing from Kashmir told Srinagar-based news agency GNS over phone from Mewar University said that some students from majority community ransacked their rooms and belonging and also pelted stones at them. “They also abused us and threatened us of dire consequences. We somehow hid ourselves in a room and saved ourselves from the unruly mob,” the…

IA put Kashmiri students under scanner in Kolkata

March 15, 2016 Editor

Kashmiri students studying in West Bengal have been put under scanner by the state police. Reports reaching here said that Colleges in Kolkata have been issued circulars by the police, seeking information about students from Jammu and Kashmir. According to a report on The Indian Express, colleges across the city have received a note saying, “Please let me know that students, whose residential addresses is under the State of Jammu & Kashmir, studies in your Institution for onwards transmission to the Ministry of Home Affairs, North Block, New Delhi, Govt.…

Govt to take over NGO-run school for special children

March 10, 2016 Editor

The Jammu and Kashmir government is considering taking over a special school run by an NGO for differently abled children here to meet financial requirements of the institute. Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Asgar Samoon directed the Srinagar Deputy Commissioner and Director Social Welfare, Kashmir, to consider the modalities for taking over of the school at Solina in uptown city for blind, mute, and speech-impaired children by the Department of Social Welfare. Samoon gave the direction while chairing a meeting to review the functioning of various facilities for differently-abled children in both…

KU to have biometric attendance to ward off ‘poor work culture’ tag

March 8, 2016 Editor

After facing criticism for having poor work culture particularly in non-teaching sphere, Kashmir University (KU) has decided to start biometric attendance system for all non-teaching employees. The orders in this regard have been passed by the Vice Chancellor (VC) Kashmir University Prof. Khurshid Iqbal Andrabi wherein the Heads of departments and Directors of satellite campuses have been asked to transfer an amount of Rs 25000 each to the university account. “Intimation should go to the joint Registrar purchases section,” reads a circular issued on February 24. Talking to us, Prof.…

To decongest Lal Chowk, govt may shift pvt schools

March 7, 2016 Editor

To decongest the commercial hub of Lal Chowk, the state government is mulling to shift the century old Tyndale-Biscoe and Mallinson schools from the area. The move has come after traders in Lal Chowk suggested that the congestion in the business hub could be minimised if the two private schools will be shifted to the city outskirts. “The Deputy Commissioner has been appointed as a representative of the government to talk to the management of the schools and to look for an alternate land for them,” sources said. They said…