J&K to name Roads, Institutions after Poets, Academics, Slain Cops

J&K to name Roads, Institutions after Poets, Academics, Slain Cops

An award-winning Dogri littérateur, a policeman lynched by a mob, and a former Doordarshan director gunned down by militants will have roads, schools, and government-owned institutions named after them in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, people familiar with the matter said. A senior government functionary said a long list of names has been drawn up for this, which will be the state’s tribute to academic and literary stalwarts and also to those who laid down their lives in the line of duty. The proposed list includes poet Padma…

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