Govt efforts fail to improve attendance in schools

‘TEACHERS FEEL PITTED AGAINST PEOPLE, STUDENTS INSECURE’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 9: Government’s efforts to ensure normal functioning of schools in the summer capital seem to have come to naught with the attendance in schools, both government and private, showing no perceptible increase. The attendance of teachers in schools too is not showing any improvement More

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Schools shut at noon in downtown

Srinagar: A number of schools had to call it a day at noon only in downtown city here on Saturday as protesters entered the premises, asking for closure. “We were told to keep the schools open only on normal days,” said a teacher working in a school in downtown area. More

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Why discourage Inland water transport?

WE THE SRINAGARITES

I was shocked to read the City Page news report on Oct 8 titled -Govt has no funds for Inland water transport.

Being well versed of how the inland water transport proposal was started, I would like to submit that there have been misrepresentation of the facts as nowhere in the final project report it is advised by the M/S Rites that silt deposition in the water channel would hinder its smooth running even More

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Shahr-e-Khaas woman ‘murdered’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 9: A Shahr-e-Khaas widow, Mehbooba Begum of Beiruni Kathi Darwaza was allegedly murdered during a feud in the area. Mehbooba wife of late Abdul Gani as per police was found dead after the feud between two families at around 7 Pm last evening. Police has started a hunt More

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` 5.94 Cr plan for Tagore Hall

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 9: The Tagore Hall Srinagar is being renovated and modernized at an estimated cost of about Rs. 5.94 crore. This was stated by the Minister of State for Culture, Nasir Sogami in reply to a question of Muhammad Yousuf Taing in Legislative Council Saturday, an official handout More

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Awareness program for KAS aspirants

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 9: The members of the Initiative for Competition Promotion in Jammu and Kashmir will conduct a daylong awareness program for KAS aspirations on Monday, October 11 at Bukhari Hall Amar Singh College.  The program will be conducted by Abdul Ghani Mir, 1PS and KAS officers including More

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