Everyone is trivializing tragedies!

This refers to the Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti’s statement that chief minister Omar Abdullah was trying to reduce the latest tragedy in Sopore into a farce through his juvenile responses. While I don’t disagree with her, I think her party is no better. They convened a legislators More

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Good comparison

This refers to the article "Sheikh and Geelani" by Abdul Majid Zargar. The author has made a good comparison between the two leaders based on historical facts and incidents. One wanted to make a hasty decision come what may while the other does not seem to be in a hurry as he thinks of long run, keeping More

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Science education

This refers to the letter ‘Science education: There is a need to upgrade institutions’ by Ovais Wani (GK August 4). Quoting Governor, he  argues that to face the problems of climate change and global warming the upgrading of scientific institutions in the valley is inevitable. Second big claim has More

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Bhopal issue

The recent statement of our Chief Minister Omar Abdullah that universities in Madhya Pradesh are discriminating against Kashmiri students in matter of admissions does not seem to be correct. It appears that he is misinformed. The ground reality is different. I had recently an opportunity to visit Barkatullah More

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Release salary

We the teachers of Zone Mattan request the authorities to kindly release our salary from December 2010. The Zonal Education Office is blaming treasury office and vice-versa. The Minister for Education must pass on instructions to the Chief Education Officer Anantnag to get our salary released.
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Summer vacations

This refers to summer vacations in colleges. Kashmir University authorities are not serious about the future of students. We have already suffered a lot due to strike by contractual lecturers. We have not completed even forty percent syllabus yet and won’t be able to sit in any examination. The university More

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Hard choice

The treatment that PDP MLA's got during their visit to the house of the custodial death victim in Sopore should be an eye opener for the party and its leadership. People cannot be deceived anymore and all politicians belonging to any side must realize that people understand everything. Gone are the days More

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Tax net

This refers to the suggestions by the State Finance Commission to Jammu and Kashmir government on widening tax net to augment state’s revenue base. Taxing of services and professions in private sector, imposing special road toll, urban housing tax, green tax on old vehicles, water tax at flat rates and More

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Private Practice

This refers to the recently published article on private practice by Dr. Syed Mushtaq. Though the article was well researched but the very argument of banning private practice is fallacious. How can it work at a place where the number of patients treated is far less than the number of patients who miss More

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