BOSE fails in Class 10

Leaked Result On Facebook Triggers Chaos; Will Look Into The Issue: CM; Peerzada Pats His Back

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Jan 11: Students in Kashmir might have bagged a good percentage of marks in class 10th annual examination despite the last summer’s unrest, but the conducting authority—State Board of School Education—has got zero to its credit. Reason: its failure in litmus test.It was a day full of More

De(grading) system?

449 Out Of 400!

ON Tuesday, Greater Kashmir office received scores of calls from students and parents, alleging gross discrepancies in the Matric result. The BOSE has this year introduced grading system as against the usual marks system.“My daughter has 469 marks out of 500. But in Science subject, she has been More

Girls outshine boys

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Srinagar, Jan 11: Girls have once again outshined boys in the class 10th examination result by bagging first three positions. Out of 150 students figuring in the merit list, 90 are girls.Sana Fayaz daughter of Fayaz Ahmed of Presentation Convent School Srinagar bagged the first position with 495 More

Finally Grade system introduced

RAJEEV SHARMA

Jammu, Jan 11: The school Education department on Tuesday finally introduced the grade system for students at secondary level. The class 10th results for Kashmir region were declared on the basis of grades.“We have introduced Grading system for secondary classes so that the students don’t feel More

Cabinet to declare 37 villages backward

Discuss Fresh DPR For Swalkote Power Project

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Jan 11: The state cabinet would Wednesday discuss declaring over three dozen new villages across Jammu and Kashmir as backward besides hold deliberations on a fresh Detailed Project Report for construction of the 1200 megawatt Swalkote power project in Jammu region.The cabinet, which More

UN Rapporteur to visit Valley

To Assess Condition Of Human Rights Defenders

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, Jan 11: In the backdrop of last year’s summer unrest in the Valley which left 112 civilians dead in police and paramilitary CRPF action, the United Nation’s Special Rapporteur will visit Kashmir next week to assess the condition of human rights defenders.Officials said Margaret Sekaggya More

Rabid dog kills 4-yr kid

ALTAF BABA

Baramulla, Jan 11: A four-year old boy died today after he was critically injured in an attack by a rabid dog yesterday at Chandawari Uri, some 35 kilometers from Baramulla town.The boy has been identified as Anzar Farooq Khan s/o Farooq Ahmad Khan of Chandanwari Uri.The family of the boy More

Mir demands quota for Kashmiri students

TARIQ RASOOL

Bandipora, Jan 11: Stating that he was striving to take the youth out of darkness, Minister for Agriculture and President of Democratic Party Nationalist, Ghulam Hassan Mir, today demanded special quota for Kashmiri students in the educational and professional institutions of the country.Addressing More

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