Traffic terror

COMMENT

Traffic Department is serious in their plan to streamline the system, but that plan needs an execution, writes Hassan Zainagiree

 To ensure effective regulation and smooth flow of traffic on roads and minimize risk of accidents, the Traffic Department has recently decided to launch a valley wide drive against the use of mobiles while driving and tinted glasses on cars. To ensure that offenders of traffic rules do not go More
Novelist as critic

He went beyond mere aesthetic concerns to raise wider political issues

LITERATURE By M.S. Nagarajan

John Michael Coetzee was born in 1940 in Cape Town, South Africa. He holds the position of the Professorship of General Literature at the University of Cape Town. Besides being a novelist of world acclaim, he is also an accomplished critic and translator. In addition to winning the Premier British More
  • Kashmir

Health Dept bends rules in purchasing costly equipment

Issue reaches CM as blacklisted firms figure in approval list

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Mar 24: Purchase committee of the Health Department has approved a Jammu-based pharma company for procurement of costly equipment allegedly in violation of tender norms.Vide approval no. GMC More


  • Srinagar City

No place to walk in City Centre

Encroached footpaths, open manholes hinder pedestrian movement

MOAZUM MUHAMMAD

Srinagar, Mar 24: Walking down few miles in the commercial centre of the city, historic Lal Chowk used to be an ideal activity for any commuter. But this walk has turned terrible owing to encroached footpaths More



  • Jammu

IN THE ASSEMBLY

‘449 officials facing trial in corruption cases’

Jammu, Mar 24: As many as 449 Gazetted officers (GOs) of various government departments are facing trial in the Courts in 210 corruption cases across the State.Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, in a written More


  • News in Brief

JKSM, JAKAF delegation meets AI team

Srinagar: A joint delegation of Jammu Kashmir Salvation Movement and Joint Association of Kashmiri Affected Families on Wednesday met the visiting Amnesty International team here. JKSM general secretary More


  • Business

SLBC recommends 2-yr extension of special package for trade, industry

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Mar 24: The Sub-Committee of J&K State Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC) today recommended two-year extension to special package of concessions/relaxations to trade and industry in J&K.  More


  • News

Bhat, Lone bros stay away from Pak day function

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Mar 24: Hurriyat (M) leaders, Abdul Gani Bhat and Bilal Gani Lone and Peoples Conference chairman Sajjad Gani Lone stayed away from the Pakistan National Day where PDP leader Moulvi Iftikhar More


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