Panchayat Elections. They say it's a non-party affair

This refers to news item “Soz pats Cong for Ganderbal Victory” (GK 13 May). Right from the beginning, those in power have been boasting that the ongoing Panchayat elections will be conducted purely on non-party and non political basis. It is ironical to see the politicians like Soz speaking in favour More

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Good step

This refers to the news "PSC mulls video-recording of interviews for Govt jobs" (GK May 20). Introducing video-recording in the interviews is an innovative step and need of the hour. The Public Service Commission (PSC) would be doing a great job by introducing this novel step. It will surely bring about More

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Deliver justice

This refers to the letter titled “Just tragic”. The views expressed by Tufail are highly appreciable. The teachers in private schools are treated like labourers and the result is in front of us. A young female teacher has committed suicide because of the “harsh attitude of the school authorities” and More

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Remove trees

We the residents living in and around NIT are in great trouble. We are suffering from the trouble caused by poplar trees planted inside the National Institute of Technology. The trees should be removed immediately. The University of Kashmir has already replaced all the Poplar trees by planting beautiful More

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Fathers too

This refers to the article “Of mothers and daughters” by Dr Shabana Aslam. The perpetrators are not only fathers but mothers too. Under some conditions a mother is forcibly asked to commit the crime and she does it. Aatif Muhammad Bohripora aatifmd2@ovi More

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Transparency must

This refers to the news "Make screening test basis of recruitments: Govt (GK May 20). It is indeed a welcome initiative by the state government and should be implemented as soon as possible. The present recruitment procedure is totally outdated and unfair to those students who have got low percentage More

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Real killer

This refers to the article titled “Of daughter and mothers” by Dr. Shabana Aslam. I felt happy on reading it. She has really pointed out the killer responsible for female foeticide. Mother is a God-given gift. So it is intriguing how she gets ready to kill her baby either willingly or under force. Actually More

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Skill development

This refers to the news “CCEA approves skill programme for JK” (GK May 20). Such initiatives unfortunately mean little on ground. The situation on ground is quite different as most of the students who apply for such courses do not get the necessary training.  In the recent past ITI Srinagar advertised More

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Engaging teachers

This refers to the column "Let teachers teach only" by Hassan Zainagiree (GK May 20). I agree with the views expressed by the author. Engaging the teaching community in non-academic activities like elections and Census directly affects the teaching-learning process in our educational institutions. The More

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Of mothers

This refers to article “Of Mothers and Daughters” by Dr.Shabana Aslam (GK May 20). The writer has nicely portrayed various stages through which a girl child has to pass—ranging from her prenatal stage to a grown-up person as a sister and a mother. The article touched a very important issue of female More

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