Shameful this

 It’s unfortunate that the Head of our Education System of J & K State is himself indulged in corruption, nepotism, Favourtism and malpractices. First, it was allegation of electrification scam which is still pending with Accountability  commission, then it was allegation by Shaoib Lone More

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Killing privacy

 The article ‘My Experiments with Facebook’ by Shah Tavseef Mairaj is a good piece of work. Most would agree that Facebook, along with other social networking websites have intruded into the private lives of people. Facebook- good or bad is a matter that demands a deep and rather long thought, but More

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Declare results

 This refers to the announcement of Service Selection Board about the teacher lists of various districts. They had promised it will be published after Feb.2 but nothing has been done in this regard. We request authoritiesImtiyaz Hasan Nanil Islamabad (Anantnag) More

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Faulty policy

 This refers to the news story regarding the implementation of state drug policy. It was shocking to learn that Controller, Drugs and Food control Organization will be responsible for implementing the policy. As a Kashmiri, I have many questions pertaining to the credibility of the organization More

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Causes tension

 Presently smoking kills one out of ten adults. If the trend continue, this will rise to one out of six adults by 2030.Smoking has nothing positive at all. Many people live in an illusion that smoking reveals tension and stress but this is not so true, it actually becomes the root of tension.
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Tough job

 I am serving as a lecturer in Education Department and from the last two years posted in the far flung area of Nubra valley in Ladakh region. It is very difficult task to discharge duties in this cold desert. The non-local employees serving in Ladakh are provided with negligible additional allowances More

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