Government ignored DDC’s note of caution

Report Was Compiled On Div Com’s Instructions Following Protests By Attendants On January 26

GB PANT HOSPITAL MESS

MANZOOR-UL-HASSAN

Srinagar, June 11: Around 500 tragic infant deaths at the Valley’s lone pediatric specialty, GB Pant hospital this year could have perhaps been avoided had the state government acted on the District Development Commissioner’s February 27 ‘damning report’ about the pathetic condition of the hospital More

Former MS serves legal notice on CoI

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Srinagar, June 11: Former Medical Superintendent of GB Pant Hospital Javaid Chowdhary has served a legal notice on the inquiry officer probing the high infant mortality rate in the only children’s hospital here, accusing him of destroying important evidence.Director of Sher-e-Kashmir Institute More

Patients ‘hostaged’ to swell prescription outflow

‘This Was Being Done To Help Drug Mafia’

MANZOOR-UL-HASSAN

Srinagar, June 11: The attendants of patients at GB Pant hospital were being ‘cheated’ by the former administrative head by unnecessarily admitting their wards in the hospital in order to facilitate flourishing of ‘drug mafia’ in and outside the hospital.Sources in the hospital told Greater Kashmir More

KEA demands Chib’s ouster

‘Sonia Apprised Of The Matter’

MUKEET AKMALI

Srinagar, June 11: Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA) Monday held Minister of Medical Education, RS Chib responsible for the alarming increase in infant fatalities at GB Pant hospital here and demanded his resignation. The Alliance said that they have already brought the matter into the notice of UPA More

NHPC not fair with JK: Omar

CM Justifies Imposition Of Water Usage Charges

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, June 11: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday stressed that the 12 percent power Jammu and Kashmir was getting from the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) run projects was too less for development of the state which has only water resources to bank upon for its progress.
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Civil society seeks return of power projects

Calls For Hour-Long Sit-In Today

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, June 11: Hours after the two-day international conference on hydropower opened here, the civil society members urged the participants to pass a resolution in support of return of the power projects from NHPC to Jammu & Kashmir. The civil society members urged people to observe one hour More

India to export 500 MW power to Pakistan Punjab Also

Wants IWT To Be Scrapped: GOI

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, June 11: Ahead of Indo-Pak foreign secretary level talks, Government of India Monday announced that it will be exporting 500 MWs electricity to energy-deficient Pakistan.“Pakistan has asked for power. We are going to supply them 500 MW,” Secretary Water Resource Ministry, Dhruv Vijay More

Biometric attendance at Civil Sectt conks out

Lack Of Proper Infrastructure Makes System Futile

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, June 11: The biometric smart card-based attendance system introduced in Civil Secretariat here has fallen flat due to lack of proper infrastructure.In September last year, the government introduced the biometric smart card attendance system to ensure punctuality of officials and to streamline More

Sopore Fruit Mandi in shambles

Market Lacks Even Minimum Basic Facilities

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, June 11: In a glaring instance of official apathy towards the vital horticulture sector, the Valley’s largest fruit market, located on outskirts of Sopore town, is in a pathetic condition for over the past two decades.Not to talk of any modern trading facilities there, the market, sustaining More

Shutdown paralyses life in Valley

2010 UNREST VICTIMS REMEMBERED

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, June 11: Normal life across the Kashmir valley was paralyzed on Monday due to a strike, sponsored by Hurriyat Conference (G) to remember the youth who lost their lives during 2010 unrest in police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) firing.Hurriyat (G) Chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani More

2-day talks on Siachen begin in Islamabad

Islamabad, June 11: Pakistan and India Monday began two-day talks to resolve the dispute over Siachen glacier, the world’s highest battlefield. Pakistan army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has sought demilitarization of the area following a massive avalanche that entombed nearly 140 soldiers.Defence More

GPEA demands probe into seniority list

Srinagar:  Government Press Employees Association (GPEA) on Monday demanded fair and impartial probe by state government into, what they termed, irregularities in their seniority list. In a statement More

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