Employees’ demands

This refers to the JCC'S fresh program of agitation. This is very unfortunate that  the state government and employees of our state are in the battlefield fighting with each other. On one hand the state government is showing cold shoulder to the demands of the employees, and on the other hand the More

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Clean Kashmir

This refers to the article "Care for Kashmir " by Emma Ryan, a tourist from Dunedin, New Zealand. We are not able to keep our motherland clean and green, instead, we disappoint tourists by polluting and harming the natural beauty of our land. Let us keep our valley green and pollution free.Javid More

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Futile investment

This refers to the government announcement of the empowerment of Panchayat ghars. Government’s plan to spend 115 crore for the repair and renovation ofPanchayat Ghars is wastage of money. Our government directly or indirectly spends money to make their vote bank strong. Time has come to prioritise More

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Blood bank

This refers to the news that there is only one licensed blood bank in three north Kashmir districts.  The four blood storage centers that operate in the districts are working without official permission. The more worrying fact is that one of the districts, Bandipora, does not even have a blood storage More

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Ensure facilities

Most of the private educational institutions in the Kashmir valley lack basic facilities like playground, water closets, furnishing, heating, cooling system. The state education department should inspect such schools and ensure that all the facilities are provided to the students.Fayaz Ahmad More

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Power projects

This refers to the statement of chief minister Omar Abdullah in which he said, “We have rivers but our one hand is tied behind back. We can only harness the water potential through run-of-the-river schemes, and not by constructing dams due to the IWT clause’’ (GK, 12-06-2012). This is a lame excuse More

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