B&J Hospital sans Digital X-ray

Obsolete Machines Show Poor Results, Make Diagnosis Difficult

ARSHAD M BHAT

Srinagar, June 5: Mocking at the tall claims of the state government about properly equipping the city hospitals with latest gadgets for conducting vital diagnostic tests, the authorities are yet to install all important Digital X-ray inside the Bone and Joint trauma hospital.Official sources More

Bandipora health centers operate from rented rooms

5 Years After Getting District Status, Area Without District Hospital

SUHAIL AJMAL

Bandipora, June 5: In a sign of dismal state of health affairs, around 51 out of 62 health centres in various villages of district Bandipora are operating from rented rooms lacking even basic staff and equipment.As per official records there are three sub-district hospitals, six primary health More

Chief Minister approves revival of Shahr-e-Khas

Heritage-Street To Come Up From Nawakadal To Chattabal

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, June 5: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday approved the holistic project of revitalization of Shahr-e-Khas (old Srinagar city) focusing on its natural, cultural, craft and built heritage.He also gave nod to the starter of the project involving Rs 24 crore for constructing a 2-kilometre More

Old City vital to economic growth: CS

JAVAID MALIK

Srinagar, June 5: Chief Secretary Madhav Lal Tuesday said the promotion of craft clusters at 10 identified locations in old city “is aimed at doubling the turnover of products manufactured in these areas.”Talking to Greater Kashmir Lal said: “Srinagar cannot survive without the old city. We have More

Govt to fortify anti-hijacking measures

Security To Be Enhanced At Srinagar, Jammu Airports; Cabinet Nod Today

FIRDOUS TAK

Jammu, June 5: Jammu and Kashmir Government is likely to increase the number of security personnel at the Jammu and Srinagar Airports by strengthening the two anti-hijacking wings of the state police.Highly placed sources in the state Government told Greater Kashmir that the proposal to increase More

Peace process should be irreversible: Pak HC

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, June 5: As his stint comes to an end, Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Shahid Malik Tuesday said there was a “window of opportunity” that should be seized by the two countries to make the Indo-Pak peace process “irreversible”.Asserting that all “important stakeholders” in his country More

JK’s exclusion from telecom policy unfair: Mufti Sayeed

‘What Message GoI Is Sending To People Here By Such Small-Minded Policies’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, June 5: Terming the move to keep Jammu and Kashmir out of the new telecom policy as “discriminatory, thoughtless and divisive,” Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Tuesday urged the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh “to intervene and scrap this diktat.”Addressing a meeting of the members of More

Omar reviews status, seeks implementation of orders

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, June 5: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday reviewed the headway made on the implementation of government orders regarding the transfer of powers to Panchayat Raj Institutions in J&K. Earlier the Chief Minister had given 15-days time for making these orders fully operational on ground More

Soz takes meeting with Congress functionaries

Srinagar, June 5: President J&K Pradesh Congress Committee Prof Saif –ud-Din Soz Tuesday held a meeting with senior party functionaries including vice-presidents and general secretaries of PCC at its More

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President meets logo designer boy

New Delhi, June 5: An elated 15-year-old Robin Singh and his mother couldn't believe their eyes when they shook hands and posed for shutterbugs with President Pratibha Patil at a function at the Rashtrapati More