Civil Society discusses Juvenile Justice

Demands Commission To Protect Children Rights

ZAHID MAQBOOL

Srinagar, May 5: Civil Society of Kashmir on Monday demanded establishment of Commission for protection of child rights and framing of Juvenile Justice (care and protection of Children) Act at par with national and international standards to safeguard the rights of children. “Juvenile Justice More

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13-yr old boy dies imitating stunt

He Was Very Naughty, Active: Parents

MANZOOR-UL-HASSAN

Srinagar, May 5: Family members of 13-year old boy, Arnab Singh, cannot believe that he ended his life while imitating a stunt in his house at Mehjoor Nagar here last month.  A 7th standard Burn Hall boy was a real showman, a wonder kid whose life touched hundreds of people. His recorded More

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Ulema meet,resolve to fight divisive forces

Unity Strongest Tool To Fight Maslaki Hatred: Geelani

AZHAR RAFIQI

Srinagar, May 5: Ulema of different schools of thought on Saturday resolved to stand up together against the conspiracies to whip up Maslaki hatred among Muslims in the Valley.  Speaking at a seminar organized here to discuss measures to combat the growing menace of Maslaki hatred in the More

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Taj takes on PDP, NC

‘Self Rule, Autonomy mere rhetoric’

SUHAIL AJMAL

Aragam (Bandipora), May 5: Senior Congress leader and Minister for Public Health and Engineering (PHE), Taj Mohiuddin, on Saturday lashed out at Peoples Democratic Party and his coalition partner National Conference for raising slogans like Self-Rule and Autonomy.  “Congress is the main political More

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Supreme Court asks counsels to go through Pathribal case verdict

D A RASHID

Srinagar, May 5: The Supreme Court Friday asked the counsels representing the parties in Zahid Farooq killing case to go through the Pathribal case judgment to find out if it could be of any help in the case. “The case was heard by a bench comprising justices B S Chuhan and J S Khehar who More

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Minister orders departmental inquiry

ILLEGAL APPOINTMENTS IN HEALTH DEPTT

MANZOOR-UL-HASSAN

Srinagar, May 5: Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Sham Lal Sharma has initiated a departmental enquiry in the recent disclosure of alleged ‘fake appointments’ in the state’s Health Department in which hundreds of illegal appointments, including that of doctors, have allegedly been made in the More

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Students rally for environmental preservation

SHOWKAT DAR

 Pulwama, May 5: In a bid to create awareness about the environmental preservation, students took out a rally here.   The rally was flagged off by the Commanding Officer of 12 Sector RR Brigadier Shivinder Singh. The rally started from Maxwell School and culminated at the DC office More

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Padma Bhushan awardee for reforms in school education

GK NEWS NETWORK

Budgam, May 5: Prominent educationist Dr Shayama Chona, on Saturday interacted with the parents of students at DPS in this central Kashmir district. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of the function, Chona who is also Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan Awardee said Delhi Public School stands More

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Workshop on capacity building for women concludes

Srinagar, May 5: A five-day UGC sponsored workshop on capacity building of Women Managers in Higher Education organized by Women’s Studies Centre, University of Kashmir concluded here today.  On the occasion, Prof Nilofar khan, Director Women’s Study Centre said the objective of the workshop More

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Every citizen has right to obtain info from govt deptt: CIC

Islamabad (Anantnag), May 5: To bring transparency in the system and to make the Government department accountable under RTI Act, the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC), G R Sufi alongwith Registrar of the Commission, Muhammad Sayeed today visited district Anantnag. While interacting with More

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Transmission lines conform to int’l norms: Power Grid

Srinagar: Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd has clarified that the transmission lines laid by it in the Valley are safe and conform to the international norms.  In a statement, a spokesman of the Power Grid while referring to a news report ‘Transmission line poses threat to Deb Bagh people More

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5 clinical labs sealed in Ganderbal

SHEIKH NAZIR

Ganderbal, May 5: The officials of the health department have seized five clinical laboratories here for failing to follow the prescribed norms and rules. A team of officials from health department led by Chief Medical Officer Ganderbal, Dr Dildar Ahmad inspected various private clinical More

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JKLF pays tributes to Iftikhar Bhat

Srinagar: The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front acting chairman advocate Bashir Ahmad Bhat has paid glowing tributes to advocate Iftikhar Ahmad on his martyrdom anniversary. In a statement on Saturday, Bhat said no one would be allowed to build political castles on the graves of martyrs. He said More

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