Polytechnic lecturers made to work for peanuts

25 year service fetches them Rs 5700 per month

RANJANA CHARAK

Jammu, Nov 11: It may sound strange, but it is true- a teacher who has trained 25 batches of Polytechnic College is getting a meager emolument of Rs 5700 per month. This is not the story of one consolidated lecturer, but over fifty lecturers posted in different polytechnic colleges of the More

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Resource crunch hits SKEWPY

4 Months On, Unemployed Youth Not Getting Any Allowance

ARVIND SHARMA

Jammu, Nov 11: The much hyped Sher-e-Kashmir Employment and Welfare Program for Youth (SKEWPY) is hit by financial crunch with State Government failing to pay the Voluntary Service Allowance (VSA) to the entitled youth for the last four months. “Majority of entitled youth have not been paid More

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Pollution Watch: Monitoring stations go defunct in JK

Centre rejects plea to establish new centers

RANJANA CHARAK

Jammu, Nov 11: Almost all the Pollution Monitoring Stations in Jammu and Kashmir, responsible for monitoring air pollution of various parts of the state, have been lying dysfunctional from last more than a year. Official sources said eight, out of eleven, Air Pollution Monitoring Programme More

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Opening of Jammu–Sialkote would be new milestone: Rana

Agore, Jammu, Nov 11:  Political Advisor to the Chief Minister, Devender Singh Rana on Sunday said that opening of Jammu-Sialkote road will be a new milestone in the Indo-Pak relations and help in improving people- to- people contact across the border. Rana who was addressing party workers More

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Gupta terms PDP a rudderless ship

Jammu, Nov 11: Provincial President of National Conference Jammu province Rattan Lal Gupta Sunday termed PDP as a rudderless ship which according to him was frustrated to see the edifice collapsing on its face. “Mufti Muhammad Sayeed and his daughter Mehbooba Mufti have already promised MLC More

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Suicides go up at alarming rate in Jammu

4-5 People Make Bids, One Dies Everyday

AKSHAY AZAD

Jammu, Nov 11: Indicating how cut throat competition, increased stress and other social factors are taking a heavy toll on common masses, especially the youth, at an average 4 to 5 person make suicidal bids with one ending up in death in Jammu region, everyday,. The figures show that stressful More

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