At a time when the Primary and Middle Schools across Kashmir do not even have a proper space for classrooms, running a reading campaign is apparently failing. SRINAGAR โ After the State Council of Education, Research and Training (SCERT) announced a 100-day reading campaign, teachers of the government schools are skeptical about the campaign as…
Iranian apple โ unlike previous years when it was being brought via Afghanistan and Pakistan โ now after the takeover of Taliban in Afghanistan is being brought via sea routes, illegally, at the โcost of trashโ. SHOPIAN โ Over 1.4 crore apple boxes are unsold in Kashmir after the โillegal importโ of Iranian apple into…
โHe just quoted the family. He didnโt write anything on his own. They should better kill my son in front of my eyes, than make his life hell like this forever!โ Sajad Gul faced the raid he feared on 4 January 2022 soon after dusk fell over his hometown Shahgund in north Kashmirโs Sonawari belt. …
The families of the students said that their children have run out of essential supplies as the authorities have enforced a strict curfew. SRINAGAR โ The families of Kashmiri students studying in various universities and colleges of Kazakhstan, the Central Asian Republic, are worried about their children as the country is caught in major unrest…
โIn 2018 state government informed the state legislative assembly that more than 21,400 hectares (428000 Kanals) of land was under the unauthorised occupation of the army and other government forces in J&K.โ SRINAGAR โ Governmentโs order of designating over 1300 Kanals of land at two famous tourist resorts of KashmirโGulmarg and Sonmargโas โStrategic Areasโ has…
โEarlier, they used to target policemen involved in anti-militancy operations. Now everyone is targeted.โ SRINAGAR โ The Jammu and Kashmir police said that it has killed 171 militants in about 88 military operations in 2021 across the Kashmir valley. The slain militants include 151 local militants and 20 foreigners. A police official said that 82…
โPeople in Kashmir are living in distress, they are fearful, have restricted certain activities and have stopped talking about particular things due to the fear of getting booked under draconian laws.โ SRINAGAR โ On November 22, a prominent human rights activist, Khurram Parvez, was arrested after National Investigation Agency (NIA) raided and searched his home…
โSikhs are openly discriminated in various government orders and packages while other minorities are getting special exclusive and secret packages of jobs.โ SRINAGAR โ All Parties Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) on Wednesday alleged that the successive governments in Jammu and Kashmir have neglected the community and have been discriminated against. Addressing a press conference in…
โPost August 5, 2019, the governmentโs steps have been aimed at intimidation of employees.โ SRINAGAR โ In an unusual move, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has asked the Directorate of School Education to identify the โdeadwoodโ staff in the department and retire them early. The move has raised anxieties among the employees of the department.…
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha also said that there is no need to review the revocation of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act in Jammu and Kashmir. JAMMU โ Jammu and Kashmir’s New Delhi appointed Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Monday said there is no need to set up a panel to review the Armed Forces (Special…