Wake up Education Deptt
Deciding a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) other day, Justices Ali Mohammad Magrey and Vinod Chatterji of the J&K High Court have asked the Principal Secretary Education department to take “immediate and clear view” on charging transportation fees from students during the ongoing coronavirus crisis. The PIL was filed seeking directions from the court to debar […]
Killing of Sarpanch
The killing of Ajay Pandit, a Sarpanch and a political activist, has been condemned widely. Ajay Pandit, a Kashmiri Hindu, had, despite all odds, decided to live in Kashmir and even contested Panchayat elections to work for the people in his respective area of Lukbawan Panchayat halqa in Larkipora Anantnag. He was affiliated with Congress […]
Fight against Covid-19 needs more seriousness
While the spread of Covid-19 with 46 deaths and 4285 infected people in Jammu and Kashmir already giving sleepless nights to the people here, the latest reports about the efficacy and efficiency of coronavirus testing labs has added to the scare people are face to face with. In health emergencies, everyone feels safe only with […]
Covid-19: Don’t panic but don’t be complacent either
With 451 Covid-19 positive cases detected on Saturday (though the daily official bulletin had put the number of total infected at 143), the situation in Jammu and Kashmir sounds alarming. Though panic is no answer to this challenge but both the people and the state administration have to pull their socks and confront the situation […]
Restore 4 G services
At a time when governments throughout the world including in India are urging the people to work from their homes, Kashmir is one unique exception. Here the thumb rule seems that the people must stay home, but the government would not allow them conditions as would facilitate their working from such a safe space! When […]
Covid-19 – Challenges Ahead
As the government has decided to ease out some restrictions imposed in the wake of lockdown to check the spread of coronavirus, the coming days are going to be more challenging for the people. People have to understand and appreciate that the reality of our times is that the Covid-19 may not go away and […]
Adding insult to injury
As people face severe economic crisis in the wake of prolonged lockdown necessitated by the spread of Covid-19, the government has increased the rate of tax on petrol and diesel in Jammu and Kashmir troubling the troubled lot more. In the backdrop of lockdown, almost all the economic activities in J&K, like rest of the […]
Doing away with oral tests for recruitment
The Jammu and Kashmir government’s decision of having no oral test for posts upto and including Pay Level 5 (Rs.29200-92300) and the selection for all such posts shall be made on the basis of written test only with further stipulation that trade test/skill test wherever prescribed shall continue to be held as per the relevant […]
Learning to live with Covid-19
While the entire world is fighting a tiring war against the spread of deadly coronavirus and has been bit successful in putting some halt to its spread by announcing lockdowns and minimizing the social contact, the reality is that the virus may not go away and people will have to live with it. The other […]
The shocking shoot-out
The killing of Mehraj-ud-din, a young man from Makhama, Beerwah in district Budgam at Kawoosa on Srinagar-Gulmarg highway by personnel of CRPF has shocked one and all in Kashmir Valley. The slain, accompanied by his uncle, was driving his car and was on way to Srinagar when CRPF personnel on a checkpoint at Kawoosa near […]