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Stuck In Lockdown, Kashmiri Students Seek Travel Assistance For Going To Bangladesh by Khalid Bashir Gura SRINAGAR: Amid the second wave of raging Covid-19 pandemic across India, the future of 100-odd Kashmiri medical students pursuing degrees in Bangladesh is at stake as they are stuck in lockdown in Kashmir while their universities have informed them that their exams will be commencing from May 31. These students had returned to Kashmir last month as their exams were postponed on April 3. Back then, they were informed that the date sheet will be announced at least two weeks after Eid-...

Uri Without SDM, Locals Suffer byIdrees Bukhtiyar BARAMULLA: The post of Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Uri is lying vacant for the past two weeks after the transfer of the erstwhile SDM causing inconvenience to people of the area. Locals said various public work projects have been hit in the sub-division Uri due to the absence of SDM. “It is very unfortunate that almost 15 days have passed and the government is yet to appoint a new officer. We are suffering immensely,” said Abrar Ahmad, a local. Bashir Ahmad Bhat, a local Right To Information activist said the government has been ...

By Yawar Hussain SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir government has failed the Covid-19 vaccination test in summer capital Srinagar with scores of scheduled appointments of people in the age group of 18-44 years getting cancelled on Sunday citing no reason.

Shamim A Shamim, Kashmir’s Editor, Orator, Politician Shamim Ahmed Shamim was one of Kashmir’s prominent journalist editors who was later in politics and was elected to the state assembly and the parliament. He edited Aina newspaper that was known for his satire and critique of contemporary Kashmir and politics. This earned him more friends than foes. With the guests of the then Prime Minister Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad in Srinagar, Shamim A Shamim, as the Cultural Officer of the Jammu and Kashmir government. Photo Courtesy: Qurrat Ul Ain “Strange are the ways of politicians: only a f...

Wild Boars Wreak Havoc On Baramulla Farmers by Aqib Nazir Baramulla: Wild Boars are destroying paddy seedlings of farmers in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district leading to huge losses at the beginning of the sowing season in the Valley. “After sowing sow paddy seeds in the farm, I come back the next day only to see that they have been destroyed by these Wild Boars,” said Fayaz Ahmad Mir, a farmer from Janbazpora area of the district. It is pertinent to mentions here that the people have been left wondrous by the return of the Wild Boar because they have come back in the district af...