GNS RAJOURI

GNS Jammu , July 22 :     President INTUC J&K State Mr.     Shiv Kumar Sharma described labour class as back bone of the development and economic progress of the State     and said that     State Unit of INTUC is committed to the welfare and protect the rights of labour class people.     He said that INTUC has its existence in nook and corner of the State and represents all sections of the society. Mr. Sharma was addressing series of meetings of Water Works PHE Employees Associations at Kishtwar, Gandoh and Ramban. He said that the INTUC has always advocated the welfare of labour class in the economic and socio progress of the State. He extended full cooperation to   the Water Works PHE     Employees Associations of     Kishtwar, Gandoh and Ramban     in their struggle for acceptance of genuine demands. Later Mr. Shiv Kumar Sharma led the deputation of Water Works (PHE) Employees Association...

GNS Srinagar  , July 22 :: PDP President Mehbooba Mufti today visited the dargah of Hazarat Baba Hanifudin at Rathsuna Beerwa which was gutted in a fire incident recently. She was accompanied by Chief Spokesperson Naeem Akhtar and MLA Beerwa Dr Mohd Shafi Wani. The shrine is located on a plateu near Rathsuna at an isolated high point without any population around. Addressing the gathering on this occasion there Mehbooba expressed deep sense of loss at the fire incident. She also expressed shock at the insensitivity of the government in its response to the tragic incident. She said shrines are the spiritual nerve centres of our society and we need to protect the legacy of tolerance preached by our sainst and seers. She said having come close on the heals of Dastgeer Saheb tragdy this incident and the attempt at damaging Khankah Faizpanah at Tral, these incidents demand a serious response from the government.  Mehbooba said a project should be prepared for the devel...

GNS Poonch: A meeting of members of Awake India (Trust) was organized here to draw the attention of concerned authorities towards the menace of polythene and blocked drainage system in the city. Ayaz Mughal, who was presiding over the meeting, said how polythene is creating mess for us in day to day life. Mughal said thatthe Municipality in Poonch has closed its eyes and ears to the menace of polythene in Poonch. Vendors are using the polythene in the city flaying away the laws.  Drainage system is blocked upto the edges and is leveled with the roads and pathways. During the rainy seasons water level rises and run out of drains resulting traffic jam. It creates dangerous pits, destroy the roads and at some places wipe out it completely. Mughal said  extent of negligence becomes visible Near General bus-stand Poonch and in front of the historic Poonch Fort where polythene bags have completely blocked the sewage system creating unsafe, hazardous, insanitary and unhealth...

WHERE DEATH COMES IN MULTIPLE WAYS AND SO DOES MOURNING; THANKS TO THE LEADERS WHO HAVE MASTERED THE ART OF EXTRACTING THE MEANINGS OF PROFIT FROM THE ENTERPRISE OF LOSS!!!! NIGHTMARE BY SAJAD LONE It was a nightmarish dream. I went to sleep and dreamt death. A young man was killed and a young man was killed. One was bludgeoned to death by a murderous mob and the other was shot by a cop. The murdered and the murderers- the two men, the mob and the cop were all inhabitants of the Land of the Mutes. The boy killed by the mob pleaded for life, while the mob bled him to death. The boy killed by the cop ran for life trying to elude death, but elude, he couldn’t- the bullet followed and found him in a crowd and pierced his hip.The two bodies lay next to each other in a morgue, lifeless- one splattered with blood and bruises, the other had a gaping gash.  Silhouettes- soulful, yet lifeless ascended from the bodies. These were seemingly souls all set for the final adieu. Both...

BY TAHIR MUSHTAQ  GNS JAMMU, July 22: The enquiry committee which was constituted regarding the discrepancy in purchase of ventilators in the emergency ward of the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) has said that there is no discrepancies in their purchase.  Talking to TNI In-Charge Principle, GMCH Jammu, Dr. Aniece Chowdhary said that in both the reports the allegations concerning scam of ventilators in new emergency block have proved false.  Dr Chowdhary maintained as per the reports the missing ventilators from the block are actually under repairing.  It is pertinent to mention here that the after the reply of one of the RTI filed by Som Nath Dabgotra seeking information regarding the quality, quantity, cost and name of purchasing committee of equipment installed in new emergency block of GMCH.  As per the reply of RTI there should be 14 ventilators in New Emergency Block of GMCH but now at present there are only eight v...