At least 97 per cent of schools across Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh are functioning with co-education system while only 2.42 per cent schools are running as per gender-segregation. According to the figures of the Ministry of Education (MoE) available with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), a total of 2.42 per cent of schools across Jammu and Kashmir are functioning as per gender segregation. The figures reveal that of the total private and government schools in Jammu Kashmir, 97.58 were functioning with the co-education system wherein both male and female students were enrolled till the academic year 2018-19. It was mentioned that there were 29,708 schools in Jammu Kashmir during 2018-19 of which 28988 were functioning with co-education system while only 720 schools were fun...

Muzzamil Jameel The Jammu Kashmir administration, now run directly from Delhi, has declared it will retrieve all the lands given away under the Roshni Act in six months. It claims to be doing this to “comply” with the high court’s recent ruling declaring the Roshni Act “unconstitutional” and “void ab initio from its very inception”, and ordering a CBI investigation into the illegal conduct of senior officials in implementing the law. Contrary to its claim, however, the administration doesn’t appear serious to comply with the October 9 judgment. If it was, it would have begun by taking action in the several glaring cases recorded in the judgment of officials colluding with influential people to give them ownership of vast chunks of state land by violating the law. Such illegality, ...

People's Democratic Party President and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti Monday said that militancy has witnessed a sharp rise during BJP rule and youth of Kashmir is preferring to hold gun rather than going to jail. She also stated that ted that they want 370 back in Jammu Kashmir and added that BJP will have to return everything snatched from the people of JK. Talking to media persons at her party office in Jammu, Mehbooba Mufti according to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said that Article 370 and other provisions of special status of Jammu Kashmir were meant for Muslims of Kashmiris alone but were for entire Jammu and Kashmir and were indeed brought by Maharaja rule to save the Dogra culture. "We want 370 back and they (BJP) will have to retu...

Shabir Khan Scores of traders on Monday staged a Peaceful protest at Asia’s largest fruit Mandi in Sopore. Various Fruit Mandi Transporters and businessman in Kashmir’s Baramulla district against what they said ‘halting of fruit-laden trucks along Srinagar-Jammu highway by the police and in this regard scores of traders assembled in the premises of Sopore Fruit Mandi and held a protest against the authorities for “unnecessarily” stopping fruit laden trucks on Srinagar-Jammu highway. The protesting traders speakong to The Kashmiriyat said that they have been facing huge losses as the loaded fruits rot on the highway due to the continuous stoppage of trucks. They warned that they would suspend trade at Fruit Mandi Sopore in case law enforcement agencies continued to stop fruit an...

The Palestinians have been holding out for a change of U.S. president for three years, hoping for a chance to hit the reset button on relations with Washington. There was no response from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after Joe Biden was declared winner of the U.S. presidential election but the first key decision facing Abbas is whether he will resume political contacts with the United States. Three years ago Abbas cut off contact with President Donald Trump’s White House, accusing it of pro-Israel bias over Trump’s decisions to break with decades of U.S. policy by recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and moving the U.S. Embassy to the city. Trump decisions that infuriated the Palestinians were cutting aid, de-funding the United Nations agency that deals with Pales...

Two persons including a man and a woman were on Sunday found hanging with a tree near river Chenab in Akhnoor Sub Division of Jammu district. Officials told that locals spotted two bodies hanging with a tree in suspicious circumstances at Bal near river Chenab in Gurha Brahmana area of Akhnoor. They said teams from local Police Station and forensic teams rushed to the spot. “Investigation into the matter and inquest proceedings under CrPC 174 have been started in Akhnoor Police Station,” officials said. They identified the deceased as Mangat Ram (30), son of Krishan Lal of Nargali Ghari, Jammu and Sarswati (25) daughter of Brij Lal Soni of Beerda Katgoora, District Korbwa in Chattisgarh. KNO