Akshay Azad

KU fails to declare result of SLET after 4 months Akshay Azad Early Times Report Jammu, July 9: The J&K SLET Agency of Kashmir University has so far failed to declare the result of State Level Eligibility Test (SLET) after lapse of four months since the test was conducted by the Agency.  On one hand the Central Board of School Education (CBSE) which has so far been conducting the National Eligibility Test (NET) twice a year, is improving its performance by reducing the time of announcing results, the Kashmir University has increased the time to announce results. http://www.earlytimes.in/newsdet.aspx?q=237084 The JKSLET Agency of University of Kashmir had conducted the written test of SLET on March 11, 2018 and on March 19, it had uploaded the answer keys of 37 subjects on their official website. They had sought queries from the candidates regarding the keys and had asked the candidates to submit their objections along with supporting documents till ...

SSB files reply before court, waiting for outcome Early Times Report Jammu, July 4: It seems that wait of aspirants, who had appeared in the written test for the posts of Niab-Tehsildar, is going to prolong further as the court is yet to give its verdict on the reply filed by Service Selection Board. Pertinently, a total 75,000 candidates had appeared in the written test for a total of 125 posts of naib-tehsildar, which was held on April 29. http://www.earlytimes.in/newsdet.aspx?q=236727 Soon after the written test, a candidate had secured stay from High Court in the first week of May. As per his counsel, the aggrieved aspirant was originally asked to appear the test at 1 pm at Nusrat-ul-Islam High School in Anantnag but when he had reached the examination center, he found that his centre was changed to SKM College Pulwama, which was 40 kilometres away. The court had directed the secretary SSB to appear before it on May 7 and produce the examination records. ...

Akshay Azad July 4, 2018  Twice every year, the Chinta valley in Jammu echoes with the bleats of sheep and goats as caravans of the Bakerwals, a Muslim pastoral tribe, traverse through the region, often setting up camps for a couple of days. In the summer and winter months, the Bakerwals migrate to the upper Himalayas and then down to the plains, respectively, in search of fodder for their livestock. For two days in the last week of April, I travelled with a caravan of the Bakerwals, who left from the Bhaderwah town of Doda district on a dilapidated road, through the Chinta valley, where they were surrounded by rings of lofty mountains with a thick cover of tall deodar trees, streams and waterfalls, and towards the upper mountains. http://www.caravanmagazine.in/society/communities/bakerwals-seasonal-migration-weather-officials-spirits Though the valley provides an abundance of unpopulated pastures that can be used as safe stopovers, their journey is still fraug...