Polls: PR agencies do brisk business
Jammu, November 14
With the state bracing for the first phase of the assembly elections on November 17 and canvassing gaining momentum, public relations (PR) agencies are doing a brisk business as different parties are hiring their services.

Farmers dump agriculture for better living
Jammu, November 14
With the government’s laid-back attitude towards the farming community and agriculture no more considered a lucrative profession, farmers in the region have started shifting to other trades for earning a better living. Vast chunks of agricultural land in the RS Pura, Bishnah, Arnia, Suchetgarh, Samba, Kathua and Kanachak areas have been converted into either concrete jungle or barren land

Despite a ban, people are constructing houses and commercial buildings on agricultural land in Jammu. A Tribune photograph

A victim of official apathy
JAMMU, November 14
The only state-run Government College for Engineering and Technology (GCET), Jammu, is a victim of official neglect and apathy. Neither has the college qualified faculty nor does it have the required technological support for practical purposes.

The old campus of Government College of Engineering and Technology on Canal Road in Jammu. A Tribune photograph

With the government not taking note of their plight, PoK refugees are forced to lead a pathetic life at the bhour Camp in Jammu. Photo: Inderjeet Singh

Revival of night marriages
Rajouri, November 14
Nearly two decades after night marriages were replaced by those solemnised during day due to militancy, the tradition is witnessing a revival in the border districts of Rajouri and Poonch.

Jnanpith awardee has lively approach to work
Srinagar, November 14
Having been conferred with the Jnanpith Award for Kashmiri language and literature by the Prime Minister in New Delhi last week, Prof Rehman Rahi tirelessly continues to work on different aspects of poetry and criticism.

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