SKIMS Director Prof Ashraf Ganie appeals public to register as Stem Cell donors and help save lives
He was speaking at a media event about a Polish Stem Cell Donor giving new life to Kashmiri Child at SKIMS. STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, JUNE 23 (STC): Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Director, Prof. Ashraf Ganie, at a press conference here today appealed to people to come forward, register as potential stem cell donors,…
Sat Sharma, Ashok Koul offer prayers for peace and prosperity at Mata Kheer Bhawani Shrine
STC NEWS DESKGANDERBAL, JUNE 23 (STC): Member of Parliament Sat Sharma (CA), BJP J&K President, along with BJP General Secretary (Organisation) Ashok Koul, visited the revered Mata Kheer Bhawani Shrine at Tulmulla in Ganderbal on the occasion of the annual Kheer Bhawani Mela.The BJP leaders paid obeisance at the holy shrine and offered prayers for…
NMC discontinues PG diploma medical courses across India, shifts entire focus on MD/MS programmes
STC NEWS MONITORING DESKNEW DELHI, JUNE 23 (STC): In a complete shift to MD and MS degree programmes in specialist medical education, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has decided to discontinue postgraduate diploma medical courses across India. By virtue of this decision, admission to PG diploma courses will be done for the last time in…
SMC Bribery Case: Local contractors defend accused SE, calls him ‘innocent & not absconding’
STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, JUNE 23 (STC): In the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) bribery investigation, local contractors in a statement have strongly defended the accusedSuperintending Engineer (SE) in the bribery case in which the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) recently raided his Srinagar residence.Dismissing rumors of the officer fleeing from the investigation, the contractors described him…
Mata Kheer Bhawani: Where Faith, Memory and Kashmir’s Composite Culture Converge
“The journey to Tulmulla, Kashmir continues. The Goddess still calls. And her devotees still return.” Dr Rajesh Bhat Few places in Kashmir embody the Valley’s centuries-old composite culture as profoundly as the shrine of Mata Kheer Bhawani at Tulmulla. For generations, this sacred abode of Mata Ragnya Devi has stood not merely as a place…

