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ELDERS RETURN KARRA’S APPROPRIATION BILLS
Upper House adjourned sine die
HARMEET SINGH
Jammu, Jan 31: The Legislative Council Thursday considered and returned the Appropriation Bills moved by Finance Minister Tariq Hameed Karra in the absence of opposition. In an exceptional move the coalition government passed these bills in the Legislative Assembly yesterday in only a minute. More
Cross border travel without frills
Hilal Ahmad
Pangsau (Myanmar), Jan 31: On an unpaved road, constructed by the British during World War II, connecting India and Myanmar, Nepali driver Kamal Prasad Sharma ferries tribal people from Pangsau village of Myanmar into Nampong, a border village of Arunachal Pradesh. Since 2006 a two-day festival More
Pahalgam freezes at -15.7oC, -10.8oC; in Kupwara Sunny In Srinagar
Chillai Kalan ends
GK News Network
Srinagar, Jan 31: Even though the 40-day-long Chillai Kalan, coldest period of the winter, ended last night, people in Kashmir valley and Ladakh region continue to shiver in severe cold as minimum temperature dipped to several degrees below normal. Drass, the second coldest place in the world More
Pakistan electioneering lacks fervour
Nisar Ahmed Thokar
Islamabad, Jan 31: As the date for Pakistan’s general elections is approaching, the political parties have yet again started electioneering campaign across the country and the contestants have been reorganizing their programmes to step-up polls related activities in their respective constituencies.
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NC protests in Jammu
GK News Network
Jammu, Jan 31: Protesting against the state government, opposition National Conference today took out a protest rally against adjournment of assembly ahead its schedule. Shouting anti-government slogans, hundreds of party workers led by National Conference legislators started a protest march More
- Perspective
Pitfalls of unity
Is it forging a unity or deepening the split, questions Hassan Zainagiri. Democratic Freedom Party Chief Shabir Ahmad Shah’s unification efforts to assemble all pro-moments, political groups on a More
- Op-Ed
Is bird-flu really a threat to public health?
Dr. S. Muhammad Salim Khan on the disease of bird-flu and apprehensions about getting it through consumption of poultry products On-going outbreaks of highly pathogenic bird flu (avian influenza) More
- Reflections
What is ailing the apple crop of Kashmir?
Kashmir valley had a bumper apple crop during 2007. But due to prolonged drought spell and total dry weather from August to November -2007, the apple crop was without pre-harvest rainfall which enhances More
- Friday Focus
Huquq al-Ibad - Right to Honour
PROF. G. R. MALIK
Like life and property, Islam declares the honour of every individual as sacrosanct and inviolable and prescribes appropriate moral and legal measures to safeguard it. In the famous address of his More
- News
6 days remand for two accused
Sexual exploitation case
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Jan 31: A court on Thursday sent two persons accused of their involvement in a case of murder of a Srinagar girl allegedly after her sexual exploitation, to police remand for six days. Third More
- City
CB files chargesheet against non-banking finance company
Accuses it of drawing lakhs of rupees fraudulently from people
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Jan 31: The Crime Branch of the State Police Thursday filed a charge-sheet against eight persons in the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate against eight persons who were running a non-banking More
- News
6 days remand for two accused
Sexual exploitation case
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Jan 31: A court on Thursday sent two persons accused of their involvement in a case of murder of a Srinagar girl allegedly after her sexual exploitation, to police remand for six days. Third More
- GK Business
JK Bank Q3 net up by 30 pc
Gains Rs 300 Cr Net Profit In 9 Months
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Jan 31: J&K Bank recorded a 30 per cent rise in net profit on the back of significant rise in interest income on loans and advances and other income. The net profit for the quarter ended More
- Week Scan
