NC, PDP trade charges on Waqf Board

‘Rather, Sagar should resign on moral grounds’

‘PDP RECRUITED FAVOURITES’

NASEER AHMADSrinagar, Dec 11: Day after the High Court issued notice to Peoples Democratic Party leaders in Muslim Auqaf Trust case, the National Conference and PDP started a war of words on the issue. While the PDP accused NC of using the Trust as its fiefdom, the latter More

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Woman foils molestation bid by CRPF men

Trooper caught by people, arrested

SHAHID RAFIQ

Kupwara, Dec 11: Misra Begum, 32, wife of Abdul Majeed of Shahlal Handwara fought with troopers of Central Reserve Police Force Friday afternoon and escaped from their clutches when they allegedly tried to outrage her modesty. The incident took place in Rudbugh village located on Sopur-Kupwara More

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Excise and Taxation department too goes Jammu way

Of 51 top slots, region gets away with 40

GK NEWS NETWORK

DISCRIMINATIONSrinagar, Dec 11: The Excise and Taxation is yet another department where Jammu region has claimed the lion’s share in jobs over several years past, if the available figures were to be believed. More than 80 per cent of its top slots filled up through More

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JKLF (R) activists hold demo

GK News Network

Srinagar, Dec 11: The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (R) leaders and activists held a demonstration at Lal Chowk on the Human Rights Day on Thursday against the continued  ‘human rights violations’ committed by the troops on the people of the state.  The demonstration was led by the Front More

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US House approves USD 1.5 billion Pak assistance for 2010

Press Trust of India

Washington, Dec 11: The US House of Representatives today approved nearly USD 1.5 billion of assistance to Pakistan to be spent under the Kerry-Lugar legislation that asks Islamabad cease support to militant groups on its soil and dismantle camps that threaten its neighbours.The amount was approved More

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Mirwaiz condemns crackdown on Hurriyat (M)

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Dec 11: Chairman Hurriyat Conference (M), Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, has condemned the police crackdown on conglomerate leadership on Thursday to thwart protest against human rights violations in Kashmir. “It was a gross human rights violation committed by government on the pro-freedom More

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College Row: People hold demo at Hajin

AZIM JAN

Bandipore, Dec 11: Thousands of people from Hajin and its adjoining villages took to streets on Friday against the government’s decision of establishing the Government Degree College in Sumbal tehsil.  The vehicles remained off the roads and shops and other business establishments were closed More

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‘GMC’s biochemistry deptt to offer doctorate’

SAMAAN LATEEF

Srinagar, Dec 11: In a move to upgrade the standards of the Biochemistry department of Government Medical College here, the Kashmir University has recognized the department as ‘Research Centre’, which would now offer M.Phil and doctoral degrees to its students. The approval has been granted More

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‘Discrepancy in KCS judicial paper’

KHALID GUL

Islamabad, Dec 11: The Kashmir Civil Services (Judicial)aspirants have complained that a question paper set up by the Public Service Commission had discrepancy.   “In the English paper, the contents of question pertaining to translation paragraph of Urdu and Hindi to English, were different More

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Unscheduled power cuts irk Kupwara residents

SHAHID RAFIQ

Kupwara, Dec 11: The erratic power supply is causing huge inconvenience to the residents of this frontier district.  The inhabitants of Lolab, Kralpora, Hayhama, Handwara and other towns of the district accuse the Power Development Department of resorting to unscheduled power cuts. “The Department More

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Send verification in 21 days: MEA to police

Passport Issue

New Delhi, Dec 11: The ministry of external affairs had asked the state police authorities to send police verification reports (PVRs) in respect of passport applications within 21 days. An official statement said that the majority of PVRs were not received in 21 days.  The Passport More

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Private universities flout UGC, SC directions; run off-campus

Press Trust of India

New Delhi, Dec 11: Certain private universities have given affiliation to colleges and started off-campus centres beyond their territorial jurisdiction in violation of the UGC norms and the direction of the Supreme Court. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has identified these universities More

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PPP for punishment to guilty troopers

GK News Network

Srinagar, Dec 11: The People’s Political Party Chairman, Hilal Ahmed War has urged the international community to ensure that human rights were respected in Kashmir and troopers guilty of committing excesses were booked.  “Kashmiris have seen constant human rights violations since the India More

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India troubling Pak through Kabul: Gilani

GK News Network

Islamabad, Dec 11: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has reiterated that India is interfering in Pakistan through Afghanistan, and added that he himself had asked his Indian counterpart Dr Manmohan Singh to refrain from doing so. Talking to media persons on the sidelines of a function More

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Boy killed while clearing snow

Press Trust of India

Srinagar, Dec 11: A boy was killed, while clearing snow from a roof top in Leh, where mercury showed slight improvement today. Villayat Ali Khan (18), a resident of Kulgam, was killed when he fell down from the rooftop of a hotel while clearing snow in Leh  town, 434 kilometres from here More

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Conduct referendum in Assam: ULFA to Centre

Press Trust of India

Guwhati, Dec 11: Upping the ante, the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) ‘commander-in-chief’ Paresh Barua has shot off a ‘last message’ to the Centre, asking it to take a referendum in Assam if it could not discuss the sovereignty issue with the group.In an email sent in Assamese in Roman script More

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No French citizenship for burqa clad Muslim women

Paris, Dec 11: Muslim men who force their wives to wear the full Islamic veil should not be granted French citizenship, Justice Minister Michele Alliot-Marie has said. Wading into the debate over whether to ban the burqa, Alliot-Marie said the government would await the recommendations of a parliamentary More

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