Civil society asks pro-freedom leaders to unite

‘United we stand divided we fall’

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, Nov 22: Stating that differences between the pro-freedom leaders were hampering the Kashmir cause, the Kashmiri civil society on Sunday said it would strive to bring the entire leadership on a common platform.   Rejecting ‘Track-II and quite diplomacy’ as means to resolve the More

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Pahalgam Master Plan a ‘master conspiracy’

Babus Bought Land, Designated It Non-Green; Residential Areas Shown Green

KHALID GUL

Pahalgam, Nov 22: The master plan framed to save the ecologically fragile environment of this tourist resort has failed to serve any purpose as, sources say, it was only prepared to pave the way for some influential people to acquire land and go for illegal constructions.A committee comprising More

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Lavatories stink in G B Pant hospital, turn into rat shelter

MUAZZAM MUHAMMAD

Srinagar, Nov 22: The bathrooms in G B Pant Children hospital are stinking and have been rendered un-usable for the patients and their attendants due to the piling up of syringes, empty dextrose bottles and pipes.These bathrooms, covered with filth, also wear dirty look due to the presence of More

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Encroachments ruin Islamabad water bodies

Authorities issue warnings, no action on ground

KHALID GUL

Islamabad, Nov 22: Notwithstanding the claims made by the authorities about action against encroachments on water bodies, such practices continue to thrive in this South Kashmir township.The Flood Control and Irrigation Division Islamabad, in its notification dated 09-05-2009, while expressing More

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Army bunker irks Magam students

We Have Raised Issue With DC: CEO

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Magam, Handwara, Nov 22: Two years after the Army claimed to have vacated the twin government educational institutions in this village of Handwara, the students still have to walk through the gate guarded by the troops of Rashtriya Rifles. The students of government higher secondary school More

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NC felicitates Pak

Gilgit-Baltistan polls

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Nov 22: The ruling National Conference on Sunday felicitated Pakistan for giving special status to Gilgit and Baltistan and restoring democracy in these areas.  The senior NC leader Dr Mustafa Kamal in statement here said the transition in Northern Areas would bring change in New More

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Youth pillars of peace, development: Omar

Hyderabad, Nov 22: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday described youth as corner pillars of peace and development. “Present day global scenario has made youth all the more important in the fields of economy and social justice. They have to play a  vital role in creating a progressive More

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ERA misses 2nd deadline on Sangrama-Kulangam Road

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Sopur, Nov 22: The Economic Reconstruction Agency has again failed to complete the ambitious Sangrama-Sopur-Kulangam road within the second deadline.The 27 kilometre stretch, connecting apple town Sopur with Handwara and Sangrama, couldn’t be completed within the second deadline of October 31 More

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Renegotiate discriminatory arrangements: PDP

GK NEWS NETWORK

Doda, Nov 22: Senior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader, Muzaffar Hussain Baig, on Sunday reiterated his party’s demand to renegotiate “discriminatory agreements” with National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) to make Jammu and Kashmir economically self-reliant. “According to rough estimates More

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Asiya rejects bilateral talks

GK News Network

Srinagar, Nov 22: Rejecting the bilateral dialogue between India and some separatist leaders, the Dukhtaran-e-Milat today said India must directly involve Pakistan in the dialogue process to resolve the Kashmir dispute. Reacting to the statements of Pakistan Foreign Minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi More

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‘Clear confusion on quiet talks’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Nov 22: The general council of Hurriyat Conference (M) on Sunday asked the executive council to clear the confusion on quiet talks.        Hurriyat constituents who held a meeting for second consecutive day today expressed dismay over the process. “ More

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Ministers distribute appointment orders

GK News Network

Kupwara, Nov 22: The Government issued orders of compassionate appointment under SRO-43 in favour of 125 beneficiaries, here on SundayCheques worth Rs 4 lakh each, in lieu of Government jobs, were also distributed among 20 persons by the minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control, Taj Mohi-ud More

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NC activist shot at

Press Trust of India

Srinagar, Nov 22: Gunmen have shot at and critically wounded a senior National Conference activist in Varmul district of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said today. National Conference Halqa president, Ghulam Mohammad Dar (45) was shot at by some unidentified pistol-borne person in the compound More

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CIA chief meets heads of IB, RAW

PRESS TRRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Nov 22: CIA chief Leon E Panetta held extensive talks with Chiefs of Intelligence agencies and National Security Advisor M K Narayanan relating to the presence of terror groups in neighbouring Pakistan and Afghanistan and their impact on India. Panetta met Research and Analysis More

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