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Grand farewell to doyen
CM, Geelani, Malik, Mirwaiz Join Khwaja’s Nimaz-e-Jinaza
ARIF SHAFI WANI/SAMAAN LATEEF
Srinagar, Nov 25: Thousands of people on Wednesday joined the Nimaz-e-Jinaza of the legendary journalist Khwaja Sanaullah Bhat at the historic Lal Chowk here.Doyen of Urdu journalism in Kashmir and the editor-in-chief of Daily Aftab, Bhat passed away at SKIMS Soura Tuesday after protracted illness More
Was bold, honest: Omar
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Nov 25: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah while paying glowing tributes to late Khawaja Sonaullah Bhat, said the contribution of this veteran writer is of immense value to the field of journalism in Jammu and Kashmir.Omar rushed to Srinagar from Rajouri Wednesday to join the Jinaza prayers of More
Donates house, land to servants
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Nov 25: As a gesture of benevolence, Khawaja Sonaullah Bhat had donated his house and land at Soura to two of his trusted servants before his demise.Khawaja’s close associates said, three months before his death, Khawaja had transferred the proprietary rights of his house and 19.5 marlas More
SAC gets members
MUDDASIR ALI
Srinagar, Nov 25: The premier watchdog organization, the State Accountability Commission, is expected to get a fresh lease of life as Justice (retd) Yash Paul Nargotra and Justice (retd) Basheer Ahmad Kirmani have been appointed as members of the Commission.“Justice Nargotra will also serve as More
Hajj begins, over 2.5 million reach Mina
8,500 Kashmiris Among Pilgrims
SHEIKH AHMED
Mina, Nov 25: Braving heavy downpour, over 2.5 million pilgrims from all parts of the world today reached here to begin their five-day Hajj rituals.The rain caused massive traffic jams due to water-logging and it took more than five to seven hours for pilgrims to cover the distance of eight kilometres More
- Perspective
SUN sets eternally!
Khawja’s death brought an era to end
INKSIGHT BY MEHMOOD-UR-RASHID
…an era that was present with all it details at the time of his funeral. My lone interaction with him, if it can be called an interaction, is this: I participated in his funeral prayers at More
- Op-Ed
Kashmir – a flashback
LEGACY
ACCESSION, DELHI AGREEMENT, KASHMIR ACCORD AND WHAT MORE? WRITES FIDA IQBAL
Kashmir is the flashpoint of any conflict since 1947; ready to ignite the whole world at some point of time. This intricate issue had become more and more complicated with every passing year. Partition More
- Reflections
Discrimination debate: a welcome move by GK Foundation
The bold initiative taken by GK Foundation to deliberate upon sensitive issue of discrimination in Government services vis-à-vis Kashmir region is a laudable effort. One is really surprised to see how More
- Editorial
Saluting a Titan
SUN has set. On Tuesday evening the sun that shined on the firmament of Kashmir journalism for fifty two years, after blazing the trail desended into the pages of history. Khawja Sanaullah Bhat, More
- News
Khwaja Sahib’s demise widely mourned
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Nov 25: Various political, social and religious organizations have expressed profound grief over the demise of veteran Urdu journalist and Editor-in- Chief of “The Daily Aftab”, Khwaja Sanaullah More
- City
Ahead of Eid, comes traffic chaos
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar: Yet again, the authorities Wednesday failed to regulate traffic particularly in civil lines areas as the shoppers surged to the City centre. Scores of people remained stranded in jams amid More
- Jammu
Govt’s response irks SRTC employees
HARMEET SINGH
Jammu, Nov 25: The striking State Road Transport Corporation Employees miffed at what they termed cold response of the government team headed by Chief Secretary S S Kapur have decided to move toward Delhi More
- News
Khwaja Sahib’s demise widely mourned
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Nov 25: Various political, social and religious organizations have expressed profound grief over the demise of veteran Urdu journalist and Editor-in- Chief of “The Daily Aftab”, Khwaja Sanaullah More
- GK Business
Govt to identify land for MNCs in Kashmir
OKAYA Batteries-Launched
RABIA NOOR
Srinagar, Nov 25: Minister for IT and Science and Technology Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi Wednesday said the government will soon identify some land in Kashmir where the multinational companies could operate More







