Nayeem Khan rejects Pillai’s offer

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Apr 8: Stating that arrests can’t break his resolve to fight for Kashmir cause, the senior Hurriyat leader and the National Front Chairman Nayeem Ahmad Khan today said he was being punished for advocating right to self-determination.Nayeem, who was brought before Court without handcuffs More

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Court orders release of Ashraf Sehrai

HC quashes detention of Masarat, Sumji

GK News Network

Srinagar, Apr 8: The Chief Judicial Magistrate Budgam today ordered release of senior Hurriyat (G) leader Ashraf Sehrai while the High Court quashed the PSA detention of Hurriyat (G) leader Ghulam Nabi Sumji and Muslim League leader Masarat Alam Bhat. Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai was produced before the More

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LOC bus reunited 10,000 Kashmiris in 5 years

ROSHAN MUGHAL

Muzaffarabad, Apr 8: Cross-Line of Control bus service has reunited 10,000 divided Kashmiris in past five years, officials have said.More than 10,000 divided Kashmiris have met each other through Muzaffarabad-Srinagar and Rawalakot-Poonch bus services since April 7, 2005, which include 5899 from More

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Fateha of M Y Khan’s mother today

OMAR, DR FAROOQ, OTHERS VISIT FAMILY IN SEER

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Apr 8: The Fateha Khawani of Fatima Bano, mother of former J&K Bank chairman Muhammad Yousuf Khan, would be held at 2:30 pm Friday at her ancestral graveyard in Seer Hamadan, Islamabad, in south Kashmir.Hundreds of people including Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Union Minister for More

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Khoda reviews security

Honours 29 policemen

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar Apr 8: The Director General of Police (DGP), Kuldeep Khoda, on Thursday took stock of the security scenario in the valley and reiterated that Jammu and Kashmir Police would meet the challenges of militancy with courage and fortitude. He said that people of the state have high expectations More

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Ganderbal to observe shutdown

JOB BILL

SHEIKH NAZIR

Ganderbal, Apr 8: Anti Inter District Recruitment Forum (AIDRF) Kangan has called for shutdown and peaceful protests in Ganderbal district on Friday to press for imposing a ban on inter-district recruitment. The Forum has assured the Kupwara Bachao Committee, spearheading the agitation to More

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1/4th Kashmiri youth prone to diabetes: Director SKIMS

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Apr 8: The SK Institute of Medical Science, Soura Director, Dr Abdul Hamid Zargar today said one fourth of Kashmiri youth were prone to diabetes. Speaking on the function organized by Islamic University of Science and Technology, Awantipore on World Health Day,  Dr. Zargar More

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Anti-parking drive in Varmul evokes resentment

ALTAF BABA

Varmul, Apr 8: To curb the problem of wrong parking in the town, police on Thursday launched a drive against the offenders.  Though people appreciated the drive, but they maintained that in the absence of parking slots, they were forced to park their vehicles along roadside.  “I More

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Batamaloo residents appeal CM

GK News Network

Srinagar: The Welfare Committee, Dhobi Mohalla Shah Faisal Abad, Batamaloo, at a meeting on April 4, with its president Abdul Kabir Bhat in chair, discussed the problems of various natures of the area.  The members of different localities of the area participated in the meeting and alleged that More

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JKLF (R) grieved at demise

GK News Network

Srinagar: Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (R) has expressed sorrow over the demise of the sister of its district president for Islamabad, Master Ghulam Moohi-ud-Din Padroo.  Front delegation led by chairman, Farooq Ahmad Dar alias Bita Karate visited the residence of deceased and sympathized More

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Asiya alleges raids on her house

We are probing burglary: Police

GK News Network

Srinagar, Apr 8: The Dukhtaran-e-Milat chief, Syeda Asiya Andrabi has condemned the frequent police ‘raids’ on her residence, terming them as barbarous acts. In a statement, Asiya said “The police are every now and then raiding my residence and harassing my children despite the fact that More

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‘Expedite selection process of asst surgeons’

GK News Network

Srinagar, Apr 8: The aspirants for the post of assistant surgeon on Wednesday appealed the authorities to expedite the selection process. A delegation said the posts were advertised in 2007 and the short-listed candidates were subsequently interviewed in 2009. “The selection list is yet to More

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HC postpones interview

GK News Network

Srinagar, Apr 8: The High Court Wednesday postponed the interview and viva-voce of Kashmiri candidates for the posts of Data Entry Operators.  A handout said, the scheduled interview/viva voce on April 10 and 11 has been postponed adding the fresh dates would be notified separately. More

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Ganderbal scribes to form body

GK News Network

Ganderbal, Apr 8: The journalists of print and electronic media here are forming a body through elections on Sunday. A 5-member election committee was framed by the reporters which will make efforts and chalk out the strategy to conduct the polls for president and general secretary of the More

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Zaffar pays tributes to Maqbool Illahi

GK News Network

Srinagar, Apr 8: Paying rich tributes to the memory of Shaheed Maqbool Illahi on his 17th martyrdom anniversary, the JK Salvation Movement chairman, Zaffar Akbar Bhat described him a great son of the soil and one of the founder leaders of the ongoing freedom struggle. Addressing function More

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