IPTK LODGES COMPLAINT WITH UN HR COMMISSION

KASHMIR KILLINGS

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 9: The International Peoples Tribunal on Kashmir (IPTK) had lodged a complaint with the Officer of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and submitted a dossier to Dr Christof Heyns, Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary, or Arbitrary Executions, demanding an investigation More

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Bullets not answer to stones: Justice Mir

‘EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE GRAVE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION’

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, Aug 9: The former chairperson of State Human Rights Commission (SHRC), Justice (Retd) A M Mir, who resigned from the post in 2006 over unabated human rights violations, Monday said that youth who vent their anger by pelting stones don’t deserve to be killed by bullets.  “By no stretch More

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I will defy house arrest on Friday: Mirwaiz

‘OFFER PRAYERS AT JAMIA MASJID’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 9: Hurriyat (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Monday said he would defy the house arrest on Friday and offer congregational prayers at the historic Jamia Masjid here.  In a statement, a Hurriyat spokesman said Mirwaiz who is under house arrest for over a month, was denied More

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Nobody secure in Kashmir: Aasiya

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Srinagar, Aug 9: The Chairperson of Dukhtaran-e-Millat, Syeda Aasiya Andrabi on Monday said the representatives of minority community have hurt the sentiments of Kashmiris by claiming to be unsafe in the Valley. In a statement, Aasiya maintained that Kashmiris have been treating the minority community More

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Jama’at assures protection to minorities

Srinagar, Aug 9: Jama’at-e-Islami J&K has assured to provide protection to the life, honour and property of all minority communities living in Valley. “Jama’at has always been championing the cause of communal amity, brotherhood and religious tolerance and its members have always played More

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Varmul gets Rs 77 cr annual plan

Varmul, Aug 9: Varmul District Development Board which met here under the Chairmanship of Minister for Education and Public Enterprise, Peerzada Muhammad Syed has approved Rs 77.34 crore plan outlay for the district for current fiscal. The meeting, according to an official statement, also reviewed More

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Submit flood damage report in 2 days: DDC to officers

Kupwara, Aug 9: The District Development Commissioner, Kupwara, Muhammad Shafi Rather, today asked the officers to submit the project report regarding flood damages in the area within two days. Reviewing the progress of schemes, he said the annual Plan for the District for current fiscal had More

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Attention selected constables

Srinagar Aug 9: The candidates of the districts of North Kashmir Range Varmul who have applied for the post of constable in J&K executive Police and have qualified their measurement/physical endurance test, but could not produce their original testimonials at the time of scrutiny of documents due More

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Ministers fly safe in helicopters

HoDs at the receiving end!

Varmul, Aug 9: As officers of Jammu and Kashmir government rushed to attend Varmul board meeting on Monday amidst showers of stones pelted on them by the youth enroute north Kashmir town to protest the killing of Fida Nabi of Mustaffabad, HMT, their minister bosses preferred to board helicopter to avoid More

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Cabinet meeting today

Srinagar, Aug 9: The state cabinet is schedule to meet, here on Tuesday, under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. Official sources said that the cabinet would meet at 10 AM to discuss some of the important issues including proposed transfers in police departments. If More

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Nayeem pays tributes to S Aziz

Srinagar: Paying rich tributes to the memory of Shaheed-i-Azeemat, Sheikh Abdul Aziz on his second martyrdom anniversary being observed on August 11, Wednesday, the incarcerated senior leader of Hurriyat (M) and chairman National Front, Nayeem Ahmad Khan has appealed to the people not to give up the More

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FCI contests police report

Srinagar, Aug 9: The Food Corporation of India today refuted a news item carried by a section of press here which had reported that the villagers of Hygam Sopur on Friday night “broke open the shutters of Food and Supplies store in the area and took away 1300 quintals of rotten (food) dumped by FCI for More

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MBBS classes from August 14

Srinagar: The class work of the students of MBBS Ist year shall start from August 14, said the Principal, Government Medical College. The students are advised to assemble in the Anatomy Hall at 11 a.m. on the said date, she added. More

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Control room set up in DC office

Srinagar: A control room (Help line) has been established in the office of the Deputy Commissioner here.  The Additional District Development Commissioner will monitor the functioning of the control room. The people can contact the control room on Phone Number 2477033, 9419000227, 2477742 More

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Muslim-Sikh Coordination Committee at Tral

Srinagar: The members of Islahi Muashra, Tral, and Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee,district Pulwama, at a meeting held at Darul Uloom, Tral, with Moulana Noor Muhammad in chair, formed a joint coordination committee to maintain and strengthen the brotherhood between the two communities.  The Coordination More

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BSNL land line trouble

Srinagar: The residents of Old Fateh Kadal area here have complained that their BSNL land line telephones were out of order from the last two weeks. The residents told Greater Kashmir that the authorities turned deaf ears to the repeated complaints made by the subscribers. They sought intervention More

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KU condoles Prof Khera's demise

Srinagar: Kashmir University staff on Monday condoled the demise of Prof  M K Khera who during his tenure  as professor in the varisity held the positions of  Dean faculty of Sciences and Head department of Physics  . A condolence meeting was held under  the chairmanship More

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Trumboo grieved at flood toll

Srinagar: The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (R) chief patron and executive director of Kashmir Centre Brussels, Barrister Abdul Majeed Trumboo on Monday expressed grief and sorrow over the loss of life and property due to flash floods in Pakistan and Kashmir.      Expressing More

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