Lending support to Valleyities in tough times

RED CROSS SOCIETY REACHES OUT TO PATIENTS

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, Aug 21: Amidst the ongoing unrest in the Valley, ferrying patients to hospitals and extending medical help to the needy is no less than a Herculean task. And when the endeavour is voluntary it gets tougher. But against all the odds, the Jammu and Kashmir Red Cross Society, (JKRCS More

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JAMMU DICTATES TERMS TO PSC

Exams postponed in Kashmir after Jammu candidates refuse to appear

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Aug 21: In a glaring example of Jammu dictating terms to the Public Service Commission (PSC), the examination of the Accounts Clerk Course (ACC) was Saturday cancelled at the last minute but only after the candidates were “dragged” to the examination centre from across the Valley amid curfew More

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IUST students demand postponement of exams

‘Varsity Has Put Our Career At Stake’

Srinagar, Aug 21: The students of Islamic University of Science and Technology, (IUST) Awantipora have appealed the varsity management to postpone the exams scheduled to begin from August 24 in view of prevailing situation in the Valley. A delegation of students told Greater Kashmir that though More

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Press Guild condemns ban on distribution of newspapers

Threatens to suspend publication

Srinagar, Aug 21: Press Guild of Kashmir has expressed serious concern over administration’s tactics to impede and hinder the distribution of newspaper in different areas of the Valley.In a statement, PGK said for almost 15 days, entry of all the newspapers was banned into north Kashmir and police More

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Centre approves Rs 371.18 Cr for National Saffron Mission

Srinagar, Aug 21: For the revival of saffron production in Jammu and Kashmir, the Central government has approved a plan of Rs 371.18 crore under National Saffron Mission Programme for four years which includes Rs 286.06 crore as government of India’s share and Rs 85.12 crore as farmers share.
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Pro-Govt gunman gets lifer

TARIQ RASOOL

Bandipora, Aug 21: A local court here on Saturday sentenced a pro-government gunman to life imprisonment for opening fire on a civilian and injuring him critically in August 1996. Pro-government gunman Ghulam Mohiuddin Yatoo of Inderkoot Sumbal had shot and injured Bashir Ahmed Bhat when More

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PSC postpones examinations

Srinagar: According to Deputy Secretary Public Service Commission (PSC), the departmental examinations of ACC and SAC Part-II and Screening Test of Lecturers 10+2, which were being held from August 22nd onwards have been postponed. Meanwhile, the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir has asked all Superintendents More

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SEN to commence telecast programs

Srinagar: The District Magistrate Srinagar has kept the order of closing down the transmission of SEN and SEN Awaz in abeyance till further orders. More

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Blood donation camp at Zakura

Gk NEWSNETWORK

Srinagar: The residents of Zakoora on Saturday volunteered themselves for the donation of blood to the injured persons admitted at SKIMS, Soura here. A camp was organised by the locals at Boys High School, Zakoora where doctors from SKIMS collected the blood. A large number of people including More

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