Step down: Govt tells Drabu

JK BANK CHAIRMAN TO PUT IN HIS PAPERS TODAY

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 26: J&K Bank Chairman Dr Haseeb A Drabu is resigning today after he was asked by the state government to put in his papers. Drabu’s term was ending later next year.Informed sources told Greater Kashmir that Dr Drabu was conveyed the decision of J&K government soon after the More

Massive makeover in civil, police admn

Vyas Is Principal Secy To CM; Samoon Div Com Kashmir; Rajendra ADG Law & Order; Sahai IGP Kashmir

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 26: The State Cabinet which met here Thursday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah approved a massive reshuffle in the civil and police administration.Samuel Verghese, Financial Commissioner, Home has been transferred and posted as Chairman, J&K Special Tribunal More

PM concerned over JK unrest

‘Crowd Control Measures Need To Be Revisited’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Aug 26: Voicing serious concern over the ongoing unrest in Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday highlighted the need to “revisit” standard operating procedures and crowd control measures by security forces and the police to deal with the mass protests.“Despite the More

CURFEW, PROTESTS, ARRESTS CONTINUE

Protests In Soura, Rainawari; Rubber Bullet Hits Barzulla Youth

GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, Aug 26: Amid a curfew in the summer capital and several other towns across the Valley on Thursday, protests continued against the civilian killings and the crackdown on the youth. The present unrest today completed 77 days of almost continuous shutdown across the valley during which police More

40 injured in late evening clashes

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 26: At least 40 persons were injured in police and CRPF action in Soura on late  Thursday evening.Doctors at the SKIMS told Greater Kashmir that the institute received 38 persons with pellet injuries. “One of them Dar Khalid, 20, who had received multiple pellet injuries in abdomen More

Review protest calendar: Jamaa’t to Geelani

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 26: Expressing serious concern over the disruption in the academic calendar, Jamaa’t-e-Islami on Thursday suggested to the Hurriyat Conference (G), spearheading the ‘Quit Kashmir Movement’ to keep the interests of students and daily-wagers in mind while issuing the next protest calendar More

Farooq ridicules Azadi demand

‘Tell Pakistan to return Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Aug 26: Contending that most people of Jammu and Kashmir, including areas under “Pakistani occupation”, want to be with India, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah Thursday ridiculed demands for “independence”, saying the separatists were not aware of its consequences. “It is time More

Opposition attacks Govt

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Aug 26: Concerned over the situation in Kashmir, Opposition parties today attacked the government over its handling of the affairs related to the state but were divided on the question of granting autonomy to the state.While BJP was strongly against grant of autonomy and even questioned More

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