China denies visa to Northern Command chief

Action Amounts To Questioning JK’s Status: India

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Aug 27: Triggering a major diplomatic row, China has refused to permit an Indian army general to visit that country as he is in-charge of “sensitive” Jammu and Kashmir, prompting an angry retaliation by India which put all defence exchanges with it on hold till the matter was sorted out More

HASEEB DRABU RESIGNS, SAYS NO REGRETS

‘I left The Bank In A Much Stronger Position’

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Aug 27: A day after the Jammu and Kashmir government asked the chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Bank, Dr Haseeb Drabu, to step down, the state’s top-notch economist put in his papers before the Board of Directors on Friday. The Board has approved the resignation.In a chat with Greater Kashmir More

Panday is acting Chairman

Lobbying Begins

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 27: The J&K Bank Board of Directors Friday approved interim appointment of state’s commissioner/secretary, Finance, Sudanshu Panday, as the acting chairman of the Bank.Panday is on the Board of the Bank since 31 March, 2009.The Reserve Bank of India is being approached for More

‘Drabu’s removal can affect bank’s financial health’

Valley Business Community Terms Govt Decision “Unfortunate”

N BHAT

Srinagar, Aug 27: The Valley business community today lambasted the government for showing door to the ace economist and chairman, J&K Bank, Dr Haseeb A Drabu, even as maintaining that it could adversely affect the health of the state’s only listed company.Talking to Greater Kashmir representatives More

Cholera outbreak in Budgam

26 Cases Confirmed; Govt Downplays Pandemic

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Aug 27: Sending alarm bells ringing in Kashmir, the deadly cholera disease has broken out in central Kashmir’s district Budgam. While doctors at the SKIMS Medical College here confirmed having received 26 cases of cholera, which can kill within hours if left untreated, hundreds of people More

50 injured in Shopian clashes

Clashes In Soura; Troopers Barge Into Kunzer Houses; Curfew In Kupwara; Protests Continue

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 27: In view of a day’s break from strikes as per the Hurriyat’s protest programme, authorities lifted curfew across the Kashmir Valley barring Kupwara district on Friday. Post-prayer protests broke out at several places in Srinagar and elsewhere on which police used force, resulting More

LETHAL USE OF ‘NON-LETHAL WEAPONS’

100 Youth Injured By Pellet Guns

GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, Aug 27: Since the introduction of pump action guns or pellet guns- billed as “non-lethal weapons”- last week, around 100 persons have been injured, most of them critically, across the Valley by the pellets fired from these weapons.The weapons were introduced after mounting fatalities More

Kashmir situation dangerous: Owaisi

‘Killing Spree, HR Abuses Must Stop’

JAVAID MALIK

Srinagar, Aug 27: Member Parliament and chairman of Hyderabad based All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, Assaduddin Owaisi, on Friday described the situation in Kashmir as dangerous and called on Government of India (GoI) to put an end to the killing spree and the human rights violations across More

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