Desperation drives Wamiq’s family to roads

DANISH NABI

Srinagar, Feb 24: Two days after one-man sit-in by teenager Wamiq Farooq’s father at the spot where his son was killed, desperation to seek justice drove the family to streets. The victim’s family along with relatives and neighbors lodged a protest sit-in at Pratap Park here on Wednesday demanding More

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Cabinet sub-committee formed to review bill

LEGISLATION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Feb 24: The Jammu and Kashmir government has formed a 5-member cabinet sub-committee to study the proposed legislation on domestic violence against women ahead of tabling it in the current session of Legislative Assembly. Sources told Greater Kashmir that the committee headed by More

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Drive to remove trees, stumps in Dal

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, Feb 24: In a bid to relieve Dal Lake of plantations, authorities are launching a drive to remove the trees and stumps of the Russian poplars which were felled in 2007.   The High Court monitoring the restoration of Dal had directed the State Forest Corporation to uproot all More

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JCC-GOVT MEET FAILS

Employees’ strike today

DANISH NABI

Srinagar, Feb 24: The meeting between the employees’ joint consultative committee and the government failed to break the stalemate over the implementation of sixth pay commission recommendations and other demands.  Following the deadlock, JCC has threatened to go ahead with its proposed program More

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Lakhwinder in judicial custody

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Feb 24: The Chief Judicial Magistrate Srinagar today remanded BSF personnel Lakhwinder Kumar to 11 days judicial custody in Central Jail Srinagar.The application was presented by police Special Investigating Team. The accused Lakhwinder Kumar of 68 Battalion BSF was present in person More

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Protests, shutdown in Varmul for 5th day

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Feb 24: Protests against alleged atrocities continued to rock north Kashmir’s Varmul town for fifth second consecutive on Wednesday.  Scores of youths appeared near the Sumo stand Varmul and staged protests. They hurled stones on the police station resulting in clashes between troopers More

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Release youth or face agitation: Geelani

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Feb 24: Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani today threatened mass agitation if the process of arrests was not immediately stopped and political detainees not released. According to a Tehreek statement, Geelani expressed serious concern over the reports about the arrest More

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Daily wagers union criticizes government

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar: Expressing grief over the electrocution of two need based employees of Power Development Department in past few days, All Jammu and Kashmir Daily Wagers Union on Tuesday criticized the government for failing to provide any monetary relief to the bereaved.  A statement said it was ironical More

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‘Embezzlement’ in B’pore Post Office triggers protest

AZIM JAN

Bandipore, Feb 24: Scores of people who had deposited money in the Post Office here staged demonstrations against its officials on Wednesday and demanded their money back.  Shouting slogans, the protesters alleged that the staff had embezzled near Rs one crore by providing “fictitious receipts More

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Unscheduled power cuts irk Ganderbal residents

PARVAIZ RESHI

Ganderbal, Feb 24: The residents of Saloora, Bamloora, Duderhama, Gangerhama, Gadoora, Fatehpora and the adjoining areas of the district are up in arms against the Power Development Department for frequent and unscheduled power cuts. “We receive power supply for five hours in a day and face More

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‘ASI responsible for 13 Ladakh monuments’

New Delhi, Feb 24: The Union Minister of State for Planning, V Narayanasamy has said the Archaeological Survey of India was responsible for 13 monuments in Ladakh. In addition to this, a number of Buddhist monasteries, including stupas, cave, temples, sites and rock carvings and engravings had More

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Farooqi new director SRC

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar: Showkat Farooqi has been appointed as new director, State Resource Centre University of Kashmir. Farooqi who worked as project officer in SRC for more than a decade helped it developing materials and training functionaries in the areas of literacy, post literacy and continuing education More

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