Bijbehara youth assured probe

KHALID GUL

Bijbehara, Jan 20: Riyaz Ahmad of Sadar Bazar Bijbehara, from whose possession the army had on Tuesday claimed to have recovered ammunition, was Wednesday assured of proper investigation into the matter by the police. “We along with Riyaz narrated the entire incident to Superintendent of More

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Father craves for sons' return

10 years of wait

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Jan 20: The 70-yr-old Abdul Ahad Rah’s wait is endless till he breathes his last as he is craving for his sons to return. Abdul Ahad said that his two sons along with 27 other persons were arrested in Nepal on September 8, 2000 and then brought to India.  His sons were More

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Observe January 26 as black day: Asiya Andrabi

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar: The Dukhtaran-e-Milat chairperson, Syeda Asiya Andrabi, has appealed the Kashmiris to observe January 26 as “Black Day.” In a statement, she said, “By observing January 26 as Black Day, Kashmiris will prove to the international community that India was occupying Jammu and Kashmir by More

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Neelum-Jhelum power project to generate 969 MWs

AGENCIES

 Islamabad, Jan 20: The construction of Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project is expected to be completed in November 2016, which will add 969 megawatt electricity to the country’s transmission system.Work on the dam was initiated in January 2008 and was set to be completed in June 2013, however More

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JKSM condemns separatists’ harassment

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Jan 20: The Jammu and Kashmir Salvation Movement today condemned the harassment of pro-freedom leaders and civilians in run up to the R-Day. In a statement, it alleged that police and troops tried to implicate Reyaz Ahmad Teli by keeping a grenade at his resident in Bijbehara. “It More

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MQM Pakistan’s richest party, PPP poorest

Islamabad, Jan 20: The Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) that is a member of Pakistan’s ruling coalition is the country’s richest political party while the Pakistan Peoples Party that leads the alliance is the poorest, details furnished to the Election Commission show. The MQM has declared its More

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Bring NSA under Parliament: Mishra

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

 New Delhi, Jan 20: India’s first National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra today suggested abolition of the key post he held for nearly six years contending that the person holding it was not accountable to Parliament. “In a Parliamentary democracy, a powerful person like the National Security More

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8 killed in Virginia shootout

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Washington, Jan 20: A lone gunman went on a shooting rampage in a Virginia county near here killing eight people and firing at a helicopter hunting him before being swarmed and cornered by hundreds of policemen in nearby woods.The 39-year-old man identified as Christopher Speight was surrounded More

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Cops find innovative way to curb mishaps in Doda

Lock drivers door

SN HUSSAIN

Doda, Jan 20: Traffic police in Doda has found an innovative way to curb increasing road accidents in the district- locking up the drivers’ doors of mini-buses. Police says the drivers would remain extra vigilant as they won’t be able to escape at the time of accident. Sources told Greater More

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India has largest illiterate population: UNESCO

BETWA SHARMA

United Nations, Jan 20: India still has the largest number of illiterate adults in the world, but has made “rapid advances” in cutting down the numbers of school drop outs, a new UN report on education has said.The Education For All–Global Monitoring Report, released here today finds that out More

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Court rejects remand for Masarrat

Detained in Shaheed Gunj police station: Lawyer

AZHAR RAFIQUEE

Srinagar, Jan 20: Police on Wednesday detained Muslim League chairman and Hurriyat Conference (G) leader, Masarrat Alam Bhat, and lodged him in Shaheed Gunj police station even after a local court had rejected its plea for remand and ordered his immediate release.  Giving the details, Bhat More

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Mumbai travel agent ‘cheats’ houseboat owners, hoteliers

PARVAIZ RESHI

Srinagar, Jan 20: Several houseboat owners and hoteliers today accused a Mumbai based travel agency of ‘cheating’ them.  They said the travel agency, operated by a resident of Varmul, had been sending tourists to different houseboats, guest houses and hotels from last year “without making More

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Provincial legislator injured in Pak blast

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Peshawar, Jan 20: A bomb blast today injured a provincial legislator and two others in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, which has witnessed a series of terror attacks in recent weeks. The blast occurred in Paharipura area in the suburbs of Peshawar shortly before 1 pm local time More

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BGSBU begins admission process

GK NEWS NETWORK

Rajouri, Jan 20: The Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University today started admissions to various academic courses for the year 2010 at its campus here.  In a statement, an official said, the varsity had preponed the admission process to ensure that teaching of the new batch commences in July 2010 More

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'Aggression against Pak could prove counter-productive'

ROSHAN MUGHAL

Muzaffarabad, Jan 20: Former PaK premier Sardar Attique Khan Wednesday said any aggression by India against Pakistan could prove counter productive as it could lead to a decisive and catastrophic war. “It could prove counter-productive and would be decisive if India imposes war on Pakistan,” Attique More

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Jama'at-i- Islami holds rally against discrimination

Muzaffarabad, Jan 20: Jamiat Islami in PaK on Wednesday staged protest rally against  the discrimination faced by Muslims in European countries and US.Carrying banners and placards with anti-US , Israel slogans, Jamiat Islami supporters marched through streets here.Addressing the protestors More

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Congress units flay PCC chief

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Jan 20: Reflecting a further deepening of internal bickering in the state unit of the Congress Committee, three senior functionaries of the party have turned against the state president, Prof Saif-ud-din Soz, by accusing him of ‘promoting factionalism and weakening the coalition through what More

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Aid to orphan kids of militants

SAKINA DISTRIBUTES CHEQUES

GK NEWS NETWORK

Pulwama, Jan 20: Minister for Social Welfare Sakina Itoo Wednesday said that the government recognized and acknowledged the needs of people and as such it had undertaken several welfare measures to provide assistance to the poor, destitute women, orphan children, widows, disabled persons, elderly people More

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Voter ID error: Woman faces cheating charge

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Jan 20: A man has sought divorce from his wife after her voter identity card showed someone else as her ‘husband’, much before her marriage.Vikas, who moved the family court last month after discovering the election document of her wife Baby -- a resident of Budhaha town -- has More

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Kasab chooses Marathi to answer questions

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Mumbai, Jan 20: In his latest antic, Ajmal Kasab today chose to answer in Marathi most of the questions put to him by the trial court as he continued to deny his involvement in the 26/11 terror attacks.“Mee bagitla nahin” (I did not see) and “mala mahit nahin sahib (I do not know sir) were his replies More

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