SC’s notice to CBI on Faktoo’s review petition against life sentence

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Jan 28: The Supreme Court today issued a notice to CBI on a review petition filed by Ashiq Hussain Faktoo challenging his life sentence in the killing of human rights activists H N Wanchoo.A bench of Justices Dalveer Bhandari and K S Radhakrishnan also asked the Solicitor General of More

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Mandatory registration for all clinics, labs under new bill

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Jan 28: All private and public medical facilities as well as laboratories will have to go for compulsory registration and come under a single regulatory framework with Centre on Thursday giving its go-ahead to a bill in this regard.The Clinical Establishment Bill which was cleared More

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Central team visits Ganderbal to identify land

CU Kashmir

PARVAIZ RESHI

Ganderbal, Jan 28:  A high level team of Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry and University Grants Commission (UGC) visited Ganderbal Thursday to finalize the site for the establishment of Central University Kashmir.The eight member team comprising of Sunil Kumar, Joint Secretary More

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Probe begins in woman’s death

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Jan 28: The 4-member team probing the death of a patient, allegedly due to the negligence of the staff members of the Lal Ded hospital here, on Thursday sought the details about doctors and paramedics who were on duty at the time of the incident. “We have asked for the list of all doctors More

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Sopur seeks administrative district

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Sopur, Jan 28: Just a week after announcement of separate police district for Sopur, the long pending demand for separate administrative district is back in this north Kashmir town.The residents of Sopur and adjoining areas told Greater Kashmir that formation of separate district would end the More

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AMU Teachers Assn to propose Azad as Chancellor

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Aligarh, Jan 28: The Aligarh Muslim University Staff (Teachers) Association has decided to propose the name of Union Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad of the post of Chancellor for the University. This was stated here today by the Seretary of the AMU Staff Association Jamshed Siddiqui at a function More

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April 2 to be observed as Int'l Day of Mass Graves

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Jan 28: Association of the Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) Thursday announced it would observe April 2 as the International Day of Mass Graves.The announcement came at the APDP’s monthly sit-in at Lal Chowk here. “Mass graves are a phenomenon taking place in several countries where More

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Court records statement of witness

FAKE ENCOUNTER CASE

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Jan 28: The Court of Principal District and Session judge on Thursday recorded the statement of a witness in the 2006 fake encounter case. The joint director prosecution, Farooq Ahmad Kathwari told Greater Kashmir that the statement of Mushtaq Ahmad was partly recorded. “None of More

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Making of Fake Saffron Court grants bail to 3

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Jan 28: A local court has granted bail to three persons accused of making fake saffron. The third Additional District and Sessions Judge granted bail to the accused Abdul Rashid Dar son of Ali Muhammad, Abdul Gaffar Dar son of Muhammad Sultan, of Befina Pampore and Farooq Ahmad Shah More

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REZs concerned over delay in regularization

MOAZUM MUHAMMAD

Srinagar, Jan 28: Expressing satisfaction over the recent meeting with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Jammu Kashmir Agricultural Technocrats United Forum today expressed concern over the delay in addressing their demands for regularization of services.  “It seems the file would take time in More

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Pak refuses to participate in World Book Fair

SHEIKH AHMED

New Delhi, Jan 28: Pakistan has refused to participate in the 19th  World Book Fair to be held here from January 30. Sources told Greater Kashmir that Pakistan Government had informed the organizers—National Book Foundation—that it would not send its official team to participate More

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8 teenagers planning to cross LoC held: Police

GK NEWS NETWORK

 Srinagar, Jan 28: Police on Thursday said it arrested a group of eight teenagers planning to cross over to the Pakistan- administered Kashmir (PaK) for arms training.    The boys, aged between 17-18 years, hailing from south Kashmir’s Shopian district were intercepted by the More

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GOVERNMENT ORDERS TRANSFERS OF HEAD DRAFTSMEN IN R&B

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Jan 28: The government on Thursday ordered following transfers and postings of head draftsmen/draftsmen R&B (civil) (mech). Suraj Prakash Gupta, R&B Jammu medical college has been posted to horticulture (P&M) department vice Neelam Sharma. Neelam Sharma, Horticulture More

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B'desh hangs 5 of Mujib’s assassins

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Dhaka, Jan 28: With hundreds of people jamming the streets outside demanding their execution, five ex-army officers, who assassinated Bangladesh’s founder president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman 35 years ago, were hanged shortly after midnight at the central jail here. The execution of the five men More

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