HM seeks report, probe ordered

Escape Of 3 Pak Nationals

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Jan 3: Delhi Lt Governor Tejinder Khanna today ordered an inquiry into the escape of three Pakistani nationals, who were being escorted to a city hospital, after the Home Ministry sought a report from Delhi Police and the FRRO on the case. Khanna ordered a magisterial probe to be More

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Shopian Board meeting reviews plan 2009-10

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Jan 3: A District Development Board meeting to review the progress of implementation of the Annual Plan 2009-10 for District Shopian was held at SKICC today under the chairmanship of Minister for Animal and Sheep husbandry, Science and Technology, Information Technology, Aga Syed Ruhulla. < More

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‘Indiscipline’ hits Cultural Academy'

Authorities sleep as functionaries ‘exceed brief’

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Jan 3: It seems the authorities in the Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages are losing grip over its affairs as some of its functionaries are allegedly exceeding their brief precipitating “indiscipline” in the organization. On December 27, a senior functionary More

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Swine flu scare takes toll on SKIMS docs, paramedics

DANISH NABI

Srinagar, Jan 3: Even after swine-flu claimed lives of two persons and infected three doctors at SK Institute of Medical Sciences Soura, the valley’s premier tertiary care hospital administration, is not putting in place adequate safeguards for its staff, including doctors and  paramedics who More

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BSNL add on sim a ‘hoax’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Jan 3: Many subscribers of BSNL who had applied for add-on SIM facility on their existing phones, on Sunday complained that despite passing of two weeks their new SIMS have not been activated. The BSNL last month had claimed that subscribers who pay Rs 725/ as monthly rental can get More

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Implement Saghir report: JK govt tells Centre

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Srinagar, Jan 3: The Jammu and Kashmir Government today appealed to the Centre to implement the report of the Prime Minister’s Working Group on centre-state relations, which recommended autonomy for the state. Finance Minister, Abdul Rahim Rather said at Budgam, “The report submitted by Justice More

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Gulf docs receive training from Khyber institute

Pain Medicine

SAMAAN LATEEF

Srinagar, Jan 3: Specialist doctors from different Gulf countries are undergoing training programmes in pain medicine at Khyber hospital and relief pain clinic here.  At present three specialist doctors from different countries of Gulf are undergoing training program in the hospital, which More

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Water shortage hits Kupwara villages

People threaten migration

SHAHID RAFIQ

Kupwara, Jan 3: Severe water shortage has gripped Hotterpora, Nagri and Hatmullah areas here causing huge inconvenience to the people.   The aggrieved residents have threatened to migrate if government failed to resolve the problem forthwith.  “We are facing acute water crisis More

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Protests against water scarcity, erratic power

MALIK ABDUS SALAM

Islamabad, Jan 3: Scores of people from several villages today staged protests near Bijbhera against the shortage of water and electricity. The protesters blocked Srinagar-Jammu highway hampering traffic movement. “There is acute shortage of water and electricity crisis. We are suffering More

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Hurriyat (G) team visits Fazal Haq Qureshi

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar: A delegation of Hurriyat Conference (G) Sunday visited the house of senior Hurriyat (M) leader, Fazal Haq Qureshi to enquire about his health. Quershi was critically injured when some unidentified assailants attacked him outside his Soura residence on December 4,last year.  More

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Play role in freedom struggle: Mirwaiz to youth

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Jan 3: Shaheed-e-Milat Youth Forum and Awami Youth Forum have been merged into Shaheed-e-Milat Youth Majlis on Sunday. The decision was taken in a meeting, which was presided over by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq at Mirwaiz Manzil here, a statement said. “The newly constituted organization More

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Kralteng drain choked

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Sopur, Jan 3: Despite filing three complaints with the chief minister’s grievance cell about the choked drain at Kralteng here, the authorities are yet to take any action, causing immense hardships to the residents.  “The drain stinks and the problem compounds in rainy seasons due to inundation More

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Leopard mauls woman

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Srinagar: A mentally challenged woman was mauled to death by a leopard in Islamabad district on Sunday, police said. The mutilated body of the victim was recovered by the police from Athnadan-Chandanwari on the periphery of Pahalgam, 100 km from here, a spokesman said. Quoting preliminary More

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Joint teachers’ co-ordination committee formed

GK NEWS NETWORK

Kupwara: To uplift the educational standards and address the problems of teaching community, a joint co-ordination committee of principals’ forum, lecturers’ forum and teachers’ forum was constituted here.    According to a statement, a meeting held under the chairmanship of principal More

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Number of scientific schemes launched in JK: PM

SHEIKH AHMAD

New Delhi, Jan 3: Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh Sunday said number of scientific and technological schemes were being launched in Jammu and Kashmir to help the state emerge as a scientific centre. "We have started implementing a package of science and technology schemes in Jammu and Kashmir More

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TADA-like fast track courts mooted to try sexual offences

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Jan 3: Taking a lesson from the Ruchika case, the Government is considering setting up of fast track courts to deal with cases related to sexual offences and making molestation a non-bailable charge. According to the draft Sexual Offences (Special Courts) Bill 2010, special fast track More

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Ex-minister among 4 killed in Pak blast

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Peshawar, Jan 3: A former provincial minister was among four persons killed, when his vehicle was targeted with a roadside bomb in Pakistan's troubled northwest today, police said. Ghani-ur-Rehman, who served as a minister in the North West Frontier Province government several times, was killed More

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Fog impact on flights, trains in North India

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Jan 3 : Dense fog in North India played havoc  with movement of flights and trains for the second successive day  today leading to cancellation, delay and diversion with Delhi being  the worst hit. Flight operations at the IGI airporth began smoothly on a relatively More

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