Curfew, shutdown hit life

*Varmul Mourns Faizan’s Death*Sopur Youth Injured In Firing

GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, July 18: Shutdown called by Hurriyat Conference (G) and curfew imposed by authorities paralyzed life in Srinagar on Sunday, a day after normalcy was restored for half a day. A youth sustained bullet injury in north Kashmir’s Sopur town while protests erupted in Varmul and Pampore areas.< More

Govt Employees to stage protests today

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 18: The Employees Joint Action committee (Q) on Sunday decided to stage Valley wide protests against human rights violations on Monday,  a vernacular news agency  KNS reported.It said a special meeting of EJAC (Q) was held under the chairmanship of president Abdul Qayoom More

Faizan left for school, never to return

Altataf Baba

Varmul, July 18: In this north Kashmir district, schools, like other parts of the Valley opened on Saturday after days of unrest. But the reopening, at the end of the day, meant closure of school doors for Faizan Ahmad Buhroo, forever.A student of class 7th, Faizan was allegedly drowned by cops More

TAINTED MINISTERS TO FACE VO PROBE

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, July 18: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Sunday asked the Vigilance Commissioner, P L Gupta, to probe the reports suggesting that a senior cabinet minister has purchased a villa in the famed The Dubai Palms, world’s largest man made islands in the United Arab Emirates.The development More

CABINET RESHUFFLE SOON

Govt To Relieve ‘Corrupt’ Ministers

Srinagar, July 18: The Jammu and Kashmir government is likely to relieve some cabinet ministers following charges of malpractices against them while the ruling National Conference is contemplating reshuffle in the party.Local news agency, KNS, said after returning from New Delhi on Saturday evening More

Omar must tighten admn: Farooq

‘Non Performers Should Be Shown Door’

GK MONITORING DESK

Srinagar, July 18: Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr Farooq Abdullah on Sunday said the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah will emerge a “better man” from the crisis in the state, “but he must come to grips with the administration and show the door to officials who don’t More

Dal gets quality Truxors

To Be Used For Restoring Lake’s Blocked Waterways

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, July 18: The state-of-the-art Truxor machines procured from Switzerland to restore the blocked waterways of Dal lake have been successfully tested in the water body.The three Truxors procured at an estimated cost of Rs 3.25 crore were assembled and subjected to through testing by a team More

Shaheen, Zaffar booked under PSA

Mirwaiz, Ansari, Shahid, Under House Arrest

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 18: Authorities have booked the general secretary of the High Court Bar Association (HCBA) Ghulam Nabi Shaheen under Public Safety Act (PSA) and have shifted him to District Jail Rajouri.Shaheen, who had led a protest demonstration here in support of the demand for release of Bar More

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