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NHRC seeks report on Kellar killing

Balakrishnan For Bringing JK Within Commission’s Purview

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, June 10: The National Human Rights Commission has sought a detailed report from the Centre on a complaint alleging that security forces killed a civilian in a “fake encounter” and also fired at protesters in south Kashmir’s Kellar town of Shopian district recently.Issuing notice to More

1300 DIE ON ROADS IN 15 MONTHS

Traffic Deptt Blames Poor Roads, Irrational Transport Policy

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, June 10: Nearly 1300 people have died and about 10,000 injured in road accidents in Jammu and Kashmir in the past 15 months, belying the government claims of providing efficient transportation system.According to official data, 1100 people lost their lives in about 5945 accidents in More

Remand of accused extended

CJM To Hear Army Plea On Saturday

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Srinagar, June 10: The Chief Judicial Magistrate Sopur on Thursday posted the application filed by Army seeking presence of three co-accused arrested by police in the Machil fake encounter case, for hearing on June 12. He has also asked police to present its argument on the hearing day.After Army More

JK projects Rs 5851 crore demand for power reforms

CM Seeks PM’s Intervention

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, June 10: With the Power Development Department unable to cut the huge losses due to poor transmission and distribution network, the state government has now sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s intervention for financial assistance to bring reforms in the “ailing” energy sector.Sources More

Geelani calls for special prayers

GK News Network

Srinagar, June 10: The Hurriyat Conference (G) is organizing special prayer meeting at Hazratbal shrine here on June 12 for improvement of weather conditions in the Valley.“It will be purely a prayer meeting and there will not be any political speech or activity on the occasion. People are requested More



  • Opinion

The growing fears

COMMENT

HASSAN ZAINAGAIREE COMMENTS ON THE ALARM CENSUS IS CAUSING TO A COMMON KASHMIRI

Low level of affluence, educational backwardness and religious taboos associated with some measures in curbing population are attributed to higher growth rate in Muslim population as compared to other More


  • Op-Ed

Behind the Act

VIEWPOINT

WHAT IF RESERVATION IS ALLOWED TO PERSIST, COMMENTS DR. SHEIKH SHOWKAT HUSSAIN

The recent bill adopted by Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly provides that only those who are domiciled in a particular district can apply for the posts of district cadre. This sounds to be a measure More



  • Letters

Just think what are we leaving behind for our children

What strange things happen around us! Let’s take traffic rules for instance. We are living in the capital city which looks advanced more by cars, palatial houses and of course students marching to the More


  • Friday Focus

The Men of the Cave(Ashab al-Kahf)

PROF G R MALIK

In the third or perhaps the second century of the Christian era, in the city of Ephesus in Asia Minor, which was at that time an important commercial and cultural centre of the Roman Empire, some Christian More


  • Kashmir

Biggies out to disturb natural Pahalgam habitat

KHALID GUL

‘C-16 ZONE OF MAMMAL WILDLIFE SANCTUARY PUT UNDER PERMISSIBLE ZONE IN 2006  MASTER PLAN TO BENEFIT BUREAUCRATS POLITICIANS’Pahalgam, June 10: With increasing man-animal conflicts becoming a grave More


  • Srinagar City

After Finnish, Dal to get Swiss machines

‘Truxor designed to restore blocked waterways’

ARIF SHAFI WANI

 Srinagar, June 10: In its endeavour to salvage the blocked waterways and channels of the Dal lake, the government has procured sophisticated Truxor machines from Switzerland.   After successfully More



  • Jammu

Trooper electrocuted

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Jammu: A CRPF trooper was electrocuted at Battal Ballian in Udhampur, police said. The deceased has been identified as A Rao. More


  • South Asia

Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline project commercial pact: Basit

NISAR AHMED THOKAR

Islamabad, June 10: Terming Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline contract purely as a commercial pact the Pakistan foreign office spokesman Abdul Basit on Thursday said the agreement signed by the two countries More


  • Business

3-day event to review agriculture status in JK

21st regional committee meet of ICAR begins at SKUAST-Jammu

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, June 10: The 21st Regional Committee Meeting of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for J&K, Himachal Paradesh and Uttrakhand began at SKUAST-Jammu. The meet was inaugurated More



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