Alkhuddam starts Hajj bookings

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, June 2: Leading Hajj and Umrah package operator Alkhuddam on Wednesday announced the start of bookings for world’s biggest pilgrimage –the Hajj 2010. Feroz Ahmad  Sheikh Khadim ul Hujjaj of the company said: “After completing Decade of excellence of services, we are now More

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Academy wakes to revive Dastaan

GK News Network

Srinagar, June 2: As part of cultural dialogue series, the Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages has decided to revive the dying Kashmiri folk traditions particularly Dastaan, an official handout Wednesday said.  “Our folk traditions like Dastaan are dying and there More

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Saroori pulls up admin for delay in City projects

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Srinagar, June 2: Irked at the slow pace of work on ongoing projects in the City, particularly the drainage project along Hyderpora bypass, the R&B Minister GM Saroori on Wednesday called a high level meeting directing for a double shift on the projects. Sources said Saroori told More

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Naid Kadal-Kani Kocha road in shambles

WE THE Srinagarites

GK News Network

As a senior citizen of the state I am obliged to state that the tall claims made by the Roads and Building department in respect of road development connectivity are proving a mere hoax. To cite an instance, the road which leads from Kani Kocha (Transformer point) to Naid Kadal, Srinagar More

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Old Barzulla to get suspension bridge soon: Sogami

GK News Network

Srinagar, June 2: Minister of State for H&UDD and MLA Amira Kadal, Nasir Sogami Wednesday said a suspension footbridge would soon be constructed on Doodhganga at Old Barzulla, an official handout Wednesday said. “He assured the people that a suspension footbridge would be constructed More

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Taxi Stand No 6 seeks alternative space

GK News Network

SRINAGAR: The Karan Nagar Taxi Stand No 6 on Wednesday appealed the government to allot them alternative site as the stand was coming in way of proposed road widening. In a statement the stand President Riyaz Ahmed Posha said the Stand No 6 near National School was over three decades old More

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LAWDA demolishes 'illegal' structures

GK News Network

SRINAGAR: The Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) on Wednesday demolished 20 structures on the tourist hub Boulevard. Acting on complaints of encroachment by some shopkeepers from Nehru Park to Dalgate, the LAWDA’s demolition squad demolished the structures amid stiff resistance More

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GANIE MOHALLA seeks road repair

Colony Woes

GK News Network

Srinagar, June 2: The residents of Ganaie Mohalla, Braine Nishat on outskirts of the City have appealed the authorities to get the area by-lanes repaired at an earliest. The residents said the dilapidated by-lanes lead to waterlogging.   “During rains, the water accumulates More

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