Tulips bloom in Kashmir

15 LAKH BULBS SPREAD IN 7 ACRE GARDEN

GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, Mar 25: With colourful tulips in bloom, the famed Tulip Garden on the banks of Dal Lake was on Thursday thrown open for the tourists and the locals.The minister for Floriculture, Shyam Lal Sharma and his deputy, Javaid Ahmad Dar threw open the sprawling garden situated on the foothills More

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83 doc, 270 paramedic posts vacant in Kupwara

AILING HEALTHCARE

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Kupwara, Mar 25: The shortage of manpower in health centres of this frontier district is adversely affecting the patient care.    Nearly 80 sanctioned posts of doctors and 270 posts of paramedics are lying vacant from years in the district hospital, seven sub district hospitals More

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Stipend to unemployed youth from April: Govt

GK News Network

Srinagar, Mar 25: Minister for Finance Abdul Rahim Rather has said the present coalition government has formulated comprehensive developmental programmes under which all the areas of the state would get equal share of progress and prosperity.  Speaking at a function organised by Rural Development More

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14 yrs after SPO’s ‘killing’, police gives relief to family

ALTAF BABA

Varmul, Mar 24: Fourteen years after the killing of an SPO Muhammad Ashraf lone in alleged fake encounter by SOG and Rashtriya Rifles at Sopur, the police have decided to provide relief to the deceased’s family every month.  “The family will receive Rs 5000 and free ration for two years till More

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JKLF (R), PFL concerned at detainees’ plight

GK News Network

Srinagar: The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (R) vice-chairman, Tahir Ahmad Mir, has expressed concern over the deplorable plight of pro-freedom detainees in jails outside state.  In a statement today, Mir said these detainees deserved the utmost attention of the human rights organizations as More

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Sgr +2 lecturers condole demise

GK News Network

Srinagar: J&K Plus Two Lecturers’ Forum, district Srinagar, at a meeting here with its district president Manzoor Ahmad Shah in chair, expressed sorrow over the demise of the uncle of state president Muhammad Usman Malik and father of Muhammad Haroon Malik, assistant commissioner, revenue, Tral. < More

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Mirwaiz delivers sermon

GK News Network

Srinagar: The Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Thursday delivered sermon at the shrine of Hazrat Abdul Qadir Jeelani (RA) at Khanyar here. Paying tributes to the Hazrat Abdul Qadir Jeelani (RA), Mirwaiz threw light on the life of great Islamic scholar and spiritual personality More

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Jaleel's Anniversary Bar Seminar on Mar 27

GK News Network

Srinagar: The High Court Bar Association is organising a seminar on the 14th death anniversary of noted human rights activist, Advocate Jaleel Andrabi on March 27.  The seminar “Role of Intelligentsia For Resolution of Kashmir Dispute” will be held at Sadder Court Complex, here.  Jaleel More

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Contractual lecturer aspirants seek orders

SHEIKH NAZIR

Ganderbal, Mar 25: Scores of aspirants who had applied for academic arrangement (contractual job) at +2 levels have expressed anguish over the delay in their appointments. “We fail to understand as to why we are not being handed over the orders despite applying for the posts more than a month More

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Liquor seized from STD shop in Islamabad

GK NEWS NETWORK

Islamabad, Mar 25: In a drive against selling of illicit liquor and over the counter drugs, police today recovered huge quantity of liquor from an STD shop at Khanabal Chowk here. “On a specific tip off a police team led by Station House Officer, Muhammad Ayub Rather raided the shop of Afroze More

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Plantation drive at Balhama

GK News Network

Srinagar, Mar 25: On the occasion of World Arbor Day, the staff and students of Government High School Balhama in north Kashmir’s Varmul district planted hundreds of trees in its premises.  During the drive, the students and staff members planted deodar and other trees in the School. The More

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GOC 15 Corps briefs Vohra on security

Press Trust of India

Srinagar, Mar 25: A day after foiling an infiltration bid from across the border, a top army commander here briefed the state governor N N Vohra this evening about the internal and external security situation in Kashmir, especially the continuing attempts of infiltration from across the border.
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Rs 1500 fine realized from shopkeepers

GK News Network

Srinagar, Mar 25: Authorities on Thursday collected around Rs 1500 as fine from shopkeepers in Tral area for selling expired goods and promoting tobacco. An official handout here said the Food inspector Tral, Ghulam Jeebali Mantoo, along with the Naib Tehsildar, Riyaz Ahmad, went for an inspection More

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RTI activist meets Governor

GK News Network

Srinagar, Mar 25: A deputation led by Dr Muzaffar Bhat, a Right to Information activist, called on the Governor, N. N. Vohra, at Raj Bhavan, here today. The deputation discussed with the Governor the measures for strengthening the RTI movement in the State. They also brought some RTI related cases More

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SSF appeals CJ

Srinagar, Mar 25: The Chairman of Sir Syed Foundation, Advocate Majid Jehangir, on Thursday appealed the Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court to devise a mechanism for creating more posts of orderlies in the Court.   In a statement, Advocate Jehangir said due to limited employment More

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