Father’s statement recorded

WAMIQ FAROOQ KILLING

SAMAAN LATEEF

Srinagar, Mar 30: A local court here on Tuesday recorded the statement of Farooq Ahmad Wani, father of Wamiq Farooq-who died after being hit by police teargas shell on January 31. Farooq Ahmad Wani was produced by his counsel, General Secretary Bar Association, G N Shaheen before the Court More

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HC stays govt order to compulsorily retire 4000 PHE employees

SAMAAN LATEEF

Srinagar, Mar 30: The High Court Tuesday stayed the government order to compulsorily retire some 4000 employees in Public Health Engineering and Irrigation and Flood Control Departments.   The High Court stayed government order by virtue of which thousands of class fourth employees in More

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Prof Shabir appointed Director Business School

Srinagar, Mar 30: Prof Shabir Ahmad Bhat was today appointed as director of the prestigious Business School in Kashmir University.  The Vice-Chancellor Prof (Dr) Riyaz Punjabi approved his appointment for a period of three years as per a university notification issued.  Prof Shabir More

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Cong protests price hike, essentials scarcity

Flays LAHDC ‘indifference’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Leh, Mar 30: Hundreds of Congress workers took to the streets here on Tuesday against what they termed “indifferent attitude” of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council towards the local populace.      The workers, led by President DCC Leh, Rigzin Spabar  raised More

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Hurriyat (M) concerned over deadlock in dialogue

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Mar 30: The Hurriyat Conference (M) Tuesday expressed serious concern over the deadlock in dialogue process between India and Pakistan over Kashmir. “It seems that the dialogue process between India and Pakistan to resolve Kashmir issue have discontinued. We want that the dialogue More

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Father-son allege police torture

Charges baseless: Police

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Handwara, Mar 30: A father-son duo in Handwara town today accused the police of detaining and torturing them for objecting to their verbal abuses. Abdul Rashid Dar said his father Abdul Majid Dar and his brother Aryan Dar were allegedly thrashed by cops in Handwara police station on Saturday More

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Panchayats best fora for dev: Omar

Bani, Mar 30: Reiterating his Government’s resolve to open up remote and hilly areas for economic development, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Tuesday said that dependable road communication was imperative to achieve this goal. Addressing public at Machhadi and Bani in Kathua, he said holistic More

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Flight announcements in Kashmiri

Srinagar, Mar 30: The Airport Authority of India has issued orders for making announcements regarding the flights schedule at Srinagar International Airport started in Kashmiri, a KNS report said. More

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Government ropes in Army to check TB in Kupwara

TAHIR SAYEED

Kupwara, Mar 30: In the wake of surge in detection rates of different types of tuberculosis in Kupwara in last 10 years, the district tuberculosis office for first time in India has involved Army’s medical wing to fight back the disease. Disclosing this, DTO Kupwara, Dr G M Chuloo said in comparison More

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Geelani hospitalized

KNS

Srinagar, Mar 30: Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, was admitted in Delhi’s Apollo Hospital today and will undergo surgery of right eye tomorrow. He had undergone surgery of left eye in the same hospital one and a half month ago. More

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Aspirants say form submission complicated

Monthly Stipend For Youth

GK News Network

Srinagar, Mar 30: The educated unemployed youth aspiring to get scholarship under Voluntary Service Allowance Scheme (VSA) from the Directorate of Employment have complained that the formalities to apply for the monthly stipend was ‘complicated’ due to cumbersome process involved.Many aspirants More

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Anti-timber smuggling campaign hailed

GK News Network

Srinagar, Mar 30: The All India National Awardee Teachers State Unit J and K has hailed the police for it campaign against the timber smugglers and drug peddlers in north Kashmir’s Varmul districtIn a statement, the Unit’s media secretary, Muhammad Ashraf Khan, hailed the efforts of Varmul’s DIG More

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Iranian scholar in KU

GK News Network

Srinagar, Mar 30: Iranian political scientist, Prof Bahram delivered a lecture at the Kashmir University Tuesday.A senior academic at the International University of Iran, Prof Bahram talked at length on Iranian women: political tendencies.He deliberated upon the rights guaranteed to Iranian More

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Shopian taxi stand still incomplete

GK News Network

Srinagar, Mar 30: Five months on, the authorities are yet to complete the construction of Sumo stand in Shopian, causing inconvenience to the drivers. President Friends Sumo Stand, Muhammad Altaf, told Greater Kashmir that the Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, had allocated Rs 14 lakh for the construction More

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Contempt Case Against Kotebhalwal Jail Officials

HC defers proceedings

GK News Network

Srinagar, Mar 30: The High Court Tuesday deferred the proceedings of contempt of court case filed by High Court Bar Association against the Kotebhalwal jail authorities till April 6.The HCBA produced their witnesses before the court and the prosecution made the presence of superintendent and the More

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'Zojila still closed'

GK News Network

Srinagar: The Beacon today clarified that Srinagar-Leh road was still closed for vehicular traffic. In a communiqué it refuted the report circulated by a Delhi based news agency that the road was thrown open. “The Zojila axis is still closed and snow clearance is in progress. On March 28 it More

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