Security agencies didn’t kill Bashrat, claims Police

ALTAF BABA

Varmul, May 4: Police on Tuesday said that it couldn’t confirm death of wanted militant commander Basharat Saleem of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM), till his body was recovered.  Addressing a news conference in this north Kashmir town, 50 kms from Srinagar, the Deputy Inspector General (DIG), More

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Hurriyat (M) threatens Valley-wide agitation

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, May 4: The Hurriyat Conference (M) on Tuesday threatened to launch a Valley-wide agitation if authorities continued with their ‘repressive’ policies against the pro-freedom leaders, a spokesman of the conglomerate said in a statement here.     “New Delhi and the state More

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Shah in solitary confinement: DFP

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, May 4: The Hurriyat Conference (M) senior leader and Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) chairman, Shabir Ahmad Shah, has been kept in ‘solitary confinement’ in Kote Balwal Jail, Jammu.  “The jail authorities have kept Shah, who is suffering from various ailments, in a lonely room away from More

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Geelani urges Kashmiri diaspora to stage protests

COMMONWEALTH GAMES

ZULFIKAR MAJID

Srinagar, May 4: The Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G), Syed Ali Shah Geelani, on Tuesday urged the Kashmiri diaspora across the world to start an anti-India agitation as the torch of the Commonwealth Games, to be held in New Delhi this year, would pass through different countries.    More

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File status report: HC to Government

ANTI-SMOKING PIL

SAMAAN LATEEF

Srinagar, May 4: The High Court on Tuesday directed the state government to file status report in four weeks in response to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by an NGO seeking effective ban on smoking at public places and sale of tobacco products within hundred yards of the educational institutions More

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22% children suffering from obesity: Study

DANISH NABI

Srinagar, May 4: In what could set alarm bells ringing, around 22 per cent urban and semi-urban Kashmiri children have been found suffering from obesity-the main cause of disease like diabetes and cardiac ailments. This was revealed in a study conducted by the department of Endocrinology More

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Dangerous drift on political, developmental fronts: Mehbooba

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar May 4: The president of Peoples Democratic Party Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said the current drift on political and developmental fronts could prove more dangerous for the state than it ever has been. Addressing card holders convention at RopaPur in Chrar- e-Sharif constituency she said More

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DC B’pore orders probe

Fake state subject racket

AZIM JAN

Bandipore, May 4: The deputy commissioner Bandipore has ordered a probe into fake state subject certificate racket, after 20 youth were found with fraud state subjects. Sources told Greater Kashmir, that Assistant commissioner revenue Bandipora, Muzaffar Ahmed was surprised to see state subject More

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Hospital heads responsible for waste disposal: SPCB

KHALID GUL

Islamabad, May 4: Stating that the heads of government and private hospitals were accountable for the scientific disposal of bio-medical waste, the Regional Director State Pollution Control Board, Farooq Geelani, Tuesday stressed the need to educate people about the scientific disposal of such waste More

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File objections in 4-weeks: HC to govt

FAKE ENCOUNTER CASE

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar: The High Court on Tuesday directed the state to file objections within 4- weeks against quashing of an order by a court, which had rejected to transfer the fake encounter case to army court. Army had moved an application before the HC seeking quashing of March 13 order passed by CJM More

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Army officer injured in B’pore gunfight

GK NEWS NETWORK

Bandipore, May 4: An army Captain was wounded in an ongoing gunfight at Chitibanday, in this north Kashmir district, late Tuesday evening, police said. Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), Shamsher Hussain, told Greater Kashmir the injured Captain has been hospitalized and the encounter More

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Police hand over 6 youth to family

ALTAF BABA

Varmul, May 4: Police on Tuesday handed over six youngsters, who were planning to cross LoC for arms training, to their families in this north Kashmir  district. Talking to media -persons, deputy inspector general of police, north Kashmir range A.Q.Manhas said that six youngsters hailing More

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1 dies, 11 hurt in mishaps

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, May 4: One person was killed and 11 others injured in Valley accidents. A truck (JK03B-4067) hit and injured three pedestrians Lassa Wagay son of Qadir Wagay, Shabir Wagay son of Lassa Wagay and Muhammad Ashraf Naikoo son of Razaq at Kainalwan Varmul.  Lassa Wagay succumbed to More

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Sangarmaal inauguration next week

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar: The state of the art Sangarmaal shopping complex is being inaugurated next week, an official spokesman said.  He said before flying to Srinagar, Deputy Chief Minister had decided about the inauguration of the mall with the Chief Minister. He said the Deputy Chief Minister More

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Essay competition deadline June 1

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar: June 1 is the deadline for the Foreign Affairs inaugural student writing contest.  The contest is open to undergraduates and all equivalent degree students across the globe. Qualifying essays have to answer a question in English: “What is likely to be the most interesting development More

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Namblabal residents want transformer repair

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar: The residents of Astan Shogbab Sahib (RA), Namblabal in Pampore have complained that the colony transformer was damaged around a fortnight ago but till now hasn’t been repaired. The residents said they face inconvenience in the absence of the transformer. “Our children can More

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