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Mirwaiz heckled in Chandigarh

Punched By Right Wing Activists, Pandits; Clashes In Old City

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA/GKNN

Chandigarh/Srinagar, Nov 25: Hurriyat Conference (M) leaders Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Bilal Lone were today manhandled allegedly by activists of right-wing Hindu organisations and Kashmiri Pandits at a seminar here after which police detained 10 people.Commotion broke out when the activists from More

This was bound to happen: Omar

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Nov 25: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said the incident of roughing up chairman of Hurriyat Conference (M) in Chandigarh was “people’s reaction to the progammes and policies” being followed by the conglomerate.“I have no take on this incident. It is the reaction of people to More

Pak deplores attack

Sardar Attique, Geelani, Malik Others Condemn Assault

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Nov 25: The Government of Pakistan and political organizations of Valley have strongly condemned the assault on Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, terming it frustration of communal organizations.Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman, Abdul Basit, while denouncing the assault on Mirwaiz, said that Kashmiris More

Mehbooba Mufti condemns

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Nov 25: The Peoples Democratic Party President Mehbooba Mufti has strongly condemned the attack on Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. In a statement, she said roughing up of the prominent religious and political leader of Kashmir was highly condemnable act which had to be disapproved by any one believing More

Zahid murder case transferred to BSF court

Slap On State Government: Zahid’s Father

SAMAAN LATEEF

Srinagar, Nov 25: The Chief Judicial Magistrate Thursday transferred the Zahid Farooq murder case to BSF court along with the two accused, Commandant R.K Birdhi and Constable Lukhvinder Kumar, on grounds that the two accused were on ‘active duty’ at the time of occurrence of the incident.Supporting More

Local stakes in telecom sector can boost JK economy

Cellular Operators Earn Around Rs 22 Bn Annually, Share Only Rs 3-4 Bn With The State

P A MUSHTAQ

Srinagar, Nov 25: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh-appointed job panel headed by former RBI governor C Rangarajan has embarked on employment generation mission in Jammu and Kashmir.Experts opine that the mission will be incomplete if the panel will not look into ways to lessen JK’s dependency on More

Srinagar-Leh Highway closed

Cold Winds, Rains Sweep Valley

WASIM KHALID

Srinagar, Nov 25: In view of inclement weather conditions, authorities have announced the immediate closure of Srinagar-Leh Highway for all types of vehicular traffic.Moderate to heavy snowfall was reported from Zojila Pass today, while it was still snowing at Sonamarg when the last reports came More

3 militants among 5 killed

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Nov 25: Three militants were killed in an encounter with troops in Jammu’s Poonch district, while two siblings died in an explosion near Line of Control in district Kupwara, police and reports said on Thursday.“Troopers of 20 and 16 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) and policemen launched searches More



  • Opinion

What now?

As winter sets in, how have we planned to move ahead without causing any further damage to ourselves the way we have done earlier?

THE ROAD AHEAD BY DR RUMANA MAKHDOOMI

Much awaited Obama has left, after having done what he ought to have done. Kashmir did not make a difference to his engagements in India. Well planned and neatly organized visit was purely meant for the More


  • Op-Ed

Designing a world class healthcare system

MATTER OF CONCERN

GOVERNMENT HAS AN ESSENTIAL ROLE TO PROVIDE BASIC HEALTHCARE TO UNDERSERVED AND DEPRIVED SECTIONS OF SOCIETY. HERE IS HOW WE CAN DO IT, WRITES DR SYED AMIN TABISH

Since the dawn of civilization health care has been a focus of public and government interest. As early as 1700 B.C.E., Hammurabi, ruler of Babylon, developed laws on health care matters that included More



  • Letters

Let’s not misunderstand facts about Kashmir

This refers to the article ‘A vision clouded’ by B.L. Saraf (GK Nov 23). The author has tried his best to hoodwink a particular community by associating the land of Kashmir with mythology. What about Kashmiri More


  • Friday Focus

The philosophy of Sacrifice

PROF G R MALIK

Eid al-Adha commemorates a saga of sacrifice which covers the whole gamut of life. The offering of an animal symbolises voluntary surrender to the Creator of all that one possesses including life. Abraham More


  • Kashmir

Derecognition threat looms over GMC

13 Departments Without Professors

SAMAAN LATEEF

Srinagar, Nov 25: At least 13 departments in Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar are without professors while eight more professors are going to retire in next 7-months. Departments of Psychiatry More


  • Srinagar City

Malkha complains of garbage mess

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Nov 25: Srinagarites have complained of garbage mess in old City’s big cemetery, the Malkha.  They said the garbage heaps have mounted in the area due to improper disposal of waste.  More



  • Jammu

We want to explore job opportunities within, outside JK: Rangarajan

JOB PANEL CALLS ON GOVERNOR, MEETS INDUSTRIALISTS

GK NEWS NETWORK

 Jammu, Nov 25: The expert group appointed by Government of India to formulate a comprehensive job plan for Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday said its special focus was to explore the possibilities of More


  • Business

PDD invents novel idea to curb power pilferage

Tip on tip-offs

SUMIT HAKHOO

Jammu, Nov 25: To tide over power pilferage, the Power Development Department (PDD) has come up with a novel idea: The department has decided to entice people, whom it will call khabris (informers), with More


  • News

India issues note to Pak on 26/11 anniv eve; demands action

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Nov 25: On the eve of the second anniversary of the Mumbai terror attacks, India today asked Pakistan to punish those responsible, accusing it of not fulfilling its assurances in this regard More



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