In times of austerity, SMC spends 'lavishly' on office facelift

Rs 10 lakh initially earmarked for wooden wall paneling, Khatam Bandh, ACs

GK CITY CORRESPONDENT

Srinagar, Oct 26: At a time when the government claims facing severe financial crunch so much so that it put hospitalized patients on “crash diet”, the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) seems to be lavishly spending on the facelift of its office chambers. A huge conference hall adjacent More

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VICTIMIZED MAISUMA

WE THE Srinagarites

Since shouldering of 14 coffins on Oct 27, 1947 this City centre Mohalla continues to be in trouble and neglected as always.

IT was afternoon of October 27, 1947. People were mourning on the Maisuma streets. Those shrieks of wailing women still haunt my childhood memories. On the fateful day, the locality shouldered 14 coffins of innocent Kashmiris killed by Indian Army on the day it landed in Kashmir. In the morning More

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Welfare committee seeks road widening

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 26: The Welfare Committee of Firdousabad, Dhobi Mohalla and Shah Faisal Abad Batamaloo have appealed the government to initiate road widening of the area road which connects with the Bypass. In a statement the committee said the road widening was much required given the huge More

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SKIMS organizes Osteoporosis day

CAPITAL HAPPENINGS

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar: The SK Institute of Medical Sciences Soura on Tuesday commemorated World Osteoporosis Day. An official handout said the Department of Endocrinology SKIMS organized a CME and an awareness program – focusing on informing and educating the general public about the prevention of a disease More

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Carpets destroyed in Buchpora fire

GK NEWS NETWORK

SRINAGAR: A devastating fire destroyed carpets worth millions of rupees at Buchpora on the City outskirts last night.  Reports said two carpet stores of Wali Muhammad Kandoo at Shah Fasil Colony Buchpora and Madras Matting Agency were gutted in the incident.  The fire is reported to More

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Qadris bereaved

GK NEWS NETWORK

SRINAGAR: Retired judicial officer,  Pirzada Ghulam Muhammad Qadri of Harwan passed away on Monday evening. He was the uncle of Advocate General Ishtiaq Qadri and SMC Health Officer Dr Reyaz Ahmed. Family sources said the Fateha Khawani will be observed on Friday 2:30 PM at their ancestral More

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Attention S P School students

GK NEWS NETWORK

SRINAGAR: According to a notification of Principal, SP Higher Secondary School, Srinagar: “All those students of Class 12th Session 2010, who could not appear in their respective Practical Examinations, are informed to attend their Practical Examinations by or before October 29, 2010, failing which shall More

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