Batmaloo residents furious over attack on Imaam

DEMAND REMOVAL OF BUNKER

GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, Sept 6: Furious over the ‘unprovoked’ attack on the Imaam of a local Masjid, the residents of the Batmaloo are demanding the removal of the CRPF bunker from the locality even as the overnight protests continued on Monday against the incident. The CRPF picket is an unusual one More

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Ahead of Eid, cell phone users demand SMS restoration

RABIA NOOR

Srinagar, Sept 6: Ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, the cell phone subscribers are demanding restoration of the SMS service in the state.  The ban on the service, which was snapped by the government more than two months back, has put lakhs of subscribers to hardship and with Eid days away, the mode More

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11-yrs after SVO produces challan in forgery case

EDUCATION MESS

Srinagar, Sept 6:  The State Vigilance Organization (SVO) has produced a challan against the then Principal, then senior Assistant of Hr Secondary School D H Pora and ten accused beneficiaries in a forgery case that was filed nearly 11-years ago.  A SVO spokesman said the then Director More

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Pattan killings evoke condemnation

Srinagar, Sept 6: Cutting across ideologies, various mainstream and pro-freedom organizations strongly condemned the killing of four persons in unprovoked firing by police in Pattan today.  The Chairman of Hurriyat (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq strongly condemned the killings in Pattan terming More

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Khoda addresses police durbar in Srinagar

Srinagar, Sept 6: The Director General of Police (DGP), Kuldeep Khoda on Monday addressed a maiden police durbar at District Police Lines here. Appreciating the police personnel and officers of the force, Khoda said that Jammu and Kashmir Police has demonstrated great valour and courage while More

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Cross LoC bus travel postponed

Srinagar: According to office of regional passport office, in view of Eid, the  Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus for September 9th ,2010 stands postponed from both sides. The Muzaffarabad bound passengers scheduled to travel on September 9th, 2010 are requested to board the bus on September More

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Malik, Mir visit injured at SMHS

Srinagar: The Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, Muhammad Yasin Malik visited SMHS hospital inquire about the health of the youth injured in indiscriminate firing by troopers at Pattan today.  On the occasion, Malik strongly condemned the killings terming them as barbaric. He More

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Pandey holds fruitful sessions with institutional investors

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Sept. 6: Committed to ensure smooth business continuity, Sudhanshu Pandey, Chairman of the Apex management committees of the J&K Bank, held a series of deliberations and interactive sessions with the prominent Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) and reputed financial analysts in Mumbai More

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Geelani put under house arrest

Srinagar, Sept 6: The Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Geelani was placed under house arrest on Monday evening.  Hurriyat spokesman Ayaz Akbar said a large contingent of police cordoned Geelani’s house and put him under house arrest. “Geelani Sahib was scheduled to offer Shab-i-Qadr More

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Bakers cut production; mutton dealers import less

AUSTERITY ON EID

RABIA NOOR

Srinagar, Sept 6: On the appeal of Hurriyat (G) chairman, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, the bakers have cut down their production while the mutton and chicken dealers have imported minimal sheep and poultry birds in the run up to the Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations. Most bakers have cut their production More

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PaK dry fruits imported in bulk

CROSS-LoC TRADE

RABIA NOOR

Srinagar, Sept 6: The demand for dry fruits in Valley has increased manifold with the traders here importing huge quantities from the Pakistan Administered Kashmir through the Line of Control. According to the officials at Trade Facilitation Centre Salamabad, Uri, the demand for dry fruits More

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4 killed, 11 hurt in road mishaps

Srinagar, Sept 6: Four persons were killed and 11 others injured in road accidents across the valley. A vehicle (JK09-4391) hit and injured Hafeez-Ullah Shah son of Ghulam Muhammad of Takia Farooq Khansahib, Budgam near JVC hospital Parimpora. The injured was shifted to hospital wherein More

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'Macadamize roads during nights'

Srinagar, Sept 6: The Minister of State for R&B, Javaid Ahmad Dar has asked the engineers to undertake the macadamization during nights and ensure that targets fixed for current financial year were achieved. Addressing a meeting here, Javaid warned of action against those shrinking responsibilities More

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Altaf for scientific plans to overcome forest related problems

Srinagar, Sept 6: The Forest Minister, Mian Altaf Ahmad has asked the State Forest Research Institute to come up with a scientific plan to overcome forest related problems in J&K.Chairing a meeting here, he said the pragmatic scientific plans need to be evolved to regenerate forests, besides More

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Guv greets people on Shab-e-Qadr

Srinagar, Sept 6: The Governor, N N Vohra, has felicitated the people on Shab-i-Qadr.In his message, Vohra hoped that this auspicious occasion would be a harbinger of communal harmony, brotherhood, amity, peace, progress and prosperity in the state.Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic More

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Complete Uri bridges: Taj

Uri, Sept 6: The PHE Minister, Taj Mohi-ud-Din has asked the NHPC, Hindustan Construction Corporation and Uri-II to resume the work on Bandi and Dachi bridges here and complete them forthwith. Reviewing the projects in Uri constituency, Taj asked BEACON to settle cases of land, tree and structure More

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SENTEF grieved

Srinagar, Sept 6: School Education Non-Teaching Employees’ Forum, district Srinagar, at a condolence meeting here on Monday with its president Imtiyaz Ahmad in chair, expressed sorrow over the demise of the grandmother of its member, Dilshad Ahmad Dar.The members prayed for the deceased and More

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Minister approves promotion in SRTC

Srinagar, Sept 6: The Transport Minister, Qamar Ali Akhoon has approved the promotions in different cadres of State Road Transport Corporation following clearance by Departmental Promotion Committee, an official communiqué said. More

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