Cong squabbling hits Children Hospital project in Kashmir

NO SUCH PROPOSAL WITH GOVT: CHIB

MOAZUM MUHAMMAD

Srinagar, Apr 15: The internal rift in the state Congress is hindering the construction of proposed 400-bed children hospital in Kashmir although the proposal had been submitted to the state government last year. Highly placed government officials claimed that Union Health Minister and former More

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MLA SEEKS FRESH ELECTIONS

Cross-Voting

GK News Network

Srinagar, Apr 15: Terming the “cross voting” in the recent Legislative Council (LC) elections as “desecration of democracy,” MLA Langate Er Rasheed on Friday suggested to annul the recent elections and conduct them afresh.   “The shameful episode of alleged cash-for-vote in the LC polls More

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Man killed, 7 injured in mishaps

Srinagar: A man was killed and seven others injured in separate road accidents in Valley. A truck (JK03-7111) hit and killed Ghulam Nabi Thoker son of Abdul Samad of Sheirabad Bulli Tral at Aran Khrew Pampore, police said adding the body had been handed to family for last rites.  More

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Ganderbal tipper drivers on strike

Sheikh Nazir

Ganderbal, Apr 15: Hundreds of tipper drivers here are on complete strike from the last two weeks against the Government’s decision regarding hike in royalty.  The drivers are demanding immediate revocation of the orders in which royalty had been raised from Rs 100 to 250. Although More

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EJAC (K), EJAC (Q) mourn demise

Srinagar: The central working committee of Employees’ Joint Action Committee (K), at a condolence meeting held here today with its vice-president, Bashir Ahmad Ganai in chair, expressed sorrow over the death of Ghulam Muhammad Shah, father-in-law of senior trade union leader and EJAC (K) president, Muhammad More

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20 yrs on, Athwatoo yet to receive electricity

PDD ‘Bury’ Transformer, Poles In Graveyard

TARIQ RASOOL

Athwatoo (Bandipora), Apr 15: The people of Athwatoo and adjoining hamlets are aghast over the failure of the Power Development Department to install transformer lying in a nearby graveyard from the last 20 years. They said the PDD officials failed to provide power supply to their locality More

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Bandipora hospital without specialists; patients suffer

TARIQ RASOOL

Bandipora, Apr 15: The patients visiting the District Hospital here have complained about non-availability of specialists.   “The hospital doesn’t have dermatologist, neurologist, anesthesia specialist, orthopedics, gynecologist, pediatrician and surgeon specialists following which the More

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4 held for ‘manhandling’ PDD engineers

AYUB JAVAID

Shopian, Apr 15: Police today arrested four persons including a college lecturer for allegedly ransacking the Power Development Department office here and manhandling an executive engineer and assistant executive engineer. According to police, a group of agitated villagers from Padderpora More

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US report on HR abuses genuine: JKLF (R)

Srinagar, Apr 15: Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (R) chairman, Farooq Ahmad Dar, and senior vice-president, Javid Ahmad Mir, on Friday described as genuine the US State Department’s annual report on human rights violation in Kashmir.   The US Congressional report on rights abuses, recently More

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Asiya motivated party activists for another unrest: Govt

GROUNDS OF DETENTION UNDER PSA

GK COURT CORRESPONDENT

Srinagar, Apr 15: In its second consecutive Public Safety Act against Dukhtaran-e-Milat chief Asiya Andrabi, the State Government has accused her of motivating party workers for next unrest. Andrabi, who was booked under second PSA on Wednesday, has been lodged in Kot Bhalwal jail. However More

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Artificial limb distribution camp from May 13

Srinagar, Apr 15: The Border Roads Organization Wives Welfare Association (BROWWA) of Project Beacon and All India Marwari Yuva Manch of Rajasthan are going to distribute free artificial limbs to the needy during a camp at Beacon Complex, Rangreth from May 13 to 15.  In a statement, BROWWA said More

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Court defers hearing till Apr 21

WAMIQ FAROOQ CASE

GK COURT CORRESPONDENT

Srinagar, Apr 15: Due to paucity of time, the Principal District and Sessions Court on Friday deferred hearing in the revision petition filed by police against CJM’s order into the teenager Wamiq Farooq’s killing till April 21 next.  As the case came up before Sessions court, case was deferred More

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Residents stage protest

LADOORA YOUTH’S ‘MURDER’

Srinagar, Apr 15: Protests broke out in Ladoora Rafiabad area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday over the “failure” of police to solve an alleged murder of a local youth. Hundreds of people, including women and children, blocked the Baramulla-Handwara road for nearly an hour after More

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22 EMPLOYEES SUSPENDED

Anantnag (Islamabad) Apr 15: The District Panchayat Election officer Anantnag today placed 22 Govt. employees of various departments for unauthorisedly abstaining from election duty and violating the election process. The employees had been appointed Presiding /Polling officers during the ensuing Panchayat More

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