JK Government turns blind eye to eye transplantation

10 Years On, GMC Still Lacks Required Infrastructure

SUMIT HAKHOO

Jammu, August 1: ‘Let your eyes live after you’--the slogan undoubtedly looks appealing but the fact is that not even a single eye donation has been recorded during the past over a decade at Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu , which has no facilities to store donated corneas. The last More

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Abolish discretionary quota of ministers in JK: BJP

Jammu, Aug 1: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday demanded abolition of discretionary quota and powers enjoyed by ministers in Jammu and Kashmir on the pattern proposed for union Ministers. It also lashed out at the Congress for alleged double standards and said that while at the centre More

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JPPF’S HUNGER STRIKE CONTINUES

CENTRAL UNIVERSITY-J DELAY

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Aug 1: The hunger strike launched by Jammu Province People’s Forum (JPPF) for the immediate appointment of Central University Vice Chancellor today entered its 8th day. The forum members, Gajan Singh, Sampuran Singh, Pritam Singh, Vijay Amla, Rajinder Pandit and Vicky Sharma sat on More

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Traffic suspended on Mendhar-Poonch road

Arms, Explosives Recovered In Mandi

GK NEWS NETWORK

Poonch, Aug 1: Vehicular movement on Mendhar-Poonch road was suspended for more than three hours following an alert sounded by the army about some suspected object, believed to be IED, seen on the road. Reports said that police stopped the vehicular movement on the road at around 8 am today More

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SRTC employees take to streets, demand revamp of corporation

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Aug 1: Hundreds of State Road Transport Corporation Employees today took to street in protest against the failure of the government to improve the financial heath of the ailing Corporation.The employees gathered outside SRTC workshop and staged a protest demonstration, demanding that corporation More

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Narco smuggler arrested

GK NEWS NETWORK

Rajouri, Aug 1: Police today apprehended an alleged narcotic smuggler with a consignment of around half kilogram of cannabis from his possession.Official sources said that based on specific inputs a police team, led by DySP Muhammad Rashid and SHO Varinder Gupta, apprehended Rajan Gupta alias More

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Woman crosses over to PaK

Poonch, Aug 1: A woman from Poonch district, crossed over to Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK) after a tiff with her husband last evening, police said on Monday.  Parveen Akhtar, 33, left her home in Gautarian Shapur area in the border district soon after the couple had heated arguments over More

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Mian Altaf attends Van-Mahutsav

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Aug 1:  Minister for Ecology Environment and Forests Mian Altaf Ahmed on Monday attended the 62nd Van-Mahutsav organized by Social Forestry Department here, an official spokesman said.    “It is celebrated throughout the country during Monsoon season by planting saplings More

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