SPO injured in Sopore shootout

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Srinagar, Aug 24: Police on Wednesday said that a Special Police Officer was injured in a shootout in north Kashmir’s  Baramulla district. "The SPO Javed Ahmed, 24, (belt no 28/SPO), son of Muhammad Kabir Lone was injured when unidentified gunmen appeared outside his house at Logripora More

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Governor summons Assembly

Srinagar, Aug 24: Governor N N Vohra has summoned the Legislative Assembly to meet at Srinagar on September 26, 2011 at 10 a.m. in exercise of powers conferred to him under Sub-Section 1 of Section 53 of the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir. More

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Academy holds Naatiya Mushaira

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages organised a day long Kashmiri Naatiya Mushaira here on Thursday.  Number of Kashmiri poets from across the Valley participated in the Mushaira, which was presided over by noted poet and Jnanpith awardee, Prof Rehman Rahi.& More

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Col Rehan Durrani hosts Iftaar party

Srinagar: Army’s 891 Field Regiment organized an Iftaar party at Ziran Tangmarg on Wednesday. According to Defence communiqué, many civilians, officials including SDPO, Tehsildar, and Moulvis of Tangmarg Tehsil attended the party. It said, the occasion was utilized for the liaison between More

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LC’s DRC meeting postponed

Srinagar: As per an official communication of Council Secretariat, the meeting of DRC-III on Public Health Engineering department, which was scheduled to be held on August 29 in the Legislative Council meeting hall stands postponed. More

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Shopkeepers booked for ‘overcharging’

Srinagar: The enforcement squads of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Department have booked half a dozen shopkeepers for selling mutton allegedly at high rates. The teams made a surprise inspection of Srinagar areas including Rambagh, Baghat, Hyderpora, Dalgate and Nowhatta.  More

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Power woes

Srinagar, Aug 24: The residents of Khanda, Magraypora, Gowharpora and Sanzipora of Budgam today blocked Nowgam- Pulwama-Newa road for many hours saying that their areas had been without electricity from the last four days. The residents also forced closure of shops. The protestors were  More

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4 persons rescued

Tral, Aug 24: Three boys and an elderly person were rescued by police and fire service men from two nallahs of Tral on Wednesday.  Reports said many villages of Tral witnessed heavy rains this afternoon resulting into floods in two local streams. Three children and an old-aged person got stranded More

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Javed posted as JRC Mumbai

Srinagar: Javed Ahmad Shah, Director, Building Centre Srinagar has been transferred and posted as Joint Resident Commissioner, J&K Government Mumbai.  As per Government order no. 974 of 2011 dated: 24.08.2011, Asif Khan, Joint Resident Commissioner J&K Government Mumbai has been transferred More

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Sarpanch resigns in Pattan

Srinagar: After failing to get a store-keeper booked for his alleged role in selling sugar in black market, a Sarpanch in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday tendered his resignation. Irshad Ahmad Pandit, who contested panchayat elections from Sari Waripora in Pattan tendered More

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