Interlocutors pitch for DAA revocation

Panel Members Call On Chidambaram

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Dec 9: Interlocutors on Kashmir, who have submitted their report to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday expressed the hope about a “positive outcome” for review of the Disturbed Areas Act (DAA) from areas where there was no presence of the Army.“We have given a set of recommendations More

Snowfall in upper reaches, rains lash plains

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Srinagar, Dec 9: Moderate snowfall in the high altitude areas and incessant rains in plains continued for the third consecutive day across the state Friday prompting authorities to briefly suspend traffic on the vital Srinagar-Jammu highway this morning.The nearly 300 km Srinagar-Jammu highway More

Release Rs 356 cr for Dal dwellers’ rehabilitation: High Court to GOI

LAWDA Asked To Furnish Report Within Two Weeks

D A RASHID

Srinagar, Dec 9: The High Court has asked the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, to sanction additional financial assistance of Rs 356 crore – already committed - for the rehabilitation of Dal Lake dwellers within three months.“Three months time is granted to enable the Ministry of Finance More

UN against censoring internet

Sibal In Damage Control Mode

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Dec 9: Amidst raging controversy over the government of India’s proposal to monitor content in cyber space, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon Friday said access to the Internet and various social media must not be blocked as a way to prevent criticism and public debate.In his speech More

BJP legislators take on Jaitley, RSS

‘Our MLAs Voted For Farooq In 2009’

RAJEEV SHARMA

Jammu, Dec 9: In a fresh salvo, five ‘disqualified’ and ‘deemed’ legislators of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday dropped a bombshell, alleging two party MLAs had voted in favour of union minister and NC president Farooq Abdullah during Rajya Sabha elections in 2009.These MLAs also made More

US SEISMOLOGIST WARNS OF DEADLY KASHMIR QUAKE

Experts Call For Valley’s Micro-Seismic Zoning

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, Dec 9: A study by a prominent US based seismologist has warned that Kashmir Valley is likely to be hit by an earthquake of largest ever magnitude. But the study does not specify any particular time-frame.However, the Kashmir based experts recommend the state government to undertake micro More

Winter no excuse for delay in works: Omar

Jammu, Dec 9: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Friday said that winter should not be an excuse for delay in the completion of works in the winter zone of the State.“There are available technical and other means to keep works going on even in severe cold conditions,” he said adding that the process More

88 killed in Kolkata hospital fire

Kolkata, Dec 9: At least 88 persons mostly patients were choked to death when a major fire engulfed a multi-speciality centrally- airconditioned seven-storey 190-bed AMRI private hospital in the metropolis early today."Most of the deaths were caused by suffocation," Fire Service and Disaster Management More

JK Govt orders safety audit

Srinagar, Dec 9: Alarmed by the deadly inferno at a Kolkatta hospital, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Friday directed the home department to get a safety audit done for all major hospitals in the state.“Have instructed the Home Department to order a fire safety audit of all our major hospitals,” More

Dr Tasaduq awarded

Srinagar: Pediatrician, Dr. Tasaduq Ahmad Mir has been given Lung India Award-2011 for his research paper “Study of Cystic Fibrosis in Kashmiri Children.”  The award has been given to him by More

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