Lal Chowk loo encroachment bid turns mockery
Tourism dept claims to have erected shutter; Says SMC demolished
GK CITY CORRESPONDENT
Srinagar, Feb 10: A month after Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) demolished alleged encroachment at a public urinal at Lal Chowk, the Tourism Department woke to own responsibility for having erected the controversial shutter, which many believe was aimed to convert the loo into shop.  MoreHow officials fail Government?
Have a look at Hyderpora-Tengpora road
GK CITY REPORTER
Srinagar, Feb 10: What started after visit of Chief Minister’s visit in 2009, the broad-beamed, high-intensity lights on Hyderpora bypass from Hyderpora Chowk to Tengopora Bridge, have finally stopped functioning for past nine months. The closure of the lights and the bad condition of the MoreDiv Com comes to Gulshan Nagar rescue
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Feb 10: Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon convened a meeting of officers to discuss the issue of water logging at Gulshan Nagar, Byepass, an official handout said. He directed the ERA to procure a high capacity dewatering pump and install it in the area MoreNowpora complains of foul water
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Feb 10: The residents of Nowpora have complained that the drinking water being supplied to the area smells foul. They have appealed the Public Health Engineering officials to look into the matter. More- Kashmir
Ahad Jan terminated
Srinagar, Feb 10: Ahad Jan, the police constable who threw a shoe at Chief Minister Omar Abdullah during an I-Day parade on August 15 last year, has been dismissed from service. Jan, who is currently More
- Srinagar City
Lal Chowk loo encroachment bid turns mockery
Tourism dept claims to have erected shutter; Says SMC demolished
GK CITY CORRESPONDENT
Srinagar, Feb 10: A month after Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) demolished alleged encroachment at a public urinal at Lal Chowk, the Tourism Department woke to own responsibility for having erected More
- Jammu
Govt’s decision draws flak, opposition unhappy
PANCHAYAT ELECTIONS
SUMIT HAKHOO
Jammu, Feb 10: Government’s decision to hold Panchayat elections has drawn flak from the opposition parties, with main opposition PDP terming the exercise as meaningless, while Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP More
- News in Brief
Highway closed today
Srinagar: Authorities have decided to keep Srinagar-Jammu highway closed for vehicular traffic on Friday. “The decision to keep the highway closed has been taken to carry out the repair works near More
- Business
PaK premier says Intra-Kashmir trade a landmark step
'Ceasefire line can be a line-of-commerce'
TARIQ NAQASH
Muzaffarabad, Feb 10: Pakistan administered Kashmir Prime Minister Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan Thursday said the intra-Kashmir trade was a landmark step towards the economic development of the disputed Himalayan More
- News
11candidates file nomination papers
PAK COUNCIL POLLS
TARIQ NAQASH
Muzaffarabad, Feb 10: Eleven candidates, ten of them from three major parties, filed their nomination papers against the four vacant seats of the Pakistan administered Kashmir Council here on Thursday More


