6 candidates in fray for 4 seats

PAK COUNCIL ELECTION

TARIQ NAQASH

Muzaffarabad, Feb 19: Five candidates from three main political parties withdrew their nomination papers here on Saturday, leaving six in the fray for the four vacant seats of the Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK) Council.Polling is slated for Tuesday and is believed to determine the political More
UNREST IN MIDDLE EAST

Bahrain protesters back in square as troops pull back

Manama, Feb 19: Thousands of jubilant Bahrainis returned today to Manama’s Pearl Square, the focal point of bloody anti-regime demonstrations, after police and troops withdrew in what appeared to be a conciliatory move. After the security forces had pulled out, Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad More
IRAN WARNS CRACKDOWN AGAINST RALLIES
 Iran today warned of a crackdown if opposition supporters stage new rallies which they have called to mourn the deaths of two victims of recent unrest and to show support to their leaders.      Websites of opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi have More
1 dies in Yemen
Sanaa (Yemen), Feb 19: Yemeni riot police shot dead a protester and injured five others today when they opened fire on thousands marching in the 10th day of unrest rocking the capital Sanaa. Protesters began marching early in the morning from the University of Sanaa to the Ministry of Justice More
Pro-reform rally in Algeria
Algiers, Feb 19: Algerian police thwarted a rally by thousands of pro-democracy supporters today, breaking up the crowd into isolated groups in a bid to keep them from marching. Police brandishing clubs, but no firearms, weaved their way through the crowd in central Algiers, banging their shields More
  • Kashmir

WOMAN HELD FOR HIRING IKHWANIS TO KILL HUSBAND: POLICE

ALTAF BABA

Baramulla, Feb 19: Police on Saturday said that it arrested a woman for allegedly hired Ikhwanis for Rs 50,000 to get her husband killed after he stalled her efforts to start her own business in north More


  • Srinagar City

‘Pied Piper’ of Srinagar

What has been a fable cherished by kids about man who saved his

M HYDERI

WHEN this 54-year-old recently walked into the office chambers of Divisional Commissioner, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon with a claim that he could make the stray dogs leave this summer Capital, the IAS officer More



  • Jammu

Gear up for retrieving Govt land from grabbers: Bhalla to officers

Jammu, Feb 19: Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation Raman Bhalla has asked the Revenue Officers to gear up   for retrieving the state land from the grabbers. He was interacting More


  • News in Brief

Div Com to hear appeals under LRA

Srinagar: Divisional Commissioner Dr Asgar Samoon will hear appeals and revisions under Land Revenue Act which will be conducted by the court of Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Srinagar on two days in More


  • Business

Kashmir Inc says no to US dollar in trans-LoC trade

‘It is an intra-Kashmir deal, not international’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Feb 19: The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) today said it was firmly against use of US dollar as medium of exchange in cross-LoC trade. Senior Vice President, KCCI, Abdul More


  • News

6 candidates in fray for 4 seats

PAK COUNCIL ELECTION

TARIQ NAQASH

Muzaffarabad, Feb 19: Five candidates from three main political parties withdrew their nomination papers here on Saturday, leaving six in the fray for the four vacant seats of the Pakistan administered More


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