NC-CONG LEADERS BEING SUMMONED TO NEW DELHI

COALITION BICKERING

KASHMIR NEWS SERVICE

Srinagar, Jan 1: Senior functionaries of National Conference and Congress would soon be summoned to New Delhi to prevent the bickering between the party leaders from taking an ugly turn, sources said on Saturday.  They said differences within the coalition have turned soar due to provocative More

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Be thankful to Cong: Vakil to NC

KASHMIR MEDIA NETWORK

Srinagar, Jan 1: Senior Congress leader and Member of Legislative Council Abdul GaniVakil Saturday said that National Conference should be thankful to Congress High Command because of whose support Omar Abdullah continues to be the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. Reacting to the statement More

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Sahai, Faisal, Ashfaq ‘heroes’

GK MONITORING DESK

Srinagar, Jan 1: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir zone, S M Sahai, IAS topper Shah Faisal and Kashmiri footballer, Ashfaq Ahmed  figure in the list of “heroes of 2010” published by Hindustan Times.        The daily states that when Sahai took over More

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Lecturer released, family happy

WASIM KHALID

Srinagar, Jan 1: Lecturer from Gandhi Memorial College here, Prof Noor Muhammad Bhat, who was detained earlier this month for setting a ‘controversial’ question paper, was released Saturday after a court granted him interim bail yesterday. Bhat described his arrest as “uncalled for” saying More

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PDP patron, president condole Wajahat’s demise

Srinagar: PDP Patron Mufti Muhammad Sayeed and President Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday condoled the death of senior party leader Wajahat Qureshi of Baramulla and described him as a true politician who served the area with deep commitment and untiring zeal. In a condolence message, the two leaders More

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Protest in Bla village against power breakdown

Srinagar, Jan 1: Protests broke out in Goriwan village of Baramulla district on Friday night after a deodar tree allegedly chopped by timber smugglers snapped electricity in the village. According to locals, timber smugglers chopped off deodar tree at the forest compartment number 4 in Goriwan More

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4 days on, Handwara teen remains untraced

Srinagar, Jan 1: The fate of a teenage student who went missing from Handwara forests remains untraced even as police continued searches for the fourth consecutive day Saturday. On December, 29 last week, 16-year-old Muhammad Ashraf, son of Fazal-ud-din Chauhan of Sachlari in Handwara tehsil More

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5 cases settled in Ang Lok Adalat

Anantnag (Islamabad), Jan 1: Out of 15 cases pertaining to Motor Accident claims placed at a Lok Adalat held here today, 5 cases were amicably settled and an award of Rs. 16.95 lakh was passed. Presiding officer, Motor Accidental Claims Tribunal (Chief Judicial Magistrate), Anantnag presided More

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Dilawar condoles demise

Srinagar, Jan 1: People’s Democratic Party General Secretary, Muhammad Dilawar Mir has condoled the demise of party district secretary Baramulla, Wajahat Hussain Qureshi.  In his message, Mir described Wajahat as a good social activist and political personality who stood for his principles More

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JKLF (R) welcomes Basit’s statement

Srinagar, Jan 1: The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front ( R) chief patron and executive director, Kashmir Centre Brussels, Barrister Abdul Majid Tramboo has welcomed the recent statement of the Pakistan foreign ministry spokesman Abdul Basit in which the latter had asked India to take steps for resolving More

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LPG shortage hits Sopore

GHULAM MUHAMMAD

Sopore, Jan 1: The people of this Apple town have expressed strong resentment against the alleged hoarding of cooking gas by various gas distribution companies.  The aggrieved people said that after the recent snowfall, the gas companies resorted to hoarding and selling the gas cylinders More

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BSNL subscribers hold protest

GHULAM NABI ZEYA

Kargil, Jan 1: The subscribers of BSNL, under the banner of Islamiya School Youth wing today held a demonstration here against the erratic cellular and broadband service. “The service is very poor and the concerned authorities have failed to do anything substantial about it despite repeated pleas More

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