India for increase in trading days

‘Multiple Entry Permit For Six Months For People Of J&K’

CROSS LOC TRADE

New Delhi, July 10: India has decided to propose to Pakistan to increase the number of trading days from two to four for the cross-LoC commerce besides multiple entry permit for six months for people of Jammu and Kashmir as part of Confidence Building Measures. The decision to make the proposal More

Gulmarg Palace in ruins, courtesy official apathy

Conservation Plan Gathers Dust For 3 Years

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Gulmarg, July 10: When Maharaja Hari Singh constructed a Palace over a hillock here in early 20th century, he would not have thought even in his wildest dreams that this confluence of colonial and traditional Kashmiri architecture would be in ruins mainly due to the apathy of his successors.  More

SKUAST-K overrules CM’s directive

Issues Fresh Memo To Shift Faculty Of Forestry; Have Asked Varsity To Reconsider Decision: Minister

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, July 10: Anarchy just seems to be deepening at the SK University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-Kashmir, with varsity officials now openly overruling the Chief Minister’s directive on the establishment of the Faculty of Forestry. Official documents with Greater Kashmir More

Pul Doda to be history

J&K's Famed Town Submerges Due To Rising Chenab Waters; Admn Caught Napping

IANS/GKNN

Jammu, July 10: Pul Doda, the highway town that has connected tourist hubs in Jammu and Kashmir for many years, will soon disappear from the state’s map as the rising Chenab river waters wash it away. Pul Doda is the last point of the 50 sq km lake made of Chenab river water that feeds the More

Rousing reception to Ganga Prasad

Kashmiri Pandit Returns With Sweets After 21 Years

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, July 10: Twenty one years back, he would give sweets to children whom he would prescribe medicine at his medical store at Hazratbal on the Srinagar outskirts. Today, he roamed around the place with toffees for everyone who received him with hugs, kisses and shake-hands. For Kashmiri More

2 boys die in Tral explosion

GK NEWS NETWORK

Tral (Pulwama) July 10: Two boys died and a youth was injured when a grenade exploded here on Sunday evening, locals said.“Adil Yusuf, 19, and Obaid Yusuf, 9, picked up a round shaped object near Mominabad Ratusna, where two militants of Hizbul-Mujahideen were killed in a gunfight with forces More

Schools to reopen on July 14

Srinagar, July 10: All government schools in Kashmir Valley shall reopen after summer vacations on July 14 (Thursday) instead of July 11.An official spokesman said the vacations have been extended up to and including July 13. “There will be no change in the school timings,” the spokesman said.
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