KAHWET LAUNCHED

First Kashmiri daily hits news stands

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 11: The first Kashmiri language daily of Jammu and Kashmir hit the news stands in Srinagar and other major towns of the Valley on Monday. The daily, named 'Kahwet' which means touchstone in Kashmiri, was launched by Minister for Higher Education Abdul Gani Malik at the Sher More

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Elections cannot lead to K-resolution: Baig

ALTAF BABA

Baramulla, July 11: Senior PDP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Muzzafar Hussain Baig on Monday said the recently held Panchayat elections in the state cannot be associated with the resolution of the Kashmir issue.  “Assembly or Panchayat elections cannot lead to the resolution of More

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Road accidents continue to kill

3 DEAD, 23 INJURED IN MISHAPS

Srinagar, July 11: Three persons were killed and 23 others injured in separate road accidents across the Valley. A Sumo (JK03A-6733) hit and critically wounded a motorcyclist, Rouf Ahmad Hajam son of Ghulam Rasool of Khrew Lassipora, Kulgam at Thajiwara Achabal, (Islamabad) Anantnag, police More

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'Madre-e-Meharban' remembered

Omar, Dr Farooq offer prayers at graveyard

Srinagar, July 11: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah and National Conference Patron and Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr Farooq Abdullah today offered special prayers for Begum Akbar Jahan, wife of NC founder Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah, on her 11th death anniversary. Omar and his father More

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Tributes paid to July 13 martyrs

‘THIS DAY MARKS BEGINNING OF KASHMIRIS’ FREEDOM STRUGGLE’

Srinagar, July 11: Various pro-freedom organisations have paid tributes to the martyrs of July 13, 1931, urging the people to observe July 13, as day of reaffirmation of oath to take their mission to its logical end.  Paying tributes to martyrs of July 13, 1931, the United Jihad Council chairman More

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Azad ensured perceptible change in JK dev: Vakil

Baramulla, July 11: Congress leader and former minister, Abdul Gani Vakil today said the Ghulam Nabi Azad during his tenure as chief minister ensured perceptible change in development of Jammu and Kashmir.  “Azad took some revolutionary measures to bring socio-economic transformation in J& More

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Check weather before embarking on pilgrimage: SASB

Srinagar: Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, Chief Executive Officer, R K Goyal has advised all those who intend to visit the Amarnath cave shrine to ascertain the to-date weather conditions in the Yatra area before embarking on the pilgrimage.  According to an official communiqué, the details of More

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BOSE to change exam policy

Separate Papers For Each Student

Srinagar, July 11: To curb the menace of copying in examinations, State Board of School Education has decided to set separate question papers for each student in the coming exams. Chairman BOSE, Professor Sheikh Bashir Ahmad told KNS that the decision to set different question papers was More

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NC beneficiary of boycott politics: Mufti

Srinagar, July 11: PDP patron Mufti Muhammad Sayeed on Monday accused the ruling National Conference of being beneficiary of boycott politics and maintained that even now the party “wins only in places where the voter turnout is low.”  Addressing a convention of workers from Hazratbal constituency More

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PSC should work with full responsibility: Tarigami

Srinagar, July 11: House Panel on Subordinate Legislation of the Legislative Assembly has called upon civil society to record their opinion about the selection criteria in vogue for appointment of gazetted cadre officers including doctors and lecturers. The committee, which met here today More

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Make Kashmiri part of academic curriculum: Soz

Srinagar, July 11: Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee Chief and former Union Minister, Prof Saif-ud-Din Soz, on Monday said the Kashmiri language should be made a part of the curriculum for students studying in class 9th and 10th.  “The Government has introduced Kashmiri in the More

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Hurriyat (G) condemns Geelani’s house arrest

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 11: Hurriyat Conference (G) on Monday said Government has accepted its defeat by its separatist leader Chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani under house arrest ahead of July 13 programme of the Conglomerate.   Pertinently the Conglomerate had called for a march from Mazar-e-Shuhda More

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LOK ADALAT ON JULY 27

Islamabad (Anantnag), July 11: For amicable settlement of pending cases in Islamabad (Anantnag) court, a Lok Adalat is being organized by District Legal Services Authority, on July 27 in the district court complex here. All interested persons may approach the court well in advance, an official communiqu More

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