Geelani, Mirwaiz, Shahid, ors under house arrest

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 22: Separatist leaders including Chairmen of both the factions of Hurriyat Conference remained under house arrest on Friday. While chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who had called for protests after Friday prayers, remained under house detention for More

One more pilgrim dies, toll 82

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Srinagar, July 22: A 32-year-old pilgrim today died of cardiac arrest after paying obeisance at the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir, taking the death toll during the ongoing annual yatra to 82, officials said.Jyoti Singh, of Firozpur Punjab, suffered a massive heart attack at Baltal base camp More

Approach us for settlement of undecided cases: LA panel
Srinagar, July 22: A meeting of Committee on Petitions of Legislative Assembly, was held today under the Chairmanship of Abdul Majid Wani in which working and functioning of the Committee was discussed in detail. The Committee deliberated upon the petitions received by it and appealed the people More

Dr Farooq meets Governor
Srinagar, July 22: Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah, met Governor N. N. Vohra, at Raj Bhavan here today. During their nearly hour long meeting, Governor and Dr. Farooq discussed several important issues relating to the speedy socio-economic development of the More

Deputation of Health employees meet Sham
Srinagar: A deputation of the employees of Health department led by Sushil Soodan and  Sheikh Mehraj-u-Din called on the Minister for Health, Sham Lal Sharma, here today and apprised him about the problems confronting them.  The deputation informed the Minister about various  demands More

Dolphin school releases magazine
 Srinagar: Dolphin International School, Pulwama on Thursday released its first edition of school magazine “The Ocean.” Senior Superintendent of Police, Amit Kumar and journalist Waheed-Ur-Rehman were also present. Amit Kumar congratulated the school chairman, Farooq Fazli and More

Guv, ministers condole demise
Srinagar: Governor, N N Vohra has condoled the demise of Haji Muhammad Abdullah Mir, the father of Minister for Agriculture, Ghulam Hassan Mir. In a condolence message, the Governor expressed his sympathy with Mir and other members of the bereaved family and prayed for eternal peace to the departed More

850 Panchs, 157 Sarpanchs take oath in Budgam
Budgam,  July 22: The District Development Commissioner Budgam, Muhammad Rafi and Assistant Commissioner Development, Qazi Sarwar today supervised the oath taking of 24 Sarpanchs and 210 Panchs including 68 female Panchs of CD block Narbal at CFC Narbal. In another function at BK Pora More

Gujjars demands inquiry
Srinagar, July 22: Tribal Research and Cultural Foundation- a frontal organisation of Gujjars today  demanded that the Jammu and Kashmir Government should appoint a high level team to conduct an inquiry into the alleged rape of a  woman of their community, a resident of Gujjar Dara-Manzgam More

Army officer assists yatris
Srinagar, July 22: Lt Colonel Ramesh Kadian, the officer Commanding Alpha Sector Sonamarg has been providing medical facility to Yatris and others visiting the area. Besides, in a goodwill gesture the officer also provides recovery van to people if their vehicle develops a snag.The yatris More

  • Kashmir

Revoke controversial laws from JK: SAD (A)

‘Separatists true representatives of Kashmiris’

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, July 22: President of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) and former Member of Parliament Simranjit Singh Maan on Friday demanded immediate revocation of Armed Forces Special Powers Act and other More



  • Srinagar City

COME EVENINGS, CRPF BLOCKS MUNAWARABAD ROAD

TRAFFIC JAMS LAST TILL MIDNIGHT; LOCALS, TOURIST AGHAST

GK CITY REPORTER

Srinagar, July 22: Come evenings, the paramilitary CRPF often blocks the Munawarbad Road, a key to link to Shahr-e-Khaas thereby causing huge gridlocks on the busy track.  The complainants said the More




  • Jammu

Jammu students demand setting up of CU

Jammu, July 22: Hundreds of students gathered here Friday to demand that a Central University, sanctioned more than two years ago, be set up in Jammu.    The students tried to take out a More



  • South Asia

Pakistan protests arrest of Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai

REZAUL H LASKAR/PTI

Islamabad, July 22: The Pakistani government has lodged a protest with the US over the arrest of Kashmiri separatist Ghulam Nabi Fai and accused Washington of running a "slander campaign" against Islamabad More



  • Business

‘JK to upgrade skills of 40 lakh persons by 2025’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 22: Speakers at a seminar said there was a dire need to change curricula to produce human resource with technical, managerial and administrative skills needed by industry, trade and business More



  • World

Fai detention hearing postponed till Tuesday

LALIT K JHA/PTI

Washington, July 22: The detention hearing of Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai, arrested by FBI for illegally lobbying for Pakistan in the US, was postponed for next Tuesday as his attorney had scheduling conflicts More



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