Snow clearance operation begins on Sgr-Leh highway

GHULAM NABI ZIA

Drass, Mar 13: Snow clearance operation on the mountainous Srinagar-Leh Highway, the only road linking the Ladakh with rest of Jammu and Kashmir, was kick-started on Sunday.  The highway was closed on November 30 last year following heavy snowfall. The GREF, a wing the Border Roads Organization More

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Ensure participation in Panchayat polls: Soz

Srinagar, Mar 13: The President of Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Saif-ud-din Soz today asked his party workers to ensure "very large participation" of people in the upcoming Panchayat elections. "Prof Soz explained to them the need to ensure very large participation More

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Woman dies in suspicious circumstances

Srinagar/Jammu, Mar 13: A 25-year-old woman died in suspicious circumstances in Uri. According to police, Parveena Begum wife of Muhammad Haneef Tanoli of Dawaran Uri was allegedly brought dead in suspicious condition by her relatives in the sub-district hospital Uri.  The body of More

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Srinagar-Baramulla highway in shambles; authorities indifferent

ALTAF BABA

Baramulla, Mar 13: The people of this North Kashmir district are up in arms against the Government’s failure to repair the dilapidated Srinagar-Baramulla highway complaining that some road stretches were dotted with potholes. “The four kilometer road from Baramulla to Kansipora has huge potholes More

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‘K-resolution only way to peace’

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Mar 13: On the second day of Women’s Conference here, the participants were unanimous that resolution of Kashmir was the only way forward to peace. Participating in discussion on role of women in peace building, the women voiced their concern over human rights violations in Valley More

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‘Pied piper’ demands Rs 20 cr

DRIVING DOGS AWAY

Srinagar, Mar 13: The “pied piper” dream of driving the one lakh canines out of Srinagar has suffered a hit after the dog charmer roped in by the administration demanded a whopping Rs 20 crore for his services. “The negotiations with Khurshid Ahmad Mir who had claimed that he can drive away More

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‘HIMSR to start MBBS course soon’

Srinagar, Mar 13: The Hamdard Institute of Medical Science and Research, New Delhi is shortly starting MBBS course in its Jamia Hamdard Teaching Hospital. In a statement, it said, the HIMSR’s hospital had already received No Objection Certificate from Government of NCT of Delhi. “We expect More

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Pay rent on revised land rates: High Court

BARAMULLA ORCHARD OCCUPATION BY FORCES

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Mar 13: The High Court has directed the Government to pay rent on revised rates with retrospective effect to a woman whose orchard in Baramulla is under occupation of armed forces since 1995. In the case, Asha Begum V/S State of J&K and others, Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir asked More

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Forest deptt daily wagers seek regularization, threaten agitation

TARIQ RASOOL

Bandipora, Mar 13: Hundreds of daily wagers of Forest Department have threatened to launch massive agitation if government failed to regularize their services. The daily wagers were reacting to the Forest Minister, Mian Altaf’s statement wherein he had said “no regularization case of daily More

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Kashmiri engineer designs low-cost jacket for bikers

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Srinagar, Mar 13: A Kashmiri engineer claims to have designed a low-cost jacket for motorcyclists which will keep them warm using the energy generated from the running bike. Earlier this month, Anjum Khursheed, who works as an engineer at National Thermal Power Corporation and is a graduate More

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