Girl, boy drown in Kupwara

2 RESCUED

Srinagar, May 27: A girl drowned in a Nallah while two of her companions were rescued by locals at Faizabad, Karnah Kupwara. According to police, Rakeena, 18, daughter of Muhammad Ismail Raina, Halima, 14, daughter of Abdul Rehman of Nowa Gabra Karnah and Mukhtar Ahmad Raina, 8, son of More

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Expedite work on Sgr-Kargil-Leh road widening: Chief Secretary

Srinagar, May 27: Chief Secretary, Madhav Lal today asked the Border Road Organization to expedite the widening work of two lane Srinagar- Gumari- Kargil– Leh Highway-1D road project. Addressing a meeting to review the road widening project, Madhav Lal said major portion of the land acquired More

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Beacon clarifies on road projects

Srinagar, May 27: Beacon on Friday clarified that the macadamization between 58 to 62 kilometers on Srinagar– Baramulla–Uri road stretch was done during last year after a cycle of five years and the stretch was in very good condition as on date. In a statement, Project Beacon chief engineer More

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3 yrs on, CHC Tanghdar still incomplete

ISHFAQ SAYEED

Karnah, May 27: Despite passing of three years, the construction work on the new Community Health Center at Tanghdar here is yet to be completed. Sources said the executing agency, Jammu and Kashmir Police Housing Corporation, had failed to meet the deadline for the completion of project More

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Pandach residents stage demo against lack of development

SHEIKH NAZIR

Ganderbal, May 27: The residents of Pandach and its adjoining villages today staged a demonstration and blocked Srinagar-Leh highway against the lack of development.   Chanting slogans and holding placards and banners, the residents, under the banner of Ellaqai Welfare Forum, were More

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Students return from edu tour

SHEIKH NAZIR

Ganderbal, May 27: Thirty one students of Ganderbal Tehsil returned home on Thursday after the conclusion of educational tour organized by Army’s 5 Rashtriya Rifles.  The students had left on May 16.  According to an army officer, the students visited many places including Agra More

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JKLF (R) condemns police raids, Mir’s arrest

Srinagar: Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (R) has condemned the police raid on the residences of its chairman, Farooq Ahmad Dar alias Bitta Karatey, senior vice-chairman, Javid Ahmad Mir, general secretary, Wajahat Qureshi and district president Srinagar, Muhammad Rafiq Bhat on Thursday night and ‘ More

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Omar creating panic: Dillawar Mir

‘Infiltration Remarks Threaten Tourism, Panchayat Polls’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, May 27: The General Secretary of Peoples  Democratic Party (PDP) Dillawar Mir on Saturday castigated the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for announcing that 40 militants had infiltrated into the state. “It is an unsubstantiated announcement and it could cast a dark shadow More

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Forest Deptt to propagate male poplars

SEED MENACE

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, May 27: Environment Committee (EC) of the legislative assembly was Friday informed that the department of Social Forestry has decided to propagate only male poplars from next year which don’t shed seeds.The step has been taken to offset the shedding of seeds by poplar trees which has More

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