7 medical shops sealed

‘Don’t target licensed pharma professionals’

IMRAN MUZAFFAR PARRAY

Srinagar, Nov 19: Authorities on Saturday sealed seven medical shops outside SMHS hospital here on the charges of violating the provisions of license under the Drug & Cosmetic Act.  Officials said the shops were sealed by a special squad of Drug and Food Control Organization along with More

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Dr Naresh Trehan clarifies

Srinagar, Nov 19:  Noted cardiologist Dr Naresh Trehan on Saturday clarified that he never commented on the drug scenario in Kashmir.  “The fact is that I was speaking at a function at Delhi Public School Athawajan on Nov 12, when a retired professor got up and started shouting that the More

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Improper waste dumping irks Nusoo B'pora residents;authorities in slumber

SUHAIL AJMAL

Bandipora, Nov 19: The residents of Nusoo in Bandipora district have castigated the authorities for dumping tonnes of waste material in the area.  “The waste has polluted the water, causing death to the scores of livestock from the past few days,” the residents said, adding the garbage was More

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Drug deptt finds no spurious medicine in 8549 inspections

GK CORRESPONDENT

Srinagar, Nov 19: Officials of the Drug Controller Department claim that since April this year they have conducted more than 8000 inspections in Kashmir Valley and didn’t find any chemist selling spurious drugs. “We have conducted 8549 inspections since April this year. We collected 545 samples More

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20% Indians suffer from chronic pain: Study

‘PAIN CLINIC AT SKIMS ON TUESDAY, SATURDAY’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Nov 19: Indian Association for Study of Pain president, Prof. P N Jain Saturday said the survey conducted by the Association has revealed that about 20 per cent of the population in India suffers from chronic pain. Addressing the Continued Medical Education workshop on “Pain Management More

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JKLF pays tributes to Hamid Sheikh

Holds blood donation camp

Srinagar, Nov 19: The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front acting chairman, advocate Bashir Ahmad Bhat on Saturday said the ongoing freedom movement had been nurtured by the martyrs with their sacred blood.  “And it is now our duty to take the mission of martyrs to its logical end,” said Bhat, while More

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KU releases linguistic journal

Srinagar, Nov 19: Kashmir University Department of Linguistics released its 3rd volume of the interdisciplinary journal of Linguistics (IJL) for the current academic year.    Former Director, Central Institute of Indian Languages Mysore, Prof. Rajesh Sachdeva, Registrar University More

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Police arrest Pastor

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Nov 19: Police on  Saturday arrested a Pastor of the All India Saints Church for his alleged role in Christianity conversion.  A police official told Greater Kashmir that Pastor C M Khana was arrested from his residence at Church lane Sonawar here this evening.  Police More

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3 die, 1 hurt in Valley road mishaps

Srinagar, Nov 19: Three persons died and one was injured in different road mishaps across the Kashmir Valley. A Tata Mobile (JK05C/2780) and a motorcycle (JK05/2916) collided near Buchoo Crossing, Baramulla injuring motorcyclist Bilal Ahmad Lone, son of Mohammad Sidiq, of Bijipara, Sumbal. The More

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Er Rashid moves court to get passport

Srinagar, Nov 19:  A member of state legislature Saturday filed a writ petition in the High Court seeking its directions to get a passport. MLA Langate, Engineer Rashid filed the petition seeking direction to union of India through secretary to government, Ministry of External Affairs, More

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JK crown of India: Mir

Srinagar, Nov 19: Terming J&K “crown of mother India and pride for the people of state to be a constituent of Indian Union” Democratic Party (Nationalist) President and Agriculture Minister Gulam Hassan Mir Saturday urged people to give preference to national interest. Addressing party workers More

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Geelani to address seminar today

Srinagar, Nov 19: Tehreek-e-Hurriyat is organizing a seminar on “Apostasy, moral degradation----causes and solution” on November 20, Sunday, at its central office, Hyderpora, here. Besides a galaxy of Ulema and scholars, the Hurriyat Conference G) chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani is also scheduled More

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