Central forces express reservation

Union Cabinet Secretary Chairs Crucial Security Meet

AFSPA REVOCATION

MOAZUM MUHAMMADSrinagar, Oct 23: Two days after Chief Minister Omar Abdullah announced that Armed Forces Special Forces Act (AFSPA) would be revoked from certain areas of the state, top brass of the central forces operating in JK on Sunday expressed “some reservations” on doing More

Upper reaches receive snowfall

Rains Lash Plains, Srinagar-Leh Highway Closed

UMER MAQBOOL/GKNN

Srinagar/Jammu Oct 23: Upper reaches of the Valley received moderate snowfall, while rains continued to lash plains for second consecutive day on Sunday.  Most places along Line of Control received snowfall from the last night. This was second snowfall of the season as hilly areas had received More

9 die in highway accidents

Jammu, Oct 23: At least nine persons, including three children, died in separate accidents on Srinagar-Jammu highway on Sunday, officials said.They said eight persons, including 3 children, died and 28 others sustained injuries when a bus (No. JK03-2517) on its way from Srinagar to Jammu fell More

Indian chopper strays into PaK

FORCED TO LAND, RELEASED

GK MONITORING DESK

Srinagar, Oct 23: The Army chopper that strayed into Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK) on Sunday morning and was “forced to land” by Pakistani military was released in the evening.The Cheetah helicopter with four officers on board returned to Kargil around 6pm, ending an inadvertent intrusion More

Ignored by Govt, SRTC loses wheels

‘Corp Share Declines To 3%, Plan Allocation Never Crossed ` 5 Cr’

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Oct 23: From a frontline service provider in Jammu and Kashmir a few decades ago, State Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) is struggling for survival with its share in transport sector falling to dismal less than three percent. Not only has the once booming Corporation lost its wheels More

J N Raina passes away

Srinagar, Oct 23: Former Bureau Chief of United News of India (UNI) Mumbai and Kashmir J N Raina died after a brief illness at Pune in Maharashtra on Sunday morning. He was 75 and is survived by his wife Dulari Raina, three sons, daughters-in-laws and grand children.Born on November 2, 1936 More

GANI KASHMIRI: Poet who defied Aurangzeb

His Grave In A Mess

IGNORED AND FORGOTTEN

ARSHAD HUSSAINSrinagar, Oct 23: Impressed by his remarkable writings in Persian, the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb invited this great poet to know more about him and his versatile style of writing. Shocking for many in then Kashmir was the defiance of King’s invite by the poet for More

One-way traffic for Darbar move

Srinagar, Oct 23: Traffic movement for four days along the 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu highway will be one-way to facilitate smooth passage of government convoys during the shifting of the Jammu and Kashmir's Civil Secretariat."In view of the annual Darbar move from Srinagar to Jammu, traffic along More

Water woes in Bijbehara

Srinagar, Oct 23: The residents of Dewra Bijbehara in South Kashmir’s Islamabad (Anantnag) district have complained about acute shortage of water from the last four days. A delegation from the area More

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Co-accused's confession can't be sole basis for conviction: SC

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Oct 23: Confession of a co-accused cannot be the sole basis for convicting a person as courts are not under an obligation to rely on it, the Supreme Court has ruled, while quashing the life More