Bandipora roads in shambles

SLOW PACE OF WORK ON BRIDGES IRK RESIDENTS

SUHAIL AJMAL

Bandipora, Oct 7: The road network in Bandipora district is in complete shambles and the work on bridges at various places is going on at snail’s pace, the locals alleged. According to them, the road condition from Srinagar to Bandipora is so pathetic that in order to reach to the district More

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Woman, student end life in Valley

Srinagar, Oct 7: Two persons including a woman and a class 10th student committed suicide at different place in Valley. According to the police spokesman, a class 10th student, Rayees Ahmad Dar son of Muhammad Abdullah of Awoora ended his life by allegedly consuming some poisonous substance More

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House arrest taking toll on Geelani’s health: Hurriyat (G)

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 7: Hurriyat Conference (G) on Friday claimed that the continued house arrest of its chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani had badly hit his health.  Geelani, who continues to be under house arrest since September 5, was not again allowed to offer his Friday prayers today.  “Although More

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Yasin Malik held on way to Sopore

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 7: Police on Friday arrested the Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Muhammad Yasin Malik along with some other party leaders and activists at Sangrama, while he was on his way to Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, a JKLF spokesman said.  He said More

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Bitta Karatey condemns Mir’s arrest

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 7: The Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (R) Chairman, Farooq Ahmad Dar alias Bitta Karatey has strongly condemned the arrest of party senior vice-president, Javid Ahmad Mir along with other colleagues by the police while they were on way to Kaba Marg, Kulgam, in south Kashmir to address More

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70-yr old man appeals PM

‘Please help me locate my sons’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 7: Abdul Ahad Rah, 70, of Sheikh Mohalla Mahraj Gunj has appealed Prime Minister of India to help him in tracing his two sons, who went missing  allegedly after handed over by Nepal police to  Indian authorities in 2000.   For past 11-years, elderly Rah has been More

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PDP supporters stage protest, demand Speaker’s resignation

SUHAIL AJMAL

Shadipora (Sumbal), Oct 7: Supporters of senior Peoples Democratic Party MLA Moulvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari on Friday staged a protest at Shadipora here in north Kashmir, demanding resignation of Speaker Muhammad Akbar Lone for allegedly using abusive language against the legislator in the Legislative More

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Save Sharmila Campaign to kick off from Kashmir

‘We want to mobilize opinion for AFSPA revocation in JK, North-east’

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Oct 7: A countrywide journey by the civil society activists as part of the ‘Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign” for mobilizing public opinion on revoking the Armed Forces Special Powers Act from Jammu and Kashmir and North-eastern states will commence from Srinagar next week.  Top More

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Decade on, Goonipora-Batpora road awaits repair

SHAHID RAFIQ

Kupwara, Oct 7: Despite passing of over a decade, successive regimes have failed to undertake repair of vital Goonipora-Batpora road here causing immense inconvenience to the people   The three kilometer road stretch connects more than 20 villages including Goonipora, Jugtyal, Bungam More

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Court sends Waseem to 14 days custody

GK MONITORING DESK

Srinagar, Oct 7: A Delhi court today allowed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to quiz Wasim Akram Malik, a Kashmiri native, for 14 days in its custody in connection with the September 7 Delhi High Court blast case. Special NIA judge H S Sharma remanded Malik, a student of medicine More

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Teen detained under PSA

Family seeks release

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 7: A teenager has been arrested under Public Safety Act by Police at Khwaja Bazaar Nowhatta here.  According to Ali Muhammad Kak, his son Sameer Ahmad Kak was detained by police on August 9. Sameer, he said was repairing transformers at his shop at the time of arrest.  More

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Nursing students’ strike enters day 4

Srinagar, Oct 7: The hunger strike of nursing students of Bibi Haleema and SKIMS Nursing College entered fourth day on Friday. The students are observing strike against the failure of administration to get the colleges registered from Punjab Nursing Registration Counsel (PNRC). Demanding More

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Release honorarium to Anganwari workers: Sakina to officers

Srinagar, Oct 7: Minister for Social Welfare, Sakina Itoo today asked all the ICDS officers to release the pending honorarium to Anganwari workers and helpers before Eid-ul-Azha. In this connection, she said, Rs 31.15 crore had already been released for payment. Addressing a meeting More

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KU documentary awarded

Srinagar: Kashmir University’s Educational Multimedia Research Centre (EMMRC) has received a national-level award for its film “Global Warming-A Catastrophe in Making”.  The EMMRC shared the award of Rs one lakh with EMMRC Kolkata for its film “Sound and Image”.  The EMMRC film has More

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Tehsildar, Patwari in Vigilance net

Srinagar: The State Vigilance Organization has registered a case against Riaz Ahmed then, Patwari Halqa Hakkal Tehsil and District Jammu, Narayan Singh then Tehsildar Settlement, Jammu and Ravinder Singh, Romesh Chander and Rajesh Gopal for ‘fraudulent manipulation and tampering’ of Record.  More

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