Govt foil employees’ march

250 Detained, JCC Leaders Meeting Today To Chalk Out Future Course Of Action

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Sep 8: Acting tough, the state government Thursday foiled the employees’ Secretariat Chalo program spearheaded by the Joint Consultative Committee (JCC).  Police had laid Nakas across the Valley today to prevent employees from entering the Srinagar city and detained more than 250 of More

State cabinet discuss demands

Srinagar, Sep 8: The state cabinet Thursday discussed the employees’ demands, but couldn’t arrive at any decision as the Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather is presently out of country.The cabinet approved creation of more than 300 posts in health department to pave way for drawal of salary of More

Cops detain Home Minister’s father-in-law

Mistaken Identity?

MOAZUM MUHAMMAD

Srinagar, Sep 8: Police Thursday detained the father-in-law of Minister of State for Home, Nasir Sogami, from Lal Chowk here after he refused to show his identity to the cops. After coming to know about the person’s relation with the minister, the police later apologized and, interestingly, said that More

Owaisi discusses SHRC report with PM

Unmarked Graves

Srinagar, Sep 8: All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) President and MP Asaduddin Owaisi Thursday met Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and discussed recent report of Jammu and Kashmir State Human Rights Commission (JKSHRC) regarding unmarked graves in Kashmir.“The Prime Minister assured More

Tributes paid to Sheikh Abdullah

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Sep 8: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday paid rich tributes to late Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah on his death anniversary.Highlighting the struggle and sacrifices of late leader for the cause of people and the State throughout his life, Omar said that public welfare and progress of Jammu More

HuJI mail traced to Kishtwar

Cyber Cafe Owner, 2 Others Detained

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Jammu,Sep 8: Investigators have traced the HuJI email claiming responsibility for the blast outside the Delhi High Court to a cybercafe in Kishtwar and detained three persons in this connection including the cafe owner.Cyber cafe owner Mehmood Khawja was detained along with two others for questioning More

Probing JK link, if any: Omar

‘Will Share Leads With NIA’

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Sep 8: Confirming that ‘certain leads have been shared’ with the J&K Government over the Wednesday’s powerful blasts in New Delhi, the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday said they were probing the “J&K link” to the blasts, as suggested by certain reports.In response to a question More

Gurez: A confluence of beauty and hardships

Valley Of Mountains Struggles For Better Sustenance, Empowerment

FAHEEM ASLAM

Dawar (Gurez), Sep 8: With lush green pine trees around, a dilapidated road stretch—over 50 kilometers from north Kashmir’s Bandipora town—leads to Gurez, popularly known as the Valley of Mountains. The serenity of the place, for a while, makes you forget that the bumpy road, apparently never macadamized More

Appointment of ICs prerogative of EC: Sufi

Srinagar, Sep 8: The State Chief Information Commissioner has strongly contested a news item carried in a section of press quoting “unknown sources” regarding the Commission’s reservations for appointment of any particular person as Commissioner.The Chief Information Commissioner G. R. Sufi said More

Sonia returns after surgery

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Sep 8: Congress President Sonia Gandhi returned to the capital early this morning from abroad where she underwent surgery a month ago for an undisclosed ailment."Congress President returned early today and she is fine," party general secretary Janardhan Dwivedi said.10 Janpath sources More

PG students appeal KU authorities

Srinagar, Sep 8: Students appearing in MA Urdu through distance education of Kashmir University on Thursday complained that their paper was out of syllabus.  They appealed to the university authorities More

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Caste reservation not applicable for upgradation: SC

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Sep 8: Rules of reservation like SC, ST, OBC quota would not apply to upgradation of posts in Government establishments as the benefit could be extended only to promotional posts, the Supreme More

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