Employees strike paralyses work in government offices

Protesters Beaten, Arrested; JCC Calls Secretariat Gherao On May 9

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar/Jammu, Apr 17: Work in government offices across Jammu and Kashmir was affected Tuesday as state employees struck work and took to streets to press for their demands including regularization of daily wagers and enhancement in retirement age. Police beat and arrested dozens of employees in More

SHRC issues notice to four police officers

Commission Fixes Next Date Of Hearing On May 28

Foreigners’ Kidnapping Case

GK NEWS NETWORKSrinagar, Apr 17: State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) Tuesday issued notices to four police officers, including former Inspector General of Police (Kashmir) PS Gill, to an application by two rights groups seeking reinvestigation into the 1995 abduction of six foreigners More

Nawaz for troop withdrawal from Siachen

NISAR AHMED THOKAR

Islamabad, Apr 17: The former prime minister of Pakistan and president of Muslim League (N), Mian Muhammad Nawaz Shareef, has said that it was high time that India and Pakistan should pullout their troops from Siachen.These remarks were made by the PML-N chief while talking to news reporters at More

Police come across Swiss face in Facebook dissent

Several Valley Youth Questioned

SHABIR IBN YUSUF/ZAHID MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Apr 17: Police have identified a Swiss lady for allegedly hosting anti-government pages on social networking site Facebook, besides questioning several youth in the valley.To identify and act against the people involved in anti-government activities on the Facebook, police had registered More

Some states harbour mistrust: PC

ANIL ANAND

New Delhi, Apr 17: A day after non-Congress Chief Ministers and an ally attacked the Centre over NCTC, Home Minister P Chidambaram Tuesday lamented the “mistrust” harboured by some states and expressed confidence that the issue would be resolved in the May 5 meeting.Answering criticism that the More

Govt mulls honorarium for Panchayat representatives

Matter Being Examined By Finance Department

AKSHAY AZAD

Jammu, Apr 17: Facing strong criticism over its ‘failure’ to make the Panchayati Raj system fully functional in the state, Jammu and Kashmir government now mulls payment of honorarium to the elected representatives of the rural local bodies.Official sources told Greater Kashmir that the Rural More

5 killed in road accidents

3 Die On Highway, 2 In Kangan

M M PARVAIZ/SHEIKH NAZIR

Ramban/Kangan, Apr 17: At least three persons were killed when a truck they were traveling in skidded off the road and fell into Bislari Nallah near Chamwalwas on Jammu-Srinagar highway near Ramban on Tuesday.Police said that the truck (JK14B-9210) was carrying fertilizer and was on way from Jammu More

SC to decide on extermination of dogs

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Apr 17: The Supreme Court Tuesday posted to September for final hearing on whether stray dogs can be exterminated by authorities if they caused “nuisance” to people.A bench of justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan told senior counsel Raj Panjwani appearing for Animal Welfare Board of More

Shopian sarpanchs, panchs threaten stir

Srinagar, Apr 17: Sarpanchs and Panchs from south Kashmir’s Shopian district Tuesday threatened to resign if Additional Deputy Commissioner, who was suspended recently, was not reinstated in the district More

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Delhi court begins trial against Geelani's alleged aide, 3 others

ANIL ANAND

New Delhi, Apr 17: A Delhi Court today began the trial of a ‘close aide’ of Hurriyat (G) leader, Syed Ali Shah Geelani and three others for allegedly running a Hawala racket to fund militant outfit, Hizbul More

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