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EID FESTIVITIES TODAY

Biggest Congregation Expected At Eidgah

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 19: Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated across Jammu and Kashmir on Monday with religious fervor and gaiety as special congregational prayers would be organized all over the state. In Srinagar, the biggest congregations would be held at Eidgah, Hazratbal, Khanqah-e-Maula and other More

No plan to construct road to Amarnath: Govt

‘Apex Court Has Not Given Any Such Directive’

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, Aug 19: The State Government on Sunday said that it does have any plan to construct a concrete road to the Amarnath Cave and is committed to conserve the fragile eco-system of the area.  The Government also claimed that the Supreme Court has not given any directive to start construction More

5 children among 6 killed,6 wounded

RAINS WREAK HAVOC

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Aug 19: Incessant rains wreaked havoc in the upper reaches of Jammu region killing at least six persons, including five children, and damaging some residential houses. Official sources said that four children of a family were killed and six persons wounded when their house collapsed More

Crackdown on Separatist leadership

Geelani, Mirwaiz, Malik, Shah Under House Arrest; Step Taken To Prevent Trouble On Eid: PoliceSrinagar, Aug 19: Launching a massive crackdown on the separatist leadership, Government on Sunday imposed restrictions on their movement by either arresting them or putting them under house detention More

India raises issue with Pakistan,seeks action

RUMOURS AFTER ASSAM VIOLENCE

PTI/AGENCIES

New Delhi, Aug 19: A day after the government said that the morphed online content that created a scare among the North-East community originated from Pakistan, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde has raised the issue with his counterpart in Islamabad, Rehman Malik.  Shinde, in a telephonic More

Islamabad rejects charges

IANS/AGENCIES

New Delhi, Aug 19: Pakistan on Sunday rejected the Indian stand on the doctored MMS that triggered exodus of Northeast Indians from Bangalore, saying Home Secretary RK Singh's statement is highly irresponsible. Home Secretary RK Singh on Saturday said that most of the rumours that led to the exodus More



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Eid celebrated in Kargil

GHULAM NABI ZIA

Kargil, Aug 19: Eid-ul-Fitr was celebrated in Kargil with traditional fervor and gaiety. The biggest congregations were held at Iskla Miya School Kargil ground and Imam Khomanie Memorial Trust Park More


  • National

Exodus of Northeasterners abates

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Bangalore/Chennai, Aug 19: The panic exodus of northeast people from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra abated today and no special trains were operated to Guwahati but security personnel kept a tight More



  • Opinion

Death with a whimper

Their birth and death make two different statements

PUNCHLINE BY Z. G. MUHAMMAD

It has been an enigmatic story that of birth with a bang and death with a whimper.  In our state political organizations wither away much before they realize their political objectives but irrespective More


  • GK Magazine

My Eid Celebration

In Kashmir the festivity is special

REMEMBERANCE

ZEESHAN Z. BANDAY

Eid-ul-fitr in Kashmir is celebrated like nowhere else on earth. It marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. Eid is an Arabic word meaning "festivity", while Fiṭr means "breaking More



  • Letters

Shocking news

This refers to the news that Wakf Board has spent Rs.40 lakh on the maintenance of their vehicles and fueling them in the past three years. That means they have spent approximately 83 thousand per month More


  • Editorial

Share the Joy

Eid-ul-Fitr follows a holy month of fasting. The festival thus comes as a divine award for the faithful who go hungry from sunup to sundown in line with God’s command. Kashmir has its own unique way of More


  • Business

Al Khuddam registers 100% bookings in just 9 days

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 19:  Valley’s leading Hajj and Umrah Company, Al Khuddam has achieved yet another milestone this year by registering 100 per cent bookings in just nine days of announcing its Hajj packages More


  • Kashmir

KAHS adopts poor families

Srinagar, Aug 19: Continuing with its endeavour, the Kashmir American Humane Society (KAHS), a Los Angeles based non-profit organization today said that it will adopt more underprivileged families in Kashmir More


  • Srinagar City

Airport or Loot-Port?

We The Srinagarites

DO they fleece customers to make them lighter for flight? Asks BA Bashir Believe it or not but one small piece of land in world famed Kashmir enjoys immunity of being away from the application of More



  • Jammu

Farmers forced to give up land for peanuts

SKUAST-J backtracks From Promise Of Providing Jobs

ARUN SINGH

Jammu, Aug 19: Over two dozen farmers in Chatha Pind area on the outskirts of state’s winter capital are facing gross injustice at the hands of the authorities of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture More


  • World

End witch-hunt against WikiLeaks: Assange urges US

London, Aug 19: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange Sunday urged the US to end its "witch-hunt" against the whistle-blowing website, BBC reported. In his first public statement since entering the Ecuador More



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