Day-6: Cold fury continues

Sun Makes Meek Appearance,Govt Issues Advisory

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Jan 13: An intense cold wave continued in the Kashmir Valley Friday with day temperature in Srinagar continuing below the freezing point for the sixth straight day. However, to the pleasant surprise of the Valleyites, the sun made a brief special appearance in the afternoon after remaining More

Chaos on highway as traffic resumes

MUHAMMED TASKEEN

Banihal, Jan 13: After remaining closed for over thirteen hours, due to fresh landslides, Srinagar-Jammu highway was partially opened for traffic on Friday afternoon.However, complete chaos prevailed on the highway as traffic moved on snails pace leaving thousands of commuters stranded at various More

Erratic electricity boost candle sales

MUKEET AKMALI

Srinagar, Jan 13: It seems that erratic power supply has proved blessing in disguise for the candle dealers as their sales have shown upward trend following the recent snowfall in the valley.According to candle dealers across the valley, sales of candles are up by 25 to 30 percent and demand is More

Lawmakers draw Rs 10 cr arrears

Revised Perks For Legislators

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Jan 13: While the government will be paying a meager stipend to fresh recruits against non-gazetted posts for first five years, Jammu and Kashmir’s elected representatives including Chief Minister have drawn around Rs 10 crore arrears on account of implementation of revised salary for legislators More

Govt has failed to provide basic amenities: Mirwaiz

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Jan 13: The Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Friday accused Omar Abdullah-Government of failing to provide basic amenities to people in harsh winter.Addressing a Friday congregation at historic Jamia Masjid here, Mirwaiz castigated the Government for, what he called More

Demilitarization must for people’s safety: Malik

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Jan 13: The chairman of Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front, Muhammad Yaseen Malik, on Friday said demilitarization of Jammu Kashmir was inevitable for safety of its people and abiding resolution of Kashmir issue.“The ubiquitous presence of lakhs of armed forces in all villages and More

One lakh apply for 122 Class-IV posts

MUSHTAQ AHMAD

Srinagar, Jan 13: With unemployment growing in the state and the government job considered only real employment, nearly one lakh candidates have applied for over 100 class 4th posts in just two departments. The applicants include post graduates and graduates even though these posts don’t require any More

Valley legislators bask in Delhi, Jammu warmth

‘We Are In Touch With People As Technology Has Made Things Easier’

JAVAID MALIK

Srinagar, Jan 13: As Kashmir is bracing for another snowfall around January 15 and 16, most of their elected representatives, including that of ruling parties, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and others, are basking in the warmth of Jammu and New Delhi.Leader of opposition and the More

All is not well in Kashmir, Mufti tells Govt

Srinagar, Jan 13: Expressing concern over ‘slow’ pace of restoration of facilities after the recent snowfall in Kashmir, especially south Kashmir, PDP patron Mufti Muhammed Sayeed today urged the Government to reach out to the people in real sense and solve their problems.In a statement issued More

Government orders probe

ADULTERATED MILK

Srinagar, Jan 13: The state government has started investigations into the disturbing reports regarding the presence of large quantities of adulterated milk in the Valley.“We have started investigations into the presence of adulterated milk in Valley and those involved in this nefarious and dangerous More

Budgam schools declared tobacco free places

Srinagar, Jan 13: Budgam administration has decided to make all the educational institutions in the district as tobacco free places. The district administration passed an order along with guidelines More

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Centre grants sanction to prosecute 21 social networking sites

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Jan 13: Google, Facebook and 19 other social networking sites faced legal action for offences of promoting enmity between classes after the Government granted sanction to prosecute them.  More