• 4 timber smugglers, 2 Forest officials held: Police
• Driver drowns
• Teachers appeal DSEK
• JK Yateem Foundation commemorates foundation day anniversaries
• LeT militant held: Police
• PFL appeals HR organizations
• SWD organizes workshop
• Dogs chase woman, injured
• Budgam villages reel under darkness
• One electrocuted, 2 injured in Amarnath base camp

Govt issues fresh directives to administrative heads

REGULARIZATION OF CASUAL LABOURERS

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, July 27: The State Government has asked all the administrative departments to submit particulars of casual laborers working with them to the Finance Department within 10 days for studying the More

• Health Dept’s flawed transfer policy hits patient-care
• ‘Any bar on providing information on protected persons?’
• AFSPA emboldens armed forces: Hurriyat G
• HC directs DM to file affidavit
• APSCC to help students on scholarships info

Admin caught napping on Shalteng highway widening

SLOW WORK, TRAFFIC MESS CONTINUE TO PESTER PUBLIC MOVEMENT

GK CITY CORRESPONDENT

Srinagar, July 27: Notwithstanding the claims of Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah that he is personally monitoring 4-laning of the highway, the traffic mess continues to prevail at Shalteng, a vital link More

• Batamaloo water supply augmentation shelved for 2 years
• Traffic mess reaches Friday sermon
• Provide academic pedagogical support: DIET Sgr
• Rawat Pora drain work abandoned

Car plunges into gorge;1 killed near Ramban

M M PARVAIZ

Ramban, July 27: Atleast one person was killed on spot while four others sustained injuries when a car, they were traveling, skidded off the road in Kanga area, 15 kilometers short of district headquarters More

• No trace of missing BSF Commandant, driver
• Batch of 575 pilgrims leave for Amarnath
• Delay in passing order on RTI application

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BURMA'S MONKS CALL FOR MUSLIM COMMUNITY TO BE SHUNNED

Yangoon, July 27: Monks who played a vital role in Burma's recent struggle for democracy have been accused of fuelling ethnic tensions in the country by calling on people to shun a Muslim community that More

New drug limits brain damage in stroke

London, July 27: Anakinra, a drug already used for rheumatoid arthritis, has shown promising results in stroke patients by dramatically limiting the amount of brain damage, according to a study. Dame More

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