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Soz, Farooq vie for Vice-President post

UPA Mulls Valley Candidate For The Coveted Position

ANIL ANAND

New Delhi, July 6: Will there be a Kashmir angle to the August 7 Vice-Presidential election? Signals emerging out of the ruling UPA camp suggest that the combine’s nominee for the post could be from the Valley. With eminent scholar and philosopher Dr Karan Singh having already missed the race for More

SIT blames Fire Services Deptt for negligence

Cop Arrested For ‘Instigating Public’

DASTGEER SAHAB RA SHRINE BLAZE

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, July 6: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Police probing the cause of fire at the shrine of Dastgeer Sahab (RA) has held Fire and Emergency Service (FES) department responsible for negligence of duty. While no action has been taken as yet against the authorities of the accused department More

Valley hospitals running short of intravenous fluids

Bureaucratic Rigmarole Blamed For Stoppage Of Supplies

MANZOOR-UL-HASSAN

Srinagar, July 6: Government-run hospitals across the Valley are facing acute shortage of Intra-Venous fluids especially Dextrose for past more than two months, due to which patients are facing immense hardships. SKIMS Medical College Hospital Bemina has been the worst hit.Sources told Greater More

Move to bring in Israelis fraught with dangers: Mirwaiz

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, July 6: Hitting out at the state government for trying to bring in Israelis to the Valley with a “dangerous agenda” behind the move, Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday warned the government to desist from taking any “provocative” step that could affront the sentiments of More

Malik, others held at Sangam

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 6: The chairman of Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front, Muhammad Yasin Malik, was arrested Friday along with his colleagues at Sangam Bijbehara in south Kashmir while on his way to Qazigund to address a public gathering.“Earlier the police arrested our district president and other More

Another militant killed at Handwara

9 Structures Including 4 Houses Damaged

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, July 6: The encounter in Bawan Rajwar, Handwara, ended Friday afternoon leaving a militant dead and four security personnel including a policeman injured. Nine structures were damaged including four houses during the exchange of fire that started Thursday.According to sources, the encounter More



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  • Briefs

PFL for implementation UN Resolutions

Srinagar: The Peoples’ Freedom League secretary general Muhammad Rafiq Ganai on Friday said the Kashmiris would continue their peaceful struggle until they were given their right of self-determination More



  • Opinion

The spiritual bliss

Salvation lies in hope, nowhere else

WORDS WITHIN

FIRDOUS SYED

What is beyond pain? Hope.  Human mind is capable of overcoming the severity of grief. And once mind is able to overpower the deepest stressed feelings new vistas of life gradually open up, making More


  • GK Magazine

‘JOHNY MERA NAAM’

Hassan Javed is one of the few actors of Kashmir known for comedy roles shares his experiences and future plans with GK Magazine’s Syed Aadil.

GK LOUNGE

When did you start your career as an actor?I started my career in 1990 with the serial ‘Deputy Nazir’. But my first major role was in serial ‘Daadgah’ in 1997 that proved to be a turning point in my acting More



  • Letters

Sad story

This refers to the article “Hyo Sahbira” by Sajjad Lone. It is indeed a true depiction of ugly state of affairs prevalent in our society where political hypocrisy is in abundance.  A remarkably honest More


  • Editorial

Misusing technology

Monitor your children, mere censorship won't do?

CONCERN

HINAN ALI

A few weeks back Mr. Cameron was discussing all possible ways on how to tighten control on internet pornography. A suggestion put forward was that consumers signing up for home broadband services will More


  • Business

Slathia for promoting JK’s woollen industry

Orders reopening of showrooms at New Delhi, Srinagar

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 6: Stressing for a proactive marketing strategy to promote woollen industry in the State, Minister for Industries and Commerce, S S Slathia today directed the Managing Director, SICOP to More


  • Sports

Maiden entry of 3 local teams in pre-quarterfinals

14TH J&K POLICE MARTYRS’ MEMORIAL FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT

Srinagar, July 6: It is for the first time in the history of the tournament that three local teams, representing district associations (DFA) Baramulla, Anantnag and Budgam, have made it to the third round More


  • Kashmir

Stay away from Gurduwaras: Sikh bodies tell politicians

‘Don’t Use Religious Platforms For Political Lectures’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 6: A day after Chief Minister Omar Abdullah addressed Sikh devotees at Chattipadshahi here on the eve of 417th birth anniversary of Guru Hargobind Ji, various Sikh organizations Friday criticized More


  • Srinagar City

House Panel seeks records ofAnsari Motors building

Srinagar, July 6: House Committee (HC) on Friday directed the Commissioner, Srinagar Municipal Corporation(SMC) to “depute an enforcement party of the SMC to Ansari Motors(TOYOTA) at Bemina Bypass Srinagar More



  • Jammu

PDP wants to dismantle duly elected institutions: Sadhotra

Jammu, July 6: Senior National Conference leader Ajay Sadhotra Friday alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party leadership “has always acted to weaken democracy in the state and is in habit of dismantling More


  • Kupwara

Govt Degree College for women has 2 rooms

Arts only stream available

Kupwara: The newly established Government Degree College for women in this frontier district under the centrally sponsored scheme, “Establishment of Model Degree Colleges in Educationally Backward Districts More


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