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Day-3: Shutdown, restrictions on

FOUR INJURED IN ISLAMABAD CLASHES

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, June 27: For the third consecutive day Wednesday, people across the valley observed shutdown to mourn the tragic gutting of Dastgeer Sahab (RA) shrine in a devastating fire on Monday. Undeclared curfew remained in place for the second consecutive day Wednesday in old city areas amid reports More

OLD CITY SHORT OF ESSENTIALS

MUKEET AKMALI

Srinagar, June 27: With state government deciding to impose restrictions in the old city for the second consecutive day following tragic gutting of the shrine of Dastgeer Sahab (RA) at Khanyar on Monday, there is acute shortage of essential commodities in the areas under undeclared curfew.Greater More

RESTRICTIONS TO CONTINUE TODAY

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, June 27: The restrictions and undeclared curfew in old Srinagar will continue on the third running day Thursday, official sources said here.“The situation will remain like today,” District Magistrate Srinagar Baseer Ahmad Khan told Greater Kashmir Wednesday evening.However, official More

Grand Mufti smells conspiracy

Extends Strike By 2 Days; Reiterates Khanyar Chalo

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, June 27: Extending the protest strike by two days, Grand Mufti of Kashmir, Mufti Bashir-u-din Wednesday hinted at conspiracy behind the Dastgeer Sahab (RA) Shrine fire and alleged that Government destroyed the evidence by removing debris from the site.Addressing a press conference here More

Recreate, not reconstruct

THE destruction of Dastgeer Sahab’s (RA) Aastaan (shrine) is a reality. Like many other realities of death and destruction, we will, individually and collectively, mourn its loss for some time and resolutely bear it, if not learn to live with it. It is something that we now seem quite adept at doing More

Relics displayed to allay fears

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, June 27: The holy relics, retrieved from the revered Dastgeer Sahab (RA) shrine minutes before it was gutted in a tragic fire incident here on Monday, were displayed Wednesday to allay apprehensions about any damage caused to them.Sajada Nasheen (custodian of the shrine) Syed Khalid More

Police ‘censor’ social media

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, June 27: Trying to prevent “misuse” of social media in flaring up passions, Jammu and Kashmir Police has sounded out the Union Information and Technology department for blocking pages on social networking sites reportedly found spreading false propaganda after the Dastgeer Sahab (RA) shrine More

Rajnath Singh seeks impartial probe

New Delhi, June 27: BJP Wednesday demanded an “impartial” probe into the gutting of the 200-year-old Dastgeer Sahab (RA) shrine in a devastating fire in Srinagar.Terming the incident as “shocking”, senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh sought an immediate inquiry into the incident.“The destruction More

Azad, Soz, Karan visit Dastgeer SahabRA shrine

Srinagar, June 27: Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Ghulam Nabi Azad, today visited Dastgeer Sahab (RA) Shrine at Khanyar and took stock of the damage caused due to the fire.Expressing grief over the tragic fire incident at the shrine and terming it unfortunate, Azad appealed the More

5 Amarnath Yatris die,7 injured

Srinagar, June 27: Five pilgrims, including two women, died enroute the 3,880 metre high cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir, taking the toll during the ongoing yatra to six, police said Wednesday. The pilgrims mostly die of cardiac arrest due to high altitude oxygen deficiency, police said.< More



Greater Kashmir Plus GK Welfare Trust

  • Briefs

TeH condemns house arrest of Geelani, Sehrai

Srinagar: Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Jammu Kashmir has strongly condemned the continued house arrest of its chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani and general secretary Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai, terming it unjustified, More


  • National

India calls for Sarabjit's release, upset at Pak's U-turn

New Delhi/Islamabad, June 27: Pakistan's midnight U-turn on the release of Sarabjit Singh has not gone down well with India even as New Delhi Wednesday renewed its pitch for the death row prisoner's release More



  • Opinion

The case of disappearance

Just not a tragic incident, but the reminder of a tragic process

Inksight

MEHMOOD UR RASHID

The mosques, Khanqahs and the burials of the historical personalities dotting the Kashmir valley are the sources, and the content, of our being as Kashmiri Muslims. The disappearance of these historical More


  • GK Magazine

The father of Indian statistics

Remembering late Prof. P C Mahalanobis

PERSONALITY

B. R. LACHOTRA

Statistics Day is being celebrated both at the national and state levels on 29th June every year since 2007 in recognition of the pioneering contributions made by Late Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis More



  • Letters

Irreparable loss

The burning of Dastigeer Sahib’s shrine in a mysterious fire incident is a great loss to the people of Kashmir. We are pained and shocked. It is indeed a black day in the history of Kashmir. The Sufi shrine More


  • Editorial

Salvaging Dialogue

The Indo-Pak foreign minister level talks have been deferred in view of the presidential elections scheduled to be held on July 19. Also cited as the reason is the political upheaval in Pakistan as a result More


  • Business

JK Handicrafts Corp to participate in int'l fairs

Slathia Suggests Revival Plan

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, June 27: Maintaining that traditional and heritage handicrafts of the State are its “real identity”, Minister for Industries and Commerce, S S Slathia today called for a pragmatic and workable More


  • Sports

Div Com reviews arrangements for 3rd Mughal Road Rally

Srinagar, June 27: Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Dr. Asgar Hassan Samoon Wednesday convened a high level meeting of all concerned authorities to review the arrangements made for 3rd Mughal Road Rally More


  • Kashmir

‘Police detain minors in Islamabad’

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, June 27: Parents of a 9th class student, Aishan Amin of Islamabad (Anantnag) town detained by police on charges of stone pelting Wednesday claimed their son was a “minor” and accused police of More


  • Srinagar City

HAPHAZARD ELECTRIFICATION THREATENS CITY SHRINES

Govt caught napping on messy wiring

M HYDERI

Srinagar, June 27: Short-circuit might not have been the cause of fire at the shrine of Hazrat Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani (RA) popularly known was Dastgeer Sahib(RA) at Khanyaar, but the haphazard electrification More



  • Jammu

State Govt to submit CSC report to Union Power Ministry today

BUYING BACK POWER PROJECTS

AKSHAY AZAD

Jammu, June 27: The state government will submit the report of Cabinet Sub Committee, constituted by state government to workout modalities for return of two power projects from National Hydel Project More


  • World

Coke and Pepsi contain alcohol: Study

London, June 27: Coca-Cola and Pepsi contain minute traces of alcohol, a study has revealed.  According to tests carried out by the Paris-based National Institute of Consumption, more than half More



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