Home-for-poor scheme non-starter in J&K

Under IHSDP, 684 Houses Completed Out Of 5178 In 4 Yrs

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Mar 23: Not only in the cities, the ambitious home-for-poor program is fading away in rural Jammu and Kashmir too. The slow pace of execution and blockade of funds by the Government of India has hit the uplift of slum dwellers in different towns of Jammu and Kashmir under the Integrated More

Rare diabetic syndrome found in Kashmir valley

Patients Suffer From Blindness, Deafness Before Death

SYED MOHSIN

Srinagar, Mar 23: A new form of diabetes has emerged in the Valley. Known as Wolfram Syndrome, it has been found in seven persons in Kashmir out of whom two have died.Wolfram Syndrome is also known as Diabetes Insipidus Diabetes Mellitus Optic Atrophy and Deafness (DIDMOAD). It is relatively rare More

Gilani, Singh meet likely in Seoul

REZAUL H LASKAR\PTI

Islamabad, Mar 23: Pakistan Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani is expected to meet his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh and US President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit in South Korea next week, official sources said today.“While the meeting with Obama has been finalised More

Protest shutdown in Sopore town

GHULAM MUHAMMAD

Sopore, Mar 23: Complete shutdown was observed in north Kashmir’s Sopore town Friday, a day after a 22-year old youth, serving detention under Public Safety Act,   died in hospital.Sajad Ahmad Ganai son of Ghulam Nabi of Sangrampora Sopore was detained in November last year on charges More

GK,Uzma copies seized

Sopore, Mar 23: Police seized copies of Greater Kashmir and Kashmir Uzma at Mirgund Pattan Friday morning without assigning any reason.People of Sopore and its adjoining areas expressed resentment at the police action as they were not able to get the two newspapers.Ironically, the district administration More

US attorney recommends reduction in G N Fai’s offense level

LALIT K JHA\PTI

Washington, Mar 23: An American prosecutor has approached a US court requesting it to grant reduction in offenses level of Kashmiri separatist Ghulam Nabi Fai, convicted of lobbying for Kashmir on allegedly on behest of Pakistan, saying he assisted the authorities in the probe.Moving a motion More

Youth killed in blast not militant: Police

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Srinagar, Mar 23: The youth killed in yesterday’s car blast in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district apparently had no links with militancy, police said today.The deceased, earlier suspected to be a militant, has been identified as 27-year-old Muhammad Abbas, a resident of Chursoo village in Pulwama More

Cheques,drafts to be valid for 3 months only

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Mar 23: Come April 1 and cheques and bank drafts will be valid only for 3 months, a development that RBI thinks will help mitigate frauds related to such instruments.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has directed that with effect from April 1, 2012, banks should not make payments against More

5 Vaishnodevi pilgrims die

Jammu, Mar 23: Five Vaishnodevi pilgrims were among six killed while as many people injured in two separate accidents in Samba district on Friday. A Scorpio vehicle carrying Vaishnodevi pilgrims back More

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China non-committal on stapled visa issue

MANASH PRATIM BHUYAN/PTI

Beijing, Mar 23: Ahead of its Chinese President's visit to New Delhi next week, Beijing, for the first time, indicated that it has discontinued the policy of issuing stapled visas to residents of Jammu More

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