Allow Hurriyat to hold public meeting at Lal Chowk: Geelani dares Omar

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, May 9: A day after the chief minister Omar Abdullah expressed his readiness to face separatists in elections the Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani dared him (Omar) to allow the amalgam to hold a public meeting at Lal Chowk here to make it clear as to who represented More

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NAZIR MASOODI BEREAVED

CM, Governor condole demise

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, May 9: Ghulam Muhammad Masoodi, 71, passed away at SKIMS here after prolonged illness last night. The deceased is father of senior journalist and NDTV Bureau Chief Nazir Masoodi. He was diagnosed of Carcinoma stomach nine months ago and was operated twice in TATA Cancer Institute More

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DM asks Police, Army to sanitize encounter sites in Mawar belt

LITTERED EXPLOSIVE KILL 29 IN MORE THAN A YEAR

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, May 9: Authorities have taken a serious note of the death of an eight year old boy Tariq Ahmad Shah in a shell explosion in frontier district of Kupwara. District Magistrate has asked the Police and Army to sanitize the all the sites where encounters took place in Mawar belt of Handwara More

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Mortar shell diffused in Budgam

R M BHAT

Drang Khag  (Budgam) May 9: Sleuths of Bomb Disposal Squad diffused a mortar shell in this central Kashmir village on Wednesday, locals said.   They said that they had informed the Army about the live shell at Drang a few days before but it was defused this afternoon by the BDS More

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Porter steps over landmine, injured

ISHFAQ SAYEED

Karnah (Kupwara), May 9: Muneer Ahmad Khan, a porter working with Army, sustained injuries when he stepped over a landmine in this frontier village on Wednesday.    Khan was taken to Tangdhar Army hospital from where doctors referred him to Badami Bagh Cantonment Hospital. & More

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Cabinet meeting today

Government contemplates regularization of 161 ISM doctors

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, May 9: Jammu and Kashmir government has finally decided to r egularize around 161 doctors engaged in Indian System of Medicines (ISM) department on contractual basis. Well informed sources told Greater Kashmir today said the matter would come for the discussion during the cabinet More

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Altaf directs for immediate desilting of Wullar Lake

FIRST MEETING OF WCMA

Srinagar, May 9: Minister for Forest and Environment Mian Altaf Ahmad today asked the executing agencies to gear up men and machinery for effective implementation of prestigious Wullar Conservation Plan, for which Centre has already released the first installment of Rs 56 crore out of a total project More

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Exert pressure on New Delhi to resolve K-issue: JKLF (R) to US

Srinagar, May 9: Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front has appealed to the United States (US) to exert pressure on New Delhi to take effective steps for resolving Kashmir issue in accordance with the wishes and aspirations of its people. “Being only super power in the world, it is the responsibility More

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Jora reviews SPS Museum’s interior designing

Stresses On Time-Bound Completion Of Works

Srinagar, May 9: Stating that preservation and showcasing of heritage treasures of the State is Government’s priority, the Minister for Tourism and Culture, Nawang Rigzin Jora today directed the concerned authorities to redouble their efforts for time-bound completion of interior designing and layout More

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We don’t need certificates: Lone, Bhat

Srinagar, May 9: Reacting sharply to the rumors that some members of Hurriyat Conference (M) may fight the 2014 assembly elections, senior leaders of the conglomerate on Wednesday said they don’t need anybody’s certificate. Talking to Greater Kashmir, Senior Hurriyat (M) leader and Peoples Conference More

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HC asks Govt to see relevance of professional degrees

D A RASHID

Srinagar, May 9: The state High Court has asked the government to see if professional degrees—B Ed, B SC Agriculture, B Sc Forestry and B Sc Fisheries etc are relevant for the post of Accounts Assistant. The official respondents have been asked to take a decision within two weeks by reconsidering More

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Omar questions reasonability of employees protest

‘Salaries increased from `6000 cr to `11500 cr since 2008’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, May 9: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said that despite huge financial constraints his government had enhanced salaries of government employees from Rs 6000 crores in 2008 to Rs 11500 crores at present.  “In addition to this Rs 450 crores of arrears and additional DA instalments More

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HCC workers go on indefinite strike

SUHAIL AJMAL

Mantrigam (Bandipora), May 9: Work on the ongoing Kishen Ganaga Hydro Electric Power project in this north Kashmir district came to a grinding halt on Wednesday when the workers of Hindustan Construction Company went on an indefinite strike.  About six hundred workers including technicians More

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HC stays transfer of CRPF commandant

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, May 9: The High Court has stayed the transfer order of a CRPF commandant and has directed the respondents to allow him to continue at the place where he was posted before his promotion. Parma Shivan was promoted and transferred to Chattisgarh as commandant of 195 battalion of  More

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Seminar on Tagore`s 150 birth anniversary held at KU

Srinagar, May 9: To mark the 150th birth anniversary of Nobel Laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore, the Department of Students Welfare in collaboration with Mansoor Dramatic Club organized a seminar at Kashmir University today.  A large number of people including artists, academicians and writers More

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Sarva Shiksha Abiyan 'fails' in Baramulla

Rs 20 crore funds unspent, enrollment rate drops

ALTAF BABA

Baramulla, May 9: The Sarva Shiksha Abiyan (SSA), a major educational pilot project initiated by the Government of India has failed to yield the desired results in Baramulla district. Sources said the Department of Education Baramulla, which implements the project, has failed to utilize Rs More

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