JK REELS UNDER ACUTE POWER SHORTAGE

Energy Banking, Shutdown Of Salal Power Station Blamed

ASHWANI LANGEH

Jammu, May 10: Jammu and Kashmir is reeling under acute electricity crisis due to shutdown of the Salal Hydro Electric Power Station Reasi and routing of 200 Mega Watts of electricity to other states under ‘Energy Banking Agreement’. The prolonged curtailments both scheduled and unscheduled More
She lived a dream for 66 years

Zahida Begum Loses Hope To Meet Her Sister Across LoC

AKSHAY AZAD

Jammu, May 10: For last 66 years septuagenarian Zahida Begum, resident of old Jammu city’s Mastgarh locality is living a dream – to reunite with her sister living in the other part of the State. Her happiness knew no bounds when India and Pakistan decided to open the LoC points at Chake-de-Bagh in More
Police constable dies mysteriously

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, May 10: Mystery shrouded the death of a police constable whose bullet ridden body was found in the park along Ranveer Canal near Pawan Ice Cream, in Bakshi Nagar area, sources said.While preliminary investigation suggested it to be a case of suicide, the family members feared that the cop More
Bangladeshi prisoners adopt Kashmiri embroidery in Jammu jail
Jammu, May 10: They crossed over to India illegally to find a livelihood, but landed in jail here. Now many Bangladeshi infiltrators are being provided training in Kashmiri embroidery at the Kot Bhalwal jail here. Many of the nearly 90 Bangladeshi prisoners lodged in the jail, on the outskirts More
Tearful adieu to great singer of Kashmir

‘His Soulful Voice Will Continue To Comfort People Of State’

ARUN SINGH

Jammu, May 10: Leaving his countless admirers in shock, popularly known as ‘Mehdi Hassan of Kashmir’, Vijay Malla, a distinguished Kashmiri singer, who with his sonorous and melodious voice carved his niche as a great singer not only that of Jammu and Kashmir but of  the whole country, passed More
Army conducts major military exercise
Jammu, May 10: Around a week long war exercise undertaken by the Western Command of Army in the plains of Punjab and Jammu concluded today, an official spokesman said. He said that battle manoeuvres undertaken during the exercise, Rudra Akrosh, was aimed at validating Army's fighting concepts More
PIL seeks early prosecution of senior bureaucrats

Delay In Grant Of Sanction

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, May 10: Highlighting the delaying tactics by the government to grant prosecution sanction against some senior functionaries, a Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Jammu and Kashmir High Court seeking early trial against bureaucrats involved in corruption case. The petitioners More
Maha Yagya held at Zestha Devi temple
Jammu: Continuing with age-old tradition, annual Maha Yagya was held at Zeshta Devi temple with religious fervor.  The Yagna was organized by the Zeshta Devi Prabhandhak Committee.  A large number of devotees from within and outside the Valley visited the temple to seek blessings of More
  • Kashmir

SKIMS to have sarai for patients, attendants

Will Ease Stress: Dr Zargar

MANZOOR-UL-HASSAN

Srinagar, May 10: Management of Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura has started the construction work on Rs 11 crore sarai (resting place) for the attendants of patients visiting More


  • Srinagar City

GOVT WAKES UP TO PARKING MESS IN CITY CENTRE

ERSTWHILE KMD BUS STAND WALL DEMOLISHED AFTER 17 YEARS

GK CITY CORRESPONDENT

Srinagar, May 10: As if the authorities had been sleeping all these years that despite the growing traffic mess they couldn’t identify a “blunder” on their part of having failed to remove a concrete wall More



  • Jammu

JK REELS UNDER ACUTE POWER SHORTAGE

Energy Banking, Shutdown Of Salal Power Station Blamed

ASHWANI LANGEH

Jammu, May 10: Jammu and Kashmir is reeling under acute electricity crisis due to shutdown of the Salal Hydro Electric Power Station Reasi and routing of 200 Mega Watts of electricity to other states under More


  • South Asia

Indo-Pak next Siachen talks on June 11-12

REZAUL H LASKAR\PTI

Islamabad, May 10: India and Pakistan will hold their next round of talks on the military standoff on Siachen glacier in Islamabad during June 11-12 against the backdrop of renewed calls from the Pakistani More


  • Health

First ever pill to beat HIV under FDA consideration

London, May 10: Truvada, the first ever pill to beat HIV -- a breakthrough in the 30-year-old war against AIDS epidemic -- is under active consideration of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for More


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