State Cong trying to portray Omar as murderer of infants: Kamaal

‘Azad can’t break the Govt as Centre is with us’

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, May 20: A day after Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad termed the tragic death of infants in Valley’s sole maternity hospital, G B Pant, as “shameful” and blamed State Government  for “non-utilization of funds for constructions of pediatric  hospitals”, Senior National Conference More

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Chairman BOSE disowns threat statement

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar May 20: Chairman J& K Board of School Education (BOSE) on Sunday denied that his office had issued any press statement threatening reporters and publishers to refrain from indulging in any sort of adverse reporting against BOSE. In a statement Public Information Officer (PIO More

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Self rule will liberate state from siege: Mufti

Haji Qasim joins PDP

Kargil, May 20: Former Chief Minster and PDP patron Mufti Muhammad Sayeed on Sunday said that the forward looking agenda of his party has been formulated in the shape of the self rule document and it would liberate the state from the siege it has experienced since partition. He said that Kargil More

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Azad opposes transfer of Centaur Hotel to Govt

Srinagar, May 20: Union health minister and former J&K Chief Minister Gulam Nabi Azad has opposed the transfer of Hotel Centaur at Srinagar to the state government and said that he would take up the issue of renovation of the facility with the concerned ministry in New Delhi. He has stressed on the More

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Chadoora farmers demand desilting of Marvel irrigation canal

R M BHAT

Chadoora (Budgam), May 20: Scores of farmers on Sunday staged a protest against the Irrigation Department for “not undertaking desilting work” on 7 kilometer Marvel Irrigation canal which is the main source of irrigation for almost 1000 hectares of agricultural land in this central Kashmir area.  More

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NC pays tributes to Mirwaiz Moulana Farooq, Lone

Srinagar,May 20: National Conference (NC) has paid glowing tributes to late Mirwaiz Moulana Muhammad Farooq and Abdul Gani Lone on their death anniversaries on Monday.     In a statement issued by NC spokesman, the party president, Dr Farooq Abdullah, and working President Chief More

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US embassy denies visa to Kashmiri scholar

IMRAN MUZAFFAR

Srinagar, May 20: A Kashmir born Mumbai based research scholar was denied visa by US embassy “without any reason” to take part in an international symposium to be held in United States, even after achieving rank one in Asia Pacific Zone for Alltech Young Scientist Award of Alltech Inc, Kentucky, USA More

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Expel Prof Bhat, demand Hurriyat (M) leaders

I have every right to ask my Chairman to take action against a person who violated,challenged Hurriyat constitution: Nayeem Khan

ZAHID MAQBOOL

Srinagar, May 20:  Senior Hurriyat Conference (M) leaders on Sunday demanded expulsion of Muslim Conference Chief Professor Abdul Gani Bhat from the conglomerate.      Questioning the silence of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq over the remarks of professor Bhat the Chairman of More

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Youth clash with police to protest Mirwaiz's house arrest

Srinagar, May 20: People hurled stones at forces bunker here today to protest the house arrest of Hurriyat Conference (M) Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. "Some youth pelted stones on a forces bunker at Saraf Kadal in old city this afternoon. Exercising maximum restraint, youth were chased away More

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Seminar runs into rough weather

ZAHID MAQBOOL

Srinagar, May 20:  ‘Blood of martyrs: Our Role’ seminar organized by Hurriyat Conference (M) at amalgam’s headquarters ran into a rough weather on Sunday when supporters of Hurriyat leaders entered into a heated argument and exchanged blows.   The trouble started when chairman of More

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Prakash urges Cong workers to serve people

Srinagar, May 20: Congress Working Committee member and In charge  J&K affairs Mohan Prakash on Sunday urged Congress party functionaries to strengthen the party. Prakash flanked by President J&K Pradesh Congress Committee Prof Saifuddin Soz while addressing prominent Congress workers More

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NOW CHARGE YOUR CELL PHONE BY BODY HEAT!

LAL BAZAR YOUTH’S NOVEL INNOVATION

KHALID GUL

Srinagar, May 20: Amazing but true! Now you can charge your cell phones by simply using body heat! An engineering student from Lal Bazaar here has invented a state-of-the-art gadget to charge the mobile without using electricity or other conventional sources of energy. 23-year Mirza More

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ANTI-CANNABIS DRIVE LAUNCHED IN PANDRETHAN

Dr Qasba hails local youth for noble initiative

Srinagar, May 20: Commissioner, Srinagar Municipal Corporation, Dr GN Qasba on Sunday flagged off a drive initiated by a group of youth, to root out the wild cannabis (Bhang) on the bank of River Jhelum at Pandrethan here today.  On the occasion Dr Qasba hailed the initiative taken by the youth More

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Education Deptt fails to achieve targets in Baramulla

‘Funds spent, schools buildings yet to come up’

ALTAF BABA

Baramulla, May 20: Signifying messy state of affairs in the Education Department, it has failed to undertake construction of new school buildings under various centrally sponsored schemes despite missing various deadlines and spending of crores of rupees in Baramulla district. Sources said More

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LFB organises conference on Prof Nazki

SUHAIL AJMAL

Bandipora, May 20: Literary Forum Bandipora (LFB) on Sunday organized a one day conference highlighting contribution of noted poet Prof Rashid Nazki to Kashmiri Literature.  The President of Adbi Markaz Kamraaz Dr Aziz Hajini was the chief guest, while Prof Ayaz Rasool Nazki presided over More

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Pulwama village sans power

SYED IMRAN ALI HAMDANI

Srinagar, May 20: The residents of Bagh Sangerwani Mohalla Gujjar Patti (B) of Pulwama in south Kashmir are without electricity for the last three months. A delegation from the area alleged that the concerned officials of the Power Development Department (PDD) have not repaired their transformer More

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‘Army Major had approached police’

Leh clashes

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Leh, May 20: An Army Major, who was involved in the recent bloody clashes among military personnel here, had approached Jammu and Kashmir police to register a case against a Sepoy for allegedly molesting his wife. The Major came to the Senior Superintendent of Police Vivek Gupta's office More

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