Now, Centre throws LPG cap surprise

‘Assures’ PDP Of Relaxing Lid On Subsidized Cylinders

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Nov 16: In a surprising development, the Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti Friday said the Union Minister for Petroleum Veerapa Moily has said the Government of India was actively considering relaxing the cooking gas cylinder cap in case of Jammu and Kashmir. The move has More

KYC forms: Deadline extended till November 30

More Gas Agencies To Come Up In JK: Minister

MUKEET AKMALI

Srinagar, Nov 16: Government of India Friday extended the deadline for submission of Know Your Consumer (KYC) forms till November 30. Earlier the government had fixed November 15 as the deadline for consumers to get their LPG documents verified. But in the wake of mounting pressure from cooking gas More

HC RAPS JAMMU-BASED DENTAL COLLEGE FOR ILLEGAL ADMISSIONS

Directs Institute To Pay Rs 14 Lakh Fine, Surrender 28 Seats From Management Quota

NISSAR BHAT

Srinagar, Nov 16: What could send jitters down the spine of academic institutes making admissions in violation of rules, the J&K High Court Friday directed a Jammu-based dental college to deposit Rs 14 lakh with the J&K Legal Service Authority for “violating the norms of Dental Council of More

‘NC, PDP are like two peas in a pod’

Omar, Mufti, Azad Delhi’s Puppets; Poll Boycott Justified: Geelani

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Nov 16: Castigating J&K Government for not allowing him to offer congregational Friday prayers, the Hurriyat Conference Chairman Syed Ali Geelani said there was “no difference between National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party as both are the puppets of New Delhi and their role More

Will consult civil society before Pak visit: Mirwaiz

ZAHID MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Nov 16: Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Friday said the amalgam would consult various sections of society—beginning with traders on November 20—to development a “consensus” on various aspects of Kashmir issue before leaving for Pakistan.“Before leaving for Pakistan More

NC wants ‘reunion of divided JK’

Issue To Be Major Plank For 2014 Polls

ABID BASHIR

Srinagar, Nov 16: Ruling out separation of Kashmir from India, National Conference Friday pledged to make reunification of two divided parts of J&K as its major poll plank for the 2014 Assembly elections.Several top leaders of the party claimed that they will also work for the restoration More

PDP fields Hussain, Reshi from Kashmir; Gurmeet, Mahajan from Jammu

PEOPLES CONFERENCE JOINS IN

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Nov 16: Opposition Peoples Democratic Party Friday decided its candidates for the December 3 elections to four Legislative Council seats reserved for Panchayats.Party’s senior leader Peer Muhammad Hussain (former Minister of State for Health) and Yasir Reshi (district president Bandipora More

44 candidates in fray

UMER MAQBOOL/ABHINAV VERMA

Srinagar/Jammu, Nov 16: A total of 44 candidates have filed their nomination papers to four seats of Legislative Council in Jammu and Kashmir for which polls are slated to be held on December 3. While 16 persons are testing their luck for two seats from Kashmir region, the remaining 28 will fight More

Police hushing up cases, rues legislator

Violence Against Women Should Invoke Exemplary Punishment: Shamima

CRIME AGAINST WOMEN

RANJANA CHARAK

Jammu, Nov 16: The State Women Commission (SWC) Friday accused the J&K Police Department of being non-serious in dealing with the cases of crime against women.“Without strict and honest action, the grave issue of violence against women cannot be addressed effectively. The Police and Medical More

HC dismisses Dr Qasim’s petition

‘Life Imprisonment Means Detention For Entire Life’

D A RASHID

Srinagar, Nov 16: Ruling that life imprisonment means imprisonment for entire life, Jammu and Kashmir High Court Friday dismissed the petition of Muslim League Chairman Dr Muhammad Qasim Faktoo seeking his release.Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir announced the judgment after hearing arguments of Faktoo More

Hizb hails, but disowns liquor shop attack

NISAR AHMED THOKAR

Muzaffarabad, Nov 16: Disowning the attack on a liquor shop in Heemal Hotel in Srinagar on Thursday evening, Hizbul Muajhideen Friday said it had nothing to do with the action. Hizb however termed the act as ‘appreciable and timely.’Denouncing in strong terms the opening of liquor shops in the More

1 dies, 9 injured in road mishaps

Srinagar, Nov 16: One person died and nine others were injured in different road accidents across the Kashmir valley. Police said a Maruti Car bearing registration number JK013/2332 hit and injured More

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