200 KAS officers await posting

Govt Extends Probation Period Upto November 30

FIRDOUS TAK

Jammu, Oct 30: Around 200 Kashmir Administrative Service (KAS) officers in Jammu and Kashmir are awaiting their formal posting despite the state facing severe shortage of officers in almost all departments.Well informed sources said that even after deciding to cut short the probation period of More

MASSIVE PROTESTS ROCK CHENAB VALLEY REGION

Complete Shutdown In Doda, Kishtwar, Bhaderwah

ARIF MUNSHI

Kishtwar, Oct 30: Protests rocked entire Chenab valley on Tuesday over the alleged blasphemous content uploaded on social networking website Facebook with major townships including Kishtwar, Doda and Bhaderwah observing a complete shutdown.The situation remained tense in this mountainous district More

Women activists call for AFSPA revocation,demilitarization

‘Kashmiris Not Allowed To Breathe Freely’

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Oct 30: At a daylong seminar here on Tuesday, women from different walks of life including prominent civil society activists from outside the state, demanded demilitarization and repeal of controversial laws, including Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and Public Safety Act (PSA) in More

JK not getting adequate rations, fuel: Minister

Government Seeks Supplies As Per 2011 Census

GK NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi, Oct 30: Minister for Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution, Qamar Ali Akhoon Tuesday strongly pleaded with the government of India for providing ration quota to Jammu and Kashmir as per 2011 census.Addressing the Food Ministers Conference here, Akhoon said being the border state More

Superstorm hits Superpower

Hurricane Sandy Leaves Behind Trail Of Death, Destruction, Darkness

AGENCIES

New York, Oct 30: Sandy, one of the biggest storms ever to hit the United States, battered the nation’s eastern seaboard on Tuesday, swamping New York City streets with record levels of floodwater, blacking out power to millions of people and bringing transportation to a halt through much of the region More

‘18 Valley youth joined militant ranks in 2012’

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, Oct 30: Around 18 youth from Jammu and Kashmir have joined different militant groups during the current year. Among them, two have been killed in encounters and one has been arrested. Most of them joined Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) or Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), two key militant outfits operating More

Govt shielding miscreants in Zanskar: Geelani

Srinagar, Oct 30: The chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Geelani has expressed deep anguish and concern over, what he said, the continued pre-planned violence against Muslims in Zanaskar, Kargil, and the blasphemous remarks against Islam uploaded on Facebook at Doda, Jammu.Geelani, according More

Malik distributes relief among encounter victims

GK NEWS NETWORK

Sopore, Oct 30: The chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, Muhammad Yasin Malik, Tuesday distributed Rs 2.25 lakh among the affected people of recent encounter in Sopore.“During the encounter, half a dozen houses and business establishments were destroyed by the Army shelling,” said a More

School timing rescheduled

Srinagar, Oct 30: According to Director, School Education, Kashmir, the school timing in the government and recognized private schools within the municipal limits of Srinagar city shall be from 10 am to 3 pm and outside Srinagar municipal limits shall be from 11 am to 4 pm with effect from November More

Return Hajj flights from November 2

Srinagar, Oct 30: The first flight carrying back Hajj pilgrims from Saudi Arabia will arrive at Srinagar International Airport on November 2, an official handout said.Quoting Executive Officer, State Hajj Committee, the statement said that all those concerned are informed to collect the vehicle More

Centre clears Indo-Pak cricket series

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Oct 30: The Home Ministry Tuesday cleared Pakistan cricket team’s tour of India for a limited-over series beginning December 25 and said that the government will provide foolproof security to the visiting team.This was conveyed when a delegation of Board of Control for Cricket in India More

New Delhi converting leaders’ houses into jails: Nayeem Khan

Srinagar: Terming the house arrest of separatist leaders even on Eid day as an act of ‘imperialism’, the Jammu and Kashmir National Front chairman Nayeem Ahmad Khan on Tuesday said New Delhi had devised More

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Governor releases DVD on Mata Ruph Bhawani

Calls for revival, strengthening of JK’s glorious pluralistic traditions

New Delhi, Oct 30: Governor, N N Vohra, released a DVD Documentary on Mata Ruph Bhawani at a function organized by the Kashmiriyat Preservation Foundation at the India International Centre here this evening More

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