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Power employees up in arms against government
Srinagar: Power sector employees in Jammu and Kashmir are up in arms against State Government decision to privatize distribution of electricity. The employees have threatened to intensify their protest against the move.
While calling…
BOSE Employees stage Protest for removing Secretary
Srinagar: BOSE Employees Monday staged protests against Government for appointing a KAS officer in the board saying the government has violated the JKBOSE Act.
Scores of employees assembled outside their chambers in the Board premises and…
DAK president Dr Nisar ul Hassan reinstated
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday reinstated the services of DAK President Dr Nisar ul Hassan, four years after he was placed under suspension for raising voice against fake drug perpetrators.
“State government has…
Need to create more opportunities for women
Fozia Majeed
Srinagar: Woman is considered the most multitalented person on earth she plays multiple roles in family. No one can ignore the role of women in their families whether it is a mother, sister, wife or a daughter. From the day…
Ahead of Independence Day,Pakistan releases 30 Indian prisoners as a goodwill gesture
Islamabad: Pakistan today released 30 Indian prisoners, including 27 fishermen, from jail as a goodwill gesture ahead of the country’s Independence Day tomorrow.
The release of the prisoners “is in line with Pakistan’s consistent policy of…
Deadly fire breaks out at Taiwan hospital
At least nine people have been killed in a fire at a hospital in Taiwan, state media has reported.
The fire broke out on in a ward on the seventh floor of the hospital in New Taipei City early on Monday.
About 16 other people, including…
Kashmir : Couple electrocuted to death in Surankote
Poonch: An old couple died of electrocution amid heavy rains in Surankote area of Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir last night.
SHO Surankote Mohd Anzar Mir told GNS that late Sunday night heavy rains occurred in the area as a result of…
Video: Youth shot dead in south Kashmir’s Pulwama
Pulwama: Unidentified gunmen shot dead a youth outside his house in Murran area of this south Kashmir district, police today said.
24-year-old Gulzar Ahmad Bhat was shot dead by unknown gunmen on Sunday night when he was parking his…
Ruet-e-Hilal sights Zilhaj moon, Eid-ul-Azha on August 22
Srinagar: Pakistan Ruet-e-Hilal on Sunday sighted Zilhaj moon and as such Eid-ul-Azha will be celebrated across the on Wednesday, August 22.
Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Chairman Mufti Muneebur Rehman announced that the decision was…
39 Civilians Killed in Syria Weapons Depot Blast
An explosion at a weapons depot that toppled buildings in a rebel-held town of northwest Syria killed at least 39 civilians including a dozen children on Sunday, a monitor said.
An AFP correspondent at the site in Sarmada in Idlib province…