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Friday, May 9, 2008 (Srinagar)

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RESCUE OPERATIONS: People in Kishtwar rescue the victims after the bus fell in a deep gorge in Kishtwar on Thursday. At leat 36 people were killed in the accident.
36 killed in Kishtwar mishap
Jam packed Bus rolls into Chenab 

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Kishtwar/Jammu, May 8:  At least 36 passengers were killed and eight others injured when a jam packed bus they were traveling in, fell in a deep gorge in Kishtwar district on Thursday, officials said. However, unconfirmed reports said that at least 38 persons are feared dead in the mishap.  
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1067 Relief cards prove bogus; govt forgives fraud, grants Rs 70 Cr amnesty
In Kashmir, forgers can have the cake and eat it too

Riyaz Masroor
Srinagar, May 5: In a bizarre move the state government has written off nearly Rs 70 Crore in favor of 1067 migrant families who had illegally acquired monthly relief in the form of cash and consumer items for several years, official sources disclosed to Rising Kashmir.
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Govt prosecutes 9 officials

6 Ex Engineers figure in the list

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Srinagar, May 8: The Government has accorded sanction for prosecution of nine government employees including six executive engineers on charges of corruption and malpractices.
The government ordered the prosecution of Abdul Ahad Najar son of Assadullah Najar of Ahmed Nagar Shah Mohalla, Buchpora, Srinagar, the then executive engineer R&B Division, Sopore and Nazir Ahmed Shah son of Ghulam Qadir Shah of Zakoora,

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Charak defends Meenakshi’s Kashmir visit
Says contractualism, adhocism in education sector will end soon    

Abrar Lone
Srinagar, May 8: Defending the Kashmir visit of New Delhi based beautician, Meenakshi Sharan—who claimed to be a career counselor, Minister of Education Gulchain Singh Charak on Thursday said that nobody should have any objection with these kinds of visits.   
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3 ITI employees attempt suicide
Jump into river Jehlum, threaten to intensify protests    

Abrar Lone
Srinagar May 8: Three ITI casual labourers working with Public Health Engineering (PHE) department on Thursday made an abortive bid to end their lives by jumping into river Jehlum here.
Eyewitnesses told Rising Kashmir hundreds of ITI labourers wearing shrouds assembled in Press Enclave this morning and started marching towards civil secretariat. Raising anti-government slogans and carrying placards protesters marched ahead.   
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NC holds election rally in Masjid compound

Residents irked, demand action against politicians    

Mir Tariq
Bandipore, May 8: National Conference leaders holding an election rally in a compound of Masjid in this north Kashmir district on Thursday irked the residents.
NC leaders including Dr Mehboob Beigh, Irfan Shah and ex-MLA Bandipora Ghulam Rasool Mir addressed a rally in the compound of Nishat Masjid this afternoon.   

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Non-appointment of contractual staff hits college work

Ishfaq Mir
Srinagar, May 8: The academic work in the colleges of the Valley has not started fully as the education department is yet to appoint the contractual staff.
The government higher secondary schools of the Valley are also face to face with the same situation putting the future of thousands of students at stake.
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Don’t make nephew pay for deeds of uncle: Court
Asks Govt to issue passport within 6 months  
Rashid Paul
Srinagar, May 8:  The High Court on Thursday directed the Government t..
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Don’t comment till you ascertain facts: HCBA tells Farooq

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Srinagar May 8: Reminding the National Conference Patron and former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah that High Court B..
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Mid-session hostel renovation leaves students in fix

Ishfaq Mir
Srinagar, May 8: The start of renovation work on Sheikh-ul-Aalam (SA) hostel in Kashmir University during the academic session has p..
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Dowry responsible for late marriages: Mufti Qasim
Asks youth to launch movement against social evils
Aliya Bashir
Srinagar, May 8: Stressing on the need for early marriages, Grand Mufti of..
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Arrest of 3 youth sparks anti-police protest

Shabir Ali
Islamabad, May 8: Accusing police of falsely implicating three youth in a burglary case and subjecting them to severe torture, hund..
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Bear attacks man in Kulgam
Shabir Ali
Islamabad, May 8:  In yet another incident of man-animal conflict a wild bear attacked and injured a shepherd at Avil in south Kas..
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Computer Engineer arrested for misusing ATM

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Jammu, May 8: A computer engineer was arrested by the police for misusing an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card of New Del..
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Newborn baby found dead in drug container

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Jammu, May 8: The body of a newborn baby was recovered from a drugs container near the Government District Hospital, Rajour..
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» Conference of ‘Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation initiative on Jammu Kashmir’
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» EJAC to strike work again on May 26, 27: Aalam
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Kashmir Encounters 2007

Gun battles have all along been an ordeal for the people of Kashmir.
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The Twelfth Man!
As the once firebrand ex-CM Dr. Farooq Abdullah tries to resell the stale issue of autonomy to a new generation of Kashmiri  people, he must know that spent cartridges don’t fire again, writesMohsin Mussarat


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Congress cornered
JKPCC Chief Saifuddin Soz will have tough time solving the puzzle his party’s MP Madanlal Sharma threw up after blowing the whistle  Before the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad could garner some electoral gains by the dismissal of a court petition against his alleged involvement in the high profile forest scam, the J&K chapter of Indian National Congress was again in a quandary. The ...

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