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FIERY SESSION ENDS ON FIST-FIGHTING
Assembly Adjourned Sine Die, 10 Days Ahead Of Schedule
ARSHAD ME’RAJ
Jammu, Jan 30: In a rare move, the assembly Speaker adjourned the House sine die today after the government hurriedly passed the departmental grants without discussing the cut motions moved by opposition amidst unruly scenes. The heated session had a befitting climax on a day which witnessed fist-fighting More
It’s a black spot on state: Rather
Arshad Me’raj
Jammu, Jan 30: Describing the passing of departmental grants, appropriation bill and budget by the government in a few minutes and subsequent adjournment of House sine die as a ‘black spot on the political history of state,’ leader of opposition Abdul Rahim Rather Wednesday dared deputy chief minister More
Baig holds NC responsible
Arshad Me’raj
Jammu, Jan 30: Defending speaker’s decision to adjourn the house sine die after concluding the budgetary proceedings in minutes, deputy chief minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig Wednesday blamed the National Conference for the pandemonium in the assembly and leveled corruption charges against the NC members More
Press boycotts LC on MLCs’ remarks
HARMEET SINGH
Jammu, Jan 30: Entire media Wednesday boycotted the proceedings of Legislative Council protesting the remarks by the members of treasury benches alleging bias in reporting. Reporters from both print and electronic media came out of press gallery of Legislative Council today when two members More
CRPF trooper commits suicide
GK News Network
A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper from Kerala committed suicide last night. Official sources said A Srikumar, a resident of Kerala, shot himself with his service weapon at Tral camp of 185 battalion last night. He was immediately shifted to hospital where he was declared More
Collateral Damage?
Troops blast houses to shreds during an encounter with four Hizbul Mujahideen militants in south Kashmir’s Kulgam area Wednesday. Danish Ismail/GK
- Perspective
Kashmir: From gardens to graveyards
POWER OF WORD
If literature does not speak the truth, it can not be accepted as literature even if it is written in golden ink. Prof. Ismail Aashna on the difference between writing for people and writing to gain official More
- Op-Ed
KU: Not as black as painted
FEEDBACK
You should have done it then what you are doing now, Prof. Mushtaq A. Kaw responds to Syeda Afshana’s article on Kashmir University. Syeda Afshana’s article (GK 22.01.08.) reflects her last five years More
- Reflections
Write Hand: a column full of prejudice
This refers to the Write Hand by Ajaz-ul-Haque. (Theatre with a difference and Our own man). It seems that the writer is not doing any research in the concerned fields. He seems to be fond More
- Editorial
A Good Beginning
The Kashmir society is beset with many serious social and moral problems. In the political cacophony of the state these problems have been getting drowned and like pernicious moths these problems More
- News
CAG censures Govt. Departments for poor performance
HARMEET SINGH
Jammu, Jan 30: The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India has castigated all the government departments for poor performance during the current fiscal year. The report was tabled More
- City
KU to initiate project Kashlib Net
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Jan 30: Iqbal Library of University of Kashmir is launching a project “Kashlib Net” aimed to network all the libraries of Kashmir. This was revealed by the library administration during More
- News
CAG censures Govt. Departments for poor performance
HARMEET SINGH
Jammu, Jan 30: The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India has castigated all the government departments for poor performance during the current fiscal year. The report was tabled More
- GK Business
‘Word flu, not bird flu hits poultry in Kashmir’
GOWHAR BHAT
Srinagar, Jan 30: Authorities’ repeated assurances that there is no bird flu in Kashmir notwithstanding, the poultry consumption in the Valley has touched its low during past few weeks. Poultry dealers More
