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'AFSPA to continue'

To Remain As Long As Needed: Government

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Aug 20: Taking a tough stand on the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, the Jammu and Kashmir government Thursday said the law would continue to be in force ‘as long as it was needed.”“We don’t want that people should suffer (but) the act would remain as long as it is needed,” Law and More

TAJ stuns LA

‘Bureaucrats Sabotage JK Interests’

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Aug 20: The minister for Irrigation and Flood Control, Taj Mohi-ud-din, on Thursday stunned the Legislative Assembly by revealing that “some bureaucrats” were sabotaging the interests of Jammu and Kashmir by not allowing the government to take a firm stand against the violation of the bilateral More

Speaker orders contempt proceedings against Mehbooba

‘I Won’t Tolerate Indiscipline’

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Aug 20: The speaker, Muhammad Akbar Lone, Thursday ordered contempt proceedings against the Peoples Democratic Party president, Mehbooba Mufti, after she alleged that the speaker was serving the interests of his party, National Conference, rather than functioning impartially.The trouble More

Govt says no to unemployment allowance

‘Measures In Offing To Tackle Joblessness’

GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, Aug 20: The minister for finance, Abdul Rahim Rather Thursday said providing sustenance allowance to the educated unemployed youth was not possible as it involves expenditure of hundreds of crores of rupees.“According to rough estimates, the number of youth entitled to unemployment allowances More

Omar envisions secure future for youth

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 20: Promising a new era of high profile developmental scenario for the people of Jammu and Kashmir during next five and a half years, the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday said the comprehensive and integrated economic uplift of all areas will rule the roost in the State during his More



  • Perspective

NC never opted for accession

COMMENT

Hassan Zainagiree comments on a decisive phase of Kashmir history.Quoting Sheikh Abdullah's interview given to London Observer in 1948 in response to the establishment of UN Commission for India and Pakistan More


  • Op-Ed

Reason enough to celebrate?

POINT OF VIEW

Pakistan is definitely undergoing a transformational change. Whether it will be able to keep it up or be swept away by the enormity of its challenges only time will tell, comments Asma-Khan Lone.Standing More



  • Reflections

Let’s all introspect and solution lies there

I had mentioned in my article published in Greater Kashmir that we won’t find any sympathisers in this "hartaali society" and to confuse plight with sense of superiority is expected when this society has More


  • Friday Focus

The Scientific Outlook of Early Muslims

PROF G R MALIK

The Quranic emphasis on the observation of the phenomenal world and on study and contemplation naturally led to the empirical outlook in the followers of Islam in its earliest phase so that they laid the More


  • News

‘Successive regimes neglected artists’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 20: Artists on Thursday blamed successive regimes for their pathetic condition and demanded slew of measures for their proper grooming, upliftment and rehabilitation.“Zoon Begum, the Lata More


  • City

Taranum Riyaz’s Baraf Ashna Parenday released

Experts stress on promotion of Urdu language

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 20: Here’s some good news for novel lovers. Noted Urdu fiction writer and poet, Taranum Riyaz has come up with her latest novel Baraf Ashna Parenday. The  book was released Thursday More



  • News

‘Successive regimes neglected artists’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 20: Artists on Thursday blamed successive regimes for their pathetic condition and demanded slew of measures for their proper grooming, upliftment and rehabilitation.“Zoon Begum, the Lata More


  • GK Business

Hailstorm affected 195 villages in JK: Govt

‘Agriculture, horticulture bear the brunt’

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Aug 20: The government on Thursday said that over 195 villages have been affected by the natural calamity, hailstorm and untimely rains in J&K, causing huge losses to the agriculture and More



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