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'Troops occupy 10.40 lakh kanals in JK'

8.55 Lakh Kanals Held Illegally: Government

ARIF SHAFI WANI/MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Aug 24: The Government on Monday revealed that different security agencies have occupied 10,54,721 kanals of land in Jammu and Kashmir. It includes 8,55,407 kanals under illegal occupation and 1,99,314 kanals occupied by the agencies on the basis of lease, licenses and acquisitions under More

Power crisis rocks LA

‘Govt Facilitating Exploitation Of Resources By Outsiders’

ARIF SHAFI WANI/MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Aug 24: The Legislative Assembly on Monday witnessed pandemonium over the power crisis in Jammu and Kashmir with legislators, cutting across the party lines, accusing the government of facilitating exploitation of state’s power resources through National Hydroelectric Power Corporation and More

‘Where is angry young man?’

GK News Network

Srinagar, Aug 24: Taking strong exception to the absence of chief minister Omar Abdullah, who also holds the Power portfolio, from the Legislative Assembly, the members on Monday sought a reply from the government. The legislators were irked by the reply of minister of tourism, Nawang Ringzin Jora More

36,414 posts vacant in govt deptts

Police, Education, Health top in Vacancies

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Aug 24: In unemployment-ridden Jammu and Kashmir, 36,414 posts are lying vacant in various government departments.Dishing out the data regarding number of vacant posts in various departments, the government told the legislative assembly today that the vacancies include 5,176 gazetted More

Inadequate staff, lack of teeth jam deptt

One Cop Manages 500 Vehicles, Situation Grim, Admits IGP

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Traffic Mismanagement-IISrinagar, Aug 24: The Traffic department, nodal agency for ensuring free flow traffic in the state, is not only understaffed but without adequate powers to undertake its objective, reveals the survey conducted by the department.In the journal More



  • Perspective

The Shopain and after

FALLOUT

It’s all been a tragedy of errors. But still is the time to regain all confidence, comments Fida Iqbal.Kashmir has a long and distinguished recorded history spread over many thousand years, marked with More


  • Op-Ed

Fight this evil - together

DOWRY MENACE

What do we need if we really want to get changed. A commitment to root out the evil and a resolve to fight injustice in the name of dowry, comments Muzaffar Khadim.During the past couple of years, a lot More



  • Reflections

Government must save Handloom Industry and employees

 This refers to Dr Mustafa Kamal’s statement during the Expo-99 that about 35 percent of the JK population depends upon the Handloom Industry. India is getting Rs 4,650 crores from export of handloom More


  • Editorial

Funds gone waste

It is an unpardonable criminal negligence by all norms and standards that cannot and should not be brushed aside.  Only twenty percent of the funds received by the State under Prime Ministers’ Reconstruction More


  • News

Centralized agency to monitor phone calls

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Aug 24: The government is planning to set up a centralized agency to monitor phone calls - both landline and mobile - a level of surveillance hitherto being done by telecom operators, as part More


  • City

Legislative Council cries Dal death, Sogami consoles

GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, Aug 24: For the second time in less than a week, the members of the Legislative Council Monday asked the government to come clean on the amount spent on the Dal lake conservation adding that More



  • News

Centralized agency to monitor phone calls

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Aug 24: The government is planning to set up a centralized agency to monitor phone calls - both landline and mobile - a level of surveillance hitherto being done by telecom operators, as part More


  • GK Business

1000 micro hydel electric projects under execution in JK: Jora

Un-electrified village and hamlets to be covered by electricity under RGGVY involving Rs 700 cr: Shabir

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 24: Discussion on a question of A. R. Veeri regarding measures for exploiting the power potential in the State and details of various power products under execution in the State dominated More



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