• TOP STORIES

GEELANI ANNOUNCES STIR ON LAND OCCUPATION

Program After Eid; Ready For Talks If Delhi Accepts Kashmir As Dispute

DANISH NABI

Srinagar, Sept 10: Back from 3-month detention, the veteran pro-freedom leader and chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G), Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Thursday announced a ‘new program’ against the occupation of land by troops in Jammu and Kashmir, the details of which would be made public after Eid.He More

Under house arrest, again

Srinagar, Sept 10: Barely 24 hours after his release from detention, Syed Ali Geelani was again put under house arrest this afternoon.“Immediately after addressing the press conference, police cordoned off the house at around 5 PM and asked Geelani Sahab not to move outside. A heavy guard of police More

Judgment reserved on SHO, SI’s bail plea

GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, Sept 10: A single bench of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Thursday reserved its judgment on the bail plea of former SHO Shopian and sub-inspector, arrested in connection with the rape and murder of Asiya Jan and Neelofar.Justice Sunil Hali reserved the judgment after the case was heard More

Majlis activist's autopsy report submitted

KHALID GUL

Shopian, Sept 10: The doctors of Forensic Science Department of the Government Medical College, Srinagar, today submitted to police the preliminary autopsy report of Muhammad Hussain Zargar, the Shopian Majlis-i-Mushawarat activist found dead on Tuesday.“We have received the preliminary post mortem More

Couple’s tryst with jail

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, Sept 10: The Central Jail here has been the second home for the chairperson of Dukhtaran-e-Millat, Aasiya Andrabi, and her husband, Muhammad Qasim. The couple has spent the prime of their life in the dark and dingy barracks with hardcore criminals.Born in 1962, Aasiya, a vociferous orator More



  • Perspective

The Gilgit-Baltistan package

COMMENT

What does it mean to them and to us too, comments Hassan Zainagiree.Having wrested their territory from the oppressive clutch of Dogra autocracy after waging a determined struggle against it, the people More


  • Op-Ed

Teacher taught relationship – restore the sanctity

TEACHERS: THEN AND NOW

Teachers would play a great role in shaping up the destiny of a student. The very character of a teacher was enough to change the very mindset of his taught. But now things have changed. The teacher-student More



  • Reflections

Some questions regarding the SVO

The news story titled "Mechanism needed to oversee SVO" (GK Sept 7) has thrown light on misdeeds of the State Vigilance Organisation (SVO). Clearly, the SVO does not seem to be acting as a fair agency More


  • Friday Focus

Four Kinds of Rulers

Umar Ibn al-Khattab’s Categorisation

PROF G R MALIK

Amir al-Mumineen Umar Ibn al-Khattab (RA) was perhaps the greatest ruler apart from Prophet-rulers like Hazrat Yousuf (Joseph), Hazrat Daud (David), Hazrat Sulaiman (Solomon) and the last of Allah’s Prophets More


  • News

‘KU to have Children Creative Art Centre’

SAMAAN LATEEF

Srinagar, Sept 10: The vice-chancellor of Kashmir University, Prof Riyaz Punjabi today underscored the need for establishing a sophisticated creative and fine arts Institute for exploiting the talent of More


  • City

80,000 vehicles ply on Jehangir Chowk - Ram Bagh Road in pre-Iftaar hour

The huge inflow of traffic causes congestion as Srinagar south has mere one road link with the City centre while there’s also a shortage of cops. As a result, those who try to reach home early often get late.

GK CITY CORRESPONDENT

Srinagar, Sept 10: Believe it or not! No less than 80,000 vehicles ply on the Jehangir Chowk-Ram Bagh stretch of the Airport Road –the only link to the south City –in an hour close to Iftaar when most More



  • Jammu

Ex-DHS, Jammu, convicted in illegal appointments case

Co-accused former-MoS acquitted

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Sept 10: The special judge, anti-corruption, Jammu, B L Bhat, Thursday acquitted the former minister of state for Health and Family Welfare, Govind Ram Sharma, but convicted the then director, Health More


  • News

‘KU to have Children Creative Art Centre’

SAMAAN LATEEF

Srinagar, Sept 10: The vice-chancellor of Kashmir University, Prof Riyaz Punjabi today underscored the need for establishing a sophisticated creative and fine arts Institute for exploiting the talent of More


  • GK Business

Islamabad plan approved at Rs 72 crore

Additional Rs 5 cr for roads, Rs 3 crore for Aang bridge, Rs 60 lakh for Batengoo-Harnag bye-pass

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Sept 10: The District Development Board, Islamabad, which met at the SKICC here today with the chief minister, Omar Abdullah, in chair, approved the annual plan of Rs 72.45 crore for the district More



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