• TOP STORIES

Consensus eludes all party meet

Political Delegation To Call On PM; Participants Oppose Raising Retirement Age

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Mar 31: An all party delegation from Jammu and Kashmir will call on the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to seek special financial help for meeting the demands of the state government employees. The state government needs around Rs 4200 crore to pay the 6th pay commission arrears of its employees More

PDP, NPP stay away

GK News Network

Jammu, Mar 31: The largest opposition PDP, with 21 members in the legislative assembly, and the National Panthers Party, with three members, stayed away from the all party meeting held here Wednesday. PDP has also turned down the proposal of the state government to send an all party delegation to More

JCC, EJAC dismayed

SYED AMJAD SHAH

Jammu, Mar 31: While the All Party meeting convened by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah failed to evolve any consensus, resentment was brewing among the employees for the `government’s failure’ to come out with a definite stand on their demands.The government had set 31st March the deadline to decide More

Srinagar-Dubai flight grounded

Passengers Disappointed, Officials Clueless

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, Mar 31: Nearly over a year after its launch with much fanfare, the Air India flight between Srinagar and Dubai has turned to be damp squib as the service has been stopped for the past three months without any substantial reason.Snapping of the service has evoked resentment among the More

Survey on to identify religious structures on state land

FOLLOW-UP ON SC DIRECTION

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Mar 31: Following the Supreme Court direction, the Jammu and Kashmir government has undertaken a survey to identify the places of worship - of all communities – that have come up illegally on the state land over the years.A top government official told Greater Kashmir that the government More



  • Perspective

Kashmir: violence eternal

Primarily India Is Responsible, But Pakistan Too Cannot Escape The Blame

INKSIGHT BY MEHMOOD-UR-RASHID

Churchill once said: “America will always do the right thing, but only after exhausting all other options.” Unlike Russia in Afghanistan, US left Vietnam before it was too late. Those having an eye on More


  • Op-Ed

Commemorating Dr. Guru

ANNIVERSARY - APRIL 1

This day we remember a star amongst a galaxy of medicos, Dr.Javid Iqbal writes.Kashmir’s medical community has been enriched by some legendary figures. These eminent personalities have left a lasting impression More



  • Letters

Kashmir Excluded: Courtesy Air-India Express

Air-India Express has removed Srinagar as one of the destinations from their online schedule. Alas! Kashmir disappeared from international air connection footprint. Silence from our state tourism and tour More


  • Editorial

Politically correct

In its membership drive before the upcoming civic and panchayat polls, Congress accepted into its ranks the infamous counter-insurgent Kuka Parray’s son Imtiaz Parray. His entry, together with some other More


  • Kashmir

MIRWAIZ BEREAVED

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Mar 31: The mother-in-law of chairman Hurriyat Conference (M), Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, passed away Wednesday morning after protracted illness at her Sanat Nagar residence here. She was 64.  More


  • Srinagar City

Searches in city Forest Lane

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Mar 31: Paramilitary CRPF on Wednesday launched surprise searches in the busy Forest Lane in the city centre – Lal Chowk - here. A local news agency KNS said the troopers cordoned off the More



  • Jammu

Education key to Gujjar, Bakerwal upliftment: Dr Farooq

GK NEWS NETWORK

Kathua, Mar 31: Union Minister for Renewal Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah today described the J&K people as epitome of communal harmony, saying, “no divisive force can disturb the harmony of state”. & More


  • South Asia

Minority Commission a toothless tiger: Qureshi

Chidambaram, Khurshid differ on reservation

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Mar 31: Apparently unhappy over non fulfilment of the demand for constitutional status to his panel, National Commission for Minorities Chairman Muhammad Shafi Qureshi Wednesday said the government More


  • GK Business

Omar for comprehensive forest policy

Links survival of plants with survival of life

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Mar 31: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday stressed on a comprehensive State Forest Policy for scientific management,  protection and conservation of green wealth. Speaking at a seminar More


  • World

12 killed in new suicide blasts in Russia

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Moscow, Mar 31: Two suicide bombers, including one in police uniform, today launched a coordinated attack killing at least 12 people in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region of Dagestan, just two days More



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