• TOP STORIES

Govt to dismiss 40 employees’ leaders

ZULFIKAR MAJID

Srinagar, Apr 11: The state government is contemplating to dismiss at least 40 employees’ leaders, highly placed political sources told Greater Kashmir on Sunday.They said Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, has asked the General Administration Department (GAD) to prepare a list of the union leaders More

JCC to announce new program today

EJAC Calls For SK Park Chalo, Jail Bharo

ZULFIKAR MAJID/ SYED AMJAD SHAH

Srinagar/Jammu, Apr 11: The stalemate between striking employees and the government continues and there seems no end in sight to the deadlock. On Sunday government warned the employees of strict action in case they fail to resume their duties while the later refused to budge.Talking to Greater More

Soz warns employees

KHALID GUL

Islamabad/Kulgam, Apr 11: The President of Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee, Prof Saifuddin Soz, on Sunday said if government employees do not resume duties in next 3-days he will mobilize his party workers to do their jobs.“We don’t say that their demands are not genuine, but to go More

Pak not a friend: Chidambaram

Press Trust of India

Puducherry, Apr 11: Home Minister P Chidambaram said has said that earmarking Rs 1,47,000 crore for India’s defence budget was “absolutely necessary and inevitable” as neighbours like Pakistan did not have a friendly attitude towards the country.“Had the neighbouring countries been stable, peaceful More

Labourers clean wards, OPDs function under security

ZULFIKAR MAJID

Srinagar, Apr 11: Despite government employees striking work, situation in valley hospitals has improved with sanitation being outsourced to private parties and Out Patient Departments (OPDs) functioning under security. However, rush of patients has declined considerably.Labourers engaged on daily More



  • Perspective

Intellectualism and Activism

Do we really face intellectual bankruptcy?

PUNCHLINE BY Z.G. MUHAMMAD

‘Contemporary Kashmir is intellectually barren’. It will be too harsh a statement to make in presence of a galaxy of professors, writers, journalist and poets who very strongly believe that they fall in More


  • Op-Ed

Prescription Error: It can cost a life

THE QUESTION OF SAVING LIFE

GK NEWS NETWORK

Committing a prescription error is a form of medical malpractice because it is caused due to the negligence of a doctor. Let doctors and pharmacists exercise utmost caution while prescribing medicine, More



  • Letters

Employees must introspect before demanding arrears

“To eat by leaves instead of eating the whole tree.” This translation of a famous Kashmiri saying holds true for the Government employees who are on strike these days. There are apprehensions that if the More


  • Editorial

Smoking kills, kill it

The word cancer strikes terror even among the brave hearted. But when it comes to smoking, you find that an overwhelming majority of the smokers, say 99% in Kashmir show a lack of will power to kick the More


  • Kashmir

Court dismisses army’s AFSPA plea

FAKE ENCOUNTER CASE

NASEER AHMAD

Srinagar, Apr 11: The Principal Sessions Judge Bandipore, M A Chowdary, has dismissed army’s application seeking withdrawal of charge sheet filed by the state government before the Chief Judicial Magistrate More


  • Srinagar City

2 decades on, Pandach Road yet to be named after Ashai

MEHAK FAYAZ

Srinagar, Apr 11: In 1988, while commemorating the death anniversary of prominent educationist and intellectual Ghulam Ahmed Ashai, the then government said the Khalifapora-Pandach Road in the City was More



  • Jammu

Chenab power project to give jobs to unemployed: Saroori

GK NEWS NETWORK

Kishtwar, Apr 11: The R&B Minister, G M Saroori today said the power projects coming up on Chinab at Rittlee-Drabshalla, Gursar, Pakaldoul, Karthai and Keru would provide electricity to several villages More


  • South Asia

Academy to observe 2010 as “cultural dialogue” year

GK NEWS NETWORK

Lucknow, Apr 11: To popularise J&K’s culture at the national level, the Academy of Art, Culture and Languages has decided to observe 2010 as the year of “Cultural Dialogue.”“This is being done to facilitate More


  • GK Business

JK faces 20 pc deficit in fodder, 85 pc in feeds

Governor for boosting maize production

NAZIA AKHTAR

Srinagar, April 11: Governor N N Vohra today stressed for coordinated efforts to enhance maize production in J&K.  Speaking at the inaugural session of 53rd Annual Maize Workshop at SKUAST campus More


  • World

PM-Obama talks to focus on nuke liability bill, Pak, Afghan

AJAY KAUL

Washington, Apr 11: The controversial nuclear liability bill, US arms supplies to Pakistan and situation in Afghanistan are expected to figure prominently at the meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will More



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