- TOP STORIES
JCC rules out strike
‘Govt Silent On Employees’ Demands’
MUDDASIR ALI
Srinagar, Apr 19: Ruling out any strike in near future, the Employees’ Joint Consultative Committee has said that it would hold consultations with the leaders of the Jammu-based employees associations Tuesday to decide the future strategy. JCC has convened an important meeting here on April 24 to More
Salahuddin’s kin get passport
Applications Of 600 Militants’ Relatives Cleared
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Apr 19: The Jammu and Kashmir Crime Investigation Department (CID) has cleared the passport of the wife and son of United Jihad Council (UJC) chief Syed Salahuddin for performing Hajj.The CID clearance came after the personal intervention of the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, highly placed More
Inf Commission goes on headless
Incapacitated RTI Act
MUDDASIR ALI
Srinagar, Apr 19: Even after a year of the enactment of Right to Information Act, the Jammu and Kashmir government is yet to constitute the state’s maiden Information Commission.Though the rules make it mandatory that the Information Commission be set up within 120 days of enactment of the law More
Put driving licences on website: Court tells TC
NASEER AHMAD
Srinagar, Apr 19: The High Court on Monday directed the Jammu and Kashmir Transport Commissioner to make available all information about driving license-holders on a website within 60 days.“There is no reason as to why the concerned authorities should not integrate the Information Technology ( More
EU delegation calls on Mirwaiz
‘Third Party Mediation Must To Resolve Kashmir’
GK News Network
Srinagar, Apr 19: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Monday said third party intervention in the vexed Kashmir issue between India and Pakistan has become inevitable for its ultimate settlement. He also sought foreign direct investment in the power sector to tap the state’s huge hydropower More
- Perspective
Resolve Kashmir
Nuclear summit lessons for India and Pakistan
IMPRESSIONS BY UDAY SHANKER
It was a fascinating view in Washington D C. Forty- seven heads of the government and state were attending nuclear summit, and all of them pledged to safeguard their nuclear assets and More
- Op-Ed
The other side of the story
Foreign Educational Institutions Bill
To know some disturbing facts about the Bill, we need to dig a little deeper, writes Dr. Farooq Ahmed Shah.Approval of the Foreign Educational Institutions (Regulation of Entry and Operations) Bill 2010 More
- Letters
Recruitment bill: By the way why are you dancing?
I was astonished to see a jubilant crowd shouting slogans at Langate Handwara in favour of the Recruitment Bill recently passed in the State Legislature. The procession was lead by a prominent leader More
- Editorial
No Rhetoric Please
With normalcy having almost returned, militancy related violence having come down to a naught and the development activities steadily picking up in the state, there is a strong More
- Kashmir
Teachers debate single paper scheme
‘TAKE STUDENTS INTO CONFIDENCE’
GOWHAR BHAT
Srinagar, Apr 19: Teachers and lecturers on Monday debated the proposal of the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education to introduce “single-paper scheme” in its examinations from this academic session More
- Srinagar City
Govt plans fine for offenders
Amid SMC-SDA blame game, Dy CM chairs high level meeting
GK CITY CORRESPONDENT
Master Plan Violations Follow-upSrinagar, Apr 19: The state government plans to impose a fine on the violators who have constructed buildings in violation of the Srinagar Master Plan. This was resolved More
- Jammu
Decks cleared for 690 MW Rattle project
JK to get 16 % free power; Project to be transferred after 35 years
FIRDOUS TAK
Jammu, Apr 19: Jammu and Kashmir will get 16 percent of free power from the GVK Power and Infrastructure Limited, which has been allotted the execution of prestigious 690 MWs Rattle Power Project to be More
- South Asia
JK cop gets 8-year RI
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
New Delhi, Apr 19: A Delhi court today sentenced a former Jammu and Kashmir police constable to eight years rigorous imprisonment for being a member of the militant outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Mushtaq More
- GK Business
Multi-national paint company forays into Valley
Opens depot in Srinagar
RABIA NOOR
Srinagar, Apr 19: Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd, one of India’s largest paint companies, opened its first depot in the Valley. Its storehouse at Tengpore Bypass, here is the first by a multi-national paint More





