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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




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