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Heading for showdown

Employees’ Refuse To Relent; Fresh Round Of Talks Today

SYED AMJAD SHAH/MUDDASIR ALI

Jammu/Srinagar, Apr 2: While the Jammu and Kashmir government is making fresh effort to calm down the tempers of the agitating employees, who are heading for a showdown to press for their demands, it is, at the same time, putting in place a `contingency plan’ to deal with the situation in case the More

CM, DCM rush to New Delhi

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Apr 2: In the wake of protracted row over the inter-district recruitment bill and the proposed strike by the state government employees, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and the Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand Friday rushed to Delhi, reportedly, for consultations with the Congress high command.
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Government mulls contingency plan

DDCs Asked To Monitor Situation

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Apr 2: While the government is making last ditch efforts to avoid fresh agitation by the employees, it has also geared up to ensure smooth functioning of the offices, if the proposed Saturday talks of the employees’ union representatives with the cabinet sub-committee fail to yield any results More

RAJOURI GUNFIGHTS TOLL 26

4 Militants, Trooper Killed in Fresh Gunbattle

SHAFIQ MIR

Rajouri, Apr 2: The toll in the Rajouri gunfights mounted to 26 with the killing of four more militants and a trooper in a fresh encounter on Friday, police said.The Additional Superintendent of Police Rajouri, Muhammad Shabir, told Greater Kashmir that a joint party of troopers of 63-Rashtriya More

Kupwara shuts down

Inter-District Job Row

SHAHID RAFIQ

Kupwara, Apr 2: This frontier district observed a complete shutdown on Friday against government’s failure to ban inter-district recruitments, an issue which has led to noisy scenes in the state legislature almost on a regular basis during the current session. The call for the shutdown was given by More



  • Perspective

Living beyond means

Are we heading towards destruction?

WORDS WITHIN BY FIRDOUS SYED

Undeniably, we are living beyond our means. In the name of tourism promotion natural resources have been over-exploited.  Eventually, bounties of nature this land is blessed with may fade away.  More


  • Op-Ed

A Walk Through Kashmir History

REVISITING THE PAST

Khalid Bashir Ahmad writes about a squabble that converted Aliabad Sarai into police lock-up.The Mughal romance with Kashmir is well documented. What singles them out from other conquerors is that their More



  • Letters

Earth Hour Celebrations: Let's care for our mother earth

This refers to the 2010 Earth hour celebrations. Millions of people switched off lights in their houses for an hour, joining the world in observing the Earth Hour to call for a binding pact to cut greenhouse More


  • Editorial

Saffron blues

The current sorry state of saffron trade in Kashmir merits immediate and serious policy and administrative actions. From Rs 2.7 lakhs per kg. last season to Rs 1.3 lakhs this season, the price slide is More


  • Kashmir

BJP, RSS creating hurdles in K-resolution: Malik

ZULFIKAR MAJID

Yaripora (Kulgma), Apr 2: The Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik, Friday lashed out at Bharatiya Janata Party for “creating hurdles in the settlement of Kashmir dispute.”& More


  • Srinagar City

LAL CHOWK NARROWING TOURISM DEPARTMENT’S BABY, MOCKERY!

PART II

M HYDERI

Srinagar, Apr 2: The narrowing of the historic Lal Chowk, which has drawn flak from various quarters, particularly the tourism players, is being executed by the Tourism department itself.  Greater More



  • Jammu

BAJ for Jammu bandh on April 6

PRC BILL ROW

Jammu, Apr 2: The Bar Association of Jammu today called for Jammu bandh on April 6 if the government did not withdraw Permanent Resident (Disqualification) Certificate bill introduced in the legislative More


  • South Asia

Proof not required for registering FIR in bigamy cases: SC

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Apr 2: In bigamy cases while lodging a criminal complaint it is not necessary for the aggrieved party to prove that marriage ceremonies were performed as it is for the trial court to decide More


  • GK Business

Mutton sells at Rs 220/kg

CONSUMERS ACCUSE CAPD OF INACTION

WE SEND SQUADS ON RECEIVING COMPLAINTS: DIR CAPD

RABIA NOORSrinagar, Apr 2: In flagrant violation to the rules, the retail mutton dealers in the Valley have hiked the meat rate to Rs 220/kg against the government approved Rs 180.Many consumers told Greater More


  • World

US warns India, Pak against transactions with Iran

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Washington/New York, Apr 2: With India still keen to join an ambitious gas pipeline project involving Iran and Pakistan, the US has warned all countries against engaging in transactions with Tehran at More



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