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Govt cracks ESMA whip

No Work, No Pay; Warns Adhocees, Contractuals, RETs

GK News Network

Jammu, Apr 5: Toughening its stand, the Jammu and Kashmir government invoked the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) in the state Monday evening following the strike called by its employees demanding the release of 6th Pay Commission arrears and enhancement of retirement age.The decision was More

Police reviews situation

AZHAR RAFIQI

Srinagar, Apr 5: The state government Monday directed the police not to allow any procession of the protesting employees in Srinagar.Sources said an emergency meeting of the law and order machinery was convened here late this evening to take stock of the situation in the wake of invoking of ESMA More

JCC threatens retaliation

Offices Shut; Employees Cane-Charged

ZULFIKAR MAJID/SYED AMJAD SHAH

Srinagar/Jammu, Apr 5: Employees Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) has threatened retaliation if “the government uses force to implement ESMA.”The JCC member and EJAC (Q) president Abdul Qayoom said if the government would use force to implement ESMA, the employees would retaliate. He said the More

Patients suffer, students protest

GK News Network

Srinagar/Jammu, Apr 5: The employees’ strike affected work in Government Medical College and their associated hospitals both in Srinagar and Jammu Monday.“Around fifty to eighty surgeries had to be cancelled in associated hospitals of GMC Srinagar as paramedical staff is on strike. CT scan, MRI and More

Ready to negotiate anything less than Azadi: Pillai

‘Lots Of People Want Kashmir To Be Independent, Back-Channel Talks With Hurriyat On’

GK MONITORING DESK

New Delhi, Apr 5: The Government of India Monday made it clear that back-channel talks with the Hurriyat Conference leaders were on and Delhi was open to negotiating anything less than independence for Kashmir.“Talks are going on and the talks will continue. These are back channel talks,” Union More



  • Perspective

Right to Education

Kashmir is in search of a conducive atmosphere

IMPRESSIONS BY UDAY SHANKER

PRIME Minister  Dr. Manmohan Singh  April 1  made a landmark commitment to the nation  that every child in  India would get right to education and all children  would have More


  • Op-Ed

What ails Pakistan?

HORIZONS

Is the country close to a tipping point? Surinder Mohan  raises the fundamental question about the very existence of Pakistan as an independent state.Is Pakistan a failed state? Is Pakistan on the More



  • Letters

I fail to locate the focus of your argument

Apropos the reaction by Malik Muhammad Yossouf  (GK, April 2) to my write-up on “When Stones and Snakes Rained’ published on March 29.I fail to locate the focus of his argument. He seems to be torn More


  • Editorial

PMs Must Meet

It bodes well that the National Conference and the Peoples' Democratic Party have unanimously raised their voice for resumption of the paused composite dialogue between India and Pakistan. The former Jammu More


  • Kashmir

World’s second camel cloned successfully

KASHMIRI SCIENTIST ACHIEVES FEAT

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Apr 5: In a major breakthrough, a Kashmiri scientist has successfully facilitated birth of world’s second cloned camel in Dubai.  The feat was achieved by the scientific team at the Camel More


  • Srinagar City

Boneless, fatless delicacies fly to City shop

The import of fish and meat stuff from as far as Vietnam has opened new vistas for food lovers at Pick-n-Choose.

GK CITY CORRESPONDENT

Now sitting back home one can satiate taste buds by relishing the mouth-watering famous fish and minced meat from Vietnam and other countries. Thanks to globalization that has made it possible for a City More



  • Jammu

Ruckus in Council over language issue

It’s NC versus Congress

ZAHID BASHIR

Jammu, Apr 5: The fissures within the coalition government came to fore on Monday after members of the combine exchanged heated arguments with each other in the Legislative Council.  The ruckus started More


  • South Asia

Taliban storm US consulate in Pak

Attacks Kill 46

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Peshawar, Apr 5: Taliban militants, dressed in battle fatigues, today made a brazen attempt to storm the US consulate in this northwest Pakistani city with car bombs and grenades as a suicide bomber unleashed More


  • GK Business

Hybrid seed technology key to raise vegetable production

RABIA NOOR

Srinagar, Apr 5: Showing concern over decline in vegetable production in the Valley, experts suggest hybrid seed production technology to address the problem. “The need of the hour is to go for hybrid More



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