- TOP STORIES
Disturbed Areas Act to go: Omar
‘After Srinagar, Bunkers To Fade Away From Towns’
KHALID GUL
Islamabad (Anantnag), Nov 30: Fighting off Army’s criticism for his stance on troop cut and revocation of special laws, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday said the Disturbed Areas Act would be gradually revoked from those areas of the state where militancy has considerably come down.“I have More
JK cops biased: MoD
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Nov 30: According to New Delhi-based news reports, the Union Ministry of Defence has accused the J&K Police of working under the pressure of militants to implicate the Army in false cases of human rights violations.The Ministry said that of the twenty five cases of alleged atrocities More
Interlocutors advocate administrative measures: PC
New Delhi, Nov 30: The three interlocutors appointed by the Centre for Jammu and Kashmir have suggested a number of administrative and confidence building measures which have been forwarded to the state government for necessary action, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said today.Addressing a More
QAMARWARI SHOOTOUT
DGP questions Shariq’s ‘imagination’
‘All 3 Killed Were Militants’
FAHEEM ASLAMSrinagar, Nov 30: Police Tuesday rebutted as “imagination” the comments by a Member Parliament from north Kashmir that the three persons gunned down in a shootout here on Monday were killed in “cold blood,” claiming that the trio “worked for the militant outfit More
Arshid studied Commerce at Bemina College
Zahoor Was Preparing For Civil Services
WASIM KHALID
Sopore, Nov 30: There is strange stillness in this house located in Alsafa Colony, Seer Jageer. Occasionally, the silence is broken by the loud wails of women.“Oh our groom where have you left,” scream the chest beating ladies, sitting inside a tent.The house belongs to Peerzada Arshid Bashir More
Shutdown in Qamarwari
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Nov 30: A shutdown was observed in Qamarwari area on Tuesday against Monday’s killing of three youth in a shootout even as stone pelting was witnessed in some pockets of Srinagar.Shops and other commercial establishment remained shut in Qamarwari. The people also protested against the More
‘Secret talk’
IGP Kashmir zone—S M Sahai---in deep conversation with DGP—Kuldeep Khoda---during a news conference in Srinagar on Tuesday. Habib Naqash/GK
Shocked...
Family members of Peerzada Arshad Bashir of Sopore, killed in Qammerwari shootout on Monday, wail over his death at Alsafa Colony in Sopore. Mubashir Khan/GK
Gunfight...
Panic gripped Qammerwari chowk after militants and policemen exchanged fire on Monday, police said. Mubashir Khan/GK
Wounded....
People gather around a civilian injured in a shoot-out at Qammerwari Chowk on Monday. Mubashir Khan/GK
Shootout....
Policemen take control of Qammerwari Chowk after the shootout on Monday afternoon. Mubashir Khan/GK
Back to business
People throng Sunday market in Srinagar. Mubashir Khan/GK
Provide us whereabouts of our kith and kin
Family members of persons, who disappeared during past 20-years, stage a sit-in at Lal Chowk on Sunday. APDP organizes sit-in once a month to seek whereabouts of missing persons. Mubashir Khan/GK
Goodbye Autumn
A man burns the dry Chinar leaves in Srinagar on Saturday. Mubashir Khan/GK
Jammu shuts for 3-hours
Jammu observed a 3-hour shutdown on Saturday morning against the remarks of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on JK’s accession with India. The strike call was given by the BJP. Mir Imran/GK
Taking salute
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah takes a salute at attestation-cum-passing out parade of police women in Basic Recruit Training Course at Sher-i-Kashmir Police Academy in Udhampur on Saturday.
Sharing grief
JKLF Chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik expresses solidarity with the family of Showkat Ahmad Mir, who died on September 13 during the present unrest, at Hindja, Budgam in central Kashmir.
- Opinion
NC on the rebound
The ruling party has once again survived Valley’s turbulent summer. Will it now stand up and deliver
RIYAZ AHMAD BY POINT OF VIEW
The summer unrest almost threatened to render ruling National Conference irrelevant but the party seems well on the rebound. The restoration of the semblance of normalcy has given it confidence and its More
- Op-Ed
Universal Access and Human Rights
WORLD AIDS DAY – DECEMBER 1
THIS DAY CAUTIONS US THAT HIV HAS NOT COMPLETELY GONE AWAY, WRITES DR. SYED AMIN TABISH
The World AIDS Day theme for 2010 is 'Universal Access and Human Rights': Act Aware. World AIDS Day is important for reminding people that HIV has not gone away, and that there are many things still to More
- Letters
CM’s constituency is craving for CM’s attention
This refers to the discriminatory advertisement notification (Notice No: 07of 2010, Dated: 12-11-2010) issued recently by SSRB regarding the recruitment of various teacher posts in various districts of More
- Editorial
Jhelum Questions
High end dredging machines from US will now come to the rescue of our Jhelum; listen and give a smile. But there is an anxiety hidden behind that smile. It is an acerbic smile. The latest report about More
- Kashmir
JK registers surge in HIV positive cases
WORLD AIDS DAY
SAMAAN LATEEF
Srinagar, Nov 30: Jammu and Kashmir which till recently boasted of having zero HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) positive cases is now witnessing surge with non-locals outnumbering the locals. Records More
- Srinagar City
KU to host 6th JK science congress
3 DAY EVENT TO START ON DEC 2
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Nov 30: Around 1000 delegates from across the country are participating in the 6th JK Science Congress to be hosted by Kashmir University from December 2 at the varsity campus.  More
- Jammu
Govt dissolves Coop Housing Corp BOD
SUMIT HAKHOO
JAMMU, Nov 30: Government Tuesday dissolved Board of Directors of State Cooperative Housing Corporation following allegations of mismanagement. Informed sources told Greater Kashmir that the government More
- News in Brief
KAS prelims result declared
Jammu: The Public Service Commission has declared result of KAS preliminary examination in a record time.According to an official communiqué, the result was available on the Commission’s website www.jkpsc More
- Business
BSNL to launch IPTV services in Valley
Landline subscribers to enjoy telephone, Internet and TV through single line
ARIF SHAFI WANI
Srinagar, Nov 30: If all goes well you can soon watch your favourite channels with digital sound and high picture quality just by connecting your TV with landline. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd is all set to More
- News
BJP activists attack Mirwaiz in Delhi
3RD IN ROW
New Delhi, Nov 30: The youth wing of BJP today attacked chairman Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umer Farooq's car when he was entering Foreign Correspondent's club here to attend a seminar. As the news More




