- TOP STORIES
Shakeup in police
Dilbagh Singh IGP Jammu, N D Wani DIG CID, Junaid SP CID (CI), Zaman SP Traffic, Javed Matoo SP Kargil
GK NEWS NETWORK
Jammu, Dec 21: The state Cabinet, which met here on Tuesday evening under the chairmanship of Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, ordered the following transfers in police department.Ram Lubhaya,IPS, (JK:85) Addl. DG Police, awaiting orders of adjustment is posted as ADGP, Home Guards/Civil Defence More
Soz-Azad factions lock horns
Tussle For JKPCC Chief Reaches Delhi
UMAR MAQBOOL DAR
Srinagar, Dec 21: Activists of rival Congress factions headed by the state Congress chief Prof Saifuddin Soz and former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad are camping in New Delhi to lobby for coveted post of the JKPCC president. The Congress high command is likely to announce the new JKPCC chief within More
Kashmir issue leftover from history: China
‘Want India, Pak To Settle It Through Dialogue’
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
Beijing, Dec 21: Describing the Kashmir issue as “left over from history,” China Tuesday hoped it could be resolved by India and Pakistan through “dialogue and consultations.”Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu stated this during a media briefing while responding to questions on Premier More
Want stapled visa issue resolved: India
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
New Delhi, Dec 21: India wants an early resolution of the contentious stapled visa issue with China as allowing it to “fester” for long could lead to a negative impact on the overall relations between the two countries. Underlining the seriousness India attaches to the issue, foreign secretary More
CVPDC PROMOTERS’ PACT SIGNED
JK, NHPC, PTC Partners Of New Company
MUDDASIR ALI
Srinagar, Dec 21: In a major decision likely to boost the power generation in Jammu and Kashmir, the Government of India’s subsidiary- National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) - Tuesday signed promoters’ agreement with J&K Government on setting up of the Chenab Valley Power Development More
Power plays truant in Valley
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Dec 21: The Power Development Department (PDD) continues to take the consumers in Kashmir valley for a ride as the pesky power cuts cause terrible anguish to the people amid shivering cold.Ironically there is no one in PDD to reveal the “new power curtailment schedule”, if at all it More
Interlocutors conclude Jammu visit, arrive in Valley
‘Majority Favours Peaceful Kashmir Solution’
RAJEEV SHARMA/MUDDASIR ALI
Jammu/Srinagar, Dec 21: Centre’s interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday said aspirations of people from all the three regions of the state would be taken into consideration before finalizing a roadmap for ‘permanent settlement’ of the issue.“Though various delegations gave diverse opinions More
Creating confusion: Kamal
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar Dec 21: The ruling coalition National Conference Tuesday accused the interlocutors of creating confusion in Kashmir.“Interlocutors are only creating confusion. The recent meetings held by the interlocutors prove my point. Instead of meeting with representatives of public, they are directly More
Looking for customers
A vendor carries willow baskets, tables and chairs in Lal Chowk on Monday. Willow products manufactured in the Valley are famous all over the world. Mubashir Khan/GK
Sale sale sale
Amid falling temperature hundreds of people thronged Srinagar’s famous Sunday market today. Aman Farooq/GK
Zero visibility
Fog engulfs outskirts of Jammu city on Friday morning. Mir Imran/GK
We are one
JKLF chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik participated in Ashura procession at Zadibal in Srinagar on Friday. Habib Naqash/GK
Ashura procession
Mourners took out the Ashura procession in interior areas of the old city on Friday as government imposed curfew in most parts of Srinagar. Habib Naqash/GK
Remembering Karbala Martyrs
Mourners participate in the Ashura procession at Zadibal in Srinagar on Friday. Habib Naqash/GK
Curfewed Srinagar
Authorities imposed strict curfew in many parts of the Srinagar city on Friday to thwart Ashura processions. Mubashir Khan/GK
Novel way....
Unemployed physiotherapists resort to begging in Jammu against failure of government to provide them with jobs. Mir Imran/GK
Ocean of people
On the eve of Ashura hundreds of people took out a procession in Maisuma area on Thursday. Azan/GK
Police versus Mourners
Amid tight security people get ready to take part in Muharram procession at Maisuma in Srinagar on Thursday. Azan/GK
Procession
JKLF Chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik leads a Muharram procession in Srinagar city on Thursday. Azan/GK
Curfewed childhood
A child walks past a wire near Jehangir Chowk in Srinagar on Wednesday. Mubashir Khan/GK
Police take on unarmed mourners
Amid curfew Police used force to quell mourners, who tried taking out Muharram processions, in Srinagar city on Wednesday. Mubashir Khan/GK
Enforcing curfew
Paramilitary CRPF troopers pounce upon a car near Jehangir Chowk in Srinagar on Wednesday. Mubashir Khan/GK
Foreign visitors
Migrant birds from different countries are flying high in Jammu region these days. Mir Imran/GK
Beautiful..
Sunsets in Srinagar on a chilly winter day on Tuesday. Habib Naqash/GK
- Opinion
Learning from Sham Lal
How the minister can give ideas to separatists to recast their discourse
POINT OF VIEW BY RIYAZ AHMAD
It is now two weeks since Sham Lal decreed Azadi for Kashmir, statehood for Jammu and union territory status for Ladakh in one of his political speeches in Jammu. The statement followed the predictable More
- Op-Ed
Thus Spake Nehru!
“KASHMIR BELONGS TO KASHMIRIS”
Yes Roy is right, if New Delhi is serious in filing a case against her and Geelani, they must first file it against the first prime minister of India, Hashim Qureshi quotes Nehru's speeches which, by today More
- Letters
Airport road accident: Why authorities are silent?
This refers to the recent tragic accident on the Airport Road wherein an engineering student Aatif Mudabbir, the lone child of his parents, lost his life. Over the years, this road has claimed many lives More
- Editorial
Power Point
‘It takes power to empower,’ goes the typical Friedman while deliberating on the importance of electricity in his book Hot, Flat and Crowded. In Kashmir it takes winter to dis-empower entire population More
- Kashmir
Winter schooling reaches court
‘Provide heating arrangements in schools or cancel order’
SAMAAN LATEEF
Srinagar, Dec 21: After facing serious criticism from different quarters, the state government’s decision of winter schooling has been challenged before the High Court through a Public Interest Litigation More
- Srinagar City
Polythene to cover MIRWAIZ MANZIL
Like neighborhood, smashed windowpanes to get tarpaulin sheets
M HYDERI
EDIFICE of resistance movement in Shahr-e-Khaas, the Mirwaiz Manzil at Rajouri Kadal will soon do what the neighborhood has been doing for quite some time, to fight smashing of windowpanes allegedly by More
- Jammu
Prof Mattoo appointed VC Jammu Central University
GK NEWS NETWORK
Jammu, Dec 21: Prof Amitabh Mattoo has been appointed as the first Vice-Chancellor of the Central University in Jammu. His name was cleared by the President of India, in her capacity as Visitor of More
- Business
Islamabad books 59 pc expenditure by Nov end
CM announces Rs 6 cr additionalities
GK NEWS NETWORK
Islamabad (Anantnag), Dec 21: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah today announced additionalities of about Rs 5.59 crore for district Anantnag. The Chief Minister reviewed developmental activities of each More




