Winter schooling. Why review the decision?
The only problem to be solved for normal working of winter schooling seems to be the development of infrastructure but, there are so many questions that need to be answered. What kind of infrastructure is in coaching centers? Is there any heating arrangement? Is there any infrastructure suitable MoreWelcome move
The state government's decision to have the winter schooling for students from 9th standard to 12th standard is a good move. If made successful, it will open a new chapter in the educational history of our valley. There was a knee-jerk reaction to this bold decision of government. The coaching centre MorePower woes
A couple of times load shedding schedules of PDD have been published in your paper. I wonder what PDD means by metered and non-metered consumers. Our whole area of inside Kathi Darwaza and outside Kathi Darwaza has been metered for the last three years but we are being put under the non-metered schedule MoreRebuild things
The New Delhi appointed interlocutors on Kashmir have snubbed the state government for its poor performance. That is how I could read the news story titled “Be accountable: interlocutors to JK Govt” (GK Dec 24). The recent crisis in Kashmir should have made the state government vigilant and helped them MorePatient care
This refers to debate about SKIMS in Greater Kashmir. I highly appreciate the views of Dr Kanjwal who has aptly described how the situation in once prestigious hospital worsened. Patient care in SKIMS is a casualty. That is because it has been turned into a dispensary when it was supposed to be a tertiary MorePower cuts
This refers to worsening power situation in Kashmir Valley. It is for the first time in the past few years that the power curtailment is so harsh. When the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and his colleagues fought the assembly elections two years back, they had promised better electricity to people. The MorePathetic scenario
This refers to the state government’s proposal to bring back the Non Resident Kashmiri doctors who are working in different parts of the world. I wonder why they would come back to a state where the healthcare scenario is pathetic, to say the least. Even if the state government offers them good salaries More- Kashmir
G H Mir vows to engage youth
ADDRESSES PARTY CONVENTION
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Dec 29: President of Democratic Party (Nationalist) (DPN), Ghulam Hassan Mir, on Wednesday said that the party had resolved to ensure that youth of the state are politically involved in the state More
- Srinagar City
HSHS TRADERS ALLEGE POLICE HIGH-HANDEDNESS
Say business activities at heritage market being damaged by men in uniform
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Dec 29: The shopkeepers at Hari Singh High Street are up in arms against the City police accusing the cops of badly damaging the business activities in the commercial hub by making the customers More
- Jammu
Plans to use Facebook to seek public feedback
Traffic Police’s Innovative Move
SYED AMJAD SHAH
Jammu, Dec 29: Going innovative, the traffic department is planning to take advantage of the reach of the community site face book- to seek public feedback for streamlining the traffic system across the More
- News in Brief
Police arrests ‘kidnapper,’ recovers girl
Srinagar: Police in Pattan has arrested a ‘kidnapper’ and recovered the girl from him. According to police statement, a teenage girl of Udena, Pattan Baramulla was allegedly kidnapped by Ghulam Ahmed More
- Business
40 pc prod losses in industry, courtesy PDD
GK BUSINESS REPORTER
Srinagar, Dec 29: With Valley industrial estates facing power shortage, the production in these estates has steeply come down.According to stakeholders the production in the industrial units has slipped More
- News
Congress book blames BJP ‘collusion’ for Babri demolition
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
New Delhi, Dec 29: A book brought out by Congress blamed the "collusion" of the then BJP government in Uttar Pradesh for the demolition of Babri Masjid in 1992, obliquely backing late Prime Minister P More


