As cheap as life

Mere confession is not enough, punishment matters

WORDS WITHIN BY FIRDOUS SYED

Inayat, Wamiq, Zahid and many others - boys in their early teens continue to die. Forces accuse boys for stonepeting and vandalism, none of the boys killed rather murdered in cold-blood were part of any More

• Fame in the name

I am a stone pelter

FIRST PERSON

------- and what else can I do to express my resistance against oppression, writes Imran Muhammad Gazi.I have been shot in the ribs. I am on a stretcher in an emergency ward of a city hospital. Who am More

• Symbolizing Resistance
• Media, Muslims, and Misinformation

Sand Extraction: Why Deptt is not able to curb it

This refers to Wani Khursheed's letter titled “Sand extraction from rivers a major concern” (GK 02-01-10). I completely agree with the message by the author that the issue is a concern. Rivers in Kashmir More

• Editor's note
• UNMOGP call
• UN responsible
• Bad name
• Daily killings

Taming Rage Waters

It is a frightening situation in which things cannot be brushed aside. The reports that the Srinagar city awaits a major deluge in coming couple of years, submerging most of it, should not only be worrisome More

Govt to conduct head count

‘Modalities To Be Worked Out By Delhi-Islamabad’

GOWHAR BHAT

REHABILITATION POLICYSrinagar, Feb 12: Buoyed by the Centre's support to the proposed rehabilitation policy, Jammu and Kashmir government Friday said it would go for a head count to know the actual number More

• Kupwara villages cut-off, reeling under darknesss
• Syed Salahuddin rejects amnesty
• Bungling in distribution of solar lights
• Obama slams outsourcing to India, calls it unfair
• Tharoor meets Abbas, assures support to Palestine

PANIC STRIKES Central Jail Srinagar

GK CITY CORRESPONDENT

Auto-rickshaw rams into fortified entrance, driver hurt; police says nothing to worry, he was drunk.Srinagar, Feb 12: Panic gripped the Central Jail Srinagar last night when an auto-rickshaw rammed into More

• Check pollution before beautifying Jhelum
• Yasin Malik addresses Makhdoom Sahib gathering
• Hamzah Colony appeals for graveyard land

Hawala case: HC asks DGP to specify detention grounds

Jammu, Feb 12: In a Hawala case, the High Court here has directed the Director General of Police to specify the grounds of detention of the accused Jamali Khan, an employee of the Mumbai Mercantile Cooperative More

• Police crackdown on hooch
• HC upheld 7 yrs RI in rape case
• Train legislators in IAS Academy: Sagar
• Promotion, transfers in Cultural Academy
• ‘Verify before engaging domestic help’

Govt to conduct head count

‘Modalities To Be Worked Out By Delhi-Islamabad’

GOWHAR BHAT

REHABILITATION POLICYSrinagar, Feb 12: Buoyed by the Centre's support to the proposed rehabilitation policy, Jammu and Kashmir government Friday said it would go for a head count to know the actual number More

• Kupwara villages cut-off, reeling under darknesss
• Syed Salahuddin rejects amnesty
• Bungling in distribution of solar lights
• Obama slams outsourcing to India, calls it unfair
• Tharoor meets Abbas, assures support to Palestine

‘JK will need 5 mn skilled workforce by 2022’

GOVT NON-SERIOUS TO SKILL DEV; NEEDS TO GEAR UP TO MEET TARGET: FCIK

GK NEWS SERVICE

Srinagar, Jan 12: The Federation Chamber of Industries Kashmir has expressed its deep concern over the depleting number in local skilled workers in the state and has called for a well defined policy to More

• Valley industrial fraternity overwhelmed by CCP extension
• BHEL bags order for 330 MW hydroelectric plant in JK
• Saffron growers appeal CM
• Taj for blacklisting of non-performing firms, contractors
• Forest department yields Rs 12 cr record revenue