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Omar hits out at separatists

‘Indo-Pak Dialogue Must For Peace’

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Ladoora (Rafiabad), Feb 2: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, on Tuesday accused separatists of exploiting youth for their vested interests. He reiterated that resumption of Indo-Pak talks was must for peace and resolution of Kashmir issue.“They want death, destruction and graveyards for the poor More

Doors for talks with Pak never shut: India

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Feb 2: India today said the doors for talks with Pakistan were never shut but remained non-committal on resumption of dialogue with it amid reports of Home Minister P Chidambaram’s likely visit to Islamabad.“On talks with Pakistan, the doors were never shut,” External Affairs Minister More

KASHMIR SHUTS FOR WAMIQ

Valley-Wide Protests, 50 Injured In City Clashes

GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, Feb 2: At least 50 persons, including several police and paramilitary CRPF men, were injured in clashes across the city on Tuesday, while Kashmir Valley observed a complete shutdown against the killing of a teenager, Wamiq Farooq, hit by a police teargas shell earlier this week. The shutdown More

JKP building capacity to restore peace: Antony

IANS / PTI

Bangalore, Feb 2: Defence Minister A K Antony Tuesday said the police force is being strengthened in Jammu and Kashmir to restore peace in the State.Antony said using armed forces for the internal security would be the last resort and in many states including Jammu and Kashmir, the state police machinery More

SSG guidelines on flight security

Security Check For VIP Baggage

FIRDOUS TAK

Jammu, Feb 2: From now on, baggage of all the ministers and senior government functionaries in Jammu and Kashmir will undergo security checks before boarding the state plane or the helicopter.Informed sources told Greater Kashmir that acting swiftly on fresh intelligence inputs, regarding terror More



  • Perspective

Hurriyat: Losing Ground

POINT OF VIEW

Separatists tap into sensational chance events to make them relevant rather than work through the routine and be a part of the process, comments Riyaz Ahmad.After a deafening buzz over the silence of the More


  • Op-Ed

Writing and writing is my happiness’

PAMUK SPEAKS

Orhan Pamuk, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Literature, is a writer with a formidable international reputation. Deeply rooted in a liberal tradition that values tolerance, freedom, and a respect for More



  • Reflections

Trouble in Afghanistan is trouble for South Asia

This refers to the news titled “India to disfavour NATO forces exit” in war ravaged Afghanistan. This has reportedly been said at a multilateral conference on Afghanistan in London recently.  This More


  • Editorial

Blood Again

Wamiq Farooq Wani, 14, a class seven student, hailing from Rainawari, Srinagar was done to death on Sunday. Much too young to die, another bud yet to bloom was nipped off. And yet another mother and father More


  • News

‘Task Force to suggest measures for improving community care of orphans’

1 lakh orphans in JK: Survey

ZULFIKAR MAJID

Srinagar, Feb 2: The Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, Tuesday warned that orphanages which refuse to implement “quality standards” would be closed and called for constituting a task force to give suggestions More


  • City

Jhelum, Dal navigation can overcome traffic congestion

WE THE SRINAGARITES

The Weir at Chattabal is expected to be ready by spring this year, due to which the water level in Jheulm can be raised. This means the flow of its spill channels, the Sonar Kul and the Kuta Kul, can also More



  • Jammu

6 arrested, 6 stolen vehicles recovered

INTER-STATE CAR LIFTERS GANG BUSTED

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Feb 2: Police today claimed to have busted a gang of inter-state car lifters and arrested six persons, on whose disclosure at least six stolen vehicles have been recovered from different parts of More


  • News

‘Task Force to suggest measures for improving community care of orphans’

1 lakh orphans in JK: Survey

ZULFIKAR MAJID

Srinagar, Feb 2: The Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, Tuesday warned that orphanages which refuse to implement “quality standards” would be closed and called for constituting a task force to give suggestions More


  • GK Business

RBI declares JK as unbanked state

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Mumbai, Feb 2: The Reserve Bank on Monday categorized Jammu and Kashmir as an unbanked state, which means that the state does not have sufficient banking facility. This means that banks will have More



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