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Sopur simmers

7 Protesters Hit By Rubber Bullets

UMER MAQBOOL DAR/GHULAM MUHAMMED

Sopur, Jan 18: At least eight persons were wounded when police fired rubber bullets and tear gas shells at pro-freedom protesters in this north Kashmir town on Monday. In the morning scores of youth took to streets at Jamia Qadeem, Khanqah, Chankan and main town and tried to stage pro-freedom More

Crackdowns return ahead of Jan 26

We Want To Thwart Possible Militant Attacks: Police

GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, Jan 18: Police have intensified search operations around the Bakshi Stadium here—venue for the main official R-day parade— and other uptown areas ahead of January 26.Scores of policemen and paramilitary CRPF troopers cordoned off the Lal Mandi and Wazir Bagh areas Monday morning and More

NC seeks talks with militants

Urges New Delhi To Take Pakistan Into Confidence

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Jan 18: The ruling National Conference Monday urged Government of India to initiate talks with militants on Naga pattern to find a permanent solution to the Kashmir problem.“When New Delhi can engage militant groups of Nagaland in talks, there should be no problem in initiating the same More

Congress leaders lock horns

Mahila Congress Demands Action Against Vakil

GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, Jan 18: The Jammu and Kashmir Mahila Congress on Monday asked the party high command to take stern action against the senior party leader and the Member of Legislative Council (MLC), Abdul Gani Vakil, for castigating the State Congress Chief Professor Saifuddin Soz.“We condemn the statement More

Pak rejects Indian charge

REZAUL H LASKAR

Islamabad, Jan 18: Pakistan today rejected Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao’s assertion that Islamabad has been using terrorism as an instrument of state policy and said it was committed to ensuring peace and prosperity in the region.Reacting to Rao’s comments during a television interview More



  • Perspective

With love, from abroad

WE THE NRKs?

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A KASHMIRI FOR A NON-RESIDENT KASHMIRI, DESCRIBES NAIRA YAQOOB

“How can I lose faith in the justice of life, when dreams of those who sleep upon feathers are not more beautiful than the dreams of those who sleep upon the earth?”       More


  • Op-Ed

Make silk your strength

KASHMIR SERICULTURE INDUSTRY

TO STRENGTHEN AN ECONOMY WE MUST REALIZE THE UNTAPPED POTENTIAL WE HAVE. SERICULTURE IS A CASE IN POINT, DR FAYAZ AHMAD NIKA MAKES A DETAILED STUDY

Among the various sectors of economy, Sericulture could have contributed a lot to avoid numerous problems facing us at present. Kashmir has been famous for its silk production since ancient past.  More



  • Reflections

Preserving Naseem Bagh: a welcome move

This refers to the news in Greater Kashmir titled "Kashmir university goes green:  Naseem Bagh to be developed as Chinar Heritage Park” (GK 14-1-2010). It is an appreciable step by the KU authorities More


  • Editorial

No extention please

It was unconventional. Certainly not a strike for hike in wages or in support of demand for increasing age of retirement but against the state government policy of extending the service of favored employees More


  • News

Bar blames VDC for rights Violations in Rajouri, Poonch

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Jan 18: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association has accused police of implicating people on behest of Village Defence Committee members.  The Bar has revealed this in a report which More


  • City

Passengers decry ban on auto-rickshaw windows

GK CITY CORRESPONDENT

 Srinagar, Jan 18: Auto-rickshaw has been a travel medium for thousands who can’t afford a private vehicle or wait to waste time in a passenger bus which moves at a “snail’s pace” in the summer capital More



  • Jammu

BJP to protest price hike

‘Will raise issue in Parliament, Assembly’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Jan 18: Expressing concern over the rise in prices of essential commodities, the Bharatiya Janta Party state President, Shamsher Singh Manhas today said the party would launch week long programmes More


  • News

Bar blames VDC for rights Violations in Rajouri, Poonch

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Jan 18: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association has accused police of implicating people on behest of Village Defence Committee members.  The Bar has revealed this in a report which More


  • GK Business

‘Allow 21 items in LoC trade or we will protest outside PM’s house’

Traders’ 1-week ultimatum to govt

RABIA NOOR

Srinagar, Jan 18: Taking a strong note of withdrawing five items from the list of 21 allowed for cross-LoC trade, the traders today gave a one-week ultimatum to the government to restore the items or else More



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