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Guns rattle LoC, Pak trooper killed

GK NEWS NETWORK/AGENCIES

Srinagar, Jan 19:  Pakistan and India on Tuesday accused each other of violating ceasefire. Pakistan claimed that one of its troopers was killed in the Indian firing while as India claimed that Pakistan army fired upon the border posts in Jammu’s Poonch district twice in last 24-hours.
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India working against peace: Pakistan

GK NEWS NETWORK

Islamabad, Jan 19: The Pakistan Foreign Office (FO) on Monday accused India of persisting with a propaganda campaign and working against peace and stability in the region.Responding to remarks made by Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao in a television interview, the FO said Rao’s “vitriolic More

Mirwaiz toughens stance on quiet talks

Hurriyat Executive Meeting To Discuss Restructuring

ZULFIKAR MAJID

Srinagar, Jan 19: Back from New Delhi after meeting Pakistan National Assembly Speaker, Fehmida Mirza, Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Tuesday, toughened his stand on “quiet talks” and made it clear that “any process at bilateral level can’t lead to a solution of vexed Kashmir More

Govt spends 27% plan in 8 months

Out Of Rs 5,500 Cr Outlay, Rs 3,994 Cr Unspent

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Jan 19: Jammu and Kashmir government has spent just 27 percent of the Rs 5,500 crore annual plan 2009-10, with only three months left for the current fiscal to end. According to the official documents in possession of Greater Kashmir, the State Government has, till November ending More

Youth’s death sparks protest in Varmul

Sopur Observes Partial Shutdown

ALTAF BABA/UMER MAQBOOL

Varmul/Sopur Jan 19: Massive protests broke out in this north Kashmir town on Tuesday after the news about the death of a youth, wounded in police action last year, spread in the area. Shopkeepers shut their shops and traffic went off the roads as hundreds of youth raising pro-freedom slogans More



  • Perspective

Game Begins Anew in Kashmir

COMEBACK

IS KASHMIR NOW BECOMING AN INEXTRICABLE PART OF THE GREAT GAME BEING PLAYED OUT IN AFGHANISTAN? COMMENTS RIYAZ AHMAD

Kashmir is sizzling again. After around three years of relative calm, militancy has returned to Valley with full force. The situation has come to a head with Fidayeen attack in Lal Chowk, a place which More


  • Op-Ed

Protecting nature and natural resources

FEEDBACK

GOVERNMENT MUST LISTEN TO THE COMMON PEOPLE ON ISSUES OF VITAL INTERESTS TO THE STATE. DR. M.A.KAWOSA RESPONDS TO ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN GREATER KASHMIR BY ARJIMAND HUSSAIN TALIB AND INAM-U-REHMAN

Recently Greater Kashmir carried two well researched and well meaning articles. One, Arjimand Talib’s ‘losing Gurez and Karewas’  and the other Inam ul Rehman’s  ‘as we suffer’  on the need More



  • Reflections

They are welcome, but let them decide

This refers to the article titled “KPs return: (Un) Thoughtful Thought” by Mohsin Qadri. The author has rightly penned down different thoughts about the issue, without worrying about its consequences. More


  • Editorial

Trade Across LoC

It may be worth nothing but still valuable. The only surviving major Confidence Building Measure (CBM) after India-Pakistan relations soured in November 2008 has been trade across the Line of Actual Control More


  • News

War within Congress intensifies

VAKIL VS SOZ

GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, Jan 19: A day after women’s wing of the state Congress demanded disciplinary action senior Congress leader and member legislative council, Abdul Gani Vakil, National Students Union of India, More


  • City

Chinar chopped at Ishber

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Jan 19: Barely a fortnight after the authorities allowed chopping of six Chinars on the Parimpora highway, another majestic tree has fallen to axe at Isber Nishat on the City outskirts.  More



  • Jammu

Police cane-charge PDD daily wagers, several injured

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Jan 19: Police thwarted an attempt by All Jammu and Kashmir PDD Daily Wagers Workers Union to enter civil secretariat in the winter capital of the state on Tuesday. At least a dozen protestors were More


  • News

War within Congress intensifies

VAKIL VS SOZ

GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, Jan 19: A day after women’s wing of the state Congress demanded disciplinary action senior Congress leader and member legislative council, Abdul Gani Vakil, National Students Union of India, More


  • GK Business

Valley hoteliers seek conflict insurance

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Jan 19: The Valley hoteliers today appealed the government to introduce conflict/investment insurance in the Valley. At a pre-budget meeting with finance minister Abdul Rahim Rather, a delegation More



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