- TOP STORIES
Chillai Kalan's farewell gift
Kashmir Snowed, Reprieve From Dry Spell
DANISH NABI
Srinagar, Jan 29: Kashmir Valley witnessed moderate to heavy snowfall on Friday, last day of Chillai Kalan (harshest period in winter), ending nearly a month long dry spell. Snowfall brought much needed respite as Valleyties were praying for it. Maximum 1.5 feet of snow was recorded in Gurez More
HIGHWAY CLOSED, VEHICLES STRANDED
No Traffic Movement Today
MUHAMMAD TASKEEN
Banihal, Jan 29: Around 850 persons were stranded on 300 kilometer Srinagar-Jammu Highway which was closed for vehicular movement due to rain and snowfall around Jawahar tunnel on Friday morning.“It has been intermittently snowing since last evening in most parts of Ramban district. Around one More
Govt puts controversial order in abeyance
APD Promotion Scam
FAHEEM ASLAM
Sriangar, Jan 29: The Jammu and Kashmir government has finally put the controversial 2008 promotional order of the Agriculture Production Department in abeyance, ordering “status quo ante” and asking the promotees to revert back to their original places of posting.The order No. 279 Agri of 2008 More
Power pickle pinches JK delegation at PC meet
Run-Up To Annual Plan 2010-11
MUDDASIR ALI
Srinagar, Jan 29: Huge deficit in the State’s power sector remained the key issue of discussion at the first annual plan-fixation meeting between the Jammu and Kashmir Government and the Planning Commission in New Delhi Friday.Sources told Greater Kashmir that the representatives of the Planning More
Rail link to Rajouri, Poonch, Kupwara
Omar Asks Railway Board To Prepare Project
GK NEWS NETWORK
Jammu, Jan 29: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Friday urged the Indian Railways to formulate projects for extending railway facilities to the districts of Rajouri, Poonch and Kupwara. He said extension of railways is imperative for speedy economic development of these hilly districts.“Railway facilities More
- Perspective
India, Pakistan and America
Who conspires against whom and why?
WORDS WITHIN BY FIRDOUS SYED
Are Pakistan and America heading to a standoff? May be not. United States though a declining power is still sole super power of the world, Pakistan cannot afford an open confrontation with it. Judging More
- Op-Ed
Fostering Creativity and Innovation
FEEDBACK
IT IS HIGH TIME TO TAKE SOME CONCRETE STEPS AND ENCOURAGE CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION AMONG THE YOUTH OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR, URGES ASHOK OGRA
I read ‘My Dream Not Realized’ by Z.G.Muhammad (GK January 4, 2009). Besides a few weeks later through this very newspaper, the noted writer Ghulam Nabi Khayal expressed somewhat similar dismay and hoped More
- Reflections
Why criticize NRKs unnecessarily?
This refers to the article titled “With love from abroad” by Naira Yaqoob and the subsequent response to it by Qazi Qamran and Abdul Wahid. I think Mr Qamran and Mr Wahid have over reacted to the write More
- Editorial
Fight Corruption
That Jammu and Kashmir is ‘second most corrupt’ state is a canard. Notwithstanding some vested political interests in the capital being behind its manufacturing it will be hard to deny that a section More
- News
Hurriyat (M) restructuring hits roadblock
We want to involve PaK leaders: Mirwaiz
ZULFIKAR MAJID
Srinagar, Jan 29: The Hurriyat Conference (M) restructuring process has hit a roadblock as leaders of the conglomerate have divergent opinions on various issues. “Though majority More
- City
DOEACC head visits Srinagar centre
SAYS KASHMIR HAS IMMENSE TALENT IN IT
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Jan 29: For the first time since the DOEACC training programs started in Kashmir over a decade ago, the Society head visited the Srinagar centre at Rangreth. He was accompanied by Director, E More
- Jammu
Share information about schemes with members: CM to DDBs
GK NEWS NETWORK
Jammu, Jan 29: The Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah has directed the District Development Boards to share the details of Central Sector/Centrally Sponsored Schemes and the schemes under State Plan with the More
- News
Hurriyat (M) restructuring hits roadblock
We want to involve PaK leaders: Mirwaiz
ZULFIKAR MAJID
Srinagar, Jan 29: The Hurriyat Conference (M) restructuring process has hit a roadblock as leaders of the conglomerate have divergent opinions on various issues. “Though majority More
- GK Business
JK Bank net Rs 392 cr in 9 months
ADVANCE PORTFOLIO IN J&K LEAPS FROM RS 1200 CR TO RS 12000 CR IN 4 YRS
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Jan 29: Continuing its steady performance, the J&K Bank, state’s only listed company, registered a net profit of Rs. 392.33 crore for the nine months ended December 2009 up by 18 per cent More





