- TOP STORIES
India, Pak agree to insulate dialogue
Rao, Bashir Devise Modalities For Comprehensive,
NISAR AHMED THOKAR
Islamabad, June 24: India and Pakistan Thursday agreed that dialogue was “the best way forward” and should not be allowed to be derailed by “militant groups”.“We should jointly work together towards our goal of resolution of outstanding issues and also to dealing with the dangers, with the threat More
Chidambaram travels to Islamabad today
GK NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi, June 24: In the first ministerial visit from India to Pakistan since 26/11, P Chidambaram will travel to Islamabad Friday on a two-day trip for the SAARC interior ministers’ conference.Chidambaram is expected to have bilateral meeting with Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik soon More
Govt foils separatist all party meet
Mirwaiz Condemns Arrest Of Geelani, Malik, Others
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, June 24: Hurriyat Conference (M) has strongly condemned the house arrest of its Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and restrictions on the political activities of other pro-freedom leaders to foil the proposed all parties meeting on Thursday.“The Hurriyat Chairman had convened an all parties More
Hurriyat (G) announces protest programme
Calls State-Wide Shutdown Today
GOWHAR BHAT
Srinagar, June 24: The Hurriyat Conference (G) on Thursday announced a fresh agitation program, “Quit Kashmir Campaign,” starting with state-wide shutdown on Friday.The 9-day program, according to the conglomerate, has been announced against a slew of issues including “the ever growing human rights More
Omar elected Chairman JK Hajj Committee
CM Releases Rs 2 Cr For Hajj House
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, June 24: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was Thursday elected chairman of the State Hajj Committee.The decision was taken at a meeting of the Jammu and Kashmir State Hajj Committee (JKSHC). The meeting was chaired by the Secretary Hajj and Auqaf Ajaz Iqbal.Jehangir Hussain Mir, MLC More
Police arrest 100 youth
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar June 24: Police have arrested nearly 100 youth from different parts of the Srinagar city and some other parts of the Valley for their alleged involvement in stone-pelting, sources told Greater Kashmir on Thursday.They said that police have conducted series of raids in different areas More
Soft car loan schemes swell traffic on roads
Deptt Calls For Rationalization Of Transport Policy
FAHEEM ASLAM
Srinagar, June 24: If the density of vehicles in Jammu and Kashmir has shown a sharp increase from 2.7 vehicles per Km of road length in 1974-75 to 32 vehicles per Km in 2009, soft car loan schemes coupled with lack of adequate roads are a major contributor to this congestion.According to Trafficinfo More
Killings embarrass Govt: Sagar
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, June 24: The Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Rural Development, Ali Muhammad Sagar, Thursday acknowledged that the State government was embarrassed over the recent killing of youth in Srinagar.“You must have seen that recently three youth were killed in Srinagar. It is really More
- Opinion
Condemn not, praise the General
COMMENT
GEN JASWAL HAS SAID WHAT OTHERS DARE NOT SAY, COMMENTS HASSAN ZAINAGAIREE
'I would like to say that the provisions of AFSPA are very pious to me and I think to the entire Indian Army. We have religious books, there are certain guidelines which More
- Op-Ed
Can PhDs legitimately claim to be Doctors?
THE DOCTOR DEBATE
PHDS ARE PRESTIGIOUS HARD-EARNED ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT USUALLY DENOTE THE HIGHEST POINT OF LEARNING FOR A CHOSEN FIELD OF STUDY AND THE TERM "DOCTORATE" HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH A MEDICAL DOCTOR. . . WRITES DR MUHAMMAD AMIN MALIK
I really feel pity that some medical doctors who have earned a decent name for themselves in the field of their medical practice do not know about the title “Doctor” in a boarder perspective. Indeed these More
- Letters
Of autonomy and the political gimmicks thereof
This refers to the slogan of Autonomy and the political blackmail carried out in this guise. The very concept lacks a deeper thought or proper understanding. One may befool oneself of autonomy but the More
- Friday Focus
The Veil of Appearance
PROF G R MALIK
Those who are wholly sucked up by worldly pursuits, surrender to the delusion of appearance and ignore the Reality beneath it. The contrast between the mirage of appearance and the eye-opening vision of More
- Kashmir
Blue-eyed Addl Secy heads 3 Deptts
RULES ARE FOR FOOLS!
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, June 24: In violation of service rules, an additional secretary in Jammu and Kashmir government is heading three departments, hampering smooth functioning of all of them. The official recently More
- Srinagar City
At KU, coalition partners speak unemployment, remedies
Sagar says Govt committed to employment; State to have 100 more ITIs: Chib
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, June 24: The Minister for Rural Development, Ali Muhammad Sagar, on Thursday asserted that skill development and training among youth was essential to address the “burning problem of unemployment More
- Jammu
Withdraw support from JK coalition: NPP to Sonia
Jammu: National Panthers Party chairman, Prof Bhim Singh has urged the United Progressive Alliance chairperson and AICC president, Sonia Gandhi to withdraw support from the coalition in Jammu and Kashmir More
- South Asia
Gilgit scribe seeks help to locate relatives
GHULAM-ULLAH-KIYANI
Muzzafarabad, June 24: A journalist from Gilgit- Baltistan who is on visit of Pakistan Administered Kashmir on Thursday said that he was trying to locate his relatives in Srinagar. The president of More
- Business
Mughal Road to open for tourist rally on Saturday
SHAFIQ MIR
Rajouri, June 24: The historic Mughal road will be thrown open on Saturday for the adventurous tourist rally being organised by the department of tourism. A cavalcade of forty vehicles will roll down the More
