• TOP STORIES

Employees’ strike paralyses Govt

Rather Evades Comment

DANISH NABI/SYED AMJAD SHAH

Srinagar/Jammu, Mar 9: Work remained affected in all government and semi-government offices on Tuesday as employees proceeded on a five day strike, on the call of employees’ joint consultative committee, to press for their demands.The strike showed impact in all government and semi-government More

13 working days in a month

GK News Network

Srinagar, Mar 9: Even as the stalemate between the Government and its employees continues over the implementation of the sixth pay commission recommendations, statistics reveal the government employees have attended work barely for 13 days in the past nearly one and a half month due to strikes, state More

Day after opening, schools shut again

DANISH NABI

Srinagar, Mar 9: The strike called by employees’ Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) led to the closure of the government schools on Tuesday across the Valley even as these remained open for barely a day after two and half month winter break.The enthusiastic students who were ignorant about the More

PENDING SOF, BUDGET PRESENTATION ON MAR 12

JK Officials Meeting PC Rep On Mar 11 To Determine Plan Size

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Mar 9: Even as the Planning Commission is yet to decide on the Scheme of Financing for the annual plan 2010-11 for Jammu and Kashmir, the state government has decided to go ahead with the presentation of the budget on March 12 in the state legislature.Officials in the state’s Finance More

FD burns midnight oil

GK News Network

Jammu, Mar 9: The officials in the state’s Finance Department are virtually burning midnight oil to finalise the annual budget to be tabled in the legislature on March 12.“Though the budget was finalised before the budget cabinet held recently, it needs several last minute changes before it is More



  • Perspective

Raising the Bar

In its report on ten day old Irfan’s death, Bar has tried to obfuscate the identity of the perpetrators of the crime.

POINT OF VIEW BY RIYAZ AHMAD

A few days ago, Kashmir High Court Bar Association presented its report on the tragic death of the ten day old Irfan in Varmul. The six page report prepared by a 13 member Bar team that visited the infant More


  • Op-Ed

Neglecting the real strength

JK BUDGET

We need a broader vision to accommodate certain things which if put to practice can strike with a difference, comments Nissar Bhat.Limited vision, more than anything else, limits the scope of economies More



  • Reflections

America is going against their own history

This refers to the article titled “The Lady Qaeda” by Hassan Zainagariee (GK 05-03-2010). I completely agree with the author’s view. The American administration has not gone fully through its history. More


  • Editorial

Employees Strike

It is a sad state of affairs. The government and semi-government offices all over the State will remain closed for five long days.  More than five hundred thousand government employees will be wasting More


  • News

RPO reluctant to accept downloaded passport forms

GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, Mar 9: In blatant violation of rules, the Regional Passport Office here is dishonouring application forms which are downloaded from the website of the passport office. This move of the RPO comes More


  • City

SMC goes headless!

With end of 5 yr term of corporators led by Mayor and transfer of commissioner past week, summer capital’s civic body craves for full time head.

GK CITY CORRESPONDENT

Srinagar, Mar 9: The Srinagar Municipal Corporation is almost headless since last week when the five year term of the elected corporators led by the Mayor ended and a day before that the then SMC Commissioner More



  • Jammu

106 ancient monuments declared protected sites in JK

Jammu, Mar 9: In order to fillip heritage tourism in Jammu and Kashmir, the state Government has declared 106 monuments as protected sites in the state. “As many as 106 ancient monuments have been More


  • News

RPO reluctant to accept downloaded passport forms

GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, Mar 9: In blatant violation of rules, the Regional Passport Office here is dishonouring application forms which are downloaded from the website of the passport office. This move of the RPO comes More


  • GK Business

Govt nod to Rs 10,000 cr project on Sgr-Jmu highway hailed widely

RABIA NOOR

Srinagar, Mar 8: The central government nod to Rs 10,000 crore four-laning project of Srinagar-Jammu highway, a part of the North-South Corridor, has been widely hailed by the business community in the More



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