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SHRC seeks biting powers

Patwaris, Cops Impede Implementation Of Recommendations: Report

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, Mar 21: The State Human Rights Commission has sought biting powers to fulfill its constitutional mandate of protecting human rights in Jammu and Kashmir. Lamenting the non-serious attitude of government towards its recommendations, it has asked for its own independent wing headed by an inspector More

Valley celebrates Nauroz

GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, Mar 21: Nauroz-e-Alam or the beginning of the New Year as per Iranian calendar was celebrated with religious fervor and enthusiasm across the Kashmir Valley on Sunday. The festival is being celebrated in Iran and other parts of the Central Asia to mark the New Year and the advent More

PLANTATIONS MARK WORLD ARBOR DAY

GK News Network

Srinagar, Mar 21: Hundreds of saplings were planted across the Valley on Sunday on the occasion of World Arbor day. Various functions and plantation drives were organized by the Social Forestry Department and Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to commemorate the day.  The Forest Minister More

Cabinet to meet today

GK News Network

Jammu, Mar 21: The state cabinet is scheduled to meet at civil secretariat here on Monday evening.Official sources said that the General Administrative Department has informed the ministers that the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah would chair the cabinet meeting. Though the agenda was not circulated More

2-phase civic polls in May

CEO Announces Rolls Revision

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Mar 21: The civic polls in Jammu and Kashmir are likely to be held in two phases in May, officials told Greater Kashmir on Sunday.  “The Chief Electoral Officer B R Sharma held a detailed meeting with the officials, here following which he announced the schedule for revision of Municipal More



  • Perspective

Visiting Pakistan

Can we expect a breakthrough?

PUNCHLINE BY Z.G. MUHAMMAD

I was in a somber mood.   It was perhaps cover of local magazine that had snatched my morning sanguineness. Three young children in their school uniform and splash of blood stared in my face More


  • Op-Ed

Shall the twain ever meet?

SCIENCE AND RELIGION

PROF.M.A.SOFI WRITES ON THE COMPATIBILITY OF SCIENCE AND RELIGION

Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.                    More



  • Letters

Marx’s views about ‘force’ were different

The article “A Tribute to Marx” has generated a fresh wave of interest about the theories of Karl Marx. I think my crude attempt has succeeded in convincing people, especially teachers and students, to More


  • Editorial

Inter district recruitments

The introduction of the bill to ban inter district recruitments necessitated by a court ruling instead of being considered as an appropriate action to prevent disintegration of the state is unfortunately More


  • Kashmir

Kupwara committee gives 4-day deadline to govt

INTER-DISTRICT RECRUITMENT

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Kupwara, Mar 21: The Save Kupwara Committee, the body formed to spearhead a movement against inter-district recruitments, has issued deadline of four days to the government to introduce the bill in the More


  • Srinagar City

Water woes in Bagh-e-Mehtab

Srinagar, Mar 21: The residents of the Bagh-e-Mehtab private colony Sunday said that there had been scarcity of water in the area from the past one week.“We are fetching water from the adjoining areas More



  • Jammu

National Awardee teachers call on CM

Jammu, Mar 21: A delegation of All India National Awardee Teachers State Unit Jammu and Kashmir led by Muhammad Ashraf Khan and Vijaya Thakur called on chief minister Omar Abdullah here to apprise him More


  • South Asia

India successfully tests supersonic cruise missile

Bhubaneswar, Mar 21: India Sunday successfully test fired BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from a vertical launcher fitted on board moving warship INS Ranvir off the east coast, defence sources said.The More


  • GK Business

Budget 2010-11 let down tourism traders

RABIA NOOR

Srinagar, Mar 21: The Valley travel and tourism traders have expressed dismay over the budget proposals 2010-11 presented in the Assembly recently. The traders said their expectations with the budget were More



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