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Employees-Govt talks today

JCC Threatens Fresh Agitation

NASEER AHMAD

Srinagar, May 14: Employees Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) Friday threatened to announce fresh agitation programme to press for its demands, in case the proposed May 15 meeting of its leaders with the cabinet sub-committee fails to yield any results.The state cabinet on Friday morning empowered More

Cabinet empowers sub-comm

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, May 14: The state cabinet, which met here Friday with the chief minister, Omar Abdullah in chair, empowered the cabinet sub-committee to hold negotiations with the JCC over their demands. The sub-committee would hold fresh round of talks with the employees’ representatives Saturday.Sources More

JK begins decadal headcount

House Listing Starts In 6650 Villages, 35 Towns

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, May 14: The Jammu and Kashmir government would on Saturday kick-off one of the largest exercises in the state to enumerate its one crore plus population.The Census-2011 to be undertaken in two phases- House Listing and Population Enumeration- would see over 37,000 state government officials More

‘NC has created fake stone pelters’

Many Outsiders Have Settled In Jammu: Mehbooba

GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, May 14: In a significant development, Leader of Opposition and Peoples Democratic Party President, Mehbooba Mufti, Friday accused the ruling National Conference of creating fake stone pelters on the lines of Special Task Force to defame stone pelters. She said the youth arrested in connection More

‘Srinagar ranking NC’s failure’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, May 14: Expressing concern over Srinagar city being ranked as the 4th dirtiest city of India, Mehbooba Mufti said it was the failure of National Conference “which ruled the city for past 50 years.”“All the MLAs from the city have been from NC but they have done nothing for it. They always More



  • Perspective

Damned we stand

... and we take pleasure in having ourselves destroyed

WORDS WITHIN BY FIRDOUS SYED

IS it vacuum or emptiness? It can’t be vacuum--- a hollow space. Since grief has come to occupy the being. Despair hogs the whole mind leaving not even an inch for anything else to stay. The whole surroundings More


  • Op-Ed

It’s all about hard work and patience

ACROSS THE TABLE

This boy from Jammu couldn’t make it to the IAS twice. But that didn’t break his resolve to crack the elite examination. The two attempts turned out to be a great source of encouragement for him and he More



  • Letters

Stinking city: will SMC wake up now!

 This refers to the news “Srinagar-4th Dirtiest City” in GK on 12-05-10. It was disheartening to know that the picturesque city of lakes, gardens and hills is losing its sheen due to the poor sanitation More


  • Editorial

IWT: Beyond the blame game

Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr Farooq Abdullah, while speaking at the Gram Sabha convention here on Thursday, in veiled words said that the National Conference was not to be blamed for More


  • Kashmir

Utilize MNRE funds, assistance fully: CM

Asks PDD, Science and Technology departments to fine tune functioning

GK NEWS NETWORK

Ganderbal, May 14: The Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, on Friday urged the state government officials to take full advantage of assistance and funds coming from Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy More


  • Srinagar City

Drive started to remove Noor Bagh encroachments

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, May 14: Finally, the City police has started removing encroachments on the Jhelum banks in Noor Bagh area, which had become a “hub of illegal activities.” The locals said for the past some More



  • Jammu

Set up climate change council: Panel to govt

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Jammu, May 14: The government should set up a climate change council on the pattern of Himachal Pradesh and a regulatory authority to protect environment in the state, an Assembly committee has recommended More


  • South Asia

JKLF-R office set up in Rawalpindi

GK NEWS NETWORK

Rawalpindi, May 14: The Executive Director of Kashmir Centre Brussels, Barrister A Majid Tramboo has inaugurated the sub office of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (R) here in Rawalpinidi today. Besides More


  • GK Business

Ban on quarrying, sand extraction renders thousands jobless

Affected appeal CM

TARIQ RASOOL

Bandipora, May 14: Government ban on extraction of sand from Madhumati and river Jhelum in Kaloosa and Sumbal townships here has rendered thousands of people jobless, while closure of over twenty stone More



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