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Kashmir flooded

GOWHAR BHAT

*Jhelum Touches Danger Mark.*Flights Cancelled. *Sgr-Kargil Road Closed.*Snowfall In Upper Reaches.Srinagar, May 28: Authorities sounded a flood alert after torrential rains More

2 women die in Tral

GK NEWS NETWORK

Tral, May 28: At least two women died here in south Kashmir late Friday evening in an incident of house collapse due to heavy rains, sources said.They said wives of Muhammad Shafi Bakerwal and his brother Chand Bakerwal died when their hut collapsed at Brenwar Batnoor, 30 kms from Tral town. INPUTS More

RECORD RAINS IN MAY

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, May 28: There has been more than average rainfall during the current month in the Valley.According to the Met office here, the average rainfall recorded in the month of May is normally 69.9 mm.“However, since May 1, 2010, the rainfall recorded in the valley at 129.6 mm. This is certainly More

Lightning kills 3 kids

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, May 28: At least three children were killed and nine students injured in two different incidents of lightning strikes in Doda and Reasi districts of Jammu.Police said Gulshan Bano-14, Anisha-7 and Sharva Gul-4, had taken shelter under a tree in Alkhand village in Reasi when lightning struck More

MACHIL KILLINGS:TA TROOPER ARRESTED, HUNT ON FOR MAJOR

Police Register Abduction, Murder Case Against Army

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, May 28: Police have filed a case of abduction and murder against the army for the killing of three Nadihal youth in a fake encounter in Machil sector of district Kupwara on April 30. Police have also arrested a trooper of Territorial Army and launched a manhunt for an Army Major accused More



  • Perspective

Respect, Reckoning and Reconciliation

We need be prepared before talking to New Delhi

WORDS WITHIN BY FIRDOUS SYED

On June 7, Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh is scheduled to visit Jammu and Kashmir. Whenever an Indian Prime Minister plans a visit to this conflict region, media goes into an overdrive to build More


  • Op-Ed

Rebirth of a forgotten nation

FEEDBACK

LET DISPUTES BE SOLVED TO ENSURE PEACE BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES, PROF. A. RASHID WRITES IN RESPONSE TO UDHAY SHANKER'S ARTICLE THIMPU SPRING TO PAKISTANI SUMMER

This is in response to an article from ‘Thimpu Spring  to Pakistani Summer’ by Udhay Shanker (Greater Kashmir May 19, 2010). The columnist has also spoken that J&K  alone can offer road map More



  • Letters

Why we need to conserve biodiversity?

Individual species and ecosystems have evolved over millions of years into a complex interdependence. The ecological arguments for conserving biodiversity are therefore based on the premise that we need More


  • Editorial

Welcome Probe

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s announcement of a magisterial probe into the killing of three youth – namely Muhammad Shafi, Shehzad Ahmed and Riyaz Ahmed - from Nadihal, Rafiabad in a widely-believed fake More


  • Kashmir

Omar Abdullah: The Burdens of Inheritance released

Drabu describes it as an effort of ‘taking to ourselves’

NASEER AHMAD

Srinagar, May 28: Omar Abdullah: The Burdens of Inheritance authored by the Greater Kashmir columnist and its’ online editor, Arjumand Hussain Talib, which talks about pressing issues confronted by the More


  • Srinagar City

Rains, defunct drains submerge City

MOAZUM MUHAMMAD

Srinagar, May 28: Most of the City areas including the busy main roads Saturday remained inundated in knee-deep waters amid rains and defunct drainage network.SUBMERGED STREETS, SHOPS Leave apart More



  • Jammu

High Court issues notice to HCBA

Contempt petition against Jail Supdt

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, May 28: The High Court here has issued notices to the High Court Bar Association Kashmir in an application filed by Superintendent Kot Balwal Jail Jammu seeking transfer of contempt petition pending More


  • South Asia

Hunza Lake crisis hounds Gilgit-Baltistan

NISAR AHMED THOKAR

Islamabad, May 28: The increasing water level in the landslide-triggered Hunza Lake is posing a serious threat to the region’s ecological system besides causing inconvenience to thousands of people in More


  • GK Business

JK blessed with bio-pharma wealth: CM

Says it is important to focus on core-strengths

RABIA NOOR

Srinagar, May 28: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Friday said the government was trying to create conditions in the state that were essential for attracting investment.“To make J&K an industrialized state More



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