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‘Pak in touch with Kashmiri leaders’

Kashmir Cornerstone Of Islamabad’s Foreign Policy: Qureshi

REZAUL H LASKAR

Islamabad, May 4: Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi Tuesday said that Islamabad was in touch with the Kashmiri leadership to workout a Kashmir resolution formula.“The Pakistan government is in constant touch with the Kashmiri leadership on both sides of the border as it believes that More

Finland for third party mediation

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, May 4: In remarks bound to embarrass India, Finland’s Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb Tuesday advocated third party mediation to resolve the Kashmir issue.Stubb, who is on a two-day official visit here, said; “I think in an issue like Kashmir, its obviously quite clear that you have two More

JK ‘FAILS’ IN SC REPORT CARD

Schemes Like NREGS, ICDS Have Little Impact On Ground

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, May 4: The ‘poor and disappointing’ execution of various centrally sponsored schemes in Kashmir by the state government has attracted sharp criticism from the Supreme Court. A study by the Apex Court has asserted that the government has either failed to create mass awareness about the programs More

SCADA to check power theft, meter tampering

FIRDOUS TAK

Jammu, May 4: To check the menacing energy pilferage, the Power Development Department (PDD) in Jammu in Kashmir is contemplating to go high-tech under the second phase of central government funded Revised Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (RAPDRP).Power theft has been a major More

90 killed by wild animals in 4 yrs

Man-Animal Conflict

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, May 4: While militancy related violence has shown a downward trend in the state, man-animal conflicts have claimed around 90 lives across the state in the past four years.Data released by the Wildlife Department says that 789 persons have been injured in the man-animal conflicts these years More



  • Perspective

Talking the talk

The new engagement between India and Pakistan is premised on the factors that are beyond the control of either country.

POINT OF VIEW BY RIYAZ AHMAD

After several false starts, dialogue between India and Pakistan is back on track. It has now been left to the foreign ministers of the two countries to work out modalities for the renewed engagement. And More


  • Op-Ed

Listening to Grasshoppers

BOOK REVIEW

A REVIEW ON ARUNDATI'S FIELD NOTES ON DEMOCRACY BY ALTAF KHAN

“Listening to the Grasshoppers”, draws its title from the lecture Arundhati Roy delivered at Istanbul in January 2008 on the first anniversary of the assassination of the Armenian journalist Hrant Dink More



  • Letters

Dr. Ali Jan: We call him Luqman of Kashmir

 This refers to the article “Tribute to a legend” in GK (30.4.2010) by Prof. MS Khuroo. He has paid a glowing tribute based on facts to Prof. Dr. Ali Muhammad Jan. I worked as House Surgeon under More


  • Editorial

Public Private Transport

Vehicular movement on our city roads has turned hellish. Leaving aside all other factors, merely the number of vehicles that ply on city roads is bound to give us nightmarish experiences. With most of More


  • Kashmir

Security agencies didn’t kill Bashrat, claims Police

ALTAF BABA

Varmul, May 4: Police on Tuesday said that it couldn’t confirm death of wanted militant commander Basharat Saleem of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM), till his body was recovered.  Addressing a news conference More


  • Srinagar City

Witness identifies accused arrested in murder case

ROMANA CASE FOLLOW-UP

SAMAAN LATEEF

Srinagar, May 4: A year after Romana’s death, a key witness Tuesday deposed before the Court the deceased was hit by a car driven by the accused already under arrest for her murder. “The boys who More



  • South Asia

Kasab to be sentenced on Thursday

Public Prosecutor Pleads For Capital Punishment

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Mumbai, May 4: Ajmal Amir Kasab, convicted for the 26/11 attacks, will be sentenced on Thursday by a special court. Asserting that Kasab’s case came under the rarest of rare category for giving death More


  • GK Business

JKI unit closure may hit roadblock

‘Employees not ready to take VRS without getting benefits of 6th pay commission’

DANISH NABI

Srinagar, May 4: Government decision to close down 10 units of JK Industries Ltd is likely to hit a roadblock as employees of these units have made the Golden Handshake or Voluntary Retirement Scheme contingent More



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