IAF, AAI wake up to ILS fuss

Meeting On Monday To Sort Out Issue

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Nov 13: After a year of discord, the Indian Air Force and the Airports Authority of India seem to have woken up to the commissioning of the Instrumentation Landing System (ILS) at the Srinagar ‘International’ Airport, with the two agencies meeting on Monday (November 15) to “sort out” the More

Kashmir too needs a Task Force: Experts

‘Valley Suffers Infrastructure, Development Deficit’

WASIM KHALID

Srinagar, Nov 13: The appointment of two task forces by Government of India to report about infrastructural and developmental needs in Jammu and Ladakh regions, ignoring Kashmir, has created a furore among the experts and people in the valley.The decision on forming the two task forces was taken More

Civil rights group on Valley visit

Meet Geelani, Mirwaiz, Affected Families

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Srinagar, Nov 13: A New Delhi-based civil rights group is on a 4-day fact-finding mission in the Valley. The seven-member team of Jan Hastakshep (People’s Intervention) met prominent separatist leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and also interacted with people in Srinagar and north More

Grubby Gulmarg doesn’t attract anymore

Neglect Turns Tourist Resort Into Dumping Ground

FAHEEM ASLAM

Gulmarg, Nov 13: Normally one does not expect a tourist destination, which is thronged by hundreds of domestic and foreign visitors throughout the year, to be dirty. But in Gulmarg, sanitation seems to be a disregarded concern.A ride along the 16-kms-long Tangmarg-Gulmarg road indicates the level More

Govt constitutes empowered panel

Clearance For Power Projects

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Nov 13: With Jammu and Kashmir witnessing gloomy progress in the power sector, the state government seems to have woken up to tide over the mounting energy crisis.The Government has ordered constitution of a high level empowered committee to facilitate clearances from different departments More

Community group launches sacrificial meat project

Jeddah, Nov 13: A Jeddah-based community group has plans to distribute sacrificial meat among 500,000 poor people in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh during the upcoming Eid Al-Adha.Muhammad Abdul Mateen Osmani, director of Al-Islam Group, said his organization has mobilized worldwide support for More

Govt disappoints PSU employees

Revokes COLA Conversion Order

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Nov 13: To the share disappointment of thousands of employees working with the State owned Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), state finance ministry has revoked all the previous orders regarding release of arrears and conversion of COLA into DA.Official sources revealed that the state finance More