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‘JK has 25,000 MW hydropower potential’

In 100 yrs, State Able To Produce Only 767 MWs

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Nov 21: An independent assessment has revealed that Jammu and Kashmir’s hydropower potential is 25,000 megawatts, much higher than the state government’s estimated figure of 16000 to 20,000 megawatts.Jammu and Kashmir State Power Development Corporation (JKSPDC) has assessed the hydropower More

Govt likely to hold Panchayat elections on non-party basis

SUMIT HAKHOO

Jammu, Nov 21: Jammu and Kashmir government has almost made up its mind to go ahead with the elections of rural local bodies (Panchayats) on non-party basis and formal announcement is expected to be made after process for revision of voter list is completed.Sources said the state government is More

JK mulls new uniform for school students

Plan To Cost ` 25 cr

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Jammu, Nov 21: The Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to introduce a new uniform with tie in the state-run schools from next session on the pattern of private and public educational institutions across the state. "We have taken a decision to give a new look to uniforms of government More

8 injured in Bijbehara grenade explosion

WASIM KHALID/ WAHID PARA

Srinagar/ Pulwama, Nov 21: At least eight people sustained splinter injuries after a grenade aimed at an army convoy exploded in a busy market in Bijbehra town in south Kashmir while as complete shutdown was observed in Pulwama town against the alleged excesses by troops. Elsewhere in Valley, life More

Dal to get artificial wetlands

Eco-friendly, Cost-Effective Project To Be Completed by March 2011

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, Nov 21: In its endeavor to minimize the influx of silt and nutrients from the catchments areas into the Dal Lake, the concerned authorities have started a process to create artificial wetlands near the inflow channels of the water body. Experts believe that the artificial wetlands More

First batch of Hajj pilgrims back home

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Srinagar, Nov 21: The first batch of over 250 Hajj pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir Sunday returned home after performing the 45-day annual pilgrimage in holy cities of Makkah and Madina in Saudi Arabia.The 253 pilgrims from the state arrived in two flights from Madina after a brief stopover in More



  • Opinion

Centrality of Kashmir

Kashmir is to be seen and studied beyond India and Pakistan

PUNCHLINE BY Z. G. MUHAMMAD

Kashmir is a thorn in diplomatic neck of New Delhi. It has been so since January 1, 1948, when the dispute over the future of this state was taken by Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru to the United Nations More


  • Op-Ed

No seductions please!

We need a journalism free of all corruption and fraud

GUEST COLUMN BY SEEMA MUSTAFA

Media in India has come a long way. And certainly not for the better. Shorn of values and ideals and even idealism, media has become a money churning machine driven entirely by ratings and advertisements More



  • Letters

Gautam Navlakha responds to Chief Minister's statement

This refers to the PTI filed report on Chief MInister Omar Abdullah's purported remarks in New Delhi (GK November 19, 2010). The remarks by the CM smack of being a deliberate ploy to damn those Indians More


  • Editorial

Collective responsibility

DURING the past more than twenty years the life in the Himalayan state has been plagued by tragedies. More than a hundred thousand of people lie buried in graves while many bodies could not get even a More


  • Kashmir

Canadian diplomats call on Malik

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Srinagar, Nov 21: The 2-member team of Canadian High Commission called on the chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Muhammad Yasin Malik here on Sunday.   The team comprising July G More


  • Srinagar City

Dy CM smells polythene comeback

DIRECTS SMC TO ENFORCE BAN

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Nov 21: Despite a ban on the polythene bag usage, the menace has resurfaced in the summer capital. This is what the Deputy Chief Minister, Tara Chand who is currently in Srinagar, has observed More



  • Jammu

JAK RIF remembers war martyrs

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Jammu, Nov 21: J&K Rifles regiment celebrated its reunion and remembered war martyrs at a function in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur district today, a defence spokesman said here. Northern Command More


  • News in Brief

Mufti Ghulam Nabi passes away

Srinagar, Nov 21:  Mufti Ghulam Nabi, the grand Mufti of south Kashmir passed away here on Sunday after a brief spell of illness. He was a renowned Islamic scholar and a teacher known and respected More


  • Business

Winter-wears see great demand in Sunday Market

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Nov 21: With winters approaching fast, the Sunday Market today witnessed huge customer rush for woollen garments and winter-wears.Customers in large numbers could be seen at makeshift stalls More


  • News

Initiate serious process to resolve K-issue: CPI (M)

GK NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi, Nov 21: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Sunday asked Centre to initiate a serious political process to resolve the Kashmir problem. The party called on its cadres to launch a campaign More



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