• TOP STORIES

IWMP a non-starter in JK

RDD Babus Sleep Over Prized Project

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Nov 3: In a glaring instance of official apathy, the Jammu and Kashmir government has failed to adopt a centrally-sponsored scheme for watershed development for the past three years, causing loss of millions of rupees to the state.Top administrative sources disclosed to Greater Kashmir More

Sporadic clashes in Valley

Islamabad Protests Arrest Spree

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Nov 3: Normal life was disrupted across the Valley on Wednesday due to strike called by Hurriyat Conference (G) even as protests broke out in several parts of the Valley.In the summer capital shops and businesses remained closed while the public transport stayed off the roads. The private More

CRPF to cooperate with CoI

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Srinagar, Nov 3: The Special Director General of paramilitary CRPF, Aniruddh Uppal, Wednesday assured that the paramilitary force would cooperate with the investigation ordered by the state government into the killings of youth during the ongoing unrest. “Certainly we will cooperate,” he More

8 die in Doda mishap; 33 hurt

Omar, Azad Grieved

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu/Doda, Nov 3: Eight persons died and 33 were wounded when a passenger bus skidded off the road and plunged 500 feet down into river Chenab at Premnagar in district Doda on Wednesday.The bus (JK02AP-7717) was on its way from Jammu to Kishtwar, with 41 passengers on board. “The driver of the More

Discourse back to abstracts: Mufti Sayeed

‘No Words Would Suffice Where Action Is Required’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Nov 3: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron Mufti Muhammad Sayeed has said the discourse on Kashmir has once again been turned on its head by focusing on abstracts and theories and evading action on the problems that face the people.“Even the eight action points set out by the government More

Raise Kashmir with India: AI to Obama

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Washington, Nov 3: Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International has sought US President Barack Obama’s intervention in “ending human rights violations in Kashmir.”Alleging that there had been grave human rights violations in Kashmir especially during the latest wave of protests, Larry Cox, executive More

Pak seeks international intervention

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Islamabad, Nov 3: Pakistan Monday said that a “just” settlement of the Kashmir issue was essential for viable peace in South Asia and asked the world community to help solve the problem in accordance with the “aspirations” of Kashmiris.Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said that India had been More

Obama holds no assurance on UNSC membership

LALIT K JHA/PTI

Washington, Nov 3: Ahead of his visit, President Barack Obama Monday described India as a “cornerstone” of US engagement in Asia, but held out no assurances on key issues -support for India’s permanent membership of the UN Security Council and ending curbs on export of dual-use technology.Outlining More



  • Opinion

Geelani’s Diwali Gift

Responding to religious sensitivities of other communities is a positive sign

INKSIGHT BY MEHMOOD UR RASHID

Political value of the ‘protest calendars’ issued by Hurriyat (G) might be an endless debate, given the kind of context and the unfortunate flow of events in Kashmir. But there are certain things that More


  • Op-Ed

Facts, half facts and fiction!

DEBATE

DR. JAVID IQBAL JOINS THE DEBATE OVER THE HISTORY OF ACCESSION RESPONDING TO PROF. FIDA HUSNAIN’S DON'T DISTORT FACTS PUBLISHED IN GK

Prof. Fida Husnain ( ‘Don't distort facts’ dated 29.10.2010)  had me join the ‘GK’ debate, though I shudder to think of joining issue with the learned Professor- colleague of my late father-Prof. More



  • Letters

Yes, all is not yet well in Kashmir

This refers to the Home Minister’s statement that all is not well in Kashmir. Mr Chidambaram is right when he says that it is too early to say that everything is normal in Kashmir. Things on ground are More


  • Editorial

Power Debate

The government has embarked on a major overhaul of the official policy on the exploitation of the State’s water resources by the hydel- power companies. If pursued with the same degree of commitment, the More


  • Kashmir

Geelani asks people to enforce civil curfew on Nov 6,7,8

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Nov 3: The Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Wednesday reiterated conglomerate’s civil curfew call for November 6,7 and 8th to mark the death anniversary of the Muslims More


  • Srinagar City

Ghosts blacktop City streets!

R&B, SMC disown odd time job; locals seek probe

GK CITY REPORTER

Srinagar, Nov 3: At a time when the macadamization season has ended in Kashmir, are ghosts getting a street blacktopped at Batamaloo? Well, this is what one could ask when the concerned departments disown More



  • Jammu

Shabir Shah released

Jammu, Nov 3: The state government on Wednesday released the senior Hurriyat Conference (M) leader and chairman of Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) Shabir Ahmed Shah from Kotbalwal jail here.  The Hurriyat More


  • Business

SBI opens 52nd branch in Valley

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 3: Country’s largest lender, the State Bank of India (SBI) opened a branch at Qaziguund in South Kashmir. This is the bank’s 52nd branch in the Valley.  A U Tak, Regional Manager SBI More


  • News

'US can play role to resolve Kashmir'

Islamabad, Nov 3: The convener of APHC-M Pak chapter, Mehmood Ahmed Saghar has appealed to the US President, Barrack Hussain Obama to persuade Indian leadership to help resolve the Kashmir dispute peacefully More



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