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Chill greets Interlocutors
'Pak Key To Kashmir Solution'
MUDDASIR ALI
Srinagar, Oct 23: Amid a cold wave sweeping Kashmir, the three-member team of interlocutors arrived here and set off the dialogue process on Saturday by describing Kashmir as a “dispute” and saying solution to the problem could not be achieved without taking Pakistan onboard.“There is a Pakistan More
Panel meets Baig, Aga
Visits Hazratbal, Central Jail
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Oct 23: Immediately after landing here, the team of interlocutors on Saturday started the dialogue process by holding parleys with politicians, members of civil society and reaching out to people in jails.The team first met mainstream leader from opposition Peoples Democratic Party, More
JK MAY LOSE PRIZED CENTAUR TO PRIVATE FIRM
Govt Silent; Business Community Furious
MUDDASIR ALI
Srinagar, Oct 23: J&K is on the brink of losing a multi-crore business establishment set on the banks of the world famous Dal Lake to an outside corporate house.A proposed move by Air India, having chain of business properties in different states, to lease out the Hotel Centaur on the Dal More
Shabir Shah rejects parole
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Oct 23: Senior pro-freedom leader and chairman of Democratic Freedom Party, Shabir Ahmad Shah, who is undergoing detention under the Public Safety Act, Saturday rejected the Government’s offer to release him on parole.Pertinently, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah as a goodwill gesture on More
Salathia inspects Nichehama Lignite site
Announces Rs 2 cr For Handwara IE
GK NEWS NETWORK
Handwara, Oct 23: Minister for industries and commerce, S S Salathia on Saturday said seven million tonnes of Lignite were available in the Lignite reserves at Nichehama, Rajwar, in Kupwara district of north Kashmir. This, he said could be used to generate 660 MW power.“The project will generate More
Defence exercise delays flights
Airlines, Hajj Pilgrims Left Fuming
FAHEEM ASLAM
Srinagar, Oct 23: The Srinagar “International” Airport is again in news for wrong reasons. This time, a ‘defence exercise’ is causing inordinate delay in landing and take-off of the flights from the aerodrome, including those for the Hajj pilgrims.Informed sources disclosed to Greater Kashmir More
On fire...
Shopping complex at Residency Road in Srinagar caught fire on Saturday evening. Habib Naqash/GK
In the court
Police produce the general secretary of Hurriyat Conference (G) Masrat Alam Bhat in a Srinagar court on Saturday. Aman Farooq/GK
Mission Kashmir
Three interlocutors - journalist Dileep Padgaonkar, academician Radha Kumar and information commissioner M.M. Ansari call on senior PDP leader Muzaffar Hussain Beigh in Srinagar on Saturday. Mubashir
South Kashmir's Islamabad town turns white
Kashmir Valley witnessed first snowfall of the season on Friday. Sajjad Munwardi
Assessing losses
Residents of Maloora on city outskirts look at the debris of the houses destroyed during a gunfight between militants and troopers. Aman Farooq/GK
Rainy day..
With rains lashing the Valley since Thursday night temperatures have declined considerably. Habib Naqash/GK
Rains fail to dampen spirits
Students walk towards schools amid rainfall in Srinagar on Friday. Mubashir Khan/GK
Neglected city
Rainfall since Thursday night has flooded many city areas. Mubsahir Khan/GK
Gunfight rages in city outskirts
Police and troopers engage militants (not in picture) in an encounter at Maloora on Thursday. Mubashir Khan/GK
Valley gets one-day break
Kashmir Valley witnessed a normal day on Wednesday as Hurriyat Conference (G) had suspended the strike and authorities did not impose any curfew. Aman Farooq/GK
Bumper crop
Kashmiri woman lays dressed chillies under sun for desiccation at Srinagar’s vegetable market at Parimpora on Tuesday. Mubashir Khan/GK
- Opinion
Good Shoe, Bad Shoe
Whoever throws at whoever, it's grossly indecent
WRITE HAND BY AJAZ UL HAQUE
Another shoe throwing spectacle in Delhi has revived the debate on this bizarre mode of expressing fury. This time it is Kashmiri Pandits carrying on Ahad Jan legacy. Their protest against Geelani apart More
- Op-Ed
Maktab to University
It’ll be a mistake to fail new universities’ bill
DATELINE SRINAGAR BY ARJIMAND HUSSAIN TALIB
The passage of the bills for establishing two private universities in Kashmir and one in Jammu by the Legislative Assembly on October 9 came up as a welcome development. This news of three new universities More
- Kashmir
Killings shatter Palhallan families
KASHMIR UNREST-2010
UMER MAQBOOL DAR
Palhallan (Varmul) Oct 23: Next of Kin (NoK) of the victims killed in this north Kashmir village during the present unrest are yet to come to terms with life. They are finding it hard to believe that their More
- Srinagar City
FIRE AT RESIDENCY ROAD HAMZA COMPLEX GUTTED
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Oct 23: Fire broke-out on the fashionable Residency Road Saturday evening gutting a shopping complex. The flames were being doused till late at night when the reports last came in. Officials More
- Jammu
JK has highest female tobacco users in North India
Jammu, Oct 23: Jammu and Kashmir has the highest number of female tobacco users in North India, a report, Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) – India, 2010, released recently says. Official sources More
- Business
Expert group on PM’s job plan holds meet with JK officials
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
Srinagar, Oct 23: A sub-committee of expert group on Prime Minister’s job plan for J&K today held a series of meetings with officials of the state government and traders to explore possibilities More
- News
DFP member bereaved
Rawalpindi, Oct 23: Kashmiri community based in Islamabad and Rawalpindi have expressed deep sorrow and grief over the sad demise of the mother of Mir Asrar Hussain, the senior member of the Democratic More




