K-interlocutor: Chavan or Digvijay?

PC Meets PM

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Oct 4: To carry forward the proposed talks in Jammu and Kashmir, the Centre may soon appoint a group of interlocutors headed by a Congress leader with the rank of a Union Cabinet Minister.Home Minister P Chidambaram is believed to have discussed the issue with Prime Minister Manmohan More

Search on for new CS

Masood, Dewan Emerge Front Runners

FIRDOUS TAK

Jammu, Oct 4: Search has begun for a new chief secretary for Jammu and Kashmir as the present incumbent Sham Singh Kapur is due to retire in January 2011. Name of the Union Territory (UT) cadre IAS officer Naveed Masood is doing rounds as the next head of the state administration.According to More

400 graft cases pending prosecution: Govt

Former Minister, IAS, IFS, KAS Officers Facing Charges

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Oct 4:  Though Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday revealed that cases of corruption have been registered against more than 400 persons including a former minister, bureaucrats and other gazetted and non-gazetted officials in the state, it has failed to prosecute any of the involved More

Cops probe ‘mysterious’ killing

Tortured To Death?

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Srinagar, Oct 4: A month after court directed police to investigate the death of 17-year old Umar Qayoom Bhat, who died after alleged torture in police custody, the police is investigating the case as ‘mysterious death.’ The medical report confirms that deceased died due blunt trauma and diffused More

HOSPITALS SEEK MORE AID FOR BULLET-HIT

Depletion Of Medicines, Surgical Stuff Affects Patient Care

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Oct 4: In the wake of continued crisis in Kashmir, the Valley hospitals have sought additional aid from the Jammu and Kashmir Government to meet the requirements of bullet-hit patients.Informed sources disclosed to Greater Kashmir that the hospitals were facing depletion of drugs and More

Kashmir gets another normal day

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 4: Valley saw another day of normalcy on Monday as Hurriyat Conference suspended strike for the day while the Government also lifted the curfew.All the shops, businesses, schools, colleges, private and government offices, and banks opened normally today while the traffic also resumed More

AFSPA needed: Air Chief

AGENCIES

New Delhi, Oct 4: The IAF on Tuesday justified the need for the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), saying “legal protection” is a must for the troops to efficiently perform their tasks.“A soldier fighting anywhere at the request of the government and not voluntarily, must have legal protection More

Omar calls on Manmohan

Discusses Situation, Seeks Help For Hajis

New Delhi, Oct 4: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here to discuss the appointment of interlocutors for a renewed dialogue with separatist leaders in the troubled valley - one of the main points in the government’s eight-point agenda for peace in Kashmir.
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• Holiday on October 6
• No change in program: Hurriyat (G)