• TOP STORIES

Property tax extreme step: Kashmir Inc

Threaten Action If Legislation Not Revoked

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Apr 1: A day after the state Assembly gave its nod to the controversial legislation imposing tax on commercial and residential properties in the state, stakeholders Friday described the move as ‘anti-Kashmir’, urging the Government to revoke the legislation forthwith or face extreme steps More

Anti-people: Geelani; Uncalled for: Mirwaiz

Srinagar, Apr 1: Reacting to the legislation, the Hurriyat Conference (G) Chairman Syed Ali Geelani described it as anti-people. “This is an anti-people legislation aimed at crippling the economy of the people of Kashmir,” he told Greater Kashmir.Geelani said such legislations are aimed at choking More

After Rs 30 cr CRF diversion, another Rs 18 cr hived off

Fresh Diversion Includes Rs 10 Cr For Dal Development, Rs 3. 50 Cr For Decongesting Srinagar

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Apr 1: Barely a week after the state government diverted to Jammu region Rs 30 crore meant for infrastructure development in Kashmir, another Rs 18 crore meant for development works mostly in Srinagar city, have been “re-appropriated” and gifted again to Jammu region.The latest diversions More

LA refers Bill to Select Committee

Conversion Of Agricultural Land For Non-Agricultural Purposes

GK News Network

Jammu, Apr 1: The Legislative Assembly (LA) on Friday referred the much awaited Bill to prohibit the conversion of agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes to the Select Committee as the opposition parties opposed the move to “enact the legislation in haste” and demanded further discussion More

KASHMIR BASIC ISSUE: GILANI

‘India, Pak Should Overcome War-Phobia’

REZAUL H LASKAR/PTI

Islamabad, Apr 1: Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that Kashmir is the basic contentious issue between Pakistan and India.Addressing the Pakistan Senate Friday, Gilani said he met the Congress chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his visit to More

Home Secretary talks positive development: PC

New Delhi, Apr 1: Describing the recent Indo-Pak Home Secretary-level talks as a positive development, Home Minister P Chidambaram Friday said it is one of the many steps to be taken towards resolution of disputes between the two countries. “It is a positive step. It is one among many steps More

Budget session concludes

LA Adjourned Sine-Die

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Apr 1: The month long annual budget session of state Legislative Assembly concluded, here on Friday, with Speaker Muhammad Akbar Lone adjourning the House sine-die.The proceedings in the House, which commenced with the joint session, addressed by the Governor NN Vohra on February 28 consumed More

Most productive sitting: Omar

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Apr 1: Terming the just-concluded session of the Legislative Assembly as the most successful and productive during the past 2-years, chief minister Omar Abdullah Friday appreciated the legislators for their “positive and effective contribution” in the conduct of business.Omar while speaking More

Assembly nod to SEC, SFC

Jammu, Apr 1: Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly (LA) Friday passed the amendment Bill seeking creation of State Election Commission (SEC) for holding Panchayat elections and a separate bill for establishment of State Finance Commission (SFC).The Bill to amend the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati More



  • Opinion

The Mohali Aftermath

Done with the old, get going on a new track

WORDS WITHIN BY FIRDOUS SYED

No matter how much India and Pakistan loath each other, like Siamese twins their very survival is linked to the well-being of other. At times jaundiced columnists like Vir Sanghvi’s, (the Radia tapes disgraced More


  • Op-Ed

Eve's daughter tortured

Domestic violence

WHEN EVEN HER HOME TURNS HELL FOR HER. TANVEEN KAWOOSA COMMENTS ON THE PLIGHT OF A CLASS OF WOMEN WHO SUFFER THE PAIN OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Violence against women is always embedded in social context ridden with unequal power and privilege. Being at the lowest rung of the ladder, women suffer the most in all sorts of tragedies. Kashmiri women More



  • Letters

SKUAST scandal: No backdoor entries please

This refers to news item titled “Backdoor open at SKUAST-K” (GK March 30, 2011). I congratulate GK for exposing the admission scandal in SKUAST-K. This anomaly has denied hundreds of young agriculture More


  • Editorial

Property Tax Disquiet

The Legislative Assembly's adoption of the Bill through a voice vote, authorizing Urban Local Bodies including Municipal Corporations, Councils and Committees to impose property tax on commercial and residential More


  • Kashmir

Mirwaiz for expediting dialogue process

‘It’s time for 4s and 6s’

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Apr 1: Welcoming cricket diplomacy between India and Pakistan, Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Friday called for speeding up dialogue process for the resolution of Kashmir More


  • Srinagar City

Civil society moves Court against dog menace

FILES PIL IN HC

M HYDERI

Srinagar, Apr 1: To get rid of the dog menace which has assumed alarming proportions in the summer Capital of Srinagar, the civil society Friday moved Court filing Public Interest Litigation in the state More



  • Jammu

Denial of passport to kin of militants echoes in LA

250 CASES CLEARED: GOVT

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Apr 1: The issue of denial of passports to relatives of militants for performing Hajj pilgrimage echoed in the Legislative Assembly on Friday.  As the members assembled in the House this morning More


  • Briefs

BODY FISHED OUT

Srinagar, Apr 1: Police in Bandipora today fished out a body of a girl from Jhelum near village Ganyari Ajas, Sumbal. According to the police, the deceased was identified as Bisma Bano daughter of More


  • Business

TULIPS BLOOM ARRIVAL OF TOURISTS IN VALLEY

MOAZUM MUHAMMAD

Srinagar, Apr 1: Asia’s largest tulip garden in the valley was thrown open to public Friday afternoon with two more terraces expanded to previous area.  The eight hectares garden situated on the foothills More


  • News

Resolve K-issue according to UNSC resolutions: KAC

Washington, Apr 1: Kashmiri American Council, Executive Director, Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, today said its Board of Directors had again reiterated that there must be an early, just and durable resolution to More



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