• TOP STORIES

GoI rejects Afzal Guru’s mercy petition

Home Ministry Sends Case To President

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Aug 10: In a significant decision, the government of India is understood to have recommended to the President rejection of the clemency petition of Parliament attack convict Muhammad Afzal Guru who has been condemned to death.The Home Ministry is believed to have sent the file rejecting More

NHRC seeks report

Notices Issued To Secretary MoD, DGP, DM, SSP

Surankote Fake Encounter

PRESS TRUST OF INDIANew Delhi, Aug 10: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday issued notice to Jammu and Kashmir Police and Defence Secretary in connection with the alleged fake encounter in Poonch and directed them to submit the magisterial and other enquiry More

Army Chief visits Poonch

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Jammu, Aug 10: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen V K Singh Wednesday visited Poonch and reviewed the security situation in the backdrop of the fake encounter in Surankote belt of the district on August 8.Gen Singh visited Poonch and Rajouri districts and took stock of the security situation and measures More

MHA steps in to sort out K-panel mess

PC Requests Radha To Continue; Asks Ansari To Refrain From Diatribe

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Aug 10: Embarrassed by the internal differences in the panel of interlocutors on Kashmir, New Delhi has finally stepped in to address the issue to let the panel “complete the task.”Highly placed sources disclosed to Greater Kashmir that the Home Minister P Chidambaram Wednesday evening More

Padgaonkar, Radha meet HM

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Aug 10: The rift among Centre's interlocutors on Kashmir appears to have widened further Wednesday with only two panel members - Dileep Padgaonkar and Radha Kumar - meeting Union Home Minister P Chidambaram while M M Ansari was conspicuous by his absence.The meeting lasted for nearly More

Home Secy reviews security, development scenario

‘JK Has To Catch Up With Other States’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 10: Union Home Secretary R K Singh Wednesday reviewed the security situation, especially in the aftermath of Sopore custodial death and Surankote fake encounter, and the development scenario in Jammu and Kashmir at a meeting with top officials here. Singh, who arrived here this More

Night frisking irks people

Newspaper Staff At Receiving End

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Aug 10: Belying the claims of normalcy, the city residents are subjected to intense frisking during night-time over the past few days.After 10: 00 pm, CRPF men start frisking people and checking vehicles at Nakas laid by them in the areas of Lal Chowk, Rajbagh, Rainawari and Nowhatta More

Delhi court acquits 2 Pakistanis

Chattisinghpora Massacre

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Aug 10: A Delhi court Wednesday acquitted two Pakistani nationals, suspected to be Lashkar-e-Toiba militants, of the charge of their involvement in the massacre of 35 Sikhs in Chattisinghpora in Jammu and Kashmir 11 years ago.Muhammad Suhail and Waseem Ahmed, who hailed from Sialkot More

NO HARTAL TODAY

Srinagar, Aug 10: Dismissing rumors of strike on Thursday (August 11), separatists on Wednesday made it clear that no call for hartal has been given by them.Talking to KNS Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said that his conglomerate hasn’t called any strike on August 11. “Some More



Greater Kashmir Plus GK Welfare Trust

  • Briefs

Amarnath Yatra progressing smoothly: SASB

Srinagar, Aug 10: The Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) on Wednesday said that Yatra to the Cave Shrine in south Kashmir is progressing satisfactorily on both the Baltal and Chandanwari routes.  The More


  • National

Supreme Court upholds death for Red Fort attack militant

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Aug 10: The Supreme Court today upheld the death sentence of LeT militant Muhammad Arif alias Ashfaq in the 2000 Red Fort attack and said the "arrogant" assault was a "brazen attempt" by Pakistan More



  • Opinion

Kashmir Unchanged

Kashmir's experience with political uncertainty is unending

INKSIGHT BY MEHMOOD UR RASHID

There is restlessness in every heart,But no one dare speak out-Afraid that with their free expressionFreedom may be annoyed. The most popular and melodious poet of modern Kashmir wrote a poem titled ‘Azadi More


  • Op-Ed

…reconstructing the arguments of Bawan, ZGM and Dr. Ahad

Of Instrumental and charismatic leadership, political uncertainties and writer’s bias

FEEDBACK BY DR.JAVID IQBAL

An interesting debate ensued as the fellow columnist ZGM noted his dilemmas with charismatic leadership [GK: 18/7/2011]. His view was corroborated by the academic Dr. Ahad [GK: 27/7/2011] and contested More



  • Letters

In response to Dr. Javed Iqbal's article

This refers to Dr Javid Iqbal's write up Geelani-Hina Interaction (GK August 8, 2011).US, after USSR disintegration, had to create an imaginary enemy to call the shots and browbeat Europe. It may be of More


  • Editorial

Three’s Crowd

All is not well with the three member group of the official interlocutors on Kashmir. Two of its members Dilip Padgaonkar and Dr Radha Kumar are at loggerheads with their colleague M M Ansari for the latter More


  • Business

JK Cements records `39 cr sale in 4 months

Make products cost effective, market oriented: Slathia

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 10: Impressing upon the J&K Cements Limited to improve capacity utilization of its cement plant optimally, Minister for Industries and Commerce, S S Slathia has called for making its More


  • Sports

MS Dhoni fights after England’s quicks surge

Edgbaston, Aug 10: England’s pace bowlers made short work of India’s top order on the opening day at Edgbaston, as Tim Bresnan and Stuart Broad shared seven wickets, but MS Dhoni emerged from his form More


  • Kashmir

Govt hints to layoff striking contractual teachers

Malik asks Principals to make alternate arrangements

Srinagar, Aug 10: The Government on Wednesday hinted at making new recruitments in the colleges where syllabus of the students is incomplete.   Chairing a high level meeting to asses the situation More


  • Srinagar City

CITY BACK TO TRAFFIC MESS

SMC’s slumber to check street vending coupled with shortage of cops for regulation of vehicular flow furthered gridlocks

GK CITY CORRESPONDENT

Srinagar, Aug 10: A day after a strike on call by traders’ fraternity, massive traffic jams were witnessed Tuesday  in the summer Capital, particularly the City centre areas as around four lakh vehicles More



  • Jammu

200-acre near IAF station in Budgam illegally acquired: BJP

Jammu, Aug 10: Alleging that 200-acre land near Indian Air Force station in central Kashmir’s Budgam district has been grabbed by private parties in connivance with government officials, the Bhartiya Janta More


  • South Asia

Drone strike kills 25 suspected militants

REZAUL H LASKAR/PTI

Islamabad, Aug 10: A US drone targeted a compound and a vehicle in the restive North Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan today, killing at least 25 militants of al-Qaeda linked Haqqani network, in the More


  • World

Cameron vows to fight back as unrest spreads beyond London

PRASUN SONWALKAR/PTI

London, Aug 10: As Britain simmered under one of its worst riots that left three Asian-origin men dead, Premier David Cameron today said a "fightback is underway" and empowered his forces to use water More



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