• TOP STORIES

Downpour breaks dry spell

Dips Temperature; Experts Say Good For Horticulture

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 12: Kashmir Valley Friday received moderate to heavy rainfall resulting in dip in temperature and bringing the much needed respite from scorching heat. The change in the weather has come as good news for fruit growers in view of the continuing dry spell for more than a month.While More

Delhi would be responsible if Afzal is hanged: Mirwaiz

Supports Contractual Lecturers, Seeks Islamic Banking In JK

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Aug 12: Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Friday said New Delhi would be responsible for repercussions in case Parliament attack convict Muhammad Afzal Guru was executed.Addressing the Friday congregation at historic Jamia Masjid here, Mirwaiz asked New Delhi More

Govt downplays Padgaonkar’s comment

Afzal Guru's Hanging

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Aug 12: The Centre, which has recommended to the President to reject Afzal Guru’s clemency petition, today downplayed the statement of its interlocutor on Kashmir, Dileep Padgaonkar, who reportedly disfavored death sentence to the Parliament attack convict.Responding to questions on More

Govt breathes new life into SAC

Governor Approves Appointment Of Nargotra As Chairman, Imtiyaz As Member

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 12: The anti-corruption body State Accountability Commission has finally been revived with Governor NN Vohra Friday appointing Justice (Retd) Yash Paul Nargotra as Chairman and Justice (Retd) Hakim Imtiyaz Hussain as Member of the resuscitated Commission. An official spokesman said Vohra More

Timber smuggler apologizes to evade PSA

Police, Admn Offers Olive Branch In Ramadan

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Aug 12: “I swear by Almighty Allah that I would never resort to timber smuggling again. And if I am found involved in the illegal activity anymore, I deserve to be punished severely.” These were the words of a timber smuggler in South Kashmir’s Shopian district as he read out his “apology More

Candidates can seek evaluated answer scripts under RTI

JK Academic Institutions, Recruitment Agencies To Take Cue From SC Ruling

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Aug 12: A fresh Supreme Court ruling on evaluated answer-sheets has brought respite to the student community in Jammu and Kashmir, which would often be at the receiving end on this front. The students can now have a right to inspect answer-sheets under the Right to Information Act in the More

Youth injured in clashes

‘Stun Grenades Used’

Srinagar, Aug 12: A youth was injured in clashes between police and protesters in old Srinagar after Friday prayers. Hurriyat Conference (G) had called for protests against the alleged human rights violations and arrests of youth.Eyewitnesses told Greater Kashmir that after Friday prayers scores More



Greater Kashmir Plus GK Welfare Trust

  • Briefs

Shahid expresses solidarity with striking contractual teachers

Srinagar, Aug 12: Senior leader of Hurriyat Conference (M) and close associate of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Shahid-ul-Islam on Friday, on behalf of Mirwaiz, called on striking  contractual teachers, who More


  • National

Akhoon takes up matter with defence minister

UPGRADATION OF KARGIL AIRPORT STRIP

New Delhi, Aug 12:  The Minister for Consumer Affairs Public Distribution and Transport Department Jammu & Kashmir, Qamar Ali Akhoon along with Chairman/CEC, of LAHDC, Kargil A A K Kacho met the More



  • Opinion

Streamline the system

EDUCATION

IF CANDIDATE ERRS, CHARGE HIM. IF AUTHORITIES ERR, WHAT THEN?

J&K State Board of School Education is a part of school education department which has to follow rules and regulations passed from time to time by J&K Government for student welfare. However since More


  • Op-Ed

Kashmir: Keeping date with DATES

From Pakistan through Middle East, to Tunisia and Palestine -

I A M BHAT

The consumption of dates picks up during Ramadan, throughout the Islamic world . Reason, it is used to break the fast. Kashmir is very much part of this tradition.Bashir Ahmad, Parimpora Fruit Mandi, one More



  • Letters

Request to our contributors for opinion pages

Since some radical changes have been done to the lay out of the opinion pages, it entails changes in the word limit of all the elements to be accommodated. According to the changed layout, no article above More


  • Editorial

Execution Concerns

WHEN something akin to powder keg is in sight in Jammu & Kashmir, expressions of genuine concern need to be taken note of. The people of Kashmir this summer ensured a peaceful climate despite little More


  • Business

Paddy-blast hits patches of crop in Kupwara

Diagnostic team says no alarming situation

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 12: A diagnostic team comprising scientists of SKAUST and departmental officers headed by Joint Director Agriculture Extension,   M S Katoo visited areas of Kupwara which include More


  • Sports

Cook’s epic builds huge lead

ENGLAND VS INDIA

Edgbaston, Aug 12: Alastair Cook continued his remorseless accumulation at Edgbaston and by tea had a triple century within his sights depending on how long England wanted to bat. Eoin Morgan also played More


  • Kashmir

Timber smugglers on prowl in Bandipore

‘Chop 10-40 green trees everyday’

TARIQ RASOOL

Bandipora, Aug 12: Residents of Ajas, Mulkhiuhama and other adjoining areas in this north Kashmir district on Friday alleged that officials of the Forest Department have failed to check the timber smuggling More


  • Srinagar City

HC pulls up admin on dog menace

Directs for construction of ponds in 2 weeks; says sterilization not priority, catch dogs first

M HYDERI

Srinagar, Aug 12: The High Court on Friday pulled up administration for failing to put a check on the dog menace and directed it to come up with dog ponds within two weeks.  The division bench comprising More



  • Jammu

2 families claim body, blood samples collected for DNA test

SURANKOTE FAKE ENCOUNTER

AZHAR MANHAS

Surankote, Aug 12: Police have collected blood samples of two families- which claimed that that youth killed in a fake encounter resembles with their sons – for DNA matching, official sources said here More


  • South Asia

Death, life sentences to Pak Ranger in killing case

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Karachi, Aug 12: An anti-terrorism court today handed out death sentence to a Pakistani paramilitary trooper and life sentences to six others convicted of killing an 18-year-old unarmed man, who was publicly More


  • World

Mass protests staged across Syria, 4 killed

Damascus, Aug 12: Syrian security forces opened fire Friday killing four people as thousands of anti-regime protesters poured onto streets of flashpoint cities after the Ramadan weekly prayers, rights More



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