• TOP STORIES

Inspection under RTI reveals EPIC fraud

Forged Signatures, Fake Thumb Impressions Used To Swindle Crores

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Aug 16: What could be a tip of the iceberg, a first inspection under the Right to Information Act has revealed how officials in central Kashmir’s Budgam district have allegedly resorted to forging signatures and thumb impressions to draw the money meant for public consumption against the More

Govt ‘machinates’ to render RTI ineffective

Commission Without Members Futile: Shah; Key Decisions Hit; 50 Cases Await Penalties

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Aug 16: In the wake of inordinate delay in appointing two commissioners of the State Information Commission (SIC), the coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir has come under sharp criticism of Right to Information activists and top-notch legal experts who believe the government is “machinating More

Gautam Navlakha approaches High Court

Seeks Directions To Govt For His Free Movement

DA RASHID

Srinagar, Aug 16: Eminent human rights activist Gautam Navlakha has filed a writ petition in Jammu and Kashmir High Court challenging the order passed by District Magistrate Budgam in May this year imposing restrictions on his movements. His counsel Parvez Imroz pleaded that the petitioner More

McCain in Srinagar

Meets Guv, CM

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Aug 16: In a significant development, the top ranking US Republican Senator and 2008 presidential candidate, John McCain arrived here Tuesday afternoon just after finishing Pakistan trip. Sudden arrival of US lawmaker on "undisclosed mission” has surprised all including Chief Minister Omar More

TEAM ANNA SENT TO TIHAR, INDIA ERUPTS

‘This Is Second Struggle For Freedom’

INDO ASIAN NEWS SERVICE

New Delhi, Aug 16: Civil society activist Anna Hazare was Tuesday arrested and sent to Tihar Jail as Delhi Police moved to stop his fast-unto-death to press for a strong anti-corruption Lokpal Bill, triggering swathes of unrest across the country and pitting the government against not just the opposition More

Delhi police to withdraw case

Issue Warrant Of Release

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Aug 16: In a dramatic turn of events, Anna Hazare and his associates are being released tonight from Tihar Jail after police decided to withdraw its case against them.Delhi Police sources said that warrants of release have been sent to Tihar Jail authorities for freeing Hazare and his More

Kulgam woman not raped: Police

‘Action Initiated Against Complainant’

KHALID GUL

Kulgam, Aug 16: A day after Chief Minister Omar Abdullah announced that the Kulgam rape allegation was false, police here today claimed that the allegations levelled by the woman against the army were baseless and that she was neither abducted nor raped. “We have completed investigations More

219 KPs killed since 1989: GOI

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Aug 16: The Centre Tuesday said 219 Kashmiri Pandits were killed and around 58,000 families of the community have left Jammu and Kashmir in last 22 years after the onset of terrorism in the state."As per information received from the Jammu and Kashmir government, 219 Kashmiri Pandits More



Greater Kashmir Plus GK Welfare Trust

  • Briefs

Speaker meets Governor

Srinagar, Aug 16: Legislative Assembly Speaker, Muhammad Akbar Lone today met the Governor N N Vohra, at Raj Bhavan here. During the meeting, the Speaker briefed the Governor about the deliberations More


  • National

SC deplores judges conduct

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Aug 16: The Supreme Court has deplored the tendency of judges to abdicate their task of deciding complex legal issues and merely resorting to quick disposal of cases for statistical delight More



  • Opinion

Give poor their share

Fight poverty, pay Zakah to the needy

MISSION BY G.N. WADOO

Fasting is a command of Allah for every Muslim man or woman who is adult and sensible. A Muslim cannot ordinarily miss the commanded nature of fasts unless he/she has the grounds for it such as (i) journeys More


  • Op-Ed

Our Own Kashmir Channel

The Govt. had expressed its keenness earlier in nineties and also recently in introducing the mechanised transport in River Jhelum, Er. Mohammad Ashraf Fazili explains the project details for GK readers.

IntroductionExtending over a length of about 27 kma from Pampore to Chattabal Weir, the Jehlum River within Srinagar City can be used as a public transport system linking the entire stretch systematically More



  • Letters

SAC revival

This refers to the revival of State Accountability Commission. The SAC has now got the chairman and a member. The commission must work effectively to address the problem of corruption in Jammu and Kashmir More


  • Editorial

Power Reforms

That the state has failed to bring about adequate reforms in its power sector despite receiving Rs 500 crore under Accelerated Power Development Reforms Programme (APDRP) is a matter of concern. The APDRP More


  • Business

Pak seeks stay on Kishanganga project

Further action after CoA hearing, says JK govt

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Srinagar, Aug 16: The Jammu and Kashmir government today said Pakistan should have waited for the report of the Court of Arbitration on the Kishanganga power project before filing a petition for stay on More


  • Sports

Kashmir Gymkhana Reds beat FCC Blues

10TH MIRZA NOORUDDIN CRICKET TOURNAMENT

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 16: In the ongoing 10th Mirza Nooruddin cricket tournament Kashmir Gymkhana Reds defeated FCC Blues by 40 runs at Kashmir University ground here on Tuesday. Batting first Kashmir Gymkhana More


  • Kashmir

Ghulam Hassan Mir, Tarigami call on striking contractual lecturers

WASIM KHALID

Srinagar, August 16: At last the politicians seem to be taking interest into the problems of contractual lecturers who observed their 19th day of hunger strike in Srinagar on Tuesday.  Two mainstream More


  • Srinagar City

TRAFFIC AT JEHANGIR CHOWK GOES MESSIER, AUTHORITIES SLEEP

GK CITY REPORTER

Srinagar, Aug 16: For the past few days, gridlocks have become a routine scene at Jehangir Chowk, particularly in the afternoons till Iftaar, while the traffic police and other concerned authorities seem More



  • Jammu

Jammu erupts against Hazare arrest

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Aug 16: Detention of noted Gandhian and social activist Anna Hazare on Tuesday sparked off protests in the winter capital of the state with civil society, lawyers and political groups slamming the More


  • South Asia

Volcano ticking in Leepa Valley, Kaiserkote:AJK experts

G U KYANI

Rawalpindi, Aug 16: Experts based in AJK on Tuesday revealed that they have discovered a volcano and “fault line” in Leepa Valley and Kaisarkote areas adjacent to Karnah sector  near Line of Control More


  • World

Watching TV for long hours shortens life expectancy

INDO ASIAN NEWS SERVICE

Sydney, Aug 16: People sitting in front of TV for hours on end could shorten their life expectancy by almost five years, says an Australian study published Tuesday by the British Journal of Sports Medicine More



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