• TOP STORIES

Rural Development Department of ‘irregularities’

Inquiries Galore To Probe Frauds In Works, Centrally-Sponsored Schemes;

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Aug 17: Rural Development Department in Jammu and Kashmir seems to have become a hub of irregularities, with inquiries against officials just piling up with each passing day.Official documents with Greater Kashmir reveal that in the past two years, over a dozen inquiries have been instituted More

Civil society for movement on return of power projects

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Aug 17: Kashmir civil society members Wednesday called for a public movement for return of power projects to Jammu and Kashmir and protecting the state’s water resources.The members comprising academics, industrialists and engineers were speaking at a day-long roundtable conference titled More

Police relax conditions for Anna Hazare's fast

New Delhi, Aug 17: Giving in to Team Anna's terms, Delhi Police Wednesday relaxed most of the conditions for Anna Hazare's fast, including giving him permission for seven days that could be extended.Delhi Police agreed to relax six of the 22 conditions for the social activist to hold his indefinite More

PM chides an adamant Anna

New Delhi, Aug 17: Before Delhi Police did the U-turn Wednesday, Manmohan Singh hit out at Hazare in parliament. But the opposition dumped his arguments and insisted that the Gandhian -- a soldier-turned-activist -- be released.Speaking in parliament where an otherwise divided opposition has joined More

Mirwaiz taken off air from FM

‘There Was Objection From Some Quarters’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 17: A radio show featuring Kashmir’s head priest Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, which became an instant hit, has suddenly gone off air from popular radio channel 92.7 Big FM, drawing flak from listeners.Since first Ramadan, Mirwaiz would be regular voice on Big Noon Chai, a three-hour morning More

Administration has failed to deliver: Mufti

‘Young Boys Made To Feel Like Criminals, Attend Police Stations’

Jammu, Aug 17: Peoples Democratic Party Patron Mufti Muhammad Sayeed Wednesday said that the ‘breakdown of administration underlines the inefficiency and insensitivity of the incumbent political dispensation.’Addressing a public gathering at Patta Road Bohri on Akhnoor road here, Mufti said the More

Contractual lecturers suspend hunger strike

Govt Will Discuss Job Policy For Them In Cabinet: Minister

MANZOOR-UL-HASSAN

Srinagar, August 17: After 20 days of continuous hunger strike at Press Enclave here, lecturers working on academic arrangement in colleges Wednesday suspended the strike after an assurance by the state government that their demands would be looked into.“We have suspended the strike following More

Omar avoids flight, visits Jammu, Samba by road

RAJEEV SHARMA

Jammu, Aug 17: Stung by the RTI disclosure on huge expenses on his chopper maintenance, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday preferred to visit Jammu and Samba districts by road.Omar along with other cabinet ministers and senior administrative functionaries drove to various parts of Samba More

Gunmen loot JK Bank branch

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 17: Two unidentified gunmen today stormed a bank in south Kashmir’s Shopian district and looted over Rs five lakh, officials said.The daring robbery took place in Harmain branch of the Jammu and Kashmir Bank, 60 kilometers from here, at around 1 PM, they said.The gunmen fired few More

Evening flights cry reaches Rajya Sabha

Soz Raises Issue With CA Minister

Srinagar, Aug 17: The cry for operation of evening flights from the Srinagar ‘International’ Airport Wednesday echoed in Rajya Sabha, with Member Parliament and J&K Pradesh Congress Committee Chief Prof Saif-ud-Din Soz raising the issue with the Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Vayalar Ravi More



Greater Kashmir Plus GK Welfare Trust

  • Briefs

Chib directs suspension of 7 officials

Srinagar: Minister for Technical Education, Youth Services and Sports, R S Chib on Wednesday paid surprise visit to J&K State Board of Technical Education (J&KSBOTE) during which he found seven More


  • National

Justice Sen claims innocence

IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS

New Delhi, Aug 17: Calcutta High Court Judge Soumitra Sen Wednesday asserted he was not guilty of financial irregularities when impeachment proceedings against him began in the Rajya Sabha with Communist More



  • Opinion

Guru’s hanging

There are repercussions for Kashmir

ISSUE BY AHMAD RIYAZ

As we head towards  autumn with peace by and large holding, the prospect for the future doesn’t appear  that optimistic. And threatening the peace is the looming execution of the parliament attack More


  • Op-Ed

Keep Your Heart Beating

In this stressful life how can heart be saved from an attack

HEALTH BY PROF UPENDRA KAUL

Heart disease is one of the commonest causes of death, disability and hours at work lost in most communities. The incidence is increasing steadily and according to prevalence studies reported for Jammu More



  • Letters

Senator McCain

Why is Senator McCain in Srinagar? I am sure everyone has a theory. Well here is mine.McCain is in Srinagar because the Indian nation south of the Jawahar Tunnel is aflame with passion and fervor against More


  • Editorial

McCain in Valley?

John McCain, the top ranking US Republican senator, and 2008 presidential candidate, was in Valley for two days. He met Governor N N Vohra and the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah besides visiting some tourist More


  • Business

‘Govt for professional audit in horticulture department’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 17: Encouraged by the unprecedented results after introduction of professional audit in the health department, the Government is contemplating to put in place the same mechanism in Horticulture More


  • Sports

100 boys vie for team berth

U-14, 19 Selection Trials Over, Teams To Be Announced Soon

U-16 VIJAY MERCHANT TOURNAMENT

Srinagar Aug  17:Around 100 boys drawn from different clubs of the valley are exhibiting their skills at SP College Ground in the U16 cricket selection trials for the upcoming national tournament More


  • Kashmir

McCain snubs separatists

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Aug 17: The top Republican US Senator and presidential nominee in 2008 elections, John McCain, snubbed separatist leaders and opted not to meet them during his 2-day stay in the Valley.  More


  • Srinagar City

HC rejects SMC plea

DIRECTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF POND AT KHIMBER WITHIN 2 WEEKS

DOG MENACE

SYED IMRAN ALI HAMDANISrinagar, Aug 17: High Court Wednesday directed Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) to get dog pond constructed at Khimber in Ganderbal district within two weeks. The stray dogs More



  • Jammu

Pro-Anna protests rock Jammu

Students boycott classes; Theatre artists resort to ‘silent’ protest

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Aug 17: Protests swelled in the winter capital of the state on Wednesday in support of social activist Anna Hazare’s fast-unto death in Tihar Jail, with students, local residents and theatre artists More


  • South Asia

Pak military's intentions towards India overrated: Khar

REZAUL H LASKAR/PTI

Islamabad, Aug 17: Claiming that army does not run the country’s foreign policy, Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said the military's intentions towards India have been "overrated" and there More


  • World

Courts deal tough with rioters; 1,000 charged for violence

Facebook Users Sentenced To 4 Years In Jail

H S RAO

London, Aug 17: Two young men who tried to incite rioters using Facebook have been sent to four years in jail, the longest sentencing so far by the courts following the four days of unrest, even as more More



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