• TOP STORIES

Will SAC take on big fishes?

Political Circles Pitch For Time-Bound Disposal Of Complaints Against Ministers, Bureaucrats, Legislators

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Aug 21: With J&K Government infusing a fresh lease of life into the State Accountability Commission, political circles and civil society has kept its eyes focused on functioning of the anti-graft body, primarily in the wake of pending cases against top level politicians, bureaucrats More

Amended Act

The Jammu and Kashmir State Accountability Commission Act of 2003 has been recently amended under the banner of J&K State Accountability Commission (Amendment) Act, 2011. The latter is now being referred to as the “Principal Act.”The incumbent government, which is being credited for having More

Corruption a matter of concern: Vohra

Administers Oath To Nargotra, Imtiyaz

Srinagar, Aug 21: Governor NN Vohra Sunday said that corruption in Jammu and Kashmir is a matter of concern. Addressing a function here to administer oath to the chairman and member of the State Accountability Commission, Vohra said: “Corruption is a matter of concern for everyone. I am confident More

Divulge info about JK projects: Power Ministry tells NHPC

SPOTLIGHT

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Aug 21: Union Power Ministry has asked the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) to provide information regarding power projects of Jammu and Kashmir to the Kashmir-based civil society group, which had filed an application under Right to Information Act for the same two weeks back More

Valley medicos oppose common seniority move

‘It Is An Extreme Step Against The Interests Of GMC Srinagar’

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Aug 21: The Jammu and Kashmir Government is being sharply criticized for going ahead with framing a common seniority list of medicos working in Government medical colleges in Srinagar and Jammu regions.  The Medical Faculty Association—an amalgam of faculty members of the Government More

Free militants: K-panel tells New Delhi

GK MONITORING DESK

Srinagar, Aug 21: The group of interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir has advised the government to release those militants who have no serious charges against them and to expedite the cases of the under-trials. The Union home ministry revealed this in response to a Right to Information (RTI) application More

Jairam Ramesh calls on Omar

‘Himayat Programme To Train 1 Lakh Youth From JK’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 21: Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh Sunday evening called on Chief Minister Omar Abdullah here.  An official spokesman said the duo discussed matters related to the establishment of Panchayat system, empowerment to Panchayats and progress of centrally-sponsored More

Minister orders probe into RTI revelations

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 21: Minister for Agriculture Ghulam Hassan Mir has ordered probe into the revelations of alleged fake signatures and thumb impressions being used against the “beneficiaries” of seeds and plants distributed by the Agriculture Department.  The revelations under the Right to Information More

Army downplays US warning about LeT attacks

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Srinagar, Aug 21: Asserting that the recent US warning about LeT attacks on India had “no special intelligence value”, the Army Sunday said it had eliminated top commanders of the outfit which has increased “desperation” of militants to infiltrate into Kashmir ahead of winter.“Lashkar-e-Taiba More

Pak moves CoA over Kishenganga

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Aug 21: Pakistan has moved the Court of Arbitration asking it to direct India to stop work at the 330-MW Kishenganga hydro power project in Jammu and Kashmir.Even as the two countries are fighting a legal battle in a court of arbitration, Pakistan has filed a petition in the court seeking More



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  • Briefs

Over 100 youth detained in old city: Hurriyat (G)

Srinagar, Aug 21: Expressing concern over arrests in Old City, Hurriyat Conference (G) on Sunday said more than 100 youth particularly students have been detained. “They were tortured in different police More


  • National

Fasting Anna ready for talks, but on his Lokpal

CRUSADE AGAINST CORRUPTION

New Delhi, Aug 21: With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ready for a "give and take" on Lokpal Bill, fasting activist Anna Hazare Sunday said he was open for a dialogue but refused to end his protest till More



  • Opinion

McCain in Kashmir! Why

The underlying message was clear. Resolve Kashmir

PUNCHLINE BY Z. G. MUHAMMAD

‘Senator John McCain arrives on a two day visit to Kashmir’. The news about the visit of the Republican candidate for 2008 presidential election to the strategically located state of Jammu and Kashmir More


  • Op-Ed

The modern day slaves

Entire families working at brick kilns are trapped in debts that they can never pay off

SALMAN NIZAMI

The man and his four sons squatting in the dirt, mechanically kneading mud, and making line after line of dull gray bricks. It all is done under the vigilant gaze of the boss. “See, there’s a sad story More



  • Letters

No difference

This refers to report "No accountability in J&K Govt" where Mr Mufti Muhammad Sayeed has raised several issues ranging from Kashmir problem, violence against youth to indifference of present government More


  • Editorial

Another Accident

Whenever a mishap happens on our roads the government and the administration immediately issue statements, empathizing with the families of the dead. They are quick to express solidarity with the bereaved More


  • Business

‘SSE to benefit graduates in future’

Ramesh holds interactive sessions at JKEDI

WASIM KHALID

Pampore, Aug 21: To take stock of Skill, Empowerment and Employment (SSE) scheme, Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh Sunday held several interactive sessions at JK Entrepreneurship Development More


  • Sports

Ranji trophy, U-22 camp in full swing

‘Our Aim Is To Announce Teams By September 15’

Srinagar Aug 21: The Ranji and U-22 probable are undergoing through rigorous training these days at SK Cricket Stadium here.  It is for the first time ever that the players have to report to the ground More


  • Kashmir

17 fall ill after inhaling ‘toxic gas’ in Baramulla

ALTAF BABA

Baramulla, Aug 21: At least 17 people fell ill after inhaling ‘toxic gas’ emanating from a cylinder kept in a scrap dealers shop at Jhelum market in Baramulla town on Sunday.The affected persons, who complained More


  • Srinagar City

GOVT ‘SELLS’ DALGATE-BATAMALOO FOOTPATH NARROWING AS ROAD WIDENING

No commercial structure bottlenecks to be removed from busy City centre road

M HYDERI

Srinagar, Aug 21: The much hyped Dalgate-Batamaloo “road widening” seems to be more of a dream sold to people than a development that can ease traffic congestion in the City centre. And reasons to this More



  • Jammu

Bureaucratic interference’ derails traffic lights installation project

SUMIT HAKHOO

Jammu, Aug 21: The fate of much hyped plan to install traffic lights in Jammu city still hangs in balance as ‘bureaucratic interference’ has almost led to derailment of the proposed project envisaged to More


  • South Asia

Pak govt faces pressure to call Army in Karachi

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Karachi, Aug 21: With violence continuing unabated in Karachi, pressure is mounting on the ruling PPP to call in the military's assistance for restoring law and order in the troubled city, that  is More


  • World

Iran, Saudi Arabia helped carry out 9/11 attacks: Book

London, Aug 21: Iran and Saudi Arabia helped Al Qaeda carry out the 9/11 attacks, a book claims. "The Eleventh Day", authored by Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan, produces a compelling argument that More



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