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Unmarked graves call for Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Omar

Unified Command To Discuss Issue Today

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Aug 22: Day after an inquiry by State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) revealed that more than 2000 unknown bodies were buried in 38 graveyards across Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Monday said there is a need for setting up of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to go to More

Farooq dares Geelani

‘Protests Will Burn Kashmir’

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Aug 22: Union Minister for New and renewable Energy, Farooq Abdullah Monday dared Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani to launch his scheduled peaceful agitation after Eid. The veteran pro-freedom leader has threatened protests in case political detainees are not released before More

Absconding SPOs arrested

KHALID GUL

Kulgam, Aug 22: Police today claimed arrest of two Special Police Officers (SPOs) and two other people who fled with their weapons from District Police Lines in this South Kashmir district on August 9.“Police has arrested them,” Superintendent of Police Kulgam, Mubashir Lateefi told Greater Kashmir More

Chidambaram summons telecos operating in JK

Pre-Paid Mobile Services Again Under Cloud

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Aug 22: Home Minister P Chidambaram has called a meeting of the top executives of telecom service providers offering services in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday to discuss various security-related issues with them.“Union Home Minister will chair a meeting with Chief Executive Officers More

Jammu medicos join chorus against common seniority

Threaten Agitation ‘If Govt Succumbs To Emotional Slogans’

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Aug 22: After the Valley, medicos from Jammu have joined the clamour against the Jammu and Kashmir Government’s move to frame a common seniority list of doctors working in Government medical colleges in Srinagar and Jammu regions. The medicos have threatened agitation is the government goes More

WOMAN KILLED IN HANDWARA ‘ENCOUNTER’

SHAHID RAFIQ

Kupwara, Aug 22: A 40-year-old woman was killed and another civilian injured in “crossfire” between militants and Army in the Rajwar area of this frontier district Monday.Police said an Army unit of 6 Rashtriya Rifles after receiving inputs about militant movement in the area laid siege and cordoned More

Army to set up mountain strike corps

Countering China

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Aug 22: Army is planning to set up a mountain strike corps and is talking to various states including in the northeast against the backdrop of a Chinese build up of military infrastructure on its side of boundary."We are in talks with the governments of states including Assam, West More

Land in jail for selling unsafe food

New Legislation On Food Safety Offers Heavy Penalties Against Defaulters

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Aug 22: In a significant development, the J&K Government has, albeit lately, brought into force a stringent legislation on food safety, offering heavy penalties, including imprisonment, against the persons selling spurious and adulterated food.According to official documents with More

Tripoli falls

End Of Gaddafi Rule: Obama

Tripoli/Washington, Aug 22: Rebel forces seized control over much of Libyan capital city Tripoli and US President Barack Obama said that Muammar Gaddafi's rule in the North African country has come to an end.The whereabouts of 68-year-old Gaddafi, who ruled the oil-rich country for over 40 years More



Greater Kashmir Plus GK Welfare Trust

  • Briefs

Newsletter Released

Srinagar, Aug 22: Oasis Public High School Gogji Bagh has released its second issue of school newsletter “Ramadan Special”. According to a communiqué, noted poet, historian and writer Zareef Ahmad More


  • News

‘2 job schemes for JK youth to bring them to mainstream’

New Delhi, Aug 22: The Centre today expressed hope that two placement programmes being facilitated by it for both skilled and unskilled youth in Jammu and Kashmir would help bring them to the mainstream More



  • Opinion

In Communion with Allah

The ten days of your intimacy with God

I‘TIKAF BY DR FAROOQ AHMAD PEER

 I'Tikaf is a kind of worship in Islam in which a believer confines or restricts himself to a place particularly a mosque and remains in communion with Allah during the last ten days of the holy month More


  • Op-Ed

Tinderbox of Errors

Reliance over secondary sources and driven by a selfish motive, MJ Akbar has committed error after error

COMMENT BY DR SHEIKH SHOWKAT HUSSAIN

Majority community of India has a minority complex. They often feel that they will be dominated by Muslims as they were prior to advent of British. This sense of insecurity is exploited by RSS to rally More



  • Letters

Civil Society

I live in Chennai and have been following Kashmir developments for long now. I have lived with Kashmiris in Karnataka when I was studying in a college. I congratulate Greater Kashmir for having a great More


  • Editorial

Litmus Test

That corruption has seeped deep into the marrow of the state polity is no secret.  Corruption and public life in the state have become synonymous; there in fact is hardly a politician, tall or dwarf More


  • Business

Dr Farooq for improving BSNL services in JK

Post offices to add banking services in India: Sachin Pilot

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 22: Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah, today emphasized the need for upgrading and improving the BSNL service in the State.  He was speaking on the occasion More


  • Sports

Chib reviews pace of sports infrastructure development

Asks Officers To Speed Up Work On The Projects

Srinagar, Aug 22: Minister for Youth Service and Sports, Technical Education, RS Chib reviewed the progress of sports infrastructure development and the sports activities at an officers’ meeting held here More


  • Kashmir

JKLF to file PIL in Supreme Court: Malik

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 22: The Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Muhammad Yasin Malik on Monday announced that the Front would very soon file a Public Interest Litigation in the Supreme Court regarding More


  • Srinagar City

Floating post office revived in Dal lake

Facility to prove boon for tourism sector: CM

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 22: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah inaugurated Floating Post Office-cum-Museum and flagged off Srinagar-Shopian Mail Van here Monday evening, facilities created by the Post and Telegraph Department More



  • Jammu

Janmashtami celebrated across JK

Jammu/Srinagar, Aug 22: Religious fervour on Monday marked the festival of Janmashtami, the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna, in Jammu city and its outskirts and in Kashmir. Soaked in devotion, people More



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