• TOP STORIES

Cabinet reshuffle in doldrums

‘CM Not Keen On Early Expansion’

JAVAID MALIK

Srinagar, Dec 18: While Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) Chief Prof Saifuddin Soz on Saturday hinted at an early reshuffle of the state cabinet, sources close to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Sunday revealed that chances of any expansion in the council of ministers in the near future seem to be bleak More


3.7% parking space for 1.33 lakh LMVs in City

Traffic Deptt Proposes Shifting Of Sumo, Matador Stands From In And Around Lal Chowk

MUSHTAQ AHMAD

Srinagar, Dec 18: Believe it or not, for a city which according to a recent global survey is among the hundred fastest growing urban centres in the world, Srinagar has only 3.7 percent parking space for light vehicles and two-wheelers says the Traffic Department note to the state government.While More


Police nab Hajeej owner in Rajasthan

Tracked On Mobile Phone Using Google Map

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Dec 18: Jammu and Kashmir Police Sunday arrested the main accused, Fabiyan Wahid Gilkar, in Hajeej fraud involving duping of gullible Hajj aspirants. He was nabbed from Rajasthan on the basis of technical inputs.Highly placed sources told Greater Kashmir that the Fabiyan was arrested More


Show tolerance: Bilal to separatists

‘Elements Conspiring Against Each Other Need To Be Isolated’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Janbazpora (Baramulla), Dec 18: Peoples Conference chairman and senior Hurriyat Conference (M) leader Bilal Gani Lone on Sunday asked the separatist leaders to demonstrate tolerance for each other’s viewpoint and ideas.Addressing party workers here in north Kashmir, Lone said leadership needs More


INFILTRATION ON RISE AFTER AFSPA DIN?

Army Says Militants Entering From Every Side Of LoC

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Jammu/Srinagar, Dec 18: Intelligence inputs received by various Army formations in Jammu and Kashmir appear to suggest that infiltration is on the rise after the state government’s move for a partial withdrawal of controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).Army officers have suggested More


Rahul Gandhi disregarding misgovernance in JK: Mufti

Jammu, Dec 18: Former Chief Minister and PDP patron Mufti Muhammad Sayeed on Sunday accused Congress leadership at the Centre of turning a blind-eye towards the “rampant misgovernance” in Jammu and Kashmir.Seeking to draw attention of AICC national general secretary Rahul Gandhi towards “mis-utilisation More





  • Briefs

4 houses gutted in Pampore

Pampore, Dec 18: Four houses were gutted at Litterbal Kadalbal locality here on Saturday night. Reports said fire erupted at 12.30 during intervening night of Saturday and Sunday causing damage to More



  • National

RLD chief Ajit Singh sworn-in as Cabinet Minister

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Dec 18: RLD chief Ajit Singh was today inducted into the Union Cabinet and given the Civil Aviation portfolio in a bid by Congress to shore up its prospects in the assembly elections in Uttar More




  • Opinion

Campus Politics

KU has no history of communal or ideological clashes

PUNCHLINE BY Z.G. MUHAMMAD

Should university campuses, be allowed to be converted into the battlegrounds for fighting ideological wars? Should educational institutions, be used   for furthering   agendas of political More



  • GK Magazine

The CULTURAL DIFFERENCES

Understanding Afghanistan and America through Khalid Hosseini's The Kite Runner

PEOPLE HERE, PEOPLE THERE BY AB MAJEED DAR

Literature has the capacity to provide insight into cultures from around the world. In the books one reads and the stories one hears, glimpses of different worlds become apparent and one is able to see More




  • Letters

Just shocking

This refers to the tragic death  of a 24-year old youth Tariq Ahmad  Bhat of Nowhatta. His death is highly unfortunate and condemnable. It has come as a shock  to every one in the valley More



  • Editorial

Losing touch again

The continued inability of the ruling coalition to evolve a consensus over recommendations of the Prime Minister’s 5th Working Group on centre-state relations headed by Justice Saghir Ahmad is by no means More



  • Business

Sunday Market - A favourite spot for shoppers

MUKEET AKMALI

Srinagar, Dec 18:  Evolving over the years into a fairly big weekly business activity, Srinagar’s Sunday Market has gained much popularity among the people particularly for selling goods at cheaper More



  • Sports

Renzushah inaugurates 1st Valley winter football tourney

Srinagar, Dec 18: Director Information Khawaja Farooq Renzushah inaugurated the 1st Valley Winter football seven-A-side tournament at Polo ground here on Sunday. In the event first of its kind organised More



  • Kashmir

DEFUNCT DRAINS, GARBAGE HEAPS IRK BANDIPORA RESIDENTS; AUTHORITIES INDIFFERENT

SUHAIL AJMAL

Bandipora, Dec 18: The inhabitants of Bandipora have complained that the drainage system in the area has become defunct and heaps of garbage is lying on roadside at various places in the district.  More



  • Srinagar City

SKIMS square mess persists

PATIENTS OTHERS FACE INCONVENIENCE, ADMIN UNMOVED

ADIL BASHIR

Srinagar, Dec 18: This Soura square in north City is often in a mess with people particularly those heading towards Valley’s sole tertiary care hospital, the SK Institute of Sciences (SKIMS) facing inconvenience More




  • Jammu

Indo-Pak bonhomie imperative for JK peace: Altaf

Jammu Dec 18: Terming Indo-Pak friendship imperative for lasting peace in Jammu and Kashmir, Minister for Forests and Environment, Mian Altaf Ahmed today said that bonhomie between the two neighboring More



  • World

AFTER 9 YEARS, US FORCES QUIT IRAQ

Iraq-Kuwait Border (Kuwait), Dec 18: The last US forces left Iraq and entered Kuwait today, nearly nine years after launching a divisive war to oust Saddam Hussein, and just as the oil-rich country grapples More




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