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Power woes to worsen

PDD Announces New Curtailment Schedule

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Dec 25: Kashmir valley is set to experience darker nights ahead as the Power Development Department (PDD) announced a new ‘extended’ curtailment schedule Sunday.  The move has evoked strong resentment in the Valley with political leaders and industrialists terming it as “unwarranted More

3 CRPF men killed in Kulgam camp

1 Injured, 6 Arrested

KHALID GUL

Kulgam, Dec 25: In an incident of fratricide, three paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed and one injured critically at a camp in this South Kashmir district. The trooper involved in the shooting spree, sources say has been identified.“An altercation broke-out More

Valley shivers in biting cold

Srinagar Records Coldest Night At -4.8

Srinagar, Dec 25: Kashmir Valley continued to reel under severe cold with summer capital Srinagar recording the coldest night of the season so far resulting in freezing of water supply lines and stagnant water bodies.Srinagar recorded a minimum temperature of minus 4.8 degrees Celsius, which was More

Confusion confounds Congress

Issue Not Under Consideration: Prof Soz

Rotational CM Row

JAVAID MALIKSrinagar, Dec 25: Notwithstanding the cries for rotating the Chief Minister’s post in Jammu and Kashmir, the prevailing discord among the state Congress leaders is deepening with each passing day.In a significant development, Delhi-based news agency Press Trust More

‘Mehboob Iqbal to join Cong’

Srinagar, Dec 25: Senior state Congress leader and Minister for PHE and Irrigation, Taj Mohi-ud-Din Sunday revealed that retired bureaucrat Mehboob Iqbal is likely to join Congress soon.“He (Mehboob) has been actively participating in the Congress activities and has evinced keen interest in joining More

Police declares Doda, Reasi free of militancy

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Jammu, Dec 25: Doda and Reasi districts in Jammu and Kashmir have been freed of militancy, which has plummeted this year in the state, a top police official said Sunday.“The militancy graph has come down drastically in the state this year. Doda and Reasi districts in Jammu have been freed of militancy More

Dismal implementation of central schemes in Ganderbal

Zero Utilisation Of SGSY Funds In District During 2010-11

ANIL ANAND

New Delhi, Dec 25: The prestigious Ganderbal district which has the distinction of electing Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to the state Assembly has none-too-impressive track record in the utilisation of funds provided under various central schemes to generate employment in rural areas. However, the More

Government hails Mirwaiz’s concern

PDP Raising Unnecessary Hue And Cry: Sagar

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Dec 25: The government Sunday appreciated the interest taken by the Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in the administrative functioning particularly with regard to supply of water, electricity and other essentials.Responding to the scathing criticism of the state government More

Christmas celebrated across Valley

Srinagar, Dec 25: Christmas celebrated across Kashmir Valley Sunday with enthusiasm and religious fervour.Scores of Christians gathered here at various Churches and joined the special prayers.People including women and children, throughout the day, thronged the churches decorated with colourful More

Mirwaiz condemns NC worker’s killing

Srinagar, Dec 25: Chairman Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Sunday condemned the killing of National Conference (NC) worker Bashir Ahmad Dar by unidentified gunmen and termed it as an unfortunate incident.“Murder is a murder whether on political or personal grounds and we condemn such More



Greater Kashmir Plus GK Welfare Trust

  • Briefs

PDP activists hold anti-Govt protest

Srinagar, Dec 25: The PDP workers from Shangus in south Kashmir’s Islamabad district today staged protests against “misgovernance” in the State. Led by PDP Legislator Peerzada Mansoor Hussain, the More


  • National

Team Anna's campaign in polls raises questions of ethics: CEC

New Delhi, Dec 25: Team Anna's proposal to campaign against Congress in the forthcoming assembly elections in five states raises questions of "propriety and ethics", Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi More



  • Opinion

‘Siesta Politics’

How will it be like in the year to come?

PUNCHLINE BY Z.G. MUHAMMAD

The mails popping up in my mailbox for quite some time have set me thinking. Also made me to look back. Streams of statements, press releases and pictures from various political organization and their More


  • GK Magazine

This is RADIO KASHMIR SRINAGAR

INSTITUTION

RUKHSANA JABEEN

With a period spanning over half a century Radio Kashmir has become an inseparable part of Kashmir’s modern history. It was once a household voice but things have changed a lot. Many now call it a shadow More



  • Letters

Sarpanch affair

This refers to the news about the resignation of the Sarpanch and Panchs of Panchayat Halqa Laar “B”, Block Laar. The names of four Panchs and one Sarpanch are mentioned in the news which is far from being More


  • Editorial

New Opportunity

It is after a long time that India and Pakistan will hold talks – albeit, it will be at a rather lower bureaucratic level on as technical a subject as conventional and nuclear confidence-building measures More


  • Business

Budgam village produces Rs 20 cr vegetables annually

R M BHAT

Budgam, Dec 25: Batpora, a small village in this central Kashmir’s district has over the years emerged as a large vegetable producer. The village supplies vegetables not only to other districts in More


  • Sports

4 MATCHES PLAYED ON SUNDAY

1ST VALLEY WINTER FOOTBALL TOURNEY

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Dec 25: On the eight day of first Valley winter seven-A-side football tournament four matches were played at Polo ground here on Saturday. In the first match, Golden Batch Football Club More


  • Kashmir

Beeru College faces staff shortage, students aghast

‘Building Not Designed As Per UGC Norms’

Budgam (Beeru), Dec 25: The students of Beeru Degree College have complained about lack of teaching faculty in the educational institution.The college has sanctioned staff strength of 15 Assistant and More


  • Srinagar City

CENTRE REFUSES TO FUND SANAT NAGAR FLYOVER

Deadly square on south City highway is feared to continue claim more human lives as state Govt has no resources to solve the problem

GK CITY CORRESPONDENT

Srinagar, Dec 25: In a major embarrassment for the state government, the Centre has rejected proposal to fund the much needed construction of flyover at Sanat Nagar, a faulty square on the Srinagar Muzaffarabad More



  • Jammu

PDP’s propaganda cannot weaken NC: Rana

GK NEWS NETWORK

JAMMU, Dec 25: Launching a scathing attack on Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for launching malicious campaign against his party, Chief Minister’s Political Advisor, Devender Rana on Sunday said that PDP More


  • South Asia

Afghan MP among 19 killed in suicide attack

Kabul, Dec 25: A suicide bomber attacked a funeral in northeastern Afghanistan today killing at least 19 people including an MP and wounding dozens of others, officials said. The attacker detonated More


  • World

Musharraf, Kayani knew about Osama's whereabouts: Ex-army chief

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Washington, Dec 25: Pakistani military had harboured Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden with the knowledge of former president General Pervez Musharraf, former army chief General Ziauddin Butt has said.  More



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