No rotation, I’ll be CM for 6 years: Omar

‘BJP Wants To Set Kashmir On Fire; Can’t Act Against Sharma’

SUMIT HAKHOO

Jammu, Jan 5: Breaking his silence over the voices for having rotational Chief Minister for Jammu and Kashmir, the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday said the issue has been settled once for all by the high commands of both the coalition partners before entering into alliance. Omar said he will More

BJP to go ahead with flag hoisting

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Jan 5: Rubbishing Omar Abdullah's charge that it was trying to incite violence, BJP today said the party's plan to carry the national flag from West Bengal to Kashmir Valley and hoist it in Srinagar was aimed at promoting national sovereignty and solidarity."BJP maintains that Jammu More

UN has failed in Kashmir: Farooq

SUMIT HAKHOO

Jammu, Jan 5: A day after Hurriyat Conference (M) Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said that United Nations (UN) has failed to address the Kashmir issue, Union Minister and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah Wednesday said that UN has not only failed in Kashmir but also in Palestine.Abdullah More

‘Ye Mere Baap Ki Galti Hai’

Jammu, Jan 5: Known for making tongue-in-cheek remarks, National Conference President Dr Farooq Abdullah today said it was the ‘fault’ of his father that Mustaffa Kamal is his brother.Reacting to questions at the press conference about Kamal’s controversial statements against Congress and its More

JK a police state: Geelani

‘CM Non-Existent; No Need Of Unification Among Pro-Freedom Parties’

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, Jan 5: The Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Shah Geelani Wednesday said the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has become “non-existent and Police is running the affairs of the state.”He also castigated the J&K Police for what he said its anti-people role in the past two decades More

JK Govt begins plan exercise for 2011-12

Likely To Seek 5% Hike In Allocation

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Jan 5: With financial year nearing end, the state government has initiated formal exercise to prepare projected annual plan size for 2011-12 ahead of its meetings with Planning Commission for approval.Sources disclosed to Greater Kashmir that state Planning Department had already discussed More

ASI nod to documentation of JK heritage sites

INTACH To Execute Project

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Jan 5: If all goes as planned, the rich cultural and heritage sites in Jammu and Kashmir shall soon be documented in a bid to attract more tourists from across the globe.In a significant development, the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) has approved a proposal for setting up of a More

Man shot dead in Kupwara

SHAHID RAFIQ

Kupwara, Jan 5: Army soldiers allegedly shot dead an unidentified man in district Kupwara on Tuesday night.“Soldiers asked a man to stop near Rangwarnav Lolab last night. However, he evaded the signal and ran away following which soldiers opened fire killing the man on the spot,” a police official More

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