‘Indo-Pak talks on track’

Mumbai Blasts Will Have No Bearing On FM-Level Parleys: Krishna

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, July 14: India Thursday said the Mumbai blasts will have no bearing on the forthcoming Foreign Minister-level talks with Pakistan and the scheduled visit of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.“They are (on schedule). There is no change in the scheduled visits of Secretary Clinton More

Let’s work together to eliminate terror: Gilani

REZAUL H LASKAR

Islamabad, July 14: Ruing the loss of lives in the triple bombings in Mumbai, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Thursday said such incidents should strengthen Indo-Pak resolve to work together “to eliminate terrorism in South Asia.”Addressing a meeting of the National Command Authority More

Omar inaugurates new JK Bank branches, ATMs, CBS network

Bank To Open 100 More Branches: Chairman

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 14: Reminding Jammu and Kashmir Bank of its corporate social responsibilities, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday called for equitable growth of deposits and credits of the Bank.“Your healthy growth in deposits should match the growth of credits”, he said and asked the Bank to More

Bureaucrats rule the roost in JK?

‘Tilted’ Administrative Set-Up Causes Alienation, Disillusionment

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, July 14: Jammu and Kashmir seems to be in the midst of a fresh debate on bureaucratic set-up in the state, especially in the backdrop of accusations that the state government has exclusively handed over the baton of administration to an “influential group” of non-local officers at the crucial More

All eyes on SAC selection panel meet

Litmus Test For Omar, Mehbooba

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, July 14: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and the Peoples Democratic Party President Mehbooba Mufti are once again heading for a litmus test on July 18, when the selection committee to constitute the State Accountability Commission (SAC) meets after years of inordinate delay. And there are literally More

SIC to get Information Commissioners

Srinagar, July 14: In a bid to give more teeth to the State Information Commission, the State Government has fixed meeting of the selection committee for appointment of two information commissioners on July 18.“The meeting has been fixed for July 18 and all the panel members have been intimated More

JK neck deep in corruption: SFC

‘Bribery All Pervasive,Omnipresent In The State’

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, July 14: Observations by a quasi-official body on prevalence of corruption in Jammu and Kashmir has warned that the illegal practice has become “all pervasive and omnipresent” in the state with conventional laws hardly proving effective.In its report submitted to government, the State More