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5 militants, soldier killed

6 Army Men Including Captain Injured

LOLAB ENCOUNTER

SHAHID RAFIQ/WASIM KHALIDKupwara/Srinagar, July 15: Five Lashkar-e-Toiba militants and one soldier were killed and six soldiers including a Captain injured in a fierce gunfight in north Kashmir’s Lolab area on Friday.Police sources said following an input about the presence More

Municipal polls after Ramadhan: Omar

Rs 90 Cr Resource Commitment For Srinagar

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 15: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Friday announced holding of urban local body elections in the State after the month of Ramadhan adding that the Housing and Urban Development department has been asked to finalize arrangements for the same.“Establishment of urban local bodies and More

Zaina Kadal won’t be demolished

Srinagar, July 15: Jammu and Kashmir Government has decided not to demolish heritage bridge Zaina Kadal in Shahr-e-Khaas here.The development, according to informed sources, comes after Chief Minister Omar Abdullah intervened in the matter in a meeting here on Thursday. Omar, they said, directed More

BSNL launches 3G services in JK

10000 Engineers To Be Recruited From Valley: CGM

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 15: Telecom service provider BSNL Friday launched 3G data services in Jammu and Kashmir.The 3G services were launched in Srinagar and Jammu cities, the summer and winter capitals of the state, respectively, Chief General Manager BSNL (JK Circle) R K Kaul told reporters here.
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JK prefers ‘imported’ VCs for universities

Govt Shuts Eyes To Local Talent; Academics Uneasy

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, July 15: While the Jammu and Kashmir Government has come in the line of criticism on accusations of handing over the baton of administration to an ‘influential group’ of non-local officers at the crucial decision-making levels, the trend of preferring non-locals as  Vice-Chancellors More

PDP wants Govt to divulge names beforehand

SAC Selection Panel Meet

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, July 15: Ahead of July 18 meeting of the selection panel to constitute the State Accountability Commission (SAC), the opposition Peoples Democratic Party wants the government to intimate to the committee, in advance, the names of persons under consideration, for the coveted posts of SAC More

Pak hails India’s stand on dialogue

REZAUL H LASKAR/PTI

Islamabad, July 15: Pakistan Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani Friday expressed satisfaction at the resolve of India and Pakistan to continue their bilateral talks and “not be deterred by terrorists’ designs to derail the dialogue once again."Gilani made the remarks during a meeting with visiting Sri More



  • Opinion

The question of relevance

Have we really gone irrelevant. Certainly not.

WORDS WITHIN BY FIRDOUS SYED

The fellow and senior columnist of Greater Kashmir, Z G Muhammad by asking the question, “Am I still relevant?” has posed themost pertinent question. Had it been the case of an individual having qualms More


  • Op-Ed

Remembering Mirza Afzal Beg 


TRIBUTE

HERE I SHARE SOME PLEASANT AND UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES SHARED BY DR MEHBOOB BEG, WRITES SABEEN BEG WANI 


Mirza Mehboob Beg born on 4th September, 1948 is the middle son and the political heir of Afzal Beg and has grown under the towering persona of his father. The impact refuses to die and still kindles within More



  • Letters

The Summer that was- and the summer that is

Summer 2011 is about to end and with it would end many notions, beliefs, and opinions of a class of people in Kashmir. Calling this an opinion-changing season would be no exaggeration. This summer as compared More


  • Editorial

Bureaucracy Blues

The debate on the composition of, and the approach to, public administration in Jammu & Kashmir have again evoked deep interest. Given the sense of frustration with the general quality of governance More


  • Kashmir

Govt yet to bring Daksum, Sinthan Top on tourist map

KHALID GUL

Kokernag/ Sinthan Top, July 15: With famous health resorts like Gulmarg and Pahalgam overcrowded by ever increasing tourist rush, the government is yet to bring Daksum, Sinthan Top and other scenic resorts More


  • Srinagar City

Mehbooba condemns police action on PDP rally

SAYS GOVERNMENT ‘IMPOSING VIRTUAL MARTIAL LAW’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 15:  Opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti has strongly condemned the police action on peaceful demonstration by its youth wing at City centre of Residency More



  • Jammu

Police busts gang of int'l sapphire smugglers

3 SRI LANKAN NATIONALS HELD; OFFICIALS OF JKML UNDER SCANNER

S N HUSSAIN

Kishtwar, July 15: Police on Friday busted an international gang of alleged Sapphire smugglers here by arresting four persons, including three Sri Lankan nationals. Some top officials of Jammu and More


  • Briefs

Victor force holds artificial limb distribution camp

Srinagar: Victor Force in association with Bhagwan Mahavir Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS) of Rajasthan and ''Pritam Spiritual Foundation'' organized a four days free artificial limb distribution camp More


  • Business

Int’l flights to help market Kashmir as ‘direct connect destination’

JKTA, HBOA welcome announcement on impending foreign flights

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 15: The Valley-based tourism traders’ bodies have welcomed the announcement Chairman, Airports Authority of India, V P Agarwal recently made regarding impending operation of international More


  • News

GSAT-12 communication satellite launched

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Sriharikota (AP), July 15: Scripting yet another success in its space programme, India today launched its latest communication satellite GSAT-12 onboard indigenous PSLV-C17 rocket in a flawless mission More



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