Time to create awareness on RTI
This refers to recent news “SIC to get Information Commissioners” (GK 15th July). The Jammu & Kashmir Government passed new version of RTI law (J&K RTI Act 2009) on March 20th 2009 and it took the state government two years to appoint the Chief Information Commissioner. CIC Mr G R Sufi has been More
New CBMs
This refers to the news “India, Pak firm up CBMs.” Indian and Pakistani officials met recently to firm up new confidence-building measures to expand trade and travel across the two halves of Kashmir, which is indeed a good gesture from both sides. The CBMs are likely to be unveiled during the foreign More
Condemnable action
This refers to the police action on protesting government employees in Lal Chowk recently. The PDP president and MLA Kulgam have rightly condemned the police action against government employees. Mehbooba Mufti is right that it was yet another instance of an inefficient government trying to enforce peace More
ZGM article
I have gone through the mind boggling write-p titled "Looking for Instrumental Leadership" by analyst ZGM (GK July 8).It is timely as it comes when the separatist leadership is in complete disarray. This strange phenomenon is ominous in so far it comes after the successful summer uprising 2008 through More
  • Kashmir

Mir for economic empowerment of youth

GK NEWS NETWORK

Pattan July 21: Minister for Agriculture, Ghulam Hassan Mir today said the main focus of political endeavor should see the youth of J&K economically independent, politically empowered and socially More


  • Srinagar City

Encroachers eating up Koh-e-Maran

Locals fear land mafia involvement, heritage lovers aghast, admin sleeps

M HYDERI

Srinagar, July 21: At a time when the government claims to start heritage conservation on and around the Kohe-e-Mahan hill in the City, alleged encroachers have started "excavation" of the hillock which More



  • Jammu

NPP to mobilize public opinion against rehabilitation policy

Jammu: Terming the policy of resettlement of militants based in Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK) as ‘danger’ to the security of state, Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) today decided More


  • South Asia

Pak Navy inducts first squadron of indigenously made UAVs

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Islamabad, July 21: Pakistan has developed and inducted its first squadron of indigenously made Naval unmanned spy planes to be used for maritime interdiction operations in coastal areas. The UAVs More


  • Business

'JK industry contributes 80 pc to power revenue'

Traders, entrepreneurs oppose power tariff hike proposal

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 21: The trade and industry bodies of J&K today strongly opposed the power tariff hike proposed by the government.  At a joint press conference in Jammu, the representatives of traders More


  • World

Sardar Attique denounces

Turabi endorses Geelani’s July 23 strike call

NISAR AHMED THOKAR

Islamabad, July 21: The outgoing prime minister of Pakistan Administered Kashmir and Muslim Conference president, Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan has voiced serious concern over the detention of Washington based More


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