Boys are prized, who needs girls?

That is how things happen here

SOCIETY By Salman Nizami

Six year old Syed Riffat is like many girls her age. She likes to be the center of attention. She is often frustrated when things do not go her way. Like her three older sisters, she is eager to discover the world outside the house in their middle-class neighbourhood of  Gurez. But when their More
Of education sellers

EDUCATION

It's a spirit to be cultivated and not a commodity to be sold,writes Fida Iqbal

Education is the art of learning with an influential effect on the mind, character and physical ability of an individual. It is a process of transmission of knowledge, skills and values from generation to generation.  Education had been a major factor in evolution of civilized societies and their More
Tosamaidan calling

FEEDBACK

Will some plant and animal species taste artillery and vanish from the face of earth amid thesongs of forest protection and species preservation in Kashmir? Asks Dr Khursheed Ahmad Ganaie

This refers to the article ‘Tears of a meadow’ by Arjimand Hussain Talib published in Greater Kashmir. The author has rightly gauged the damages inflicted to this meadow and surrounding forests by the war exercises. It is astonishing to learn that even in 21st century, when the world is celebrating More
  • Kashmir

MGNREGA: Centre earmarks Rs 40,000 Cr

‘3,99,459 job cards issued in JK till June 2011’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, June 13: The Central Government has earmarked Rs 40 crore for the year 2011-12 for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) which aims at enhancing the livelihood security More


  • Srinagar City

Not men in blue alone responsible for traffic mess

Bad, narrow roads;obsolete route plans, lack of coordination between various

GOVT AGENCIES HAMPER SMOOTH FLOW OF VEHICLES

M HYDERISrinagar, June 13: Traffic mess and accusing the police of failing to streamline vehicular flow have often gone synonymous in the summer Capital of Srinagar. Come across a gridlock and finger is More



  • Jammu

Controversy over duration ends; Govt, BAYN reach consensus

AMARNATH YATRA 2011

RAJEEV SHARMA

Jammu, June 13: The state government on Monday, in its last-ditch effort, finally succeeded in settling the controversy over the duration of the annual Amarnath yatra. Official sources said that the More


  • Briefs

Cabinet meet postponed

Srinagar, June 13: The state cabinet meeting scheduled for Tuesday has been postponed in view of the finalization of the state’s annual plan at New Delhi on Wednesday. Sources told Greater Kashmir More


  • Business

JK Cements to adopt pet coke technology in 3 months

Envisions `11 cr profit in current year

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, June 13: J&K Cements Limited, a state-owned profit-earning enterprise, is all set to adopt the most modern Pet Coke technology to make its production cost effective.  The total technology More


  • News

Peace process, killings cannot go together: Fai

London, June 13: Executive Director of Kashmiri American Council Kashmir Center, Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai has said that peace process and killings cannot go together.  “International community should take More


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