PC nod to Rs 6600 cr JK plan

‘Infrastructure Gap Can Be Bridged With Investor-Friendly Approach’

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, June 15: The Planning Commission of India Wednesday approved the projected annual plan of Rs 6,600 crore for Jammu and Kashmir for the fiscal 2011-12. Besides, Rs 1200 crore were allocated under Prime Ministers Reconstruction Program, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah posted on micro-blogging More

Omar meets PM

GK NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi, June 15: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today met Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh here. Omar expressed his gratitude to the PM for the highest Annual Plan of Rs. 6600 crores and Rs.1200 crores under Prime Minister’s Reconstruction Programme (PMRP) approved for Jammu and Kashmir by the Planning More

'No question of rotational chief ministership'

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, June 15: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday said the question of rotation of chief ministership in the state was “closed” and there was no reopening of it.“It really isn’t an issue that concerns me. As far as I am concerned this matter was cleared in January 2009 More

JK spends Rs 2,400 cr on central forces

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, June 15: Jammu and Kashmir’s expenditure on central forces, barring the Army, has gone up to almost Rs 2,400 crore in the last fiscal from below Rs 70 crore in 1989-90."The expenditure on security agencies has gone up to Rs 2,395 crore in 2010-11. In 1989, they had 28,782 armed forces More

124 youth behind bars for stone pelting: DGP

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, June 15: Police on Wednesday said that most of the youth arrested on charges of the stone pelting have been released and only 124 of them were behind bars in the Kashmir Valley. “Most of the youth arrested for stone pelting have been released and only 124 of them are in jail,” Director More

Kashmir on agenda: Salman Bashir

NISAR AHMED THOKAR

Islamabad, June 15: Pakistan Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir on Wednesday assured Kashmiri leaders that Pakistan would take up the Kashmir issue effectively and discuss it in a purposeful manner in the forthcoming secretary-level dialogue with India.Bashir made these remarks while talking to a More

Krishna meets Zardari

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Astana (Kazakhstan), June 15: Ahead of the Foreign Secretary-level talks, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna met Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari here at a concert organised for leaders attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit.As Zardari saw Krishna at the concert hall More

DESPITE UNREST, 27% INCREASE IN TAX COLLECTION

7 Cases Filed Of Unaccounted Income: Pathania

MOAZUM MUHAMMAD

Srinagar, June 15: Chief Commissioner Income Tax Department, KS Pathania Wednesday said the gross tax collection last year grew at 27 percent in J&K, even though the Valley remained shut for major part of the year.He said the Department realized Rs 1179.73 crore in 2010-11 representing a 27 More

Kashmir bars India, Pak from SCO membership

AGENCIES

Astana (Kazakhstan), June 15: The unsolved territorial problem (Kashmir) between India and Pakistan is the main barrier to their accession to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a source from the Russian delegation told Interfax news agency on the sidelines of 11th SCO summit here Wednesday More

250 suffer food poisoning at marriage

SHAHID RAFIQ

Kupwara, June 15: Over 250 persons, a large number of them children and women, suffered from food poisoning during a marriage reception at Hachamargi village, some 30 kilometers away from district headquarter Kupwara, Tuesday afternoon.A majority of the victims have been admitted to Government More

Youth shot dead at Kellar

Militant Killed In Gunfight

KHALID GUL

Shopian, June 15: Unidentified gunmen shot dead a 20-yr old youth here in south Kashmir last night, police said on Wednesday.“The gunmen barged into the house of Manzoor Ahmad Dar son of late Muhammad Jabar Dar at Vishru in Kellar area and resorted to indiscriminate firing killing Manzoor on the More