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Indo-Pak talks on June 23/24

Kashmir, CBMs, Peace On Agenda

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, June 17: Marking their second meeting in four months, Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan will hold two-day talks in Islamabad from June 23.The talks are expected to be focussed on Jammu and Kashmir, peace and security and confidence building measures.“Foreign Secretaries More

International team to inspect Kishanganga project today

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, June 17: With India and Pakistan continuing to share a strained relation over 330-MW Kishanganga power project in JK’s Bandipora district, a high profile team of international experts and representatives from governments of the neighboring countries arrived here Friday to inspect the scheme More

Morning flights start at Srinagar Airport

GoAir Plane Lands At 7 AM

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, June 17: In a significant development, the much-needed morning flights have started at the Srinagar ‘International’ Airport, with a commercial airline, GoAir, taking the lead in starting the service on regular basis.The first morning flight from New Delhi landed at 7 AM at the aerodrome More

Omar for international flights

Tourism Minister Asks JK To Showcase Spiritual Places

Srinagar, June 17: Terming connectivity an important ingredient to facilitate inflow of tourists, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Friday strongly advocated operationalizing international flights by the Air India from and to Srinagar Airport. “This would give fillip to the arrival of international tourist More

Talks, CBMs should go hand-in-hand: Radha

Interlocutor Visits KP Camp

KHALID GUL

Islamabad (Anantnag), June 17: Centre’s interlocutor on Kashmir, Radha Kumar Friday said  dialogue process and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) should go together to pave way for the resolution of Kashmir issue.“I believe CBMs are necessary for creating an atmosphere for the dialogue process More

UN takes note of 2010 Kashmir killings

Report Sought From GOI

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, June 17: United Nations had asked Government of India to reply over the killings of civilians by government forces during 2010 unrest in Kashmir Valley, reveals a report presented by the UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions.The More

Mirwaiz seeks international probe

Srinagar, June 17: Welcoming the UN query on 2010 Kashmir summer unrest, Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (M) on Friday sought an international probe in the killings.“The guilty are roaming free till date and even the FIRs have not been lodged in the killings. We demand a probe by credible More

NHPC agrees to pay water charges

Corporation To Deposit Rs 150 Cr With JK Govt

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, June 17: Power giant, National Hydro Electric Power Corporation (NHPC) has committed to the state government to pay Rs 150 crore as part of the water usage charges levied to it as per the provisions of J&K Water Resources Act-2010.This was disclosed in a high level meeting convened More



  • Opinion

J&K Panchayat elections

Is it n Instrument of Empowerment or Centralisation?

VIEWPOINT BY BALRAJ PURI

The Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, has constituted a high power committee, headed by the Chief Secretary Madhav Lal for formulating a road map for the transfer of vital functions and finances to the panchayats More


  • Op-Ed

Kashmir: A tradition of taste

HERITAGE

RICHNESS OF KASHMIRI CUISINE EXPLAINED IN THE BOOK YOU WILL LOVE TO READ, ASHOK OGRA REVIEWS

The breath-taking beauty of Kashmir is best captured in the Persian verse “Gar Firdaus Ba Ru-e-Zameen Ast... Hami ast O, Hami ast O, Hami ast”(  If there is heaven on earth, it is here, it is here More



  • Letters

What about Kashmir Golf Course?

The recently opened Pahalgam Golf Course has added another feather in the cap of Kashmir Golf. The course will definitely boost Golf tourism in Kashmir which is growing at a phenomenal pace around the More


  • Editorial

Regulate, don’t ban

The government’s latest disclosure that it has sealed as many as 78 private ultra-sonography laboratories in the last three months “for checking the pre-natal sex determination tests” seems to raise some More


  • Kashmir

20 new tourist destinations to come up in JK: Sahay

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, June 17: Union Tourism Minister, Subodh Kant Sahay Friday said 20 new tourist destinations would come up in Jammu and Kashmir.     “Twenty new destinations are coming up in More


  • Srinagar City

PCR starts Stress Management Helpline

GOVT TO OPEN FACILITY IN OTHER DISTRICTS AS WELL: SOGAMI

WASIM KHALID

Srinagar, June 17:  Minister of State for Home, Nasir Sogami on Friday inaugurated the Stress Management Helpline at the Police Control Room Srinagar. Talking to media persons, Sogami said the More



  • Jammu

Panel finalizing report: Omar

TRANSFER OF POWERS TO PANCHAYATS

Jammu, June 17: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah today said a Committee headed by Chief Secretary was finalizing the report regarding transfer of powers to the Panchayats.  “We want powerful Panchayats More


  • Briefs

Students return from tour

Pulwama:  A group of students sent by army to Bharat Darshan tour on June 6 returned to the valley on Friday. In this connection a function was organised at 55 RR camp, which was attended by More


  • Business

FICCI says JK needs investment policy

‘J&K TOURISM: THE WAY FORWARD’

GK BUSINESS REPORTER

Srinagar, June 17: Chairperson, Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Dr. Jyotsna Suri today urged the government to come up with an ‘Investment Policy’ in J&K.  At a More


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