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50% decline in militancy this year: DGP

WASIM KHALID

Srinagar, June 18: Director General of Police, Kuldeep Khoda, Saturday said that there was 50 percent decrease in militancy in Jammu and Kashmir in 2011.“We have observed that there has been 50 percent decrease in militant related incidents in 2011,” Khoda said during a press briefing at Bakshi More

International experts inspect Kishanganga site in Gurez

Scheduled To Visit Bandipora Today

MUDDASIR ALI/TARIQ RASOOL

Srinagar/Bandipora, June 18: With all eyes set on Court of Arbitration for resolving the Kishanganga power project controversy between India and Pakistan, experts from the world body along with the authorities of Water Commissions from the neighboring countries today inspected the project site in More

Home Minister arrives tomorrow

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, June 18: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram is visiting Jammu and Kashmir for two days beginning Monday.Official sources said the Home Minister will be arriving Srinagar Monday evening and is expected to chair a high-level meeting of top officials of the state government, army, paramilitary More

Ahead of talks, India-Pak locked in spat

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi/Islamabad, June 18: Ahead of their talks, India and Pakistan were today locked in a nasty spat and lodged protests against each other over their naval warships allegedly resorting to 'risky' and 'dangerous' manoeuvres after hijacked MV Suez was freed by Somali pirates.India lodged a More

17 yrs on, Udhampur-Baramulla rail line still incomplete

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, June 18: The Udhampur-Baramulla railway line project which was announced 17 years ago is yet to be completed.A look at the 290-kilometre railway project known as Udhampur- Srinagar -Baramulla railway line reveals that the work over the years had been marred by the delays and faults, More

NO CHANGE OF GUARD MIDWAY: OMAR

‘Clear Agreement With Congress On The Issue’

AYUB JAVED/ MOAZUM MUHAMMAD

Pulwama/Srinagar, June 18: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday said that there will be no change of chief minister in the state in January 2012.Addressing media persons after inaugural ceremony of a steel plant in Pulwama, the Chief Minister said the details chalked out with UPA chairperson More

Expedite completion of Mughal Road: Mehbooba

GK NEWS NETWORK

Noorabad (Kulgam), June 18: Stressing the need for greater inter-regional connectivity, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti today called for expediting the execution of Mughal Road and Kishtwar–Islamabad (Anantnag) project.“Mughal Road is a flagship project that was only the More

80% polling in 16th phase

Panchayat elections

Srinagar, June 18: The 16th phase of Panchayat Election-2011 concluded on Saturday with 79.83 per cent electorate exercising their right to franchise, an official spokesman said.The election was held in 10 Sarpanch and 65 Panch constituencies in CD block Gurez district Bandipore, 10 Sarpanch and More



  • Opinion

Muchado about morality

Is ours really a permissive society

WRITE HAND BY AJAZ UL HAQUE

The question of moral degradation is too complex to be answered through sermons alone. No doubt the concern we are showing towards civilising our society is laudable. Our religious and social organizations More


  • Op-Ed

Baba loag’s wonderland

What New Delhi and Srinagar can do to improve Kashmir’s tourism

ARJIMAND HUSSAIN TALIB

Kashmir is smiling this summer. It is not that all is well for its people though. After three successive summers of mayhem, it is a moment of respite. Tourists are swelling this land again. Life in Srinagar More



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  • Kashmir

Invest in your own state: Mir to businessmen

GK NEWS NETWORK

Tilgam (Pattan) June 18: Agriculture Minister, Ghulam Hassan Mir, on Saturday urged local investors to invest in J&K rather than in Delhi and Mumbai to provide ample employment opportunities to educated More


  • Srinagar City

SDA team heckled at Pantha Chowk bus stand

Development authority files FIR against ‘erring school authorities’

GK CITY REPORTER

Srinagar, June 18: A team of Srinagar Development Authority officials was “heckled and kept hostage” at Pantha Chowk bus terminal by drivers of a prominent English medium school  at Athwajan who had More



  • Jammu

SRTC heading towards management crisis

Top Management Posts To Be Vacant In 1 Yr

SYED AMJAD SHAH

Jammu, June 18: The Jammu and Kashmir State Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) is heading towards a possible management crisis as around 17 officials of the corporation are retiring this year and in the More


  • Briefs

Attention Hajj pilgrims 2011

Srinagar, June 18: JK State Hajj Committee, Srinagar on Saturday asked the intending Hajj pilgrims of 2011 having age above 70 years and registered in covers of 3, 4 and 5 to give their consent in writing More


  • Business

Omar pitches for investments in JK

Says govt ready to provide package of incentives to investors

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, June 18: Pitching for investments into the state, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said government was ready to provide package of incentives to investors and satisfy their queries and apprehensions More


  • News

Afghanistan, US in contact with Taliban: Karzai

Kabul, June 18: President Hamid Karzai said today that Afghanistan and the United States are engaged in peace talks with the Taliban, even as insurgents stormed a police station near the presidential palace More



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