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Under Roshni Act, Govt puts JK up for sale

675230 Kanals Of State Land Up For Grabs @ Rs 4487/Kanal

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, June 25: A government initiative which was meant to boost the financial resources of Jammu and Kashmir seems to be going horribly wrong. Conceived to fetch the equity for shaping fortunes of the state and transforming it into power exporting region, the much-hyped Roshni scheme is only growing More

PaK going to polls today

27000 Security Personnel Deployed For Voting

NISAR AHMED THOKAR

Muzaffarabad, June 25: Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK) will elect a new government Sunday when polling for the 41-member legislative assembly begins under tight security. The campaigning for the polls ended this evening.According to official figures, some 12,000 armed forces personnel and More

2 women die in rafting accident

3 Bodies Recovered From Chenab; Boy Drowns In Jhelum

SHEIKH NAZIR/GKNN

Sonamarag/Srinagar, June 25: Two women drowned and six others were rescued after a rafting accident Saturday morning in north Kashmir’s Sonamarg tourist resort.The eight women were teachers at Sindh Valley Educational Institute at Kangan and were accompanying their students for an excursion.
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Jhelum to get 2 hi-tech dredgers

Govt Inks Pact With US Firm

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, June 25: After years of inordinate delay, the Jammu and Kashmir Government on Saturday signed an agreement for procuring state-of-the-art dredgers with renowned US-based Ellicott Dredges—one of the oldest manufacturers of dredging equipments.Incidentally, Ellicott Dredges had supplied More

Nothing new in Indo-Pak joint statement: Salahuddin

‘Cross-LoC Trade An Attempt To Weaken Movement’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, June 25: The United Jihad Council chairman and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen supreme commander, Syed Salahuddin, Saturday said that there was nothing new in the recent Indo-Pak joint statement. “However, the process of talks may temporarily ease tension between the countries,” said Salahuddin More

Include Kashmiris in talks: Malik

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, June 25: Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Muhammad Yasin Malik on Saturday reiterated that Kashmiris should be included in the ongoing India-Pakistan dialogue process.Malik while welcoming the  Indo-Pak secretary level talks, which concluded in Islamabad More



  • Opinion

Spice 24x7

Where Aishwarya's pregnancy makes a news alert

WRITE HAND BY AJAZ UL HAQUE

A round the clock engagement with news makes our present day media a theatre of sorts. The very standard of news gathering has, to borrow a phrase from a novelist, `risen to a new low'. This is true of More


  • Op-Ed

Let Omar Continue

In a sensitive State like Kashmir, acceptability ought to be the criterion and not political compulsions

VIEWPOINT BY TANVIR SADIQ

Many people must still be under the shock over the death and total anarchy that engulfed the whole of Kashmir last year.  There is no answer why some lose their lives and some are spared. Those gruesome More



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For those who want to write for Greater Kashmir

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  • Kashmir

Public involvement in decision making crucial: Omar

GK NEWS NETWORK

Bandipore/Budgam, June 25: The Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Saturday reiterated his Government’s determination to involve public in crucial decision making for holistic and all- round development of the More


  • Srinagar City

At RTI program, Sufi assures speedy release of information

MANZOOR-UL-HASSAN

Srinagar, June 25: The Jammu and Kashmir Chief Information Commissioner (CIC), G R Sufi, on Saturday said the process of furnishing information under Right to Information Act would be made “as expeditious More



  • Jammu

ABDUCTED JAMMU SAILOR REACHES HOME

FAMILY EXPRESSES GRATITUDE TO PAKISTAN

SYED AMJAD SHAH

Jammu, June 25: The Jammu based sailor Narotam Kumar Sharma, who along with many others spent 10 months in the captivity of Somalian pirates, reunited with his family on Saturday.  Narotam son of More


  • Briefs

Army organizes free artificial limb camp

Srinagar:  Army in association with Bhagwan Mahavir Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS) of Rajasthan and Pritam Spiritual Foundation organised a free Artificial Limb distribution camp at Khanabal Islamabad More


  • Business

Hike in fuel prices

UPA led govt under attack after ‘another blow’ to common man

New Delhi, June 25: Political parties, including the Left and BJP, today came down heavily on the UPA-led Coalition government for striking "another blow" on the common man by hiking the fuel price and More


  • News

INDIA-PAK MULL DEFENCE ‘CONTACTS’

Islamabad Proposes July End For FM-Level Talks

REZAUL H LASKAR/PTI

Islamabad, June 25: India and Pakistan have discussed a wide array of defence-related confidence building measures, including a proposed pact to prevent "situations at sea" and contacts between military More



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