Sopore man shot dead at Lal Chowk

No Militant Presence In City: SSP

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, June 6: Panic gripped the heart of Srinagar city Monday afternoon when a person was shot dead by unidentified assailants on Residency Road, Lal Chowk, here.Eyewitnesses told Greater Kashmir that the unidentified assailants fired upon 50-year old Muhammad Afzal Khan son of Muhammad Samundar More

Coalition promised sky, delivers little

Assurances Made In 2008 Polls Yet To Be Fulfilled

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, June 6: With the coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir having completed over two years in power, the alliance partners - National Conference and Congress - have been found to be wanting on the performance front. And this is notwithstanding the tall promises on good governance that the More

It’s a continuous process: NC

We Are Satisfied: Cong

Srinagar, June 6: Commenting on the National Conference manifesto, senior National Conference leader and Member Parliament Muhammad Shafi Uri said it belonged to the party and not to the coalition government. “So when coalition government is formed, there are common issues of the two partners that More

PDP watches the show, silently

Srinagar, June 6: According to observers, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party could have played a vital role in getting the NC, Congress manifestos implemented by making the coalition government accountable. “But the party is not going beyond issuing odd one or two statements a week on administrative More

MHA seeks details of pending cases in JK

Issuance Of Passports

AGENCIES

New Delhi, June 6: Union Home Ministry has asked the External Affairs Ministry to provide details of pending cases of issuance of passports in Jammu and Kashmir to expedite their security clearance.The decision has been taken as part of the Centre's confidence building measures in Jammu and Kashmir More

NEW EMPLOYMENT POLICY DRAWS FLAK

Unemployed Youth Feel Dejected

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, June 6: While experts have termed Jammu and Kashmir government’s proposal to switch over to new employment policy under stipendiary mode as a “short-term measure” to tackle joblessness, unemployed youth find themselves at crossroads with job opportunities squeezing day by day.“Permanence More

Govt to check over-charging, sale of fake products

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, June 6: Encouraged by a massive tourist flow to Kashmir this summer, the State Government has launched a drive to ensure a hassle-free stay of the visitors in the Valley.By virtue of the Tourist Trade Act the Enforcement Wing of Tourism Department Kashmir has kick-started the drive to More

JK Govt atrocious than Nazi regime: Jethmalani

‘Kashmiris Living In Tyrannical Atmosphere’

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, June 6: Equating the ‘atrocities committed in Kashmir by the state government’ with that of Nazi German regime, the non-governmental Kashmir Committee Monday lambasted Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for “rights abuses and mis-governance,” saying that recurrence of 2010-like agitation cannot More

India must improve rights record: HRW

‘It Should Revoke Special Security Laws From Kashmir’

New Delhi, June 6: Global rights watchdog, Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged India to live up to its legal and moral commitments after becoming a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).In a letter to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, the New York-based rights lobby group More

Mufti, Shah exposed on power trade-off: NC

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, June 6: Mubarak Gul, Advisor to the Chief Minister, in a statement issued here has said that the revelation that the state’s rights over Salal Hydro Electric Project were surrendered in 1985 is an eye opener.“Mufti Muhammad Sayeed who has been clamouring for the rights of the people More