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2 Jaish militants killed in Srinagar shootout: Police

They Were Planning Attacks In City: Sahai

WASIM KHALID/ UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar Mar 10: Police claimed to have killed two militants including the chief commander of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant outfit in a shoot-out on the outskirts of Srinagar along the Foreshore road Thursday. During the incident three persons, including a lady and two police constables also sustained More


WAMIQ FAROOQ CASE

Police challenge CJM’s order

‘Judge Exceeded His Jurisdiction’

SAMAAN LATEEFSrinagar, Mar 10: Terming the trial court’s order “erroneous and improper”, the police have filed a petition before the Principal District and Sessions Court challenging the direction on arrest and interrogation of police official accused in the killing of teenager More


1400 arrested in Sgr: DIG

‘50 Militants Active In Central Kashmir’

WASIM KHALID

Srinagar Mar 10: Stressing that only 1400 protesters were arrested in Srinagar since summer unrest of 2010 till March 2011, the police said there were 50 militants who were active in the areas of Central Kashmir including the city outskirts. “Beginning summer agitation I June 2010 till March More


NC-PP spar over Dogra rule

Baig, Kamal All Praise For Hari Singh

SUMIT HAKHOO

Jammu, Mar 10: MLA Balwant Singh Mankotia and National Conference members Thursday entered into heated argument over the conduct of Dogra rulers after the former accused senior NC leader Mustafa Kamal of describing the erstwhile rulers as “Zalim” tyrants. While Mankotia glorified Dogra rulers and More


Speaker rejects Madni’s resignation

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Mar 10: The Speaker Legislative Assembly Muhammad Akbar Lone on Thursday formally turned down the resignation of Deputy Speaker Muhammad Sartaj Madni.Soon after the Question Hour began in the house, the PDP legislator Abdul Rehman Veeri drew the attention of the House towards the absence More


Mankotia, Rashid come to blows

RAJEEV SHARMA

Jammu, Mar 10: The Lower House of State Legislature on Thursday witnessed unruly scenes when two MLAs, Balwant Singh Mankotia and Engineer Abdul Rashid, clashed with each other and were about to exchange blows after the latter created uproar on ‘biased’ upgradation of schools in Kashmir Valley.
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Opposition stages walk out

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Mar 10: Entire opposition minus Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday staged walkout from the Assembly to protest government’s “unsatisfactory reply” to a question regarding regularization of Special Police Officers (SPOs) and Village Defence Committee (VDC) members.The House also More


IAF Engineer in CBI net

7 Lakh Recovered From Office Chamber

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Mar 10: Central Bureau of Investigation sleuths Thursday caught red-handed a Garrison Engineer of the Indian Air Force at Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, while taking a bribe of Rs 40,000.  CBI sources disclosed to Greater Kashmir that PK Srivastava, Garrison Engineer More


Gen Parnaik visits Siachen

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Jammu, Mar 10: Northern Command Chief Lt General K T Parnaik Thursday reviewed security of the world's highest battlefield Siachen Glacier during his three-day visit to Ladakh sector of Jammu and Kashmir.“The General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Northern Command, on the second day of his visit More


Highway open for 2-way traffic

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Mar 10: Authorities have decided to keep 300 kilometre Srinagar-Jammu highway, the only road connecting Kashmir Valley with rest of the world, open for two-way passenger traffic on Friday.“Passengers vehicles from both the sides will be allowed to move on the highway on Friday,” the Senior More




  • Opinion

Shaping Next Fiscal

An analysis of Budget 2011-12

BUDGET BY P.N.RAZDAN

Budget 2011-12 was keenly awaited in the state. For one this NC-Congress coalition is now in the middle of its term, a time when governments are in the grip of a fierce economic developmental pace and More



  • Op-Ed

Duplicitous West Preaching Democracy

World

FOR THE WEST DEMOCRACY IS LIKE ENGLISH LANGUAGE; COUNTRY CHANGES, PRONUNCIATION VARIES, WRITES PROF. M. I. BHAT

Hardly two months into the pronouncement of the contours of its new policy towards Muslim world, the US suffered the first shock of its ignorance borne out of arrogance. On November 12, 2010, the Chairman More




  • Letters

It is about patient care, not money!

This refers to Dr. Muddassir Shahdhar's letter on Private Practice. While as the issue of raids, people’s expectations, and the recent outburst would merit a longer discussion, but I would like to point More



  • Friday Focus

Knowledge is Worship

PROF G R MALIK

A sensitive and curious correspondent and a keen reader of Greater Kashmir finds himself in a sort of fix. Someone has warned him that the knowledge which Islam eulogises and has made binding on believers More



  • Kashmir

UID roll-out in JK likely by April

CENSUS DEPARTMENT TO TAKE UP ISSUE WITH GOVT

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Mar 10: Aimed at preventing misuse of identity, the Census Department has decided to take up with the state government the matter of issuance of Unique Identification Number (UID) to citizens More



  • Srinagar City

Career counseling camp concludes at KU

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Mar 10:  The Vice-Chancellor, Kashmir University, Prof Riyaz Punjabi Thursday said career counseling programs help the varsity fulfill its commitment towards the society. The VC was More




  • Jammu

Government refers GMC vacant posts to PSC

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Mar 10: The Government on Thursday referred the available posts of lecturers in Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar to Public Service Commission (PSC) for direct recruitment. Replying More



  • News in Brief

IAF airlifts 662 stranded passengers

Srinagar: On the intervention of Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, 662 stranded passengers were airlifted between Srinagar-Leh and Kupwara-Tangdhar today in IAF aircrafts. According to an official communiqu More



  • Business

FinMin for reducing fiscal deficit

State eyes Rs 4,200 cr tax revenue

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Mar 10: Asserting the State's next year's plan outlay of Rs 6600 crore is a realistic projection based on the pattern adopted by Planning Commission for scheme of financing the current year's annual More



  • News

Court prepones hearing of sedition case against Geelani

New Delhi, Mar 10: Hearing of the sedition case against Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, writer Arundhati Roy and four others for their alleged anti-India speeches was today preponed by More




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