- TOP STORIES
Antony reviews security situation
Osama Killing Fallout
New Delhi, May 11: Against the backdrop of killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan by US elite forces, Defense Minister A K Antony Wednesday reviewed the overall security situation in the country with top officials and three service chiefs.Antony reviewed the security situation at a meeting here More
Pallam Raju meets Army commanders
Jammu, May 11: Concluding his three days visit to Jammu, Union Minister of State (MoS) for Defense MM Pallam Raju Wednesday reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir at a high level meeting at the Army’s Northern Command Headquarters at Udhampur, official sources said.They said the More
India releases list of 50 'most-wanted'
Salah-Ud-Din, Saeed, Masood, Dawood Included
AGENCIES/PTI
New Delhi, May 11: Days after the killing of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden by US commandoes in Pakistani city Abbottabad, India Wednesday released a list of 50 “most wanted fugitives”, including underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, Jamaat-u-Dawaa chief Hafiz Saeed and LeT commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi More
NC leader arrested for ‘assaulting’ father-daughter duo
People Protest, Omar Assures Action
MUDDASIR ALI
Srinagar, May 11: Police on Wednesday arrested a senior leader of the ruling National Conference for “misbehaving and beating” a father-daughter duo near old secretariat area here this afternoon.Police said NC’s Provincial Secretary Sheikh Ghulam Ahmad Saloora, and his security guards were taken More
Govt hails JKLF chief
Jora Welcomes Malik’s Statement On Tourism
Srinagar, May 11: Hailing the statement of JKLF chief Muhammad Yasin Malik about safeguarding the tourism industry in the Kashmir valley, Minister for Tourism and Culture, Nawang Rigzin Jora Wednesday said promoting tourism is the best guarantee for the state’s prosperity.“Yasin Malik has rightly More
SKUAST ‘mutilates’ its identity
Clandestinely, Cow Replaces Sheep In Varsity Emblem
FAHEEM ASLAM
Srinagar, May 11: With the dust over the ‘illegal admissions’ yet to settle down, authorities at the SK University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) Kashmir have arbitrarily replaced sheep with cow in the varsity emblem inscribed on its official documents released in the past few months More
IAF chief pitches for politico-military dialogue
‘Participation Of Service Chiefs In CCS Meetings Good Beginning’
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
New Delhi, May 11: Indian Air Force (IAF) chief Air Chief Marshal (ACM) P V Naik Wednesday pitched for regular “politico-military” dialogue saying it is essential for a country like India “which faces a large number of military and non-military threats.”Naik was addressing a seminar on National More
6 JK YOUTH MAKE IT TO ALL INDIA SERVICES
3 FROM VALLEY, 2 FROM JAMMU, 1 FROM LADAKH
UMER MAQBOOL
Srinagar, May 11: Six candidates from Jammu and Kashmir have cracked the All India Civil Services Examination 2010 for which the results were declared Wednesday.The selectees include Abid Hussain Sadiq, Gulzar Ahmad Wani, Dr Syed Abid Rasheed, Dr Sarvjeet Soodan, Muhammad Aijaz and Ovessa Iqbal More
Hurriyat (M) constitutes 2-member panel
IuM Suspension
UMER MAQBOOL
Srinagar, May 11: The Hurriyat (M) Wednesday constituted a two member panel to look into the suspension of Moulvi Abbas Ansari-led Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen from the conglomerate.During the meeting chaired by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq here, the amalgam decided to constitute the panel headed by Prof Abdul More
Trend setters
Six candidates from Jammu and Kashmir cracked the All India Civil Services Examination 2010 for which the results were declared on Wednesday.
Reviewing progress
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah inspects Srinagar-Leh Highway status at Gumri, 114 km from Srinagar, on Wednesday.
Savage Slaughter
Wanton slaying of coniferous trees at Dodpathri in Budgam district captured by landscape photographer Mukhtar Ahmad for Greater Kashmir while on a visit to the virgin tourist resort on Monday.
Where are our kith and kin?
Kith and Kin of disappeared persons stage a sit-in at Lal Chowk in Srinagar on Tuesday. APDP holds a sit-in once a month to seek whereabouts of the disappeared persons. Mubashir Khan/GK
Chinar Bagh thrown open for public
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Dr Farooq Abdullah and others attend inaugural ceremony of Chinar Bagh in Srinagar on Monday. Aman Farooq/GK
Durbar opens in Srinagar
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah arrives to attend the guard of honour ceremony at Civil Secretariat on the first day of Durbar in Srinagar on Monday. Mubashir Khan/GK
Sun and Snow
A view of glittering snowy mountainous pass of Zojilla on Srinagar-Leh highway captured by GK photo editor Habib Naqash.
Srinagar-Leh highway open
After remaining closed for 5-months the strategic Srinagar-Leh Highway was thrown open for the vehicular traffic on Monday. Habib Naqash/GK
Sunsets in Dal Lake
GK lensman Aman Farooq captures scintillating view of Dal Lake, with Hari Parbat Fort in the background, as sun sets in Srinagar on Sunday.
- Opinion
No cause warriors
We pin hopes on Obama, dedicate prayers to Osama
INKSIGHT BY MEHMOOD UR RASHID
Generalities apart, Osama was an unknown realm. Like the details about his dead body, living Osama was not an easily traceable thing. Multiple layers of smog hid him and his actions from the world. Through More
- Op-Ed
Where have they gone?
Searching Missing Girls in Jammu and Kashmir
ALARMING TREND BY BASHIR AHMAD BHAT
A number of write-ups have appeared in various local dailies regarding the shocking sex ratio figures in Jammu and Kashmir after the release of the provisional population figures of Census-2011. The preliminary More
- Letters
Felling trees at Dodhpathri and the clarification thereof
This refers to the photograph published in your esteemed paper on May 11/ 2011 captured by landscape photographer, Mukhtar Ahmad captioned savage slaughter about wanton slaying of coniferous trees at Dodhpathri More
- Editorial
Rescuing CBMs
When Srinagar-Muzzafarabad road was thrown open in 2005, it was hailed as the biggest Confidence Building Measure between the two countries. But six years down the line, there is little that has changed More
- Kashmir
Omar inspects Srinagar-Leh Highway status
Drives up to Gumri, interacts with people
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, May 11: The Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, on Wednesday drove up to Gumri, 114 kms from here, to inspect the progress of upgradation and widening of Srinagar-Leh highway project being executed More
- Srinagar City
Jhelum gets cruise ride to interiors
MOAZUM MUHAMMAD
Srinagar, May 11: In a bid to revive decades old river transport in Srinagar City, the government Wednesday started a 15-seater cruise in Jehlum which would pass through interiors of the summer capital More
- Jammu
Cabinet meeting today
Jammu, May 11: Jammu and Kashmir Council of Ministers is meeting at Srinagar on Thursday afternoon, official sources said on Wednesday. They said the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah would chair the More
- Briefs
Community mobilization programme held
Srinagar: The Zonal Education Office, Eidgah here organised a community mobilization programme at Girls Higher Secondary, Goripora and Middle School Bakkshpora respectively. The Chief Education More
- Business
SKICC clocks `2 cr revenue in '10-11
GK BUSINESS REPORTER
Srinagar, May 11: The state-of-the-art Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) on the Dal banks here has registered record gross revenue of Rs 203.67 lakhs for 2010-11. The SKICC which More
- News
Sharif demands independent probe into Osama debacle
REZAUL H LASKAR/PTI
Islamabad, May 11: Pakistan's main opposition leader Nawaz Sharif today demanded that the government should form a judicial commission within three days to ascertain how al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden More




