• TOP STORIES

Mamata storms Red bastion

Jaya Ousts Karuna, Congress Gets Assam, Kerala

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, May 13: Breaking the Red citadel, Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress ended the 34-year hegemony of the Left Front in West Bengal, while Jayalalithaa’s AIADMK scored a landslide victory to oust DMK from power in Tamil Nadu as results of the assembly elections were out Friday.Congress More

Adhocism impairs govt functioning

Institutions Go On Headless, Bureaucrats Saddled With ‘Additional Charges’

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, May 13: With several important institutions in the state going on headless, ‘scarcity’ of bureaucrats to man the top posts in the government seems to be taking its toll on governance with many key positions being supervised by proxy through ‘additional charge’ scheme.While several key More

‘Handicapped’ SIC awaits Information Commissioners

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, May 13: The Jammu and Kashmir Government is making little effort to appoint the two Information Commissioners in the State Information Commission (SIC), thus drastically hitting the effective implementation of the Right to Information Act.While the government recommended GR Sufi as the More

CM chairs UHQ meet

Reviews Security, Law & Order Situation

Srinagar, May 13: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah chaired the Unified Headquarters meeting here Friday morning to take stock of the state’s security and law and order situation, an official spokesman said.The Chief Minister also received the brief on various issues pertaining to the maintenance More

Northern Command chief in Valley

Srinagar, May 13: General Officer Commander-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of Northern Command Lt Gen K T Parnaik Friday arrived here on a two-day visit to assess the security situation in the state.The Army commander was received by the General Officer Commander (GOC) of the 15 Corps Lt Gen S A Hasnain More

Amnesty castigates JK Govt

‘Little Progress Made On 2010 Killings Probe’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, May 13: Global human rights watchdog Amnesty International in its latest report has castigated the Jammu and Kashmir government for “little progress” in the inquiries ordered into the civilian killings which took place during 2010 unrest.“An inquiry, instituted by the state authorities More

Seeks release of teenage boy

SAMAAN LATEEF

Srinagar, May 13: Amnesty International has launched a global campaign to seek release of 19-year-old Zaffar Shafi Hakeem of Anantnag (Islamabad), booked under Public Safety Act (PSA) by the state government.Zaffar is the cousin of 14-year-old, Faizan Rafiq Hakeem, who was detained for 6-weeks More

Red-faced SKUAST admits mistake, rectifies emblem

Sheep Replaces Cow; Govt Pulls Up Varsity Top Brass

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, May 13: Under fire over the blunder, the authorities at the SK University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Kashmir have candidly admitted having replaced sheep with cow in the varsity emblem, citing “inadvertent mistake.”The development comes two days after this newspaper reported More

Mirwaiz calls for strike on May 21

Rallies In Srinagar, Kupwara To Commemorate ‘Martyrs Week’

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, May 13: The chairman of Hurriyat Conference (M), Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, on Friday called for a complete shutdown on May 21 to commemorate the death anniversaries of slain separatist leaders Mirwaiz Moulana Muhammad Farooq and Abdul Gani Lone.Addressing the Friday congregation at historic More

India to provide tech data to Pak

Wullar Barrage Talks

REZAUL H LASKAR/PTI

Islamabad, May 13: India Friday agreed to provide comprehensive technical data to Pakistan so that the two countries could reach an "early and amicable" solution to the 25-year-old Wullar barrage-Tulbul navigation project issue under the provisions of the Indus Waters Treaty.The decision was reached More

Suicide bombers kill 80 in Pak

Army Training Centre Targetted

REZAUL H LASKAR/PTI

Peshawar/Islamabad, May 13: Within a fortnight of al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden’s killing, suicide bombers Friday killed 80 people, mostly soldiers, at a paramilitary academy in northwest Pakistan.Claiming responsibility for the attack, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan termed it to be the “first revenge More

Soldier killed in Kupwara

MUDASIR MAJEED

Kupwara, May 13: An army soldier of 28 Rashtriya Rifles was killed when militants opened fire on a search party in Darusa Lolab of Kupwara district last night.A police official said that during the intervening night of 12 and 13 May, army laid a cordon in the forests of Dorusa Lolab. At around More

Grenade explosion at Karan Nagar

Srinagar, May 13: Unknown persons hurled a grenade towards paramilitary CRPF camp at Karan Nagar here on Friday evening.CRPF spokesman Prabhakar Tripathi told Greater Kashmir that the grenade exploded outside the camp. “No one was injured in the attack,” he said.However, a top police official More



  • Opinion

The algebra of intolerance

It's not confined to a certain sect or religion, it's universal

WORDS WITHIN BY FIRDOUS SYED

Social scientists erroneously relate extremism with religion alone.  Extremism is not prevalent within the religious groups only, nationalist, and racist chauvinism has proved to be more disastrous More


  • Op-Ed

America, Osama and Kashmir

No emotions, let's learn to be practical

VIEWPOINT BY HASHIM QURESHI

Many people are angry with the US dropping Osma’s dead body into the sea. They rubbish the US claim that the body was submerged according to Islamic rites. But why be cross with the US? It has always been More



  • Letters

Kashmir is a safe place for Kashmiri Pandits

This refers to the news “Pandit Panch has message for KPs.” Indeed Kashmir Valley is a safe place where migrant Pandits can return anytime. However there must not be demands like separate homeland as has More


  • Editorial

Lessons from South, East

The dramatic Assembly election results in the eastern and southern states of West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu and Kerala seem to have some unmistakable lessons for all the political parties. The verdicts More


  • Kashmir

EU delegation meets Mirwaiz, Malik, Sajad, Mehbooba, Altaf, Beg

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, May 13: A delegation of European Union on Friday met prominent political leaders including Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Muhammad Yasin Malik, Sajjad Gani Lone, Mehbooba Mufti, Mian Altaf and Dr  More


  • Srinagar City

Despite policing, 42 drug dens operational in City

WASIM KHALID

Srinagar, May 13: Even if police claims to have gone after the drug peddlers in Srinagar, the health experts said there were still 42 drug dens operational, which openly sell drugs in different pockets More



  • Jammu

Transporters demand fare hike, threaten agitation

SUMIT HAKHOO

Jammu, May 13: In what could be described as another jolt for the common man, the Jammu and Kashmir transporters have given one-week ultimatum to the government to increase the passenger fare by 50 per More


  • Briefs

Hajj draw of lots postponed

Srinagar: According to the Executive Officer, State Hajj Committee, the date of draw of lots (Qurrah) for the intending Hajj pilgrims of 2011, which was scheduled on May 14, has been postponed till further More


  • Business

Govt puts new VAT return form in abeyance: KTF

IG Road displaced shopkeepers to be rehabilitated this year only

GK BUSINESS REPORTER

Srinagar, May 13: In what would give a major relief to the traders, the “government has put in abeyance the new VAT return form till further orders.”President, Kashmir Traders Federation (KTF), Jan Muhammad More


  • News

US appreciates Pak cooperation

Officials Question Osama’s Widows

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Washington, May 13: The US has been given "access" to the three wives of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, a White House spokesman said today and the "hostile" ladies were reportedly questioned More



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