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'2 MORE ARRESTED'

Expecting Another Major Catch: Police

MOULANA SHOWKAT CASE

WASIM KHALIDSrinagar, May 1: Police have arrested two more persons during investigation into the assassination of Jamiat Ahl-e-Hadith (JAH) President Moulana Showkat Shah, sources told Greater Kashmir.  The two persons, they said, have been identified as Abdul Majid Dar More

K-settlement should be a precondition: Pak MPs

‘Any Effort Prior To That Will Be A Lethal Blow To Kashmir Cause’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Islamabad, May 1: A group of Pakistani Parliamentarians has moved a resolution that says the settlement of the Kashmir issue should be “a pre-condition” for giving the Most Favoured Nation status to India. The resolution, signed by 10 members of the National Assembly or lower house of Parliament More

Govt wakes up to end archival mess

Initiates Process To Digitize Historical Documents, Records

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, May 1: In a significant development, the Jammu and Kashmir Government has initiated the process of digitizing archival records housed in three archival repositories in the state, one each at Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh regions. The Department of Archives, Archeology and Museums, which More

BJP MLAs should have voted for their own candidates: Soz

CASH-FOR-VOTE SCAM

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, May 1: Breaking his silence on the ‘cash-for-vote’ scam, the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) Chief Prof Saif-ud-Din Soz Sunday said that the BJP MLAs should have voted for their party candidates instead of going against the party whip. “Horse trading is wrong in politics and it is More

Srinagar-Leh highway to open today

Government Exempts Toll Tax

Srinagar, May 1: The strategic Srinagar-Leh highway will be thrown open for vehicular traffic on Monday after five months closure owing to heavy snowfall, Border Road Organisation (BRO) said on Sunday.A senior BRO officer said the snow clearance operation on the 434-Km highway which is the only More

Pilots should refuse to fly in bad weather: Omar

‘They Should Not Succumb To Pressure From Politicians’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Srinagar, May 1: As the search continues for the missing helicopter carrying Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu, his Jammu and Kashmir counterpart Omar Abdullah has said pilots should not succumb to pressure from politicians to fly in bad weather. "No, the pilot should refuse More

Employees start arriving from Jmu

Darbar move

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Srinagar, May 1: The practice of 'Darbar Move', the annual shifting of Jammu and Kashmir's Civil Secretariat from Jammu to Srinagar, today began with valley based employees and advance parties arriving here. The Civil Secretariat closed in Jammu on April 29 and will reopen here on May 9. More

New school timing from today

Srinagar, May 1: The new timing of schools falling within the municipal limits of Srinagar City shall be from 9 AM to 3 PM from Monday, an official spokesman said Sunday.However, the school timing in rural areas shall continue to be from 10 am to 4 pm. Earlier the timing was from 9.30 AM to 3 More



  • Opinion

Kashmir Not A Priority?

The reasons it's pushed to the backburner

PUNCHLINE BY Z.G. MUHAMMAD

Is Kashmir again being put on the back burner? This question is not agitating minds of Kashmir leadership that is bogged down by intra-specific and inter-specific discords or caught up in self conjured More


  • Op-Ed

Rebuilding Kashmir

Civil society can play a lot of role to make that happen

VIEWPOINT BY DR. MIRZA ASHRAF BEG

Kashmir has undergone a tremendous change during the last twenty years.  Despite the gun in the civilian hands and artillery with the men in uniform confronting each other, one is amazed to find the More



  • Letters

Academics suffer due to Panchayat polls

This refers to 2011 academic session in schools and colleges in Jammu and Kashmir. Since the time Panchayat elections were declared and notified, the state government pulled the teaching staff of government More


  • Editorial

Contemplating Commerce

Certain adjectives are perfunctory in the diplomatic text. The language normally used to describe the outcome of an engagement between two countries is often oblique and roundabout. Some people might call More


  • Kashmir

Malik visits Chandergam

Expresses solidarity with missing KP youth’s family

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, May 1: Chairman of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, Muhammad Yasin Malik on Sunday visited south Kashmir’s Aishmuqam area to express solidarity with the family of a Kashmiri Pandit youth, Susheel More


  • Srinagar City

City without public loos

Though a modern City of tourism importance is expected to have public conveniences in every locality, Govt has been callous towards the issue

GK CITY CORRESPONDENT

Srinagar, May 1: A modern City is expected to have public loo in almost every locality that too when the place is of immense tourism importance. But Srinagar seems to be the only exception where government More



  • Briefs

Protection of labourers rights must: Tarigami

Srinagar, May 1: The State Secretary of CPI (M) M Y Tarigami on Sunday said the real tribute to the martyrs of the May Day was to create a united programme of action by all unions and mass organizations More


  • Business

RBI penalises 19 commercial banks

HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Yes Bank fall in list

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, May 1: The Reserve Bank of India has imposed penalties on 19 commercial banks. A notification by the central bank, copy of which is available on its site, said in exercise of the powers More


  • News

After NHRC intervention,Centre pays Rs 3 lakh compensation

CUSTODIAL KILLING

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, May 1: The central government has paid Rs three lakh as monetary relief to the family of a man who had died in army custody in Jammu and Kashmir 8-years ago. The National Human Rights Commission More



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