• TOP STORIES

Architect of JK’s power woes: 1980 Cabinet Decision

Exploitation Of Water Resources

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, May 27: While the official records regarding the pact between Jammu and Kashmir government and the government of India on energy sharing and transfer of major power projects to JK are purportedly “missing”, a cabinet decision dating back to 1980 brings out how the state government “obligingly More

GEELANI, UMAR, MALIK UNDER HOUSE ARREST

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, May 27: Authorities on Friday placed senior separatist leaders including Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik under house arrest.The Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who was scheduled to address a public rally at Hazratbal here More

Where were they during winter, asks CM

Jammu, May 27: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Friday questioned the motive of Kashmiri separatists in getting restive during summers.Ahead of Hurriyat Conference (G) leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s intended participation in Friday prayers at the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, Omar wrote on micro More

2 yrs on, Tagore Hall closed

No Funds For Renovation; Cultural Activities Stalled

ARSHAD M BHAT

Srinagar, May 27: Theatre and other cultural activities in the famous Tagore Hall here have come to a grinding halt for the last two years following its closure for extensive renovation work.With Government least concerned about the slow pace of work on the Hall, the cultural activities have More

Sheikh Bashir to head BOSE

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, May 27: The state government has appointed Sheikh Bashir as the Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE). Bashir was presently serving as Secretary of the Board.Officials said that following Bashir’s elevation, the government has appointed the Principal of Government More

Grounded international flights may get back wings

Issue Under Discussion At Highest Level: Govt

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, May 27: If all goes as planned, international flights may again operate from the Srinagar ‘International’ Airport in next few months, brining respite to the stakeholders who have been pitching hard for revival of the service to bring Kashmir on the international air travel circuit.
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Family challenges HC’s transfer order

Zahid Farooooq Murder Case

SAMAAN LATEEF

Srinagar, May 27: The family of murdered teenager Zahid Farooq of Nishat is contemplating to file an application before the High Court seeking revocation of the transfer order of the revision petition in the case to Jammu wing of the court.The Chief Justice of High Court, Justice F M Ibrahim More

We are here to study Kashmir: British HC

Meets Guv,CM,Mirwaiz

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, May 27: The British High Commissioner to India Sir Richard Stagg, who arrived here Friday, said the purpose of his visit was to study the situation in the state.“We are here to learn,” he said replying to a query about the objective of his two-day visit.He however refused More

35 dead in PaK accident

GK NEWS NETWORK

Islamabad, May 27: At least 35 people were killed when a bus fell into a river Friday in Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan administered Kashmir.The accident took place when the bus with 55 people on board plunged into the Neelam river on the outskirts of Muzaffarabad. At least 35 bodies have More

2 militants killed in Sopore gunfight

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar May 27: Police on Friday said that two militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) were killed in a gunfight with forces in north Kashmir’s Sopore area.“A joint party of police and soldiers of 22- RR laid a siege around Kalan village in Nowpora this morning and launched searches. Soon after party More



  • Opinion

Destruction all round

God save India, Pakistan and Kashmir

WORDS WITHIN BY FIRDOUS SYED

The horrible terrorist attack on Pakistan Navy’s Mehran base in Karachi can easily be described as most destructive, so far.  It is not for the first time (and probably not the last) that Pakistan More


  • Op-Ed

Are plantations always a panacea?

Are we really planting the seeds of hope for a better future

ECOLOGY BY ANZAR A KHUROO

 Many believe that we are living in an age of ‘anthropocene’ where humans are dominating, and often altering, the course of natural processes on the planet Earth. Mainly in pursuit of short-term economic More



  • Letters

Let's make our fruit industry self sufficient

Inclement weather does not augur well for our fruit industry. As per the experts, production in Himachal, which is second biggest apple producer after Kashmir, is always having a bearing on the market More


  • Editorial

Handle with care

South Asia is at present fraught with uncertainty and instability. We all living here would do well to recognise that the root of all this uncertainty and instability is the collective failure of this More


  • Kashmir

Girl, boy drown in Kupwara

2 RESCUED

Srinagar, May 27: A girl drowned in a Nallah while two of her companions were rescued by locals at Faizabad, Karnah Kupwara. According to police, Rakeena, 18, daughter of Muhammad Ismail Raina, Halima More


  • Srinagar City

SKIMS BANS VITAL SURGERIES

‘IT’LL PUT PATIENTS LIVES AT RISK’

SYED IMRAN ALI HAMDANI

Srinagar, May 27: In a move with far-reaching consequences on patient care at the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Science (SKIMS) Soura, the hospital administration has banned vital surgeries including More



  • Jammu

Kishtwar observes strike against Shah’s arrest

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, May 27: Amid sporadic peaceful demonstrations, Kishtwar today observed a complete shutdown against the arrest of J&K Democratic Freedom Party chief, Shabir Ahmad Shah. All the shops and More


  • Briefs

Jama’at for release of detainees

Srinagar: Jama’at-e-Islami JK has demanded immediate release of Kashmiri detainees including Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai, Gen Musa, Ghulam Nabi Sumji, Asiya Andrabi and Mushtaq-ul-Islam. Meanwhile, Jama More


  • Business

Foreign Trade Office Set Up In Srinagar

JK exports Rs 1000 cr handicraft items

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, May 27: In a significant achievement, the J&K’s handicraft export has touched an all time high of Rs 1004 crore ended March, 2011 as compared to Rs 661.24 crore a year before. Stating More



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