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India, Pak meet to break Siachen chill

Defence Secretaries Discuss Demilitarization Of Highest Battlefield

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, May 30: India and Pakistan on Monday began their first attempt in three years to demilitarize the world’s highest battlefield in the Himalayan region that has claimed the lives of hundreds of soldiers.Defence Secretary Pradeep Kumar is leading the Indian delegation at the two-day talks More

JK misses deadline on making public IAS officers’ assets

Deliberating On The Issue: Govt

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, May 30: Jammu and Kashmir government is yet to take a call on making the property details of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers public, primarily in the wake of its failure to take a ‘policy decision’ on the matter. This is notwithstanding a clear-cut circular from the Government More

Govt desperate to hide failures: Mehbooba

GK NEWS NETWORK

Mirgund, May 30: President of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti on Monday accused the coalition government of trying to draw an iron curtain around the state to cover up its “governance mess and human rights fraud.”“While the people within the state were struggling to cope up with More

Ministerial panel to dug-out skeletons

‘Who Fixed 12% Royalty?’

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, May 30: Jammu and Kashmir government’s “failure” to ensure implementation of the orders of its cabinet dating back to 70’s and 80’s over execution of power projects by National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) would be the focus of a ministerial panel constituted to delve deep into More

Pak court declares Musharraf ‘fugitive’

REZAUL H LASKAR/PTI

Islamabad, May 30: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court Saturday declared former President Parvez Musharraf a “proclaimed offender” or fugitive for failing to cooperate with investigators probing the 2007 assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto.Judge Rana Nisar Ahmed of the Rawalpindi-based More

Kashmir solution must for busting militancy: US

AGENCIES

Islamabad, May 30: Former US Ambassador to Pakistan, Anne W Patterson had believed that the solution of Kashmir issue was essential to isolate Taliban.Referring to the revelation of the WikiLeaks, a private TV channel quoted Clinton saying as solution to the issues can end Pakistani establishment More

Govt imposes Section 144 in Srinagar

Move Draws Flak

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, May 30: With the district administration in Srinagar banning assembly of five or more persons under section 144 CrPC yet again, the move of imposing frequent prohibitory orders under the provision drew flak from different quarters.Since 2008 civil unrest, the state government used 144 More



  • Opinion

Money or forests?

What precedes what? Choice is ours

IMPRESSIONS BY BINOO JOSHI

There is a smile  on almost every face in Kashmir.   The Valley is witnessing an unprecedented rush of tourists and the  visitors are all over,  and they are enjoying the  More


  • Op-Ed

Smoking and Heart Disease

ANTI SMOKING DAY MAY31

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK, WHY NOT GIVE IT UP,URGES PROF UPENDRA KAUL

Smoking is one of the most important and most significant causes of heart disease. Contrary to a widely prevalent belief that smoking only leads to chronic bronchitis and in some instances lung cancer More



  • Letters

Pollen seeds: it can have drastic impact on environment

This refers to the report regarding the debate in legislative assembly about the dispersal of abortive cottony seeds of Poplar trees (GK 28-5-2011). The generalisation drawn by the environmental committee More


  • Editorial

Disaster Mismanagement!

Eventualities are always unforeseen. It is because disaster can strike anywhere anytime that the preparation for meeting the challenges thrown in the aftermath must be in a state of alert. Whenever a natural More


  • Kashmir

Wullar tragedy accused yet to be punished: WMC

‘We pleaded navy men to save students, but they did nothing’

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, May 30: Five years after the Wullar tragedy, the families of victims are still running from pillar to post to get justice. On this day in 2006, 22 persons including 20 children drowned in Wullar More


  • Srinagar City

GMC to host 'rare' cochlear implant surgery workshop

CURTAIN RAISER

GK CITY REPORTER

Srinagar, May 30: The Government Medical College Srinagar is hosting a first of its kind workshop on Cochlear Implant and Micro Ear Surgery, a rare procedure which till now hasn’t been done in the state More



  • Jammu

MBA from Derbyshire, now a Sarpanch in JK

BINOO JOSHI

Jammu, May 30: He earned a masters in business administration (MBA) in Derbyshire and was flooded with job offers. But Gurmeet Singh Bajwa had other dreams. He has just been elected a sarpanch of a small More


  • Briefs

Shah held at Pulwama

Pulwama, May 30: Democratic Freedom Party chairman, Shabir Ahmad Shah was arrested by police near Rahmoo here on Monday.  According to reports, Shah and his associates were on way to Keller to attend More


  • Business

SFC to get `150 cr under PMRP

`100 cr for recapitalization

MANZOOR-UL-HASSAN

Srinagar, May 30: In what would give a much-needed push to State Financial Corporation, Ministry of Finance has recommended Rs 100 crore financial support for recapitalization of the debilitating corporation More



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