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Bedi Commission probe begins today

Omar, Wani Likely To Appear Before CoI

HAJI YOUSUF DEATH ROW

MOAZUM MUHAMMADSrinagar, Nov 28: The one-man commission of inquiry is set to start its probe into the mysterious death of National Conference worker Syed Muhammad Yousuf alias Haji Yousuf on Tuesday as Justice (Retired) H S Bedi arrived in Srinagar on Monday. Official More

No business as usual with US: Gilani

NATO ATTACK

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Islamabad, Nov 28: Taken aback by the killing of 24 soldiers in last week's NATO air attack, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Monday said there would be "no more business as usual" in Pak-US relations. Gilani said Pakistan was re-evaluating its relationship with the US, adding that More

Congress eyeing 7 BJP seats

Amid Hectic Political Activity All Eyes On Speaker

VARUN SUTHRA

Jammu, Nov 28: Even as the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly is yet to announce his decision on the disqualification of suspended BJP legislators, hectic political activity has begun in the winter capital with the state Congress – an alliance partner in the state’s coalition government with NC - More

Ex-gratia for electrocution victims revised

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Nov 28: In pursuance to a recent cabinet decision, the Government has notified the revised ex-gratia to the departmental and non-departmental persons killed or grievously incapacitated due to electric shock caused by the negligence of the Power Development Department (PDD).The scheme shall More

Govt’s credibility at lowest ebb: Mufti

‘CM Eroding Authority Of Institutions’

RAJEEV SHARMA

Jammu, Nov 28: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron Mufti Muhammad Sayeed Monday said the coalition government led by National Conference has lost the trust of the people and its credibility slumped to a new low after the mysterious death of Syed Yousuf Shah alias Haji Yousuf. He also demanded an More

Govt justifies new job policy

To File Response In HC This Week

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Nov 28: The government has decided to seek from High Court vacation of stay order on the controversial New Job Policy for recruitments under stipendiary mode for non-gazetted posts, officials said. The Court had put in abeyance the policy after a PIL filed by a student termed the More

Mercury dips in Valley

Srinagar, Nov 28: Cold wave conditions intensified in Kashmir Valley with minimum temperatures dipping four to five degrees Celsius below freezing point at some places.Tourist resort of Pahalgam in south Kashmir was coldest in the Valley where mercury plunged to minus 4.6 degrees Celsius last More

Zojila-Drass road to close from Dec 1

Jammu, Nov 28: As per Government notification Zojila- Drass road shall remain closed for vehicular traffic of all types from December 1, 2011.The general public has been informed to desist from travelling on the road. More



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  • Briefs

2 militants held: Police

 Srinagar: Police has claimed to have arrested two militants from Dignibal, Zakoora here recovering grenades from their possession. According to police spokesman, the arrested have been identified More


  • National

Petrol price cut on cards

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Nov 28: Petrol prices may be cut by Rs 1.02 a litre this week, the second reduction this month, on falling global oil rates. State-owned oil companies, which on November 16 cut petrol price More



  • Opinion

Who shall run the country?

Let India debate Presidential form of Government

IMPRESSIONS BY BINOO JOSHI

 Now, it  is becoming a routine story – the disruption of the Indian parliament  on one excuse  or the other. No party or group can claim that they are better than others- be it Congress More


  • GK Magazine

City in a MESS

WE NEED TO DEVISE NEWER WAYS TO GET RID OF THIS TRANSPORT CHAOS

CITY SCAN BY SHABIR AHMAD DAR

Old cities like Srinagar  are under tremendous stress because of their unregulated growth. The rise of vehicular traffic puts great strain on their existing roads. Moreover rising income levels of More



  • Letters

Illegal constructions

We the residents of Karan Nagar appreciate the Public Notice issued in today's Greater Kashmir informing general public about an illegal construction being used for commercial purpose. Many such illegal More


  • Editorial

Make Cops Friendly

Sensitizing and bringing about an attitudinal change in police in Jammu and Kashmir has become extremely important and urgent. Because of the human rights situation during the past two decades, the interface More


  • Business

UPA, Opposition lock horns on retail FDI

ANIL ANAND

New Delhi, Nov 28: A political storm over the UPA Government’s decision to permit FDI in retail sector is gathering momentum with both the ruling coalition and the Opposition hardening their stance on More


  • Sports

Sopore, Islamabad win matches

INTER-ACADEMY FOOTBALL TOURNEY

Srinagar, Nov 28: In the ongoing Inter-Academy football tournament seven matches were played at Polo ground here on Monday. In Polo ground central field four matches were played while at Polo Ground More


  • Kashmir

Malik seeks Saudi intervention

KASHMIR ISSUE

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Nov 28: The Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Muhammad Yasin Malik has urged Saudi Arabia to play its role in resolving the Kashmir issue in accordance with the wishes and More


  • Srinagar City

School vans or time bombs?

Cooking gas cylinder run cabs ferry kids to educational institutions

ADIL BASHIR

Srinagar, Nov 28: Children being ferried to schools in vans could literally be sitting on time bombs as many such cabs in the City are run on cooking gas cylinders, a leak in which can lead to disaster More



  • Jammu

IIPA organizes 2nd S P Sahni Memorial Lecture

Jammu, Novr 28: Vice Chancellor, Central University, Jammu and former Chief Secretary Dr. S. S. Bloeria today called for documentation of photographs, hand written notes and paper cuttings of late Sati More


  • South Asia

PML-N constitutes shadow cabinet

TARIQ NAQASH

Muzaffarabad, Nov 28: Setting a new tradition in Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK), PML-N PaK chapter’s chief organizer Raja Farooq Haider has constituted a shadow cabinet in the Legislative Assembly More


  • World

Egypt votes in historic polls

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Cairo, Nov 28: Nine months after the end of Hosni Mubarak's autocratic rule, Egyptians today turned out in large numbers to vote in the first post-revolution Parliamentary polls clouded by violence and More



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