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AFSPA on way out: Omar

‘To Be Revoked From Some Parts Of State Within Days’

MOAZUM MUHAMMAD

Srinagar, Oct 21: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Friday stated that the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) would be scrapped from some areas of Jammu and Kashmir within next few days. However, he didn’t specify the areas.“Time has come for the revocation of laws (AFSPA and Disturbed More

Lift it from entire JK: Separatists, Mainstream

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 21: While the Army refused to comment on the Chief Minister’s statement over the revocation of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), separatists and mainstream demanded the law should be repealed from the entire state.Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani stated More

Discussion on: Army

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi/Srinagar, Oct 21: The Defence Ministry and the Army Friday said discussions were underway on the question of revoking the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from Jammu and Kashmir, hours after Chief Minister Omar Abdullah stated such a move was in the offing."This More

CM’s motorcade ‘barricaded’

Police Seize Army Vehicle

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Oct 21: Enraged over “barricading” of his motorcade by an Army vehicle, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Friday asked police to initiate action against the “errant driver”.The incident took place barely few hours after Chief Minister made the announcement at Police Training Academy Zewan More

New job policy to be implemented from November 1

FIXED SALARY MODE

MANZOOR-UL-HASSAN

Srinagar, Oct 21: Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather Friday said the new “Fixed Salary Mode” for recruitment to non-gazetted posts would be implemented from November 1, 2011.Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function here, Rather said the new recruits under stipendiary policy would avail More

Kashmiris have lost a friend: Malik

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 21: The Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Muhammad Yasin Malik on Friday condemned, what he said, “the inhuman custodial killing” of Libyan president Muammar Gaddafi.“Such steps should be disapproved in all circumstances,” said Malik in a statement. “In the death More

Don’t keep snakes in backyard: US to Pak

Agree With Kayani That Pakistan Is Not Afghanistan Or Iraq: Hillary

REZAUL H LASKAR/PTI

Islamabad, Oct 21: In a blunt message to Pakistan, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Friday demanded greater cooperation from the country to “squeeze” the Haqqani network responsible for attacks in Afghanistan, saying Islamabad could not keep “snakes” in its backyard to strike its neighbours.< More

2 die, 5 injured in road mishaps

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 21: Two persons died and five others were injured in different road accidents across the Kashmir Valley.A truck bearing registration number JK09/0258 driven by Javid Ahmed resident of Bemina Srinagar hit a motorcycle bearing registration number JK01A/3663 driven by Abdul Rahman Yatoo More

Manmohan-Gilani likely to meet at Male

GK MONITORING DESK

Srinagar, Oct 21: Amid growing concerns in the sub-continent over possible US military intervention in Pakistan’s restive North Waziristan area, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh is likely to meet his Pakistani counterpart Syed Yousuf Raza Geelani on the sidelines of the upcoming South Asian Association More



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  • Briefs

Student rusticated from school; family aghast

Srinagar, Oct 21: A school at Handwara has rusticated a class 9th student after his parents filed a case against an official in Police Station, the family alleged.  The family said Babar Mushtaq More


  • National

Capital punishment reminiscent of barbarism: Wajahat Habibullah

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Oct 21: Terming capital punishment as an act "reminiscent of barbarism", National Minorities Commission Chief Wajahat Habibullah has said he was against the idea of death penalty even for people More



  • Opinion

Change from within

Unless that happens, nothing better can be expected

WORDS WITHIN BY FIRDOUS SYED

Why do we send our children to school? To learn---to serve the nation--- to become an agent of change.  Ideally this should be the answer. Alas, the most inspirational phrases aptly highlighting the More


  • GK Magazine

An Honest Man`S Electric Bill

If you are a power consumer and your usage is low, you are a thief – Power Department`s verdict;honesty electrocuted!

SHOCK BY AHSAAN ABDULLAH

Truth stings. And here is one such truth; In Kashmir if you happen to be honest, you are in trouble. Our Power Development Department brilliantly proves this truth – at least every time they send me my More



  • Letters

Updated information

I thank Greater Kashmir for keeping us updated about the happenings in the valley. Especially its online version is excellent. What I find more interesting is the news about local, national and international More


  • Editorial

New Job Reality

That Jammu & Kashmir state’s public finances are under tremendous strain has been quite well known for a while now. The government’s move of modifying the salary structure of its future employees in More


  • Business

Postal department starts ‘Free Home Collection’ service

MANZOOR-UL-HASSAN

Srinagar, Oct 21: With private courier services making fast inroads into the postal market in state, the Department of Posts Friday launched its Speed Post ‘Free Home Collection’ service here for the convenience More


  • Sports

JK Forest continues supremacy, lifts title

SP College Ground To Be Developed On Modern Lines: Malik

7TH SAIF-UD-DIN MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT CONCLUDES

ABID KHANSrinagar, Oct 21: Continuing its supremacy in the State football arena, JK Forests lifted the 7th Saif-ud-Din Memorial knockout Football Tournament defeating Iqbal Sports by 2-0 in the final played More


  • Kashmir

Kashmiri academic takes over as V-C IGNOU

Srinagar, Oct 21: Professor Muhammad Aslam on Saturday took over as the new acting Vice-Chancellor of the prestigious Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). He is the first Kashmiri to be appointed More


  • Srinagar City

FORESHORE COMPLAINS OF ‘DRUG ABUSE’

DDC assures action, seeks public cooperation

ADIL BASHIR

Srinagar, Oct 21: People have complained that the Foreshore Road has become a “safe heaven for drug addicts” as this plush road on the northern banks of the Dal lake remains almost deserted adding that More



  • Jammu

Rajouri Hajj pilgrims prefer Mughal Road to reach Srinagar

‘Govt failed to arrange direct flights to Delhi for us’

SYED AMJAD SHAH

Jammu, Oct 21: As the Government failed to concede the demand of having direct flights from Jammu to Delhi for the Hajj pilgrims of this region, many intending Hajjis from Rajouri district are going to More


  • South Asia

We could not afford to loose Osama again: Clinton

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Islamabad, Oct 21: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today said the information on the Abbottabad raid that killed Osama bin Laden was kept away from Pakistan because "we could not afford to loose More


  • World

Libyan leaders appear to wrangle over Gaddafi burial

Misurata, Libya, Oct 21: Euphoria in Libya over the death of Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi gave way on Friday to frictions and confusion over where and when to bury the former strongman, as well as a formal More



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