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Manmohan, Zardari talk peace over lunch

'Willing To Find Practical, Pragmatic Solution To Issues'

ANIL ANAND

New Delhi, Apr 8: Signaling a positive outcome of their talks, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari Friday said the two countries are willing to find "practical, pragmatic" solutions to a "number of issues" affecting the bilateral relationship. Emerging after More

Mixed response in Valley

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Apr 8: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh meeting over lunch and issuing a joint statement has evoked a mixed response from the leaders of separatist and mainstream camps in the Valley.   Talking to Greater Kashmir, the chairman of Hurriyat More

Bonhomie marks lunch, Sonia absent

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Apr 8: The lunch Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hosted for Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari was marked with bonhomie with guests discussing ways to further bilateral ties over a delicious spread that included kebabs, biryani and masala dosa. It began a little late as the one More

Zardari offers Rs 5 cr for Dargah

Ajmer, Apr 8: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari Sunday offered prayers at the historic 13th century dargah of sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti (RA) in this pilgrim town after which a one million US dollar (Rs 5 crore) donation for the shrine was announced. At the end of his visit to the More

Omar wins one rupee bet

New Delhi, Apr 8: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Sunday said Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari owes him one rupee because he had bet that the Pakistani leader won't be able to visit Jammu and Kashmir on his India trip. Speaking in a lighter vein on NDTV news channel, Omar recalled how during More

HM spokesman turns anti-drug campaigner

Junaid-Ul-Islam Spends Time Counseling Valley Youth Against Drug Abuse

INDO ASIAN NEWS SERVICE

Srinagar, Apr 8: He was once among the most wanted militant of the Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) group in Jammu and Kashmir. But today Abdul Khaliq Dar alias Junaid-ul-Islam spends most of his time advising youths against drug abuse. An M Phil in Arabic from Kashmir University, Dar joined the ranks More

Mir’s lantern warns of intruders, entertains

‘Innovation Outcome Of Restive Situation, Suffering’

VALLEY’S WORLD OF INNOVATORS

MUDDASIR ALISrinagar, Apr 8: His genius has its origin in Kashmir’s volatile era of crackdowns and nocturnal raids. Nothing but persistence to find a way out of the persistent suffering turned Ghulam Muhammad Mir, a small time farmer who has never been to school, into an innovator More

Paralyzed youth designs compatible car

AZHAR QADRI\PTI

Srinagar, Apr 8: A stray bullet left Arshad Ahmad Pandit crippled waist downwards, but he did not let it come in way of leading a normal life as he modified his four-wheeler to fit his special needs. Tragedy struck Pandit in 1995 after he was hit by a stray bullet during exchange of gunfire More



Greater Kashmir Plus GK Welfare Trust

  • Briefs

Fire damages property in Hajin

Srinagar, Apr 8: Property worth lakhs of rupees was gutted in a shop fire in North Kashmir town of Hajin, residents said. Reports and eyewitnesses said fire broke out in the shop of Ghulam Qadir Dar More


  • National

Curfew in Old City area of Hyderabad after clashes

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Hyderabad, Apr 8:  An indefinite curfew was today clamped in some parts of the walled city here following communal clashes over alleged desecration of a religious place. At least five persons More



  • Opinion

Footnotes of History

I am yet to see an authentic narrative on Kashmir by our own historians

PUNCHLINE BY Z.G. MUHAMMAD

History too is elitist. It does not tell the whole story. It tells stories about Czars, Pharaohs, and Moguls but very rarely narrates the stories about the real Spartacus- the real heroes. Kashmir is not More


  • GK Magazine

MAHJOOR:The Poet of Kashmir

HE WAS COMMITTED TO THE PEOPLE FOR WHOM HE PRODUCED THE POETRY OF IMMENSE VALUE

ANNIVERSARY: 9TH APRIL, 2012

Dr. Farooq Ahmad PeerMahjoor, the poet of Kashmir (Shair-e-Kashmir) is a twentieth century poet of Kashmir who like the nineteenth century Romantic poets of English literature created a world of his own More



  • Letters

Honest man

My heart goes out to the family of journalist Izhar Wani who passed away recently. He was a sparkling star in the field of journalism in J&K. He was an honest and simple man who upheld truth throughout More


  • Editorial

AFSPA Redux

The state government has once again made some noises about the need for the revocation of Armed Forces Special Powers Act. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has indicated some movement towards the withdrawal More


  • Business

Badamvaer blooms with festivity, courtesy JK Bank

Jashne Aamad-e-Bahaar

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Apr 8: All the roads in the old Srinagar today led to historical Badamvaer where J&K Bank organized Jashne Aamad-e-Bahaar to mark the onset of spring. Thousands of people— young, old More


  • Sports

AIFF appoints Sajid as chief coach of Indian team

U-14 INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL FESTIVAL-NEPAL

Srinagar, Apr 8: Adding another feather to his achievements the young football coach of Valley, Sajid Yousuf Dar was appointed as Under-14 national football team chief coach by All India Football Federation More


  • Kashmir

Mughal gardens thrown open for public

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Srinagar, Apr 8: The famed Mughal Gardens of Kashmir have been thrown open to public a week earlier than the scheduled date due to heavy rush of tourists here. Authorities expect that the number of More


  • Srinagar City

STRAY DOGS TURN MORE FEROCIOUS

SUMMER TO BE WORST

UNUSUAL RISE IN BITES THIS WINTER, 16 HUMANS FELL PREY EVERYDAY, SMC CRAWLS TOWARDS STERILIZATION

M HYDERITHE upcoming summer is feared to be worst, atleast for dog bites. This is what the experts have cautioned following an unusual surge in the bite incidents this winter, with the City facing the More



  • Jammu

Notices to 38 units for violating green norms: Altaf

Jammu, Apr 8: The Jammu and Kashmir government has issued notices to 38 rpt 38 industrial units in Kathua district of the state for flouting environmental norms. Minister for Forest and Environment More


  • South Asia

Rescuers resume search for 135 buried under snow

PAKISTAN AVALANCHE

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Islamabad, Apr 8: Racing against time, Pakistani soldiers, aided by sniffer dogs and mechanical equipment, today frantically searched for 135 people, mostly soldiers, buried under dozens of feet of snow More


  • World

50 feared killed in Sunday Nigeria bombings

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Abuja, Apr 8: At least 50 people were feared killed in two car bomb explosions near a church during Easter Sunday services in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna, eye- witnesses and emergency services More



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