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JK yet to receive first installment

Delayed Release Attributed To Change Of Guard In Union Finance Ministry

ANNUAL PLAN 2012-13

FIRDOUS TAK

Jammu, Aug 12: With the peak working season already nearing end in Jammu and Kashmir, the state government is yet to receive from the centre first installment of Rs 1050 crore of the annual plan outlay of Rs 7300 for the current fiscal. Authoritative sources told Greater Kashmir that the More

Red alert in Valley

I-DAY PREPARATIONS

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, Aug 12: In the wake of recent spurt in militant attacks, authorities have sounded a red alert in the Valley to ensure that I-Day functions pass off peacefully.  Police, paramilitary forces, and Army have intensified patrolling. Random checking of vehicles and frisking of pedestrians More

JK SPENDS JUST 15% FUNDS IN 5 YEARS

Minister Says Paucity Of Staff Hampering Work

DIGITIZATION OF LAND RECORDS

AKSHAY AZAD

Jammu, Aug 12: Despite having been admonished on several occasions by the centre for not meeting the deadline, the state’s revenue department is yet to start the computerization of the land records on a major scale.  Pertinently, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Friday told More

Government wakes up to Azolla mess

LAWDA Launches Cleaning Drive In Affected Areas Of Dal Lake

ARIF SHAFI WANI

 Srinagar, Aug 12: In a bid to check massive growth of the noxious water fern Azolla in Dal and Nigeen lakes, authorities have launched a massive cleaning drive in these water bodies. Greater Kashmir last week reported that Azolla has engulfed Dal lake’s many parts particularly the Hazratbal More

Why Muslim persecution in Myanmar went unnoticed?

‘Media Didn’t Highlight The Situation Effectively’

SPOTLIGHT

M HYDERI

Srinagar, Aug 12: At a time when killing of Muslims in Myanmar, formerly Burma even awakened the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) prompting it to go for a fact finding mission to this small south Asian country, why did the issue by and large went unnoticed in Kashmir, a Muslim dominated region More

NC throttling democracy: Mufti Sayeed

Dr Koul Urges KPs To Rally Behind PDP

AKSHAY AZAD

Jammu, Aug 12: Peoples Democratic Party patron Mufti Muhammad Sayeed Sunday said that to stay in power, National Conference has not allowed the democracy to flourish in Jammu and Kashmir in the last 65 years. “After country got independence in 1947, political alternatives have grown up against More

Rana takes on PDP

Nagrota, Aug 12: Accusing PDP leadership of being fountainhead of conspiracies, falsehood and deceit, Political Advisor to the Chief Minister Devender Singh Rana has said the party is responsible for thwarting and derailing the democratic process in the state during 1977, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1990 and More



Greater Kashmir Plus GK Welfare Trust

  • Briefs

SKIMS EMPLOYEES WANT DR AHANGAR BACK

Srinagar, Aug 12: Non-Gazetted Employee’s Welfare Association (NGEWA), SKIMS has appealed to Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, to ask Dr A.G. Ahangar to continue with the post of HoD, Cardiology SKIMS.  More


  • National

23 booked for Mumbai violence

PROTESTS AGAINST MUSLIM KILLINGS IN MYANMAR, ASSAM

 Mumbai, Aug 12: Police Sunday booked 23 people for murder, attempt to murder, molestation and damage to public property as they began probing violence during a Muslim protest which left two dead More



  • Opinion

Dust of Engagements

Of visits,discussions, deliberations and results on Kashmir

PUNCHLINE BY Z.G .MUHAMMAD

Ours is not an arid land. Therefore, there are no natural dust storms. However, it needs no gusty wind to cause a political storm in our state. So much of political dust has gathered during past sixty More


  • GK Careers

Scholarship,Fellowship Opportunities

 Human Right Watch Fellowships in International Human RightsApplications invited from International fellows who wants to apply for Fellowships in International Human Rights.Fellowships are as follows More



  • Letters

Unfortunate death

This refers to the unfortunate murder in Ganderbal over use of loudspeakers in a mosque. The murderer in no way belongs to any religion or any other sect. The residents of Ganderbal should stand united More


  • Editorial

Polluted Nigeen

The tests carried by the fisheries and limnological experts at Sher-i-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences have traced the cause of the recent fish mortality in Nigeen lake to the increasing eutrophy More


  • Business

Gondola type ropeway to join Yusmarg with Nilnaag

European consortium starts survey

GK NEWS NETWORK

Budgam, Aug 12: Minister for Finance, Abdul Rahim Rather today said a European Consortium through J&K Cable Car Corporation has started survey for construction of Gondola type ropeway between Yusmarg More


  • Sports

Sushil Kumar loses final, secures silver

Olympic 2012

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

London, Aug 12: Wrestler Sushil Kumar lost the Olympic men's 66kg freestyle final to Japan's Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu 1-3 and settled for a silver medal at London Games here Sunday, becoming the first Indian More


  • Kashmir

Finance Department returns file for 4th time

FORMATION OF RIGHTS BODY HIT

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Aug 12: Contradicting the tall claims of Jammu and Kashmir Government about safeguarding of civil rights, the formation of much-needed State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCR) More


  • Srinagar City

Govt caught napping on Radio Taxis

Cabs allowed to operate without number plates, passenger permits

GK CITY REPORTER

Srinagar, Aug 12: The much-hyped fleet of Radio Taxis inaugurated recently by senior officials including Chief Secretary, Madhav Lal and Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon is operating More



  • Jammu

Declare BGSBU as Tribal University: Gujjars

Jammu, Aug 12: The Tribal Research and Cultural Foundation – a frontal organisation of Gujjars of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday urged the State Government to declare Baba Ghulam Shah Badashah University More


  • South Asia

Ramzan brings taste of India’s finest sweets to Pakistan

REZAUL H LASKAR

Islamabad, Aug 12: Every year during the Islamic holy month of Ramzan, the Indian High Commission in Pakistan mounts an operation with military-like precision to spread goodwill and give Pakistanis a taste More


  • World

300 KILLED IN TWIN QUAKES IN IRAN

Tehran, Aug 12: A day after two major earthquakes jolted northwestern Iran, the toll has risen to 300, Fars news agency reported. According to Iranian Seismological Centre, a quake measuring 6.2 on More


  • Health

Ginger destroys cancer more effectively than drugs

ANTHONY GUCCIARDI

Washington, Aug 12: Ginger, a cousin spice of super anti-cancer substance turmeric, is known for its ability to shrink tumors. Astoundingly, it is even more effective than many cancer drugs, which have More


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For those who want to write for Greater Kashmir

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