AFSPA to go during my tenure: Omar

‘Elections To Block Panchayat Councils This Year’

SHOWKAT DAR

Pulwama, Aug 28: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday made it clear that the contentious Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) would be revoked from Jammu and Kashmir during his government’s tenure.“The state would witness revocation of AFSPA during my government’s tenure and the benefits of More

Shahrukh Khan’s new love: Rista, Goshtab

Tourism Fraternity Elated On Superstar’s Visit

MUKEET AKMALI

Srinagar, Aug 28: Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan has fallen in love with Kashmiri cuisine- Wazwan.Talking to Greater Kashmir over phone, Raghav, Executive Chef, Hotel Pine and Peaks, Pahalgam, where Khan is currently staying, said that when Shahrukh arrived at the hotel they prepared different More

‘Feel blessed to be in land of Sufis’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Srinagar, Aug 28: Shah Rukh Khan, who is on his maiden shoot in the Valley for Yash Chopra's untitled film, today said that he is enchanted by Kashmir, the land of Sufis.“How beautiful is Kashmir...How lovely the ppl & silences that can only be Nature's voice. Feel blessed to be here in the More

PDP aims at total change: Mufti

‘We Are Working For Systemic Overhaul’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 28: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron Mufti Muhammad Sayeed has said while his party looked at power as a means to transform lives of people, it was not possible to achieve developmental goals as long as the present system was not completely overhauled.Addressing a public meeting More

Weeds, Azolla take sheen off Dal

Govt Goes Slow On Lake Conservation, Experts Concerned

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, Aug 28: The State Government’s much hyped drive to check obnoxious weeds and Azolla in Dal Lake has been rendered defunct as these harmful water ferns have covered major areas of the water body.An on-the-spot assessment of the Dal has revealed that Azolla which was confined to Hazratbal More

Senior doctors desert emergencies

Inexperienced Medicos Handle Critical Patients

MANZOOR-UL-HASSAN

Srinagar, Aug 28: The critical patients coming to the emergency departments of the Associated Hospitals of Government Medical College Srinagar continue to remain at the mercy of junior doctors as the Medical Education Department has failed to ensure round-the-clock availability of senior consultants More

Sarpanch shot at in Awantipora

KHALID GUL

Pulwama, Aug 28: Suspected militants fired at and injured a Sarpanch in Awantipora area of South Kashmir district of Pulwama Monday night.Qutub-ud-din Shah son of Ghulam Rasool Shah, Sarpanch of Gulab Bagh, Wanibatu Awantipora, was shot by unidentified gunmen believed to be militants inside his More

Zardari likely to meet Singh in Iran

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Islamabad, Aug 28: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is expected to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the NAM Summit in Tehran, officials said Tuesday.Zardari, who will lead the Pakistani delegation to the Summit, is expected to hold several bilateral meetings in the Iranian More

British envoy calls on Nasir

Srinagar, Aug 28: The visiting British High Commissioner to India Sir James Bevan called on Minister of State for Home, Tourism and Revenue, Nasir Aslam Wani on Tuesday.  During the meeting the visiting More

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