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Separatists ready for via media: Jethmalani

Kashmir Committee Members Meet Mirwaiz, Shabir, Nayeem

Srinagar, Aug. 5: Revealing that separatist leadership was ready to make some compromises in their stand to reach out to a solution on Kashmir ‘dispute’, noted lawyer and head of the Kashmir Committee, Ram Jethmalani Saturday said that unless the ‘ extreme positions’ from both sides were not abandoned More

MUGHAL ROAD: A goldmine for HCC

Company Goes On Demanding Extra Money,Government Obliges

UP FOR GRABS

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Aug 5: In a shocking revelation, a panel set up by the Jammu and Kashmir Government has recommended paying extra money to the Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) for clearing landslides on Mughal Road. This is in clear violation of the agreement signed between the state government and the More

Mysterious death of fish in Nigeen lake triggers panic

Experts Attribute It To Scorching Heat

CONCERN

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, Aug 5: Mysterious death of thousands of fish in the famous Nigeen lake here created panic among the people who thronged the spot on Sunday to witness the phenomenon. The Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) entrusted with conservation of Dal and Nigeen lakes however More

Advani foresees non-BJP, non-Congress PM

‘Cong Will Go Down Below 100 Seats In 2014 Polls’

INDO ASIAN NEWS SERVICE

New Delhi, Aug 5: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani Sunday shocked his party by admitting that the 2014 general elections may throw up a non-BJP and non-Congress prime minister. He also claimed that the Congress's score will reduce to less than 100 seats in the Lok Sabha. But More

Security grid to be tightened

MILITANT ATTACKS

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Srinagar, Aug 5: The security and intelligence grid in Kashmir is reassessing the general security situation in the Valley following a sudden spurt in militant attacks that included four grenade attacks in a span of 24 hours.  Highly placed sources said the increase in militant activities More



Greater Kashmir Plus GK Welfare Trust

  • Briefs

Army hosts Iftar party at Khanabal

Srinagar, Aug 5: Army hosted an Iftar party at Rashtriya  Rifles Headquarters at Khanabal in south Kashmir on behalf of General Officer Commanding Victor Force, an army spokesman said.  He said More


  • National

Priyanka may be heading for active role in politics

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Aug 5: Priyanka Gandhi may be heading for an active role in politics and is said to be set to take charge of her mother and Congress President Sonia Gandhi's Rae Bareli Parliamentary constituency More



  • Opinion

Naivety our ‘tragic flaw’

We have always suffered because of this

Punchline

Z. G. MUHAMMAD

I have come to believe as people we are naïve. Our earlier leadership was naïve. Our contemporary leadership is not a shade better than the old crop. Moreover naivety’ is our “tragic flaw.”It has been More


  • GK Careers

Scholarship,Fellowship Opportunities

Research Fellowships for mid-career professionals of Commonwealth Countries Study Subject(s): Agriculture/fisheries/forestry, economic growth, education, engineering/science/technology, environment, governance More



  • Letters

Punish guilty

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has admitted that there was administrative failure at multiple levels at the GB Pant hospital. It is a  good gesture which can bring about a positive change in the system More


  • Editorial

Tunnel and Talks

The discovery of a tunnel along border in Jammu has become another bone of contention between India and Pakistan. New Delhi, the Defence Minister A K Antony has said, views the detection of tunnel seriously More


  • Business

Passes resolution to levy tax on forest extraction

Village panchayat asserts power

R M BHAT

Gogaldara (Tangmarg), Aug 5: Panchayat of this north Kashmir village has created a history of sorts. In its Deh Majlis (Ghram Sabha) last month it passed a resolution to levy tax on timber extraction from More


  • Sports

Pendleton sets new Olympic record

London, Aug 5: Victoria Pendleton began her bid for a third and final gold by setting an Olympic record in qualifying for the women's Sprint at the London 2012 Velodrome. The 31-year-old won the event More


  • Kashmir

Inaugurated with fanfare, Pehlipora PHC has no doctor, paramedic

No Idea Which Agency Has Constructed The Health Centre: Dr Saleem-ur-Rehman

ALTAF BABA

Baramulla, Aug 5: What could amply reflect the pathetic state of healthcare in rural areas, the Primary Health Centre at Pehlipora here is without a doctor or a paramedic since its much-hyped inauguration More


  • Srinagar City

Govt continues to sleep on Pantha Chowk mess

Meetings after meetings grope for road widening; Kadlabal-Lasjan alternative link upgradation turns mockery; traffic jams worsenSYED IMRAN ALI HAMDANISrinagar, Aug 5: Pantha Chowk, a crucial stretch of More



  • Jammu

Woman dies,2 injured in house collapses

24 More Rescued After Flash Floods

Jammu, Aug 5: A woman died and two others were injured in separate incidents of house collapses in Ramban and Udhampur districts of Jammu and Kashmir. Due to heavy rains, one mud house of Abdul Rafeeq More


  • PaK

Neelum Valley observes shutdown against banned militant groups

TARIQ NAQASH

Muzaffarabad, Aug 5: Residents of Neelum valley in Pakistan administered Kashmir on Sunday observed a shutdown against activities of outlawed militant groups in the area.  Witnesses said a complete More


  • World

Suicide bomber kills 42 in Yemen

Aden, Aug 5: A suicide bombing Yemeni authorities blamed on al-Qaeda killed 42 people in a southern town recently recaptured by the army, hospital and local government sources said today. In More


  • For Contributors

For those who want to write for Greater Kashmir

Our contributors are our capital. We honor each word we receive from them. They add variety to our opinion pages. An ever widening canvas of our writers including students, teachers, civil servants, technocrats More


  • Education and Career

State Board of Technical Education 'plays' with students' careers

Yet to declare diploma results

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 5: Now, State Board of Technical Education has come in the line of criticism over its “failure” to declare diploma results, with final semester students trapped at crossroads whose results More



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