- TOP STORIES
CB sleuths raid BOSE office
Grill Officials, Seize Exam Records
UMER MAQBOOL
Srinagar, Jan 31: Day after Chief Minister Omar Abdullah handed over the case of unfair means involving son of state’s education minister, the police on Tuesday started formal investigation in the high profile case from Board of School Education (BOSE) office here.Informed sources in Jammu and More
Cong leadership in dock
JAVAID MALIK
Srinagar, Jan 31: Latest controversy over the allegations against Education Minister Peerzada Muhammad Sayeed of using unfair means to help his son qualify the matriculation examination in 2009 has put the Congress leadership in a tight spot.Sources told Greater Kashmir on Tuesday that Peerzada More
Students, civil society up in arms
MANZOOR-UL-HASSAN
Srinagar, Jan 31: The students and civil society members held a massive demonstration at Lal Chowk here on Tuesday against State Education Minister Peerzada Muhammad Sayeed for his alleged misconduct and demanded his resignation forthwith.Hundreds of civil society members and students raised slogans More
New trend in H&UDD: Use funds through diversion
Rs 12 Cr Released By GOI For Development Of Old Srinagar Go Down The Drain
MUDDASIR ALI
Srinagar, Jan 31: If Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand has his way, a multi-crore project for revival of old city here will go down the drain - literally. The Minister is learnt to be in favor of diverting the funds meant for conservation of historically and architecturally important buildings in old More
Don’t want money to be 'wasted': DCM
Srinagar, Jan 31: Acknowledging that the funds for the said purpose were available with the Housing and Urban Development Department (H&UDD), Deputy Chief Minister, Tara Chand, however, said the Department is yet to decide on how to utilize the money “properly” so that the “funds don’t go waste More
Omar has no moral authority to act against corrupt:Mehbooba
KHALID GUL
Islamabad (Anantnag), Jan 31: Launching a scathing attack on Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti today said that he has lost moral authority to take action against the ministers in the coalition Government allegedly involved in cheating and corruption More
Govt of India unclear on interlocutors report, AFSPA
Will Brief CCS As And When It Meets: PC
ANIL ANAND
New Delhi, Jan 31: Uncertainty seems to be looming large on the fate of the Kashmir Interlocutors’ reports as even the Union Home Ministry seems to be unsure as to when would it be made public and a follow up action taken.Responding to a pointed question as to when would the report be made public More
Symbiosis forced to call off K-seminar
ABVP Behind Cancellation Of Event
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
Pune, Jan 31: The Symbiosis College in Pune has deferred a seminar on Kashmir after objections by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and an organization representing displaced Kashmiri Pandits.Representatives of ABVP, the student wing of BJP, and Panun Kashmir, who met the college authorities More
Vakil hits back at Taj
‘I Am Following Orders Of Sonia, Rahul’
Congress InFighting
Srinagar, Jan 31: A day after Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad blamed the state Congress leader Abdul Gani Vakil of indulging in “gross misconduct” and PHE and Irrigation Minister Taj Mohi-ud-Din announced that he (Vakil) is being expelled from the party, Vakil Tuesday reiterated that he would More
Sikhs seek probe on Chattisinghpora
APSCC Writes To Supreme Court Judges For Intervention
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Jan 31: Welcoming the Supreme Court observations in Pathribal killings, the All Parties Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) Tuesday sought intervention of the highest court of the country for conducting a time-bound inquiry into the killing of 36 Sikhs at Chattisinghpora in south Kashmir More
Snowfall this weekend:Met Office
Div Com Sounds Alert
Srinagar, Jan 31: Moderate to heavy snowfall has been forecast in the Kashmir Valley and the Ladakh region in the first week of February.A western disturbance is approaching Jammu and Kashmir and is likely to affect the state and adjoining areas from the evening of February 3 to February 7, a More
- Briefs
Charas recovered in Shopian
Srinagar, Jan 31: Police today recovered three kilograms of Charas in a granary at Melhoora in Shopian. A police spokesman said a police party led by Dy SP Imam Sahib, Shopian Irshad Hussain Rather More
- News
SC SETS TIME-FRAME FOR PROSECUTION OF BABUS IN CORRUPTION CASES
ANIL ANAND
New Delhi, Jan 31: In a significant development having far reaching consequences in fight against corruption, Supreme Court on Tuesday recommended that any complaint that asks for the prosecution of a More
Peerzada in dock
Students stage protest against Education Minister Peerzada Muhammad Sayeed in Srinagar on Tuesday. Mubashir Khan/GK
Protest against discrimination?
Employees of Kashmir based local bodies held protest in Srinagar on Monday against alleged blockade of funds meant for development of Srinagar and Valley Municipalities. Mubashir Khan/GK
Having a day out
Kingfisher in Dal Lake in Srinagar on Sunday. Habib Naqash/GK
Traffic Jam
A view of traffic mess near Amira Kadal captured by GK lensman, Mubashir Khan, on Saturday.
Faith unshakeable
People offer Khawja Digar outside the shrine of Naqashband Sahib in old city on Friday. Mubashir Khan/GK
Expressing solidarity
Activists of Dukhtaran-e-Millat set ablaze American flag in Srinagar on Friday against the detention of Afia Sidiq, a Pakistani woman, in United States. Habib Naqash/GK
Looking for prey!
Pallas’s Fish Eagle flies low over frozen Dal Lake in Srinagar on Sunday. Habib Naqash/GK
Breathtaking
Majestic Chinars overlook river Jehlum in Srinagar on chilly Thursday morning. Mubashir Khan/GK
- Opinion
Understanding Valley’s Youth
Does the MHA study on Kashmiri youth make them more amenable to comprehension?
POINT OF VIEW BY RIYAZ AHMAD
The Union Home ministry’s study on Kashmiri youth has tried to make Kashmir comprehensible to the policy makers in New Delhi. Incidentally, the first ever study was conceived through 2010 just as Kashmir More
- GK Magazine
MILLION People Question
STATE DRUG POLICY
JAMMU KASHMIR PHARMA ENTREPRENEURS FORUM pleads for revision in the recently announced Drug Policy as it believes that it will terminate the means of earning for thousands of families giving birth to enormous More
- Letters
Late marriages
This refers to the devastating trend of late marriages in Kashmir. Is it because our youth especially girls are now more career conscious and there is a dearth of good matches in the valley. Moreover More
- Editorial
Minister of Shame
A sitting minister allegedly in connivance with a senior public official managing his son qualify the matriculation examination through unfair means points to a flagrant disregard of the rule of law. It More
- Business
January chill pushes up sale of woollens, heating appliances in Valley
MUKEET AKMALI
Srinagar, Jan 31: The continued chill in January in the Kashmir Valley shot up demand for heating appliances and woollens. Shopkeepers dealing in woollen clothes, blankets, heating gadgets, etc, said More
- Sports
JONTY RHODES IN GULMARG
Famed Cricketer Tries His Skills On Heli-Ski
ABID KHAN
Srinagar, Jan 31: After clean bowling Valleyites by his cricketing skills on snow last year, the legendary former international cricketer of South Africa, Jonty Rhodes tried his skills in Heli-Ski on the More
- Kashmir
Geelani calls for protests on Friday, shutdown on Tuesday
Shifting of Kashmiri detainees to outside jails
Srinagar, Jan 31: The Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who is currently in New Delhi, has called for peaceful protests after Friday prayers on February 3, and complete shutdown More
- Srinagar City
DOG ATTACKS GO SHRILLER
2 dozen mauled in Hawal, HMT; girl critically wounded; Admin reluctant to act against canines
M HYDERI
Srinagar, Jan 31: After having broken all previous records of mauling humans in this summer Capital, the stray dogs are on a biting spree, even worse than before. In the latest Tuesday they attacked More
- Jammu
Govt to table PSA amendment Bill in upcoming session
AKSHAY AZAD
Jammu, Jan 31: After failing to get consent from Governor N N Vohra on the ordinance regarding amendments in Public Safety Act (PSA), the state government has decided to introduce a bill in the forthcoming More




