- TOP STORIES
Govt accepts CSC recommendations
PDD, Law Deptt To Workout Modalities
Buying Back Power Projects From NHPC
AKSHAY AZADJammu, Feb 15: The state government has finally approved the recommendations of the Cabinet Sub-Committee (CSC) advocating buying back, at depreciated costs, Uri and Salal power projects from the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC).Sources told Greater More
Jerath posted DG IMPA
14 Officers Inducted In KAS
GK NEWS NETWORK
Jammu, Feb 15: The state government Wednesday posted Dr Ravi Kumar Jerath, Director General, Institute of Management and Public Administration (IMPA) as Financial Commissioner Revenue in place of Pramod Kumar Jain.Meanwhile Financial Commissioner Revenue, Pramod Kumar Jain has been posted as Director More
Who asked officials to help Peerzada’s son?
Government Sleeps Over Unfair Means Case; No FIR Yet
UMER MAQBOOL
Srinagar, Feb 15: The State Government is yet to lodge an FIR or initiate further legal proceeding as per law against the persons who influenced and facilitated the use of unfair means favouring the foster son of former Education Minister Peerzada Muhammad Sayeed, a fact confirmed by Crime Branch More
SKEWPY: Govt’s flagship scheme falling apart?
VSA Stopped Due To Budgetary Limitations
MUDDASIR ALI
Srinagar, Feb 15: The ever growing unemployment graph in Jammu and Kashmir is showing impact on state’s much hyped employment program. More than a year after the government announced Voluntary Service Allowance (VSA) for jobless educated youth under the much-trumpeted Sher-e-Kashmir Employment and More
HC seeks Defence Ministry response
Lt Gen Bikran Singh’s Fate Hangs In Balance
Janglat Mandi 'Encounter'
DA RASHIDSrinagar, Feb 15: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Wednesday gave a month’s time to Defence Ministry to submit its response to a petition filed by a woman alleging fake encounter killing of her son in 2001 in an incident involving Lt Gen Bikram Singh, a top contender for the post of Army More
Act against tainted ministers: Mehbooba to Omar
SUHAIL AJMAL
Bandipora, Feb 15: Terming the government’s action to pre-maturely retire some middle-rung officials as a farcical move, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti Wednesday said the government was looking for scapegoats among the employees to hide the “massive political corruption in More
One-way traffic restored on highway
Vehicles To Move From Srinagar Today
IMRAN MUZAFFAR
Srinagar, Feb 15: With severe cold gripping Kashmir valley again, the Srinagar-Jammu Highway was opened for only one-way traffic on Wednesday owing to slippery road conditions and landslides.Officials said the road was restored for one way traffic this afternoon after removing two major landslides More
Kishtwar family buried under avalanche
ARIF MUNSHI/MUHAMMAD TASKEEN
Kishtwar/Banihal, Feb 15: Three members of a family, including a minor, were buried alive after their house came under a snow-avalanche in mountainous Kishtwar district during the wee hours today while more than 100 persons have fled to safer places following avalanche threats in Banihal area of Ramban More
- Briefs
PDD books 240 consumers,realize Rs 2.50 lakh fine
ILLEGAL HOOKING
Ajas (Bandipora), Feb 15: The Power Development Department (PDD) has launched a campaign against illegal hooking in Bandipora district. According to a PDD official, as many as 240 consumers had been More
Striving to survive
Boatmen wait for customers on banks of river Jehlum in Srinagar on Wednesday. Mubashir Khan/GK
Dal Lake glitters
A pictorial view of Dal Lake captured by GK Photo Editor Habib Naqash on chilly Tuesday afternoon.
Say no to Valentine day: Asiya
Chairperson of Dukhtaran-e-Millat, Asiya Andrabi, on Tuesday visited different restaurants across the city and advised young people not to celebrate Valentine day. Mubashir Khan/GK
Snow returns
Fresh snowfall lashed Kashmir Valley on Monday. Mubashir Khan/GK
Fresh snowfall
A man walks past a railway track in south Kashmir’s Islamabad (Anantnag) town on Monday. Sajad Munwardi/GK
Kashmir remembers Maqbool Bhat
Kashmir observed shutdown in response to the call, given by JKLF chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik, on Saturday to mark the 28th death anniversary of Maqbool Bhat. Mubashir Khan/GK
Maisuma tense
Paramilitary CRPF men appear in Maisuma area, JKLF bastion, on Saturday to thwart protests.
Rage…………..
Youth pelt stones at JK Police van at Laisar Rafiabad in north Kashmir on Saturday. A youth, Ashiq Hussain Rather was killed allegedly by soldiers in the area last night. Azan/GK
Kashmir bleeds
Youth surround the body of Ashiq Hussain Rather, killed allegedly by soldiers at Laisar Rafiabad in north Kashmir last night. Azan/GK
- Opinion
Indian, National and Congress
Satire apart, it is time to announce obituary for Kashmir Politics
INKSIGHT BY MEHMOOD UR RASHID
One of the disturbing childhood questions for me was why the posters of Congress, then Congress I, display the name of the organization as Indian National Congress; Isn’t National the opposite of Congress More
- Op-Ed
SYRIA: No End to the Great Game
WORLD SPLITTING INTO CLEAR STRATEGIC DIVISIONS WITH DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE TARGETS, SYRIA IS LIKELY TO TURN INTO A LONG DRAWN BATTLE
CONFLICT BY DR. AKHTAR HUSSAIN MIR
The Syrian uprising threatens to become the bloodiest and most profound of all those in the region over the past year. The uprising or the internal conflict is the part of Arab awakening demanding greater More
- Letters
List overdue
The prisons department has advertised the posts of warders in 2005. After a long gap of five years the interviews viz. Physical tests, outdoor tests & the written tests were held in 2010 More
- Editorial
Fighting Corruption
State Government has ordered the pre-mature retirement of the thirteen officials for being directly involved in corruption. The action has been taken on the recommendations of a high level Standing Committee More
- Business
JK seeks 10-yr extension of industrial package
Unemployment bigger threat than terrorism: Omar
GK NEWS NETWORK
Jammu, Feb 15: Highlighting the significant role of Industry in the balanced and sustainable growth of economy as well as employment generation, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today reiterated continued More
- Sports
Special Olympics floor Hockey event concludes
Jammu, Feb 15: The 7-day Special Olympics sports event featuring floor hockey sports concluded at Nagrota here on Wednesday. In the event around 300 special athletes with intellectual disabilities More
- Kashmir
‘Mufti’s tenure reminiscent of Tika Khan’
NC TAKES ON MEHBOOBA
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Feb 15: Ruling National Conference on Wednesday castigated Peoples Democratic Party patron Mufti Muhammad Sayeed and its president Mehbooba Mufti for indulging in what it called a “mere rhetoric More
- Srinagar City
Roadside parking furthers traffic mess at Regal Chowk
GK CITY REPORTER
Srinagar, Feb 15: Roadside parking of vehicles on the stretch between the MA Road and Residency Road not only furthers traffic mess in the busy area but also causes inconvenience for shopkeepers.  More
- Jammu
CS for including more services under PSG Act
Jammu, Feb 15: Chairing the periodical Committee of Secretaries meeting here today, Chief Secretary Madhav Lal reviewed the extension of new services under the J&K Public Service Guarantee Act.  More
- South Asia
‘Trade can lead to peace between India, Pakistan’
Islamabad, Feb 15: Increased trade and economic engagements can bring long-lasting peace between India and Pakistan, whose relations have been marred for decades by a host of issues including Kashmir and More
- World
‘Musharraf knew about Osama hideout’
Washington, Feb 15: Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf knew where Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was hiding and said nothing, a former head of Pakistani spy agency ISI has said. Gen. Ziauddin More




