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Sonia yet to decide on Sayeed’s resignation: Dr Farooq Abdullah
SUMIT HAKHOO
Jammu, Feb 18: Contesting the claims of former Education minister Peerzada Muhammad Sayeed that his resignation was rejected by Congress high command, Union Minister and National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah today said that final decision on the fate of the minister will be taken by UPA More
Appointments of Advisors as per Constitution: Sagar
Srinagar, Feb 18: Minister for Rural Development, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Sagar on Saturday said the Advisors and Vice Chairmen of various boards were appointed by the state government within the parameters of constitution and law of the State and are as such legal being More
NC to hold party elections soon
Process To Be Completed In Six Weeks
GK NEWS NETWORK
Jammu, Feb 18: National Conference today decided to conduct elections of its state, district and block units across the state in coming days.“The party elections will be conducted soon to elect new district, block and other office bearers including the new president of the party”, NC president More
4 of a family among 6 killed on highway
MM PARVAIZ
Ramban/Srinagar, Feb 18: Six people including four of a family were killed in a mishap at Khooni Nullah on the Srinagar-Jammu Highway Saturday.Police told Greater Kashmir said that a van bearing registration number JK04A-8621 came under shooting stones and landslides this morning, resulting in More
Country's security a joint responsibility: Chidambaram
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
Badu/Karnal, Feb 18: Faced with strong opposition from non-Congress Chief Ministers over setting up of an anti-terror body, the Centre today reached out to them saying security of the country is a shared responsibility and without coordination among States the war against terror cannot be won.
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‘Do not harm federal structure’
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
Jammu, Feb 18: With Chief Ministers of non-Congress ruled States raising a banner of revolt against the Centre's proposal to set up an apex counter-terror organisation, the National Conference today said nothing should be done that would infringe on the country's federal structure.“In that (matters More
Police withdrawing cases against stone pelters: IGP
SUHAIL AJMAL
Bandipora, Feb 18: Maintaining that Jammu and Kashmir Police would take all measures to maintain lasting peace in the State, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) S M Sahai today said that cases against the youth only involved in stone pelting would be withdrawn.The IGP was addressing Police Durbar More
- Briefs
Students appeal Dir Health
Srinagar, Feb 18: The students from the far flung areas pursuing paramedical courses have requested the Director Health Services Kashmir that their examination be postponed till march keeping in view the More
- National
Delhi Court orders framing of charges against G M Bhat
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
New Delhi, Feb 18: A Delhi court today decided to put close aide of Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and three others on trial for allegedly running a hawala racket to fund Hizbul Mujahideen More
Protest against dog menace
Civil society members on Saturday staged a protest in Srinagar against growing dog menace. Mubashir Khan/GK
Malik visits Rafiabad
JKLF Chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik, addresses a gathering at Watergam Rafiabad in north Kashmir on Friday.
Kashmiri Willow
A shopkeeper selling items made of willow waits for customers at Dalgate in Srinagar on chilly Friday evening. Mubashir Khan/GK
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
Deadwood tale
You can't cleanse the system by punishing minnows
WRITE HAND BY AJAZ UL HAQUE
When elephants fight, grass is the casualty. Thus goes a maxim. But it's equally true when elephants make love, it's again the grass that pays the price. And here the maxim can be moulded even more differently More
- GK Magazine
‘Munnabhai in ‘Circuit’ House’
THE ROT IN THE SYSTEM IS OUR COLLECTIVE SHAME
BREAKING VIEWS BY NAEEM AKHTAR
Munnabhai is not just invincible he seems to have assumed a degree of immortality! Even Kancha Cheena could not erase him from the mindscape of contemporary India. Though Sanjay Dutt according to the projections More
- Business
JK Bank disburses Rs 2100 cr to priority sector in 9 months
CD Ratio declines by 6 pc to 35.18 pc
GK NEWS NETWORK
Jammu, Feb 18: The J&K Bank has again emerged as the highest lender in the state by extending a whopping Rs 2100 crore to the priority sector in the first three quarters of the current financial year More
- Sports
1200 ATHLETES TO COMPETE
5-DAY INTER-BN SPORTS MEET OF ARMED POLICE FROM FEB 21
GK NEWS NETWORK
Jammu, Feb 18: A record 1200 athletes, including 300 women, drawn from 31 battalions shall take part in the five-day annual inter-battalion sports meet of the Jammu Kashmir Armed Police being held from More
- Kashmir
‘Governing act flawed,working without regulation’
Kashmir NGOs in dock
MANZOOR-UL-HASSAN
Srinagar, Feb 18: Surfacing of fake charitable trust recently at Nowgam area here has opened a Pandora’s box as hundreds of Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) working in this strife torn valley More
- Srinagar City
People protests against dog menace in City
GK CITY REPORTER
Srinagar, Feb 18: People from various walks of life including social and commercial organizations like Chamber of Commerce and Industries Kashmir, Travel Agents Association of Kashmir (TAAK), Houseboat More
- Jammu
Court frames charges against accused DySP
Ramban Custodial Killing
Ramban, Feb 18: A court on Saturday framed charges against a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP), Sonaullah Naik, facing trial for allegedly killing a local Ayaz Ahmed Wani in custody. Principal More
- World
US lawmakers want self-determination in Balochistan province of Pakistan
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
Washington, Feb 18: Three US lawmakers have introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives, calling for self-determination in Pakistan's southern Balochistan province.Republican representative More




