Statesmanship needed to resolve Kashmir: Omar

CM Hits Out At PDP For ‘Politicking’, Lists Initiatives Taken To Curb Corruption

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Feb 28: Underlining the complexity in addressing political issues of Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, according to an official handout, Tuesday said the State Legislature alone cannot workout a solution adding the Centre has a definite role in this regard.“When there are More

‘Not a good media manager like Mufti’

Srinagar, Feb 28: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday said that he may not be good media manager like PDP patron Mufti Muhammad Sayeed “but his media friendly attitude and respect for freedom of speech is an open secret.”“My colleagues often tell me to copy media management from Mufti Muhammad More

MEDIA CONTINUES ASSEMBLY BOYCOTT

Government Emissaries Fail To Break Ice

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Feb 28: Media continued to boycott the coverage of proceedings of state legislature on second consecutive day Tuesday against the controversial remarks made by Speaker Muhammad Akbar Lone yesterday.Despite intervention of Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Ali Muhammad Sagar, Chief More

Lone’s remarks draw flak

Jammu/Srinagar, Feb 28: Speaker's statement on the media drew sharp reaction from political parties today who condemned it and demanded that he should withdraw his comment.Several parties, including BJP, PDP, Shri Ram Sena and Hindustan Shiv Sena criticized Speaker Muhammad Akbar Lone's statement More

Central Jail inmate dies

Cops Say Cardiac Arrest; Family Alleges Torture

ZAHID MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Feb 28: An inmate of Central Jail Srinagar, Nazir Ahmed Sheikh (35) of Dalgate Srinagar, reportedly died of cardiac arrest on Tuesday.Police said Nazir developed chest pain and was provided medical help but he died. They also said that Nazir, an employee of Srinagar Municipal Corporation More

Govt mulls PDD restructuring

Consultancy Engaged To Lay Roadmap For Privatization

SUMIT HAKHOO

Jammu, Feb 28: Having failed to tide-over the mounting infrastructural and resource crisis in the Power Development Department (PDD), the state government is mulling privatization of the maintenance of power infrastructure to in view of the manpower shortage.According to sources, the government More

NPR likely to take off in JK by April

Project Running Behind Schedule

ASHWANI LANGEH

Jammu, Feb 28: After facing initial hiccups, process of collecting Bio-metric record of residents of JK for compilation of National Population Register (NPR) is going to take off in April after completion of demographic data digitization.The ambitious National Population Register (NPR) project More

Govt schools show dismal performance in exams

226 Institutions Record Zero Pass Percentage

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Feb 28: Nearly 226 government and five private schools in Jammu and Kashmir have recorded zero percent result during the past two academic sessions for the Class X and Class XII examinations.As per official records, 152 government schools (116 in 2009-10 and 36 in 2010-11) registered zero More

Police use force on trade unionists

MUKEET AKMALI

Srinagar, Feb 28: Police today lathicharged striking trade unionists during a rally held here in protest against “anti-labour” policies of the central government.The police resorted to baton charge and fired coloured water cannons to disperse the rally of trade unionists at Sher-e-Kashmir Park More

Avalanche damages 11 houses

GKNN/PTI

Srinagar, Feb 28: A massive avalanche has hit three villages in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, damaging 11 houses and two school buildings, police said today.The fresh avalanche hit Abdulan, Chakwali and Malangam villages of Tulail near Line of Control in Bandipora district last night.
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Army issues retirement note to Gen Singh

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Feb 28: After a delay of over seven months, the Army has finally issued a retirement note to its chief Gen V K Singh communicating to him that his tenure will end on May 31, official sources said.Gen Singh, who is in Jodhpur today, was issued the Retirement Warning Letter (RWL) by the More

Army airlifts ailing man from Machil

Srinagar, Feb 28: Army on Tuesday said that it airlifted an ailing man from snow bound Machil sector in frontier district of Kupwara and shifted him to Srinagar for treatment.   Army’s Srinagar More

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SC orders shifting of 48 Pak prisoners to detention centres

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Feb 28: Observing that they cannot be deprived of their "human rights" and "dignity," the Supreme Court today directed the Union government to remand 37 alleged Pakistani prisoners and 11 fishermen More

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