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JK gets special assistance
Centre Releases Rs 650 Crore
FIRDOUS TAK
Jammu, Jan 1: Central Government has released Rs 650 crore as the third installment of Rs 3800 Special Plan Assistance (SPA) to Jammu and Kashmir for the ongoing financial years.Informed sources told Greater Kashmir on Sunday that the state government had received Rs 1900 crore so far from the More
CM’s statement on Kashmirconsumers unfortunate: KCS
‘Figures Factually Incorrect’
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Jan 1: Kashmir Civil Society (KCS), spearheading agitation for return of Power projects from NHPC, on Sunday termed Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s statement on power position in the state as “most unfortunate” saying it has send wrong signals about Kashmiri consumers.Talking to Greater More
Mehbooba Mufti takes on Omar
‘CM’s Blame Game No Surprise’
Srinagar, Jan 1: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday lashed out at the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for blaming people over the deteriorating power situation in the state.“The Government has got into the habit of blaming everybody except for themselves for their failures More
India,Pakistan exchange lists of nuclear installations
REZAUL H LASKAR
Islamabad, Jan 1: India and Pakistan today exchanged lists of their nuclear installations and facilities under a two-decade-old pact prohibiting attacks on atomic assets, days after senior officials of the two sides held talks here on nuclear and conventional CBMs.The governments of the two countries More
New SPS Museum building to face vandalisation
ARIF SHAFI WANI
Srinagar, Jan 1: After spending crores of rupees on the construction of the State-of-the-Art SPS Museum Building at Lal Mandi here, decks are being cleared for undertaking large scale modifications including demolition of walls in ground floor of the mega-structure.Incidentally the buildingis More
Kashmir ka hal hoyenga!
Jingle Brings Cheer To People On New Year
ARSHAD HUSSAIN
Srinagar,Jan 1: Hoyenga, Hoyenga, Jee Hoyenga, Aaney Waley Saloon Mein Jee Hoyenga, Kashmir Ka Hal Nikelega!This is not a slogan emanating from the streets of Kashmir on New Year day but a chorus from a popular television commercial running all over India these days.Greenply-claims this campaign More
Cabinet to meet today
GK NEWS NETWORK
Jammu, Jan 1: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah would chair first cabinet meeting of the year 2012, here on Monday afternoon.Official sources said that various routine matters are one the agenda of the meeting, which would be held at 12:30 PM.The cabinet is likely to accord approval to the promotion More
‘MTeI religious organization’
Srinagar, Jan 1: Expressing concern over report attributing Majlis Tahaffuz-e-Imaan with political parties in the state, Chairman (MTeI) Maulana Muhammad Rahmatullah Qasmi on Sunday said the organization is purely a religious group.“Majlis Tahaffuz-e-Imaan is an amalgam of various sects including More
- Briefs
Private guards resent dislodging
Srinagar, Jan 1: The private security guards have expressed strong resentment over dislodging them from services of the security of the health institutions in the State. “We have been rendering our More
- National
Mehbooba praised Narendra Modi: NIC transcript
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
New Delhi, Jan 1 PDP President Mehbooba Mufti praised Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for his approach to investment proposals, a transcript of her speech made public after some remarks triggered More
‘Remembering Shaheed Prof Abdul Ahad Wani’
JKLF led by Haji Muhammad Yasin Malik organized a one day seminar on the death anniversary of Prof Abdul Ahad Wani in Srinagar on Saturday. Aman Farooq/GK
Joyride…….
A man rides a Tonga (horse driven cart) on city outskirts in Srinagar on Saturday. Mubashir Khan/GK
Welcome 2012
Tourists burst crackers at famous skiing resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir on New Year eve on Saturday.
Malik in Kupwara
JKLF Chairman Haji Muhammad Yasin Malik addresses a gathering at Tregham in frontier district of Kupwara on Friday.
Anti-PDD protest in city
People stage protest against erratic power supply at Basant Bagh in Srinagar on Thursday. Mubashir Khan/GK
Old and New
A new building stands tall in between two old buildings in Srinagar’s old city. Habib Naqash/GK
Chill prevails
Sun sets in Srinagar on a chilly Tuesday evening in Srinagar. Mubashir Khan/GK
Dal Lake freezes
A few parts of Dal Lake froze on Sunday night as temperatures continued to decline. Aman Farooq/GK
Law breakers?
A police vehicle parked on the wrong side at city centre Lal Chowk in Srinagar on Monday. Aman Farooq/GK
Cold wave intensifies
Aerial view of Nigeen lake captured by GK lensman Mubashir Kahn on chilly Monday afternoon.
Fog engulfs Jammu
Cyclists pedal their way through thick fog cover in Jammu on Sunday. Mir Imran/GK
- Opinion
Hello 2012 !
What Have You in Stock?
PUNCHLINE BY Z.G. MUHAMMAD
Goodbye 2011! ! ! Like many previous years you will also be burying in your womb many mysteries, many behind-the-scene happenings, many closet meets, many secret parleys and many secret political More
- GK Magazine
FDI IN RETAIL ISSUES and CHALLENGES
A THOROUGH COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS IS NEEDED BEFORE TAKING THE FINAL DECISION
MARKET BY SYED IRFAN SHAFI
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the retail sector in India is restricted. In 2006, the government eased retail policy for the first time, allowing up to 51 per cent FDI through the single brand retail More
- Letters
BOSE results
This refers to Class 10 results declared by the J&K State Board of School Education recently. It is very strange that many students have been given 100 percent marks this year. Students at this age More
- Editorial
As 2012 Dawns
At the beginning of the year 2012, while Kashmir looks ahead with a sense of hope, there is also no getting away from a deep sense of de javu. It is the familiar set of questions that confront us.  More
- Business
Valley traders support PaK counterparts on LoC trade
Kashmir business and industry chambers appeal govts to settle the issue
MUKEET AKMALI
Srinagar, Jan 1: The Kashmir traders’ fraternity today came to the support of their counterparts on the other side of the dividing line presently on a hunger strike against PaK custom officials’ alleged More
- Sports
Dry weather delays winter sports activities
We are ready for season: Dir Tourism
ABID KHAN
Srinagar, Jan 1: Though winter sports enthusiasts are eagerly waiting to kick start their activities, pro-longed dry spell has delayed the start of activities at Valley’s winter sports destination Gulmarg More
- Kashmir
Ensure better transport system :Mir
Road Safety Week Inaugurated
Srinagar, Jan 1: The Minister for Agriculture, Ghulam Hassan Mir today inaugurated 23rd Road Safety Week organized by Traffic Police City, here today. The theme for current year’s Road Safety Week More
- Srinagar City
Umar Colony seeks civic facility upgradation
SYED IMRAN ALI HAMDANI
Srinagar, Jan 1: Resentment is brewing among the residents of Umar Colony Lal Bazar, and adjacent areas against the authorities for what they said government failure to upgrade dilapidated roads More
- Jammu
BSF lodges protest with Pak rangers
Firing on IB
GK NEWS NETWORK
Jammu, Jan 1: Two days after firing across the border in Samba sector injured a soldier and killed a patrol horse, Border Security Force (BSF) lodged a strong protest with Pakistan Rangers over the ceasefire More
- South Asia
606 dead, over 1,000 hurt in 41 suicide attacks in Pakistan
Islamabad, Jan 1: At least 606 people were killed and over 1,000 injured in 41 attacks carried out by 51 suicide bombers in Pakistan in 2011, an official report said Sunday. The report issued by the More
- World
Pakistan joins UNSC as non-permanent member
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
United Nations, Jan 1: Pakistan today joined India on the 15-nation United Nations Security Council as it begins its two-year term on the powerful UN body from January 1.Pakistan had won its seat as a More




