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Fresh snow blankets Valley

15 Flights Operate From Srinagar Airport

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Jan 19: With Kashmir valley receiving another spell of light to moderate snowfall since Wednesday evening, the 300-kilometer long Srinagar-Jammu highway was again closed for vehicular movement on Thursday morning.Since last evening, plains and upper reaches here continued to receive More

Highway closed

200 Trucks Make It To Srinagar, 3000 Stranded

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar/Jammu, Jan 19: The 300-km long Srinagar–Jammu highway remained closed for vehicular movement Thursday due to fresh snowfall. The highway was partially reopened for stranded vehicles from Jammu to Srinagar on January 17 after remaining closed for three days.Reports reaching here said snow More

Shortage of essentials continues

Divisional Commissioner For Advertising Rate Lists

MUKEET AKMALI

Srinagar, Jan 19: Although authorities claimed that fresh supplies of essential commodities reached Kashmir Wednesday, Valley continued to face acute shortage of LPG, kerosene and fresh vegetables.Long queues could be seen outside gas distribution outlets but people had to return empty-handed More

Where is buffer stock Mr Akhoon?

MUSHTAQ AHMAD

Srinagar, Jan 19: The government rationing of cooking gas (LPG) has exposed its tall claims of having buffer stocks for winters, made in umpteen number of review meetings attended by entire bureaucracy ahead of winters.Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD) minister Qamar Ali Akhoon chaired More

Cooperative banks lose Rs 235 cr to bad loans

Seeking Bailout From Centre: Minister

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Jan 19: The Cooperative Department is seeking bailout from the State Government and the Government of India for three cooperative banks which have turned bankrupt and are presently under notice from the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) and the Reserve Bank of More

Pak policy out of sync with Kashmiri sentiment: Geelani

Mirwaiz To Meet Pak High Commissioner

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Jan 19: Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Shah Geelani has said that Pakistan’s contemporary Kashmir policy was not in sync with the aspirations and sentiments of Kashmiris. Geelani said this during an interaction with Pakistan High Commissioner Shahid Malik in New Delhi last More

CSC on Justice Sagheer panel gets 5th extension

SUMIT HAKHOO

Jammu, Jan 19: The State Government today gave 5th extension to the crucial Cabinet Sub-Committee (CSC) studying ramifications of the recommendations given by Working Group headed by late Justice Sageer Ahmad, which has recommended greater autonomy for Jammu and Kashmir.General Administration More

Geelani’s son, daughter-in-law approach HC

D A RASHID

Srinagar, Jan 19: The High Court has asked the State Government to file objections to a petition by Naim-ul-Zaffer Geelani and his wife Rehana Nazir, seeking direction to Government for issuing passport in their favour.Nayeem and Rehana are the son and daughter-in-law of Hurriyat Conference (G More

Khare quits as PM’s media advisor

Pachauri Takes Over

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Jan 19: Harish Khare Thursday quit as media advisor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.Khare, 65, resigned hours after television journalist Pankaj Pachauri was appointed as Communication Advisor in the PMO and would report to Pulok Chatterjee, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister More

Militant killed in Poonch encounter

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Poonch, Jan 19: One militant was today killed when a gun-battle broke out between militants and security forces near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district.Acting on a tip off, soldiers of 39 Rashtriya Rifles and Special Operation Group of police launched a cordon and search operation in More



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  • Briefs

9 arrested for black marketing: Police

Srinagar, Jan 19: Police on Thursday said that it arrested nine persons for their alleged involvement in black marketing. A police spokesman said a team comprising SDPO Uri, Food Inspector and officials More


  • National

Prepare own plans for seeking grants: UGC to universities

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Jan 19: The UGC has asked universities across the country to prepare their own plans for seeking grants from the commission for development purpose, a step aimed at granting more autonomy to More



  • Opinion

The valley of darkness

Of an ill-fated region which suffers on both the sides

MY TAKE BY NAYEEMA AHMAD MAHJOOR

When an integral part of any body is wounded or bruised or deprived of treatment the whole body starts to ache. It is a natural process. In contrast, if the rest of the body is unaffected medical science More


  • GK Magazine

Panning out on Kashmir

READING FAZLI IS A TREAT FOR THE STUDENTS OF KASHMIR CULTURE AND POLITICS

BOOK REVIEW BY MAROOF SHAH

Book  : Discourses of Kashmir Author  : Prof. Manzoor FazliPublisher : Gulshan Publishers, SrinagarThe book under review is a collection of articles and papers written More



  • Letters

Don't criticize

I read Jaweria Khurshid's article about power crisis. Holding CM responsible for power crisis is strange. What is the need to demean and disrespect Omar and laud Azad Sahab and Mufti Sahab for providing More


  • Friday Focus

The Meaning of Wahy

PROF G R MALIK

Wahy (Revelation) is not an enigma as some people, particularly those who pride themselves on being rationalists, believe. According to the Quran it is a reality interwoven in the scheme of creation, a More


  • Business

Valley entrepreneurs accuse govt of ditching industry

‘Salathia showed indifference to IEs, units’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Jan 19: Valley’s industrial bodies today criticized Industries and Commerce Minister, S S Salathia for “failing to take stock of the industrial estates and units” in the aftermath of snowfall More


  • Sports

Afridi, Gayle fetch highest prices

BANGLADESH PREMIER LEAGUE

Dhaka, Jan 19: Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi outdid West Indies batsman Chris Gayle, who is widely considered the most valuable Twenty20 player in the world, by fetching the biggest price at inaugural Bangladesh More


  • Kashmir

Govt to constitute Citizen Advisory Committees

Officers need to increase their visibility: Div Com

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

MANZOOR-UL-HASSANSrinagar, Jan 18: Government on Thursday decided to constitute Citizen Advisory Committees at district and block levels which would help civil administration during crisis. “These More


  • Srinagar City

Apostasy unveiled!

When teenager converted to be John Douglas

M HYDERI

It was a chilly evening of January 2011. 16-year-old Imran (name changed) was walking down his colony lane, all alone, pensive, in this summer Capital. His was a typical scene of jilted teenage lover, More



  • Jammu

Hajj Committees seek direct flights from Srinagar to Jeddah

‘Better facilities for JK Hajjis’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Jan 19: The Hajj Committee of India and JK State Hajj Committee have underscored the need to start direct Hajj flights from Srinagar to Saudi Arabia during Hajj 2012, besides provision of accommodation More


  • South Asia

Musharraf fears arrest;postpones return to Pakistan

REZAUL H LASKAR/PTI

Islamabad, Jan 19: Fearing arrest Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf today decided not to return home from self-exile by this month end as promised. "Musharraf may not return to Pakistan More



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