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Highway stays shut

Crisis Mounts, Profiteering Peaks

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Jan 20: With Srinagar-Jammu highway remaining closed for second continuous day Friday, the crisis arising out of shortage of essentials has grown deeper even as Government is facing criticism on its management of the mountainous track which connects Kashmir with outside world.In January More

AIRFARES SKYROCKET

IMRAN MUZAFFAR

Srinagar, Jan 20: With the continual closure of Srinagar-Jammu highway and availability of limited flights at Srinagar ‘International’ Airport, airfares to and from the Valley have skyrocketed, much to the chagrin of hapless travelers.Air fares from the state’s summer capital to other destinations More

IAF choppers to ferry stranded passengers

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar/Jammu, Jan 20: Following protests and brewing rage among the stranded passengers, the state government has requisitioned Indian Air Force (IAF) choppers to ferry them between Srinagar and Jammu.The government Friday announced that it has made special arrangements to airlift stranded passengers More

Government yet to overcome LPG shortage

Fresh Supplies Have Arrived, Crisis Over: Div Com

JAVAID MALIK

Srinagar, Jan 20: Despite government claiming that shortage of LPG cylinders has been taken care off in the Valley, people continued to struggle for even 5-kg gas cylinders on Friday.“I have been waiting to get the half-filled gas cylinder since morning but it seems that queue is not moving,” More

Gas pipeline to Valley still a distant dream

Infrastructural Impediments, Legal Lacunas Prove Stumbling Blocks

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Jan 20: While the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Dr Asgar Samoon yesterday made an ambitious announcement regarding extension of gas pipeline from Bhatinda in Punjab to Srinagar via Jammu in next 2-3 years, the project seems to be a far-fetched dream as the government of India has not set More

Special cabinet meet likely next week

BUYING BACK POWER PROJECTS

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Jan 20: The special cabinet meeting to discuss recommendations of a sub-committee on the issue of buying back Uri and Salal power projects from National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) is expected to be held next week.According to sources the meeting was expected to be held this week but More

Fresh snowfall likely: Met office

Srinagar, Jan 20: Despite a nightlong overcast sky, the minimum temperatures again dipped Friday in the state’s summer capital and other parts of the valley with weatherman forecasting fresh snowfall next week.“The minimum temperature was minus 3.5 degrees Celsius in Srinagar, minus 7.8 in Pahalgam More

JK to seek 10% plan hike

FIRDOUS TAK

Jammu, Jan 20: With considerably good plan expenditure during the current fiscal year, Jammu and Kashmir Government is all set to seek 10 per cent hike over the annual plan allocation from the Planning Commission of India for the financial year 2012-13.Official sources said that the State planning More

DGP reviews relief operations

Jammu, Jan 20: Director General of Police Kuldeep Khoda today reviewed the relief and rescue operations undertaken by Jammu and Kashmir Police in the snow bound areas of the State. He expressed his satisfaction over the work of various components of JKP during the past few days in these areas.
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SC suggests case be tried by Army

PATHRIBAL FAKE ENCOUNTER

AGENCIES

New Delhi, Jan 20: In a move that is likely to have far reaching consequences, the Supreme Court has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Centre whether they are willing to hand-over the Pathribal fake encounter case in Jammu and Kashmir to the Army so that Defense Court can try More



Greater Kashmir Plus GK Welfare Trust

  • Briefs

Police recovers child labourers

Srinagar: Police on Friday raided several business establishments across the City recovering many child labourers, officials said. “The raids were carried out to check the menace of child labours More


  • News

No religious mobilization: Jairam tells Catholics

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Jan 20: Union Minister Jairam Ramesh Friday asked the Catholic Church to respect the 'Lakshman Rekha' and not engage in "religious mobilization" while undertaking developmental activities in More



  • Opinion

Absolutely inhuman

The American arrogance calls for a name now

WORDS WITHIN BY FIRDOUS SYED

The despicable sight of American Marines urinating on the dead bodies of Taliban has fully sullied the America image. The self professed embodiment of virtue is nothing else but a trigger-happy vengeful More


  • GK Magazine

GETTING READY FOR THE SHAKING

Seismic micro-zonation of Srinagar city can be taken as a project in collaboration with Department of S&T, National Disaster Management and other world major Geological Surveyors.

9.0 MAGNITUDE MEGA-QUAKE BY SHUJAAT BUCHH

Recently a lead scientist Roger Bilham of Colorado University issued a severe Earthquake warning for Kashmir Valley. The Scientist on the basis of GPS data compiled has conferred that a magnitude 9.0 Earthquake More



  • Letters

Felicitating Engineer

This refers to the evening news aired by Radio Kashmir about the presence of Mr. Rashid Engineer, independent MLA Langate in his constituency. I felt highly overwhelmed that the MLA is himself monitoring More


  • Editorial

Review the drug policy

The state Drug Policy, though belated, has come as a welcome move. In recent years, Jammu & Kashmir has achieved a dubious distinction of being one of the highest consumers for pharmaceuticals. There More


  • Business

‘JK Bank responsible to finance all SKEWPY cases’

Creation Of Adequate Job Avenues State’s Top Priority: Slathia

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Jan 20: Maintaining that identifying and exploiting the entrepreneurship talent in the educated youth was pivotal to address unemployment problems, Minister for Industries and Commerce, S S Slathia More


  • Sports

Heli-Skiing puts Kashmir on Global map

Attracts 700 Skiers From All Over World

ABID KHAN

Srinagar, Jan 20: Within one year after its revival, Heli-Skiing has made Kashmir as preferred destination for skiers across the world.  Launched last year at Gulmarg by the JK Government, Heli-Skiing More


  • Kashmir

Life in upper reaches of Kupwara paralyzed

People carry patients on stretchers; many areas face ration shortage

SHAHID RAFIQ

Kupwara, Jan 20:  Though administration had cleared snow from all the main roads and different towns of the district still several villages in the upper reaches are cut off from the district headquarters More


  • Srinagar City

PDD, POLICE lock horns over Naid Kadal TRANSFORMER REPAIRS

SYED IMRAN ALI HAMDANI

Srinagar, Jan 20: The recent fault in transformer at Naid Kadal in Shaher-e-Khaas seems to have put the Power Development Department (PDD) and the police at loggerheads while the affected locals found More



  • Jammu

Mian Altaf’s sister dies in road accident

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Jan 20: Forest Minister Mian Altaf’s sister died in a road accident at Channi Himmat here, on Friday evening.   Shahnaz wife of Choudhary Mushtaq of Surankote Poonch, according to police More



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