Governor asks security forces to be vigilant

‘No Progress Without Peace’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Jan 26: Asserting that peace was must for development, Governor NN Vohra Thursday asked the security forces to be vigilant along the frontiers “so as to foil the designs of adversary elements operating from across the border”.“After the turmoil of last three summers, the spurt of economic More

Remarkable improvement in situation: Rather

Shutdown In Valley

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Jan 26: State Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather Thursday said Kashmir has witnessed “remarkable improvement” in situation and time has come to focus on imparting moral education to youth.After unfurling tri-color at Bakshi Stadium here, the main venue for Republic Day function in the More

Government sluggish on RTI implementation

172 Departments Fail To Submit Report To SIC

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Jan 26: While Jammu and Kashmir government makes tall claims about the implementation of Right to Information (RTI) Act, on the contrary its departments are not furnishing the mandatory information to the State Information Commission (SIC), thereby affecting monitoring and reporting of the More

KASHMIRI YOUTH INDIFFERENT TO MAINSTREAM POLITICS: STUDY

'Only 9% Support Hurriyat Conference; 72% Reject Gun Culture;Valley’s Young Population Increasingly Turning To Islam'

ANIL ANAND

New Delhi, Jan 26: A vast majority of Kashmiri youth are disillusioned with mainstream democratic politics in the state with 50 percent of them having never voted and only 5 percent of them joining political parties.An official study commissioned by Union Ministry of Home Affairs to study psyche More

96% read Greater Kashmir

New Delhi, Jan 26: The Home Ministry study also examined the media impact on youth of Kashmir. It did a qualitative analysis of a random sample of 500 stories of Greater Kashmir- which were found to be read by 96 per cent of the youth accessing local English newspapers- from summer 2008 to December More

Mobile, Internet services shut

Srinagar, Jan 26: Mobile phones across Kashmir Valley Thursday fell silent from 9 am till noon as service providers switched off the links following instructions from the security agencies as part of precautionary measures on Republic Day.“Mobile phone and portable Internet services were shutdown More

Highway closed after LPG tanker leak

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Jammu, Jan 26: Jammu-Srinagar highway was Thursday closed for traffic, electric supply was cut off and people were evacuated from the area after leakage of gas from a Srinagar-bound LPG tanker in Ramban district.The leakage of gas from a big LPG tanker occurred on the highway at Nashri area in More

Panchs,Sarpanchs threaten RTI activists

Srinagar, Jan 26: RTI activists from north Kashmir's Singhpora village on Thursday alleged Sarpanchs and Panchs were harassing them for seeking information about the public works carried out in the area More

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R-Day tableau displays Kashmir's architectural heritage

INDO ASIAN NEWS SERVICE

New Delhi, Jan 26: Kashmir's architectural heritage dating back to the medieval period was brought alive as the tableau from the state tableau slowly moved down Rajpath at the 63rd Republic Day parade More

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