• TOP STORIES

Omar promises justice

Visits Bereaved At Boniyar; Says Killing Not Less Than Murder

DEADLY POWER PROTEST

ALTAF BABABoniyar (Baramulla), Jan 3: Fearing that the anger over killing of a class 12 student, in firing by Central Industrial Security Force personnel on protestors seeking regular power supply at Boniyar in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, might spill More

CISF chief arrives in Valley

MHA Not Impressed With CM's AFSPA Immunity Plea

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Jan 3: In run up to the investigation into the killing of a student by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel in Boniyar area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Monday, police today seized the weapons of the accused paramilitary men allegedly involved in the killing.
More

Altaf’s family in abject poverty

ALTAF BABA

Boniyar, Jan 3: The rough and hilly five kilometer stretch from Boniyar to Barnate, where the residence of slain youth Altaf Ahmad is located, is witness to the hardships of 1500 souls of this village. There used to be no visible activity here, however today the road is abuzz with VIP movement.
More

MEHBOOBA,YASIN MALIK MEET VICTIM’S FAMILY

Condemnations Galore

GK NEWS NETWORK

Boniyar/Srinagar, Jan 3: Describing the killing of Altaf as part of ‘Government terror’, Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti today said such incidents were aimed at preventing people from protesting even for basic amenities.Addressing people at Boniyar today where she conveyed her More

KEA calls for Kashmir bandh on January 6

‘Won’t Tolerate Anti-People Policies Anymore’

MUKEET AKMALI

Srinagar Jan 3: Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA) Tuesday called for Kashmir Bandh on January 6 to protest the killing of a student Altaf Ahmad Sood at Boniyar, Uri. The Alliance also demanded immediate rollback of the latest power curtailment schedule.“We strongly condemn the killing of the innocent More

Review power curtailment: SERC to PDD

Gas Turbines Made Operational

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Jan 3: Day after State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC) asked Power Development Department (PDD) to review the power curtailment schedule in Kashmir valley, the state government Tuesday pressed into service the gas turbines at Pampore to meet the energy shortfall.Sources told More

Ministerial panel submit report to Chief Minister

Cabinet To Deliberate On Recommendations

AKSHAY AZAD

Jammu, Jan 3: A day after a youth was killed during protest against power shortage, the Cabinet Sub-Committee (CSC) on power projects - constituted by state government to workout modalities for the power-sharing and other related issues with National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) - submitted More

‘Committed to get back projects from NHPC’

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Jan 3: Day after National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) chief declared that the Corporation has no plans to handover Salal and Uri-I power projects to Jammu and Kashmir, the state government Tuesday said it is committed to get back the projects in light of various agreements and More

Govt dallying RTI implementation

Departments Fail To Respond To Pro-Active Disclosure

MUSHTAQ AHMAD

Srinagar, Jan 3: Despite its introduction with much fanfare three years ago, Jammu and Kashmir government has abruptly slowed down on the implementation of Right to Information (RTI) Act, which was designed to bring transparency and accountability to public offices.According to the Act enacted More

Valley rail link will boost JK economy: Guv

Jammu, Jan 3: Governor NN Vohra Tuesday stressed the need for completion of Udhampur-Katra and Katra-Qazigund sections of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link project within the envisaged timeframe.Vohra said the rail link to Valley will have a revolutionary impact on the overall economy More



Greater Kashmir Plus GK Welfare Trust

  • Briefs

TeH condemns Sehrai’s house arrest

Srinagar, Jan 3: Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Jammu Kashmir has strongly condemned the continued house arrest of its general secretary Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai’s at his Bhagat residence here, terming it unjustified More



  • Opinion

Making of a leader

Funeral as a measure of standing among people

POINT OF VIEW BY RIYAZ AHMAD

Over the course of ten full days, the deceased North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il's funeral became a centre of worldwide media attention. First, it was his body lying in state for over one week and then More


  • GK Magazine

How safe are you when you make a call?

RESEARCH ABOUNDS, BUT THERE STILL IS NOT CONCLUSIVE OR DEMONSTRATED EVIDENCE AS TO WHETHER CELL PHONES CAUSE ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS IN HUMANS

CELL PHONE SAFETY BY ABDUL AZIZ HAGROO

Exposure limit GuidelinesMobile phone is a radio transmitter and receiver that communicates by transmitting radio waves through a network of fixed antennas called base stations. It is designed not to exceed More



  • Letters

Poor implementation

This refers to the news that Ganderbal district which has the distinction of electing Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to the state Assembly has a poor record in the utilization of funds provided under various More


  • Editorial

Grisly Act

The acute power crisis in the Valley has dangerously taken a nasty turn with the killing of a youth in a north Kashmir village on Monday. The slain, a class 12 student became the victim of the firing by More


  • Business

Kashmir’s silk industry dying a silent death

Mir optimistic saying ‘everything is not lost’

MUKEET AKMALI

Srinagar, Jan 3: Once a major support to state economy, the famed Silk Industry of Kashmir has faced severe decay over the years. Background Historians say a century ago Kashmir had dynamic silk trade More


  • Sports

JKP to organise off-season coaching camps

150 players from Valley participating

Jammu, Jan 3: With the aim of promoting sporting activities among the youth of the state, Jammu and Kashmir Police is organising off-season youth promotional sports camp at Jammu. The camps would More


  • Kashmir

4 years on, Romshi bridge still incomplete

IMTIYAZ SOFI

Pulwama, Jan 3: Four years after the construction on Romshi Bridge was started, the work on the prestigious project is still going on at snail’s pace.  According to the locals, the vital bridge would More


  • Srinagar City

After leopard, cub caught from City

M HYDERI

Srinagar, Jan 3: Barely a week after a leopard was caught from a residential area of this summer Capital, a cub has been trapped from near the City centre.  And there’s more of continuity in the coincidence More



  • Jammu

No issue of rotational CM between NC-Cong: Rather

Stresses for lifting of cross-LoC travel restrictions

Jammu, Jan 3: National Conference today said that the rotational chief ministership is not an issue between the coalition parties in Jammu and Kashmir as the matter has already been settled by the Congress More


  • News

US State Deptt posts new India map on its website

Marks LoC with dotted lines

LALIT K JHA/PTI

Washington, Jan 3: Triggering a fresh controversy, the US State Department has now posted a new map of India which reflects the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir with dotted lines, thereby projecting More



ADD
Designed Developed and Maintaned By Imobisoft Ltd /Algosol Software Solutions