• TOP STORIES

Militant strikes ruffle security agencies

‘Don’t Want To Take Any Chances’

JAVAID MALIK

Srinagar, July 10: Militants killing a soldier and two policemen in separate attacks in south Kashmir last week has ruffled the security agencies with fresh strategy being devised to keep the militants at bay.Highly placed sources told Greater Kashmir that following the latest militant strikes More

Govt issues security advisory for VIPs

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, July 10: Following the sudden spurt in militant activities across the valley, politicians including ministers and legislators have been asked to remain extra-cautious and use bullet proof vehicles while moving around. The advisory has been issued by the security wing of the police department More

JOBS ‘ON SALE’ AT KU

Registrar Office Man Lands In Custody Over Fake Appointments; Police Launch Probe

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 10: The University of Kashmir is again in news for wrong reasons: this time over a fake appointment scandal involving a casual labourer from the Registrar’s Office.Informed sources told Greater Kashmir that the casual labourer has issued a number of fake appointment orders after More

Salman questions PM, Rahul’s ability

‘Congress Moving In Vacuum Due To Lack Of Ideological Direction’

ANIL ANAND

New Delhi, July 10: Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid has created a political storm of sorts following his dig at the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, questioning AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi’s ability and having a jibe at his own party which he said was moving in a vacuum due to lack of More

Spl squads to curb private practice by SKIMS doctors

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 10: Taking strong exception to the unabated private practice by some of the senior faculty members of premier tertiary care Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura the Chief Minister’s office has constituted a special squad to raid and subsequently arrest the medicos More

Mirwaiz does balancing act

‘No Restructuring In Hurriyat;General Council Members To Head WGs’

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, July 10: Maintaining that the two-tier organizational structure of the amalgam would remain intact, Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Tuesday said that General Council (GC) members would head Working Groups (WG) for devising comprehensive strategy on political, economic More

Hizb commander killed in Kangan encounter

SHEIKH NAZIR

Kangan, July 10: A senior Hizbul Mujahideen commander was killed in an encounter with forces at Chandej Hayan in Kangan forests of North Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Tuesday.According to police, 24 RR and police laid siege around Chandej village on a tip off and started searches. As the searches More



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  • Briefs

PFL condemns raids on Altaf’s house

Srinagar, July 10: The Peoples’ Freedom League secretary general Muhammad Rafiq Ganai on Tuesday strongly condemned the raids on the residence of its chief organizer Muhammad Altaf Khan by the forces for More



  • Opinion

Pandit Problem

Return of the community should restore the inclusive character of Kashmir

POINT OF VIEW

RIYAZ AHMAD

The question of a separate settlement  for Kashmiri pandits  has once again wound its way into the discourse in Valley. Hurriyat (G) chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani has warned that settling the More


  • GK Magazine

Tribute to Begum Akbar Jehan Abdullah

I remember her as being a self-assured, articulate, politically savvy, and elegant person, whose social and political activism didn’t dwindle till very late in life

DR NYLA ALI KHAN

Living in a culture that is plagued by a blinkered consumerism in which most people find themselves leading mechanical lives and opt for situations that would be most lucrative, regardless of the damage More



  • Letters

Have gaps

We the students of M.Ed Distance Mode of Kashmir University want to bring it in your kind notice that our both semester exams are fixed one after another with very less gap of few days. Our syllabus is More


  • Editorial

PSUs in red

The poor health of state-owned undertakings in J&K is a cause of concern. Of the 20 PSUs in J&K, only six are profit-making, while 14 are in red. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India in More


  • Business

Declare pre-partition JK as free trade zone: Conference

*India-Pak trade liberalization will make intra-Kashmir trade casualty: Zulfiqar Abbassi

*Enhanced economic interactions through cross-LoC trade would improve straining ties between two nations: Slathia

MUKEET AKMALI

Srinagar, July 10: The traders from both the sides of Line of Control Tuesday urged governments of India and Pakistan to declare the ‘pre-partition J&K’ as ‘free trade zone’. Speaking on the first More


  • Sports

International Islamic School organises football workshop

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 10: Aiming to inculcate sports ethos into its students, International Islamic School in collaboration with Football For Kids held first of its kind three- day football workshop in the school More


  • Kashmir

'International’ airport faces petty problems

No AC; 2 gates, 3 conveyer belts cater to 5000 visitors

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, July 10: At the Srinagar Airport, claimed to be international in standards, the Air Conditioning system is lying defunct for past many days in the ongoing heat conditions. This is not the More


  • Srinagar City

Civil society wakes up to skewed bridge mess

Construction environmental disaster, says KCSDS; Asks Govt to stop work forthwith

GK CITY CORRESPONDENT

Srinagar July 10: Breaking silence over the upcoming skewed bridge across Jhelum, civil society Tuesday expressed serious concern over the construction terming it “environmental disaster and attempt at More



  • Jammu

2 of family die, 5 injured in highway mishap

MUHAMMAD TASKEEN

Ramban, July 10: At least two persons died and five others of a family were injured when a Maruti car they were traveling in skidded off the road and plunged into the River Chenab near here early today More


  • Uri

Contractors abandon Govt school constructions at Bimyar

STUDENTS FACE INCONVENIENCE

NAYEEM SHOWKAT KHAN

Bimyar (Uri): Despite passing of seven years, the buildings for the Government High School Bimyar in Baramulla district are yet to be completed. The construction work on the four buildings of the More



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