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Employees call off strike

‘Decision On Retirement Age Enhancement By September 30’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 8: The Joint Consultative Committee [JCC], an amalgam of various associations of J&K Government employees, Sunday called off its proposed four-day strike beginning July 9, an official spokesman said. The spokesman said the leaders of employee unions “expressed gratitude More

Nasir-ul-Islam is new Mufti Azam

Bashir-Ud-Din Names Son As Successor

M HYDERI

Srinagar, July 8: Mufti Nasir-Ul-Islam, who shot to instant fame over his controversial Fatwa against Conversions some months back, was Sunday nominated by his father and Grand Mufti, Bashir-Ud-Din as his successor for the coveted post in the Supreme Court of Islamic Shariat while other Ulema endorsed More

Universities, colleges attract JK students for admission

SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

MANZOOR-UL-HASSAN

Srinagar, July 8: Professional colleges and universities in India are on a ‘mission’ to attract students from Jammu and Kashmir for admissions under a special scholarship programme of the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). A non-governmental organization named ‘Peoples Forum More

Mufti’s claim factually incorrect: Rather

‘No Question Of Money Being Surrendered’

MUGHAL ROAD MATHEMATICS

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 8: A day after the former chief minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed accused the J&K Government of “surrendering Rs 268 crores in previous years out of the funds allocated for Mughal Road”, the State Finance Minister Abdur Rahim Rather Sunday rebutted the claim as “factually incorrect More

Pranab, Sangma to campaign in Kashmir

To Meet CM, MPs, Legislators

PRESIDENTIAL POLLS

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, July 8: Presidential candidate of United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Pranab Mukherjee and National Democratic Alliance (NDA) PA Sangma will be visiting Kashmir next week to campaign for their election to the president’s post.  While Mukherjee, who is set to win the election and bag More



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  • Briefs

Lt Gen Parnaik in Valley

Srinagar, July 8: General Officer Commanding in Chief, Northern Command, Lt Gen KT Parnaik, arrived here on Sunday to take stock of the security situation in the Valley, Army’s Srinagar based spokesman More


  • National

PCs may lose Internet access from today

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, July 8: Thousands of computers in India, which are hit by a malicious virus DNSChanger, may lose Internet access from Monday, according to Web security firm McAfee. DNSChanger is a malware More



  • Opinion

On Reading‘Waiting’

Edward Said's words have everlasting lessons for us

Punchline

Z. G. MUHAMMAD

Some years back in this column, when I wrote there is no Edward Said on our side to tell our tale   with all its objectivity to the world it hurt ego of some “intellectual” friends.  Sitting More


  • GK Magazine

Unraveling the creation

Will the discovery solve the mysteries of the universe?

THE GOD PARTICLE

DR MUHAMMAD AMIN MALIK

“I think we have it” said the Director General of CERN, Rolf-Dieter Heuer on 4th July. He was referring to 'The God particle'. The term for the Higgs boson coined by the physicist Leon Lederman (noble More



  • Letters

Retirement age

This refers to the debate on enhancement of retirement age of employees. It will have a huge impact on unemployed youth of Jammu and Kashmir. Every year, hundreds of youth cross the age limit required More


  • Editorial

CM’s caution on talks

On Saturday, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah expressed his disappointment about the unproductive nature of the ongoing talks between India and Pakistan, saying “talks for the sake of talks will yield nothing More


  • Business

CDI introduces Master of Craft Management & Entrepreneurship

‘We want to bring craft management in mainstream education’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 8: In a welcome initiative, Craft Development Institute, Srinagar, has introduced an innovative 2-year postgraduate course – Master of Craft Management and Entrepreneurship. The programme More


  • Sports

Nasir inaugurates CII Corporate cricket match

Traffic-XI Beat CII-XI

Srinagar, July 8: Minister of State for Home, Tourism and Culture on Sunday said that principles of sports and sportsmanship apply very well to businesses too. Sincere, dedicated and transparent businesses More


  • Kashmir

Shell kills man, injures wife

R M BHAT

Khag (Budgam) July 8: A 40-year old man was killed and his wife sustained critical injuries when an artillery shell exploded in their makeshift shelter at Tosamaidan here in central Kashmir, officials More


  • Srinagar City

R&B’s laziness victimizes City roads!

Daytime blacktopping hinders traffic movement, affects macadamization quality; Courtesy Babu unwillingness to work at night

M HYDERI

Srinagar, July 8: The Roads and Building (R&B) department’s unwillingness to work at night hours, something feasible for macadamization across the country, is victimizing the Srinagar roads not only More



  • Jammu

High time to accept Sagheer committee report: Dr Mustafa Kamaal

Jammu, July 8: Additional General Secretary National Conference, Dr. Mustafa Kamaal on Sunday said that it was high time that New Delhi makes up past blunders and win the hearts of the people by accepting More


  • World

Normal ties only in terror-free atmosphere: Krishna to Khar

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Tokyo, July 8: Stepping up pressure on Pakistan to take action in Mumbai terror attack case, India Sunday said the normalisation of bilateral ties can "only be in an atmosphere free of terror", stressing More


  • Bandipora

Mid-Day meals stopped in Bandipora schools

Quil (Bandipora): Teachers of various schools of Quil Education zone in this north Kashmir district have stopped serving food to children under Mid-Day Meal School.Zonal President issued a “diktat” to More



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