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PCI chides JK Govt for ‘poor presentation’

Queries On Perspective Planning Leave State Officials Red-Faced

GK SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

New Delhi, June 17: The Planning Commission of India (PCI) is understood to have pulled up the Jammu and Kashmir government expressing displeasure over its inability to keep up pace of development and provide much needed impetus to the state economy.Sources in PCI said a team led by senior Commission More

Health, Medical Education Deptts in disarray courtesy bifurcation

‘Coalition Politics Taking Toll On Governance’

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, June 17: While the vital healthcare sector continues to be in disarray in the Valley, political voices Sunday held the bifurcation of erstwhile Health and Medical Education Department responsible for the “mess” and “mismanagement” in the critical area.Leading the front is former Health More

7 die in highway accidents

Tulsibagh Couple, Reasi Family Among Deceased

M M PARVAIZ

Ramban, June 17: Seven persons including three women lost their lives in two separate accidents on Jammu-Srinagar highway near here on Sunday.Police said five persons on board a truck loaded with ration supply of Food Corporation of India (FCI) were killed when the ill-fated vehicle skidded off More

Arif Shafi bereaved

Srinagar, June 17: Muhammad Shafi Wani, father of GK Senior Editor Arif Shafi Wani, passed away on Sunday morning after protracted illness. He is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.Muhammad Shafi Wani son of Late Haji Ghulam Qadir Wani of Khonakhan Dalgate was working as Carpet Training More

POLICE ARREST GEELANI, AIDES

Eidgah Chalo Foiled

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, June 17: Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani alongwith some activists was detained by police as they tried to move towards Eidgah here to pay homage to the persons killed in police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) firing during 2010 unrest.Geelani had appealed More

Taliban all praise for New Delhi

‘India Significant Country In The Region’

New Delhi, June 17: The Taliban has come out with a rare praise of India for reportedly standing up to the US over the Afghan situation, and promised that Afghanistan won't be used to hurt Indian interests.In a commentary on its English website, the Taliban called India “a significant country More

Cipla shakes up cancer drug market with price cut

New Delhi, June 17: Indian pharmaceutical tycoon Yusuf Hamied revolutionized AIDS treatment more than a decade ago by supplying cut-price drugs to the world’s poor - and now he wants to do the same for cancer.Hamied, chairman of generic drugs giant Cipla, last month slashed the cost of three medicines More



Greater Kashmir Plus GK Welfare Trust

  • Briefs

Release our salary:Docs to health minister

Srinagar, June 17: The doctors and paramedics who have been appointed in Health department under New Pension Scheme (NPS) have complained about repeated inordinate delay in the release of their salary More



  • Opinion

Damp Home Turf

It does not augur well for the peace of the region

PUNCHLINE

Z.G. MUHAMMAD

 It is not going to be same. Two crucial years are ahead, not for Kashmir only but for the entire Southwest Asian region. True, Washington and its NATO allies have envisioned their future in the region More


  • GK Magazine

Kashmir: What is Greek about it!

The book gives a detailed description of recent finds of Greco Buddhist terracotta and sculpture art of Kashmir.

BOOK REVIEW

IRFAN NAVEED

Book: Ancient Greeks in KashmirAuthor; Iqbal AhmadPublisher: Dilpreet Publishing House,  New Dehli.Publication year: 2011 What happened to Kashmir empire after the downfall of Mauryan empire More



  • Letters

Power projects

This refers to the news about new power generation projects that are planned to be executed in the coming years. The government has shown an irresponsible attitude, giving away the older projects to companies More


  • Editorial

Clear the Air

JK Government seems to have finally made up its mind on the employees’ retirement age. At a public function at Kulgam, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah ruled out enhancing the retirement age from the existing More


  • Business

JK Overseas Corp registers 1983 youth, recruits none

MUKEET AKMALI

Srinagar, June 17: In a major concern, not a single person has been recruited through J&K State Overseas Employment Corporation Limited, a government agency tasked to facilitate recruitment of state More


  • Sports

Super-League football tourney kicks off

ABID KHAN

Srinagar, June 17: The much awaited annual super-league football tournament organised by J&K Football Association (JKFA) kicked off at Polo ground here on Sunday. The football extravaganza of More


  • Kashmir

JK only state to have negotiated terms of its membership: Rather

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, June 17:  Maintaining that peace can return to the state only after the pledges made to the people of JK are honoured and fulfilled, Minister for Finance and Ladakh Affairs, Abdul Rahim More


  • Srinagar City

Sangarmaal hustle-bustle attracts centenarian Pandit woman

Meeras Mehal reminds her of treasured Kashmiri tradition

IMRAN MUZAFFAR

Srinagar, June 17: Reuniting with her homeland, a 108-year-old Kashmiri Pandit lady, Prabhavati Nagri, Sunday walked into the lawns of Sangarmaal City Centre with her grandchildren to have a look at the More



  • Jammu

Jammu sizzles at 45°C

JAMMU: The intense heat peaked on Sunday leaving the city sizzling at 45 degrees celsius, the maximum temperature of the season so far. The high humidity gave no respite from sweltering conditions More



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