For PDD Chillai Kalan is back

Valley In For Extended Unscheduled Power Cuts, People Aghast

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, June 22: Reminding people of the Chillai Kalan era darkness in the Valley, the Power Development Department (PDD) has started unscheduled drastic electricity cuts in Kashmir, besides enforcing the normal curtailment schedule.While PDD publicly announced, “distress curtailment” in Jammu More

NC SEEKS PUBLIC COOPERATION

Srinagar, June 22: Day after Chief Minister Omar Abdullah asked people to “start paying more for electricity” his party National Conference urged the masses to support CM’s initiative “to get adequate power supply.”“The state is struggling to improve the power situation but people have to stop More

CM’s ‘diktat’ draws flak

‘STOP NHPC FROM PILLAGING JK’S WATER RESOURCES’

MUKEET AKMALI

Srinagar, June 22: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah’s latest statement asking people to pay power tariff at market prices or face darkness, has drawn flak from across the board with stakeholders terming it “dictatorial”.Civil society and business community ‘criticized’ the Chief Minister for issuing More

Hydro-power key to India's energy security: Study

Of 145 GW Potential 100 GW In JK, Himachal, Arunachal, Uttarakhand

INDO ASIAN NEWS SERVICE

Mumbai, June 22: With coal supply remaining erratic and controversies dogging nuclear energy, hydro-power could hold the key to India's energy security and put an end to power cuts, according to a study released here Thursday.Given India's tight domestic coal supply and increasing reliance on More

Parvez Ashraf is new Pakistan PM

Facing Charges Of Kickbacks In Power Projects

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Islamabad, June 22:  Raja Parvez Ashraf, a stalwart of the ruling PPP, was Friday elected by the National Assembly as Pakistan's new Prime Minister as the country struggled to come out of its latest political crisis.61-year-old loyalist of the Bhutto family was pitch-forked into the hot seat More

Law Department orders 21 inquiries in two decades

Government Blames Inquiry Officer For Ending Probe In 1993 Sopore Massacre

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, June 22: Jammu and Kashmir Government has revealed that 21 inquiries, which include 17 under Commission of inquiry Act-1962, were ordered in the state during past two decades.According to the information furnished by Law Department in response to an application filed by Khurram Parvez More

PaK guests treated like prisoners of war: Mirwaiz

‘Delhi Not Sincere In Kashmir-Specific CBMs’

JAVAID MALIK

Srinagar, June 22: Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (M), Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, on Friday said that people arriving from Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK) through Kaman Post in Uri were being treated like “prisoners of war.”Talking to Greater Kashmir, Mirwaiz said people coming from PaK face lot More

Planning Commission likely to announce JK’s annual plan on July 13

State Has Proposed Rs 7300 Cr Outlay For 2012-13

SPOTLIGHT

JAVAID MALIK

Srinagar, June 22: Planning Commission of India (PCI) is likely to approve and announce the annual plan (2012-13) for Jammu and Kashmir, when Chief Minister Omar Abdullah meets the Deputy Chairman of the Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia on July 13.Official sources told Greater Kashmir that the More

JK sans insurance cover, transport policy for lucrative fruit industry

Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand Already Have Such Measures In Place

Victim Of Official Apathy

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, June 22: Despite having grown as a buoyant sector with annual turnover of Rs 3500 crore, Kashmir’s famed apple industry continues to be devoid of any insurance cover and full-fledged transport policy.The fruit industry not only supports livelihood of more than three million people in More

Family skips Avtar Singh’s funeral

AGENCIES

Chandigarh, June 22: Parents of Major Avtar Singh--a former Army officer who reportedly killed his wife and three sons in the United States recently-- chose to stay away from the funeral of their son though they had earlier expressed the desire to bring back his body to India for last rituals.
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