• TOP STORIES

Not a single bed added to B&J Hospital in 27 years

Patient Rush Increased Four-Fold During This Period

ARSHAD M BHAT

Srinagar, June 4: Belying the tall claims of the State government about infrastructure up-gradation of city hospitals, the Valley’s sole trauma institute, Bone and Joint Hospital Barzulla is still functioning with 150 beds, sanctioned at the time of its inception 27 years ago.Official sources More

HOUSE PANEL ON GB PANT MEETS

‘REPORT WILL BE SHOCKER’

Srinagar, June 4: The House panel set up by Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Muhammad Akbar Lone to look into the “messy affairs” of the GB Pant Hospital here, will submit its report within one month.The Committee met Monday in the Legislative Assembly complex here to discuss the possible reasons More

10 KILLED IN ACCIDENTS

4 Die In Highway Accident, 2 Bikers On Boulevard

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, June 4: Ten persons were killed and nine others injured in six road accidents in Kashmir Valley Monday, police said.A speedy Tavera passenger vehicle bearing registration No. JK01Q 9951 collided with a tanker bearing registration No. JK02N 7349 near Charsoo Awantipora at 7 AM resulting More

Anti-graft bodies spreading falsehood: PM

Sonia Asks Party Cadres To Shun Factionalism

ANIL ANAND

New Delhi, June 4: Swinging into fire-fighting mode immediately after the anti-graft activists led by Anna Hazare and Baba Ramdev announced their plans to step up anti-corruption agitation, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi dismissed the campaign as a “desperate More

K-resolution will bring prosperity: Shafi Uri

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, June 4: Emphasizing that peace will facilitate economic prosperity and financial self-reliance, senior National Conference (NC) leader and Member Parliament, Muhammad Shafi, Monday said that once Kashmir issue is resolved, people will heave a sigh of relief and the state will achieve prosperity More

New Drug Policy yet to take off

4 Months On, Government Fails To Constitute Panel

AKSHAY AZAD

Jammu, June 4: The much hyped drug policy announced by the state government early this year has become a casualty allegedly at the hands of a strong doctor-drug mafia nexus operating in the state.While the government has failed to implement its own policy approved by State Cabinet on January 13 More

New telecom policy not applicable to JK

Union Home Ministry Raises Objections Over Roaming, VoIP

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, June 4: The ‘one-nation-one-number’ provision, which exempts users from paying roaming charges under the National Telecom Policy (NTP) 2012, will not be applicable in Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast where Home Ministry has imposed restrictions on providing roaming facilities to pre More

Elderly man shot at, injured

Srinagar, June 4: Gunmen shot and injured a 70-year-old man in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said here Monday.Abdul Gani Digoo, a resident of Arigi-Check village in Pulwama, suffered injuries in his right leg when unidentified militants fired at him last night, a police spokesman said More

Principal GMC clarifies

Srinagar, June 4: Responding to the story by Greater Kashmir in Monday edition titled “GMC Srinagar dallying faculty selection” the GMC Principal Dr Qazi Masood today said they have appointed 34 doctors in various departments vide Government Order No. 577-HME of 2011 dated October 22, 2011.He More



Greater Kashmir Plus GK Welfare Trust

  • Briefs

JKLF pays tributes to Rengrez

Srinagar, June 4: Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front senior leader advocate Bashir Ahmad Bhat has paid glowing tributes to the pro-freedom leader and founder of Al-Fateh Movement late Ghulam Rasool Rengrez More


  • National

Service Tax department slaps notice on Ramdev's Trust

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, June 4: After Income Tax, it's now the turn of the Service Tax department to issue a notice of Rs 4.94 crore dues to Yoga guru Ramdev's trust for alleged duty evasion on its income raised through More



  • Opinion

The politics of tourism

Don’t oversell peace and tourism of Kashmir

Impressions

BINOO JOSHI

Touch wood, Kashmir tourism is peaking. The visitors and hosts are happy the way  things are happening. The tourists have choked almost every  street and corner of the  Kashmir Valley  More


  • GK Magazine

Squeezing Dal Lake - Historical perspective

The measurements recorded in our historical accounts give an idea of the loss

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY

PROF. (DR) MRD KUNDANGAR

According to Drew (1875) the Dal Lake measured five miles from north to south and two miles from east to west. Hussan (1833) described that the Dal Lake measured approximately three miles long from Gagribal More



  • Letters

Improve healthcare

This refers to the lack of comprehensive health policy in Kashmir. Deployment of qualified and meritorious doctors at referral centres is a cosmetic measure, and attaching CMOs will not improve things More


  • Editorial

Fill the Vacancies

Lack of a perspective policy with the government for addressing the problems confronting the youth has caused despondency in a whole generation. Instead of   evolving an all embracing policy More


  • Business

India heading towards worst economic crisis: Experts

Say falling rupee, massive scams, policy paralysis slow down economy

MUKEET AKMALI

Srinagar, June 4: The sharp drop in rupee against dollar has triggered concern among the experts who say its continued fall could pose some major challenges to the Indian economy in near future.   More


  • Sports

Tendulkar sworn in as Rajya Sabha MP

New Delhi, June 4: Beginning his inning as a Parliamentarian, cricketer Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar took oath as Rajya Sabha member on Monday.  Sachin was nominated by the government as Rajya Sabha MP More


  • Kashmir

Separatists make beeline for books at NBT fair

Geelani For Promotion Of Urdu Literature; Mirwaiz, Yasin Urge Youth To Develop Reading Habit

SPOTLIGHT

ZAHID MAQBOOL

Srinagar, June 4: The National Book Trust of India (NBT) Book Fair at SP College here Monday saw some high-profile customers: Hurriyat Conference (G) Chairman Syed Ali Geelani, Hurriyat Conference (M) More


  • Srinagar City

CS speaks on dog menace

Seeks gear-up in sterilization, echoes sanitation mantra

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, June 4: Finally, the state’s top bureaucrat -Chief Secretary, Madhav Lal on Monday spoke about the dog menace at a high level meeting even as he sought a gear up in the ongoing canine sterilization More



  • Jammu

BJP MP among 150 VHP activists court arrest

AMARNATH YATRA DURATION ROW

JAMMU, JUNE 4: Around 150 Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) activists and senior BJP leaders including party Member Parliament (MP), Tarun Vijay Monday courted arrest after they were prevented from proceeding More


  • World

Deadly clashes in Syria as EU-Russia seek solutions

Damascus, June 4: Syrian government troops fought deadly battles with armed rebels today as the European Union pushed for an end to a split with Russia over how to end the 15-month bloodshed. In talks More


  • Qaimoh

Encroachments unabated on Vaishaw Nallah; authorities in slumber

Toilets constructed on banks; people dump garbage everyday

KHALID GUL

Qaimoh, June 4: The inhabitants of Qaimoh are up in arms against the state government for its failure to check the rampant encroachments and pollution in the Vaishaw Nallah. The stream is being encroached More



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