- TOP STORIES
6 killed,15 wounded in Qazigund accident
6 Injured Elsewhere
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Mar 10: Six persons, including five residents of Bihar, were killed and 15 others injured in a head-on collision between two vehicles on the Srinagar-Jammu highway near Qazigund last night.A passenger-packed minibus, bearing registration number JK05B/6799, on its way here from Jammu More
Teenager crushed under army vehicle
Protests In Islamabad
KHALID GUL
Islamabad (Anantnag), Mar 10: Protests erupted in this South Kashmir town after an army vehicle ran over a teenager resulting in his on spot death. The angry protesters later torched an army vehicle.Eyewitnesses said that a cycle borne teenager Yasir Ahmad S/O Muhammad Ayub Wani, aged 17, of Pandit More
Stop humiliating ex-militants: Sajad Lone
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Mar 10: Peoples Conference Chairman Sajad Lone has said that it was the topmost priority of the party to work towards effective and total rehabilitation of ex-militants and their complete reintegration into the society.“These young men who picked up the gun have unfortunately been left More
Legislative Assembly passes TP Bill amid reservations, walkout by PDP
Amendment Proposed By Cong Accepted; Lease Period Reduced To 40 Yrs
SUMIT HAKHOO
Jammu, Mar 10: Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Saturday passed the Transfer of Property (Amendment) Bill, 2012, amid reservation from opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which staged a walkout after its amendments were rejected.To avoid a peculiar situation, the government accepted More
K-issue should be resolved on priority: NC
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Mar 10: National Conference general secretary Advocate Sheikh Nazir Ahmad on Saturday said Kashmir issue should be resolved on priority.Commenting on the Pakistan foreign ministry spokesman Abdul Basit’s recent statement on Kashmir issue, Sheikh Nazir said India and Pakistan should keep More
No financial favours from New Delhi: A R Rather
‘State Entitled To Its Share Under Fiscal Arrangements’
FIRDOUS TAK
Jammu, Mar 10: Asserting that Jammu and Kashmir was not getting “out of way” financial assistance from New Delhi, Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather Saturday said that the state of Jammu and Kashmir was only getting its share as per the constitutional arrangement between union government and the More
FM presented fallacious figures: Baig
AKSHAY AZAD
Jammu, Mar 10: Peoples Democratic Party leader and former Finance Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig once again lambasted Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather for allegedly “misleading the House by presenting fallacious facts and figures.”“I had asked FM for the roadmap drawn by the government to come More
Police conduct raids, seize JKCA records
FIR Lodged In Multi-Crore Rupees Scam
UMER MAQBOOL
Srinagar, Mar 10: With multi-crore cricket scam creating furore within and outside the state legislature, Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday lodged FIR in the case and conducted raids across the summer capital to get clues regarding the misappropriation of funds by the officials of Jammu and Kashmir More
Probe ordered: Farooq Abdullah
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
Coimbatore, Mar 10: Union Minister and Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) president Dr Farooq Abdullah Saturday said a probe has been ordered to know how much money was siphoned off from the Association kitty through illegal means.“We are yet to arrive how much (money) has been siphoned More
Overseas Employment Corp yet to start out
Not Even One Jobless Youth Has Benefited From ‘Flagship’ Initiative
MUDDASIR ALI
Srinagar, Mar 10: Jammu and Kashmir Government has failed to facilitate placement of even a single educated jobless youth in outside countries under its much publicized Overseas Employment Corporation (OEC) which was announced in 2010 as an initiative to address growing unemployment in the state.< More
- Briefs
Sarpanch shot at, injured
Tral, Mar 10: Unidentified gunmen shot at and injured a Sarpanch in this south Kashmir area on Saturday, sources said. They said the gunmen barged into the house of the Sarpanch Abdul Ahad Rather More
Beautiful Kashmir
An aerial view of Natha top, 20 kms from Patnitop, on Srinagar-Jammu highway captured by GK lensman Mir Imran.
Where are our kith and kin?
An old man participates in a monthly sit-in organized by Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) in Srinagar on Saturday. Habib Naqash/GK
Army vehicle crushes minor
Angry youth (not in picture) set ablaze an army vehicle after it crushed a minor at Islamabad (Anantnag) in south Kashmir on Saturday. Sajad Munwardi/GK
Malik in Handwara
JKLF Chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik addresses a gathering at Handwara in north Kashmir on Friday.
Tension in city
Tension gripped Sariabala area in Srinagar on Friday after a firing incident. Mubashir Khan/GK
Colours of Spring
With the onset of Spring season sale of flowers has started picking up in the Valley. Mubashir Khan/GK
Women’s Day
Women stage silent protest in Srinagar on Thursday against the against the alleged deteriorating women's rights scenario in Kashmir. Habib Naqash/GK
Beautiful Kashmir
A spectacular view of Dal Lake in Srinagar captured by GK lensman Aman Farooq.
Devotion.....
Hundreds of devotees thronged the shrine of Dastgeer sahib (RA) on Monday at Khanyar on the occasion of annual Urs. Mubashir Khan/GK
Old is gold…..
A view of Srinagar’s old city captured by GK Photo Editor Habib Naqash.
- Opinion
(H)itch-22
The book raises more questions than it attempts to answer
WRITE HAND BY AJAZ UL HAQUE
Christopher Hitchens' memoir, Hitch-22 for its devastating prose, stands out as one of the most beautifully written life accounts. The man who made disbelief his religion narrates the story of his life More
- Op-Ed
The WILD POLITICS
CONSPIRACY AGAINST SHEEP INDUSTRY OF KASHMIR
SAVE SHEEP BY DR MUHAMMAD MAROOF SHAH
Here is a story. A puny little mouse was running for his life. Terrified as he was, a creature in the jungle asked him why he was so terrified. “You know, somebody has assaulted the cow. I believe elephants More
- Business
Rising airfares make tourism traders jittery
‘Increase will affect future tourist arrivals’
MUKEET AKMALI
Srinagar, Mar 10: The hike in airfares has made jittery the hospitality sector stakeholders here fearing it will affect tourism arrivals to Kashmir. The tourism players here alleged that the airliners More
- Sports
Param FC wins opening tie in Rajeev Football tourney
Jammu, Mar 10: Param Football Club (FC) won the inaugural match of the 2nd Rajiv Gandhi Gold Cup Football Tournament, organised by All JK Indira Gandhi People’s Association at GGM Science College More
- Kashmir
Haemophilic patients in trouble
Authorities Procure ‘Outdated’ Plasma Factor
MANZOOR-UL-HASSAN
Srinagar, Mar 10: Hundreds of patients undergoing treatment for blood clotting disorder (haemophilia) at SMHS here are in trouble as authorities have allegedly procured outdated plasma factor for their More
- Srinagar City
CONSTRUCTION OF SHOPS ON Zaina Kadal lacks approval
R&B, JKPCC flout norms for bridge vandalization; Dy CM assures action
M HYDERI
THE National Conference led government could be showing stubbornness over the alleged vandalization of Zaina Kadal bridge by letting the construction of shops to continue on the heritage link across river More
- Jammu
Kashmir youth no longer swayed by militancy: DGP
Jammu Mar 10: Director General of Police Kuldeep Khoda on Saturday claimed that a "negligible number" of Jammu and Kashmir's youth are now joining militant outfits while a greater number are instead helping More
- South Asia
Life imprisonment for acid throwers in PaK
Islamabad, Mar 10: The government of Pakistan-administered Kashmir is all set to introduce a law that will punish culprits involved in acid throwing on women, with life imprisonment and fine amounting More
- World
14 Palestinians killed in Israeli air strikes in Gaza
Jerusalem, Mar 10: At least 14 Palestinians have been killed in the worst violence between Israeli forces and militants in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip in nearly a year, officials said today. Gaza-based More





