• TOP STORIES

Delhi conclave for 3-pronged peace process in JK

DPG-Sponsored Legislators' Meet Discusses Way Forward On K-issue

ANIL ANAND

New Delhi, Mar 11: Although the legislators belonging to different political parties of Jammu and Kashmir tried to stick to their stated positions on various issues concerning the state but they broadly agreed to sit together and discuss a mechanism not only to address the problems related to the More


NC,Congress mull pre-poll alliance

URBAN LOCAL BODIES POLLS

FIRDOUS TAK

Jammu, Mar 11: Ruling coalition in Jammu and Kashmir – Congress and National Conference – is contemplating to forge a pre-poll alliance for the Urban Local Bodies’ elections, which are likely to begin by the end of April this year. If sources within the NC and Congress are to be believed More


Jugal Kishore to be coalition candidate

Azad Has The Last Laugh

SUMIT HAKHOO

Jammu, Mar 11: Emerging winner in factional war within Congress, former Minister Jugal Kishore Sharma has been declared as the coalition nominee for the vacant Legislative Council seat, polls for which will be conducted on March 22. Earlier, there was speculation that veteran leader Mangat More


GoI steps in to stop Himayat from falling apart Rural Development

Ministry To Provide Bonafide Certificates To Kashmiri Youth Denied Accommodation Outside

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Mar 11: Amid complaints that Kashmiri youths, even those employed under government schemes, find it difficult to get rented accommodation outside the state, the Union Ministry of Rural Development has decided to step in and provide them bonafide certificates to solve this problem.  More


Yasin Malik detained

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Mar 11: Police on Friday arrested the Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Muhammad Yasin Malik, along with his associates at Pampore on Srinagar-Jammu highway, a JKLF Spokesman said.Malik was on way to Islamabad (Anantnag) to condole death of a teenage boy, Yasir Ahmed More


India,Pak should focus on non-Kashmir issues: Aziz

MANISH CHAND

New Delhi, Mar 11: Sartaj Aziz, a former Pakistani foreign and finance minister, says India and Pakistan should focus on resolving “doable non-Kashmir issues” like Siachen and Sir Creek and increase bilateral trade to $10 billion amid a renewed debate in his country on putting trade above what Islamabad More


JK lacks institutional mechanism for power purchase

Civil Society Demands Revamp Of C&S Wing Of PDD

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Mar 11: Believe it! Jammu and Kashmir has no institutionalized mechanism to monitor power purchases in the state.  According to experts, the state incurs an annual expenditure of around Rs 3500 crore on procurement of power for its onward distribution to domestic, commercial, industrial More


Rajouri continues to be tense

Curfew Relaxed For 2 Hours

NASIR HUSSAIN MALIK

Rajouri, Mar 11: Though curfew was relaxed for two hours in phased manner, there was no let up in the tension Sunday prevailing in this border township for the past four days.Meanwhile, in a bid to defuse communal tension authorities have initiated dialogue with civil society groups of two communities More





  • Briefs

Baramulla girl shines in Delhi

ALTAF BABA

Baramulla, Mar 11: Sumaya Sidiqi, a student from north Kashmir's Baramulla town, pursuing her post graduation in nursing from Jamia Hamdard Delhi received a gold medal from former President of India APJ More




  • Opinion

Iqbal’s Lesson For Leaders

PUNCHLINE BY ZG MUHAMMAD

Obsession, some say, is a bad word. Sometimes, I think that if Kashmir has not become a passion to the point of obsession with me. Whenever, I read a new book, history or fiction I start looking for parallels More



  • GK Magazine

Consolidating the Dialogue

HUMAN RIGHTS IS ESSENTIAL FOR AUGMENTING THE DELHI-SRINAGAR ROUTE OF DIALOGUE PROCESS

DELHI-SRINAGAR BY DR GULL WANI

In the previous part of this article I had examined two core ingredients of Delhi-Srinagar Dialogue Track by arguing the need for a political paradigm and also suggesting the urgency for putting in place More




  • Letters

Airport Road

This refers to news story `8yrs on, Airport road shopkeepers await rehabilitation (GK 27.02.12). I agree very much with  Gulam Ahmed Laigaroo that the vacant piece of land  next to  IQ Mall More



  • Editorial

Rising Unemployment

The much hyped Overseas Employment Corporation has failed to find a job for even a single educated youth abroad. A report carried by this paper on Sunday reveals that the Corporation is yet to become fully More



  • Business

JK invites global tenders to set up resource assessment project

Studies confirm geothermal energy in Ladakh

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Mar 11: With studies by geological research institutes and various central government agencies “confirming” geothermal energy in Ladakh region, J&K government has set the ball rolling for More



  • Sports

Gulmarg to host junior Ski State C'ship

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Mar 11: The Winter Games Association of JK is organizing the 12th Junior Ski and Snowboarding Championship at Gulmarg on March 17 and 18. In the event competitions of both boys and girls More



  • Kashmir

SDI certificates issued fraudulently

JKTED Initiates Probe

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Mar 11: Jammu and Kashmir Technical Education Department (JKTED) has initiated a probe into issuance of more than 500 certificates under Skill Development Initiative (SDI).  Sources told More



  • Srinagar City

2 years on, 2 KM drainage WORK INCOMPLETE

Ellahi Bagh-Rangapora people suffer, admin prefers blame game

MUKEET AKMALI

Srinagar, Mar 11: Want to know how concerned the government is towards the completion of developmental projects in this City? Sample this. For laying drainage pipes on mere 2 KM road stretch from Ellahi More




  • Jammu

Mehbooba questions Govt intention

Local Bodies Elections

Jammu, Mar 11: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti today flayed National Conference (NC) led coalition regime for not coming clear on holding local bodies elections in the state. Addressing More



  • South Asia

K H Khurshid remembered in PaK

NISAR AHMED THOKAR

Islamabad, Mar 11: The death anniversary of veteran Kashmiri leader K H Khurshid was observed in Pakistan administered Kashmir on Sunday.  It was for the first time in the history of the region that More



  • World

New Gaza air strikes hike death toll to 18

Gaza City, Mar 11: Three Palestinians, including a schoolboy, were killed today, raising the death toll from Israeli air strikes on Gaza to 18 in less than 48 hours, medics said.The latest raid hit an More




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