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Official panel submits report

Cabinet Sub-Committee To Discuss Recommendations After Durbar Move

RETIREMENT AGE ROW

FIRDOUS TAKJammu, Apr 30: With employees unions in the state preparing for another round of agitation, a high-level official panel – constituted to look into the demand for enhancement of the retirement age – has submitted its report to the Jammu and Kashmir government.Informed More

Employees brace for May 8/9 strike

Govt Indifference Forcing Us For Agitation: JCC

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Apr 30: About 4.5 lakh government employees across Jammu and Kashmir will observe a statewide strike on May 8 and 9 to press for the implementation of agreement reached with the government last September. The employees have also threatened to gherao the Civil Secretariat in Srinagar on May More

Resolve Kashmir: UK to India, Pak

‘External Support To Violence In JK Must End’

PRASUN SONWALKAR/PTI

London, Apr 30: Britain Monday said it continues to encourage India and Pakistan to seek a lasting solution of the Kashmir issue taking into account the wishes of the Kashmiri people.“We continue to encourage India and Pakistan to seek a lasting resolution of the Kashmir issue that takes into More

Talks to demilitarize Siachen on: Antony

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Apr 30: India and Pakistan have agreed to hold meaningful and result-oriented discussion to demilitarize Siachen glacier region where 26 Indian soldiers died during deployment last year, government told the Lok Sabha Monday.In a written reply, Defence Minister A K Antony said, “The More

Optimistic about Indo-Pak thaw: PC

New Delhi, Apr 30: Home Minister P Chidambaram Monday said he was “optimistic” about the India-Pakistan home secretary-level talks May 24-25 in Islamabad, where the two sides are likely to take forward their discussions on a liberalised visa regime.Asked what he expected out of the talks, Chidambaram More

Govt disallows protest against dog menace

Police Round Up Civil Society Activists From Lal Chowk

M HYDERI

Srinagar, Apr 30: At a time when the alarming population of canines has broken all known records of attacks on humans in this summer capital, the state government, in a surprise move, Monday disallowed people from staging protest against the perilous dog menace.Police swung into action when some More

Hail wreaks havoc in Kupwara

Fresh Snowfall In Sonamarg, Rains Lash Valley

IMRAN MUZAFFAR/SHAHID RAFIQ

Srinagar/Kupwara, Apr 30: While upper reaches of the valley Monday received fresh snowfall and the plains witnessed continuous rainfall, hailstorm wreaked havoc in the frontier district of Kupwara causing extensive damage to fruit and paddy crop. On Sunday also hailstorm had damaged crops in various More

SHOWERS TRIGGER TRAFFIC MESS IN CITY

Thousands Stranded For Hours Across Srinagar

ZAHID MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Apr 30: A light shower on Monday punctured the claims of the traffic department that various steps have been taken to streamline traffic in Srinagar as the city witnessed massive traffic jams throughout the day leaving thousands of people stranded for hours.The traffic jams were reported More

Supreme Court to announce verdict today

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Apr 30: The Supreme Court will on Tuesday pronounce its verdict on whether Army personnel allegedly involved in the killing of seven persons in an alleged staged shootout at Pathribal in Jammu and Kashmir 12 years ago could be prosecuted without prior sanction from the government.A More



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  • Briefs

Dilawar shocked over damage by hailstorm

Srinagar, Apr 30: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) General Secretary Muhammad Dilawar Mir on Monday expressed shock over the damage to  fruit and other crops due to the hailstorms lashing parts  More


  • National

Wish I knew when CCS meets on these issues: PC

INTERLOCUTORS REPORT, AFSPA REVOCATION

ANIL ANAND

New Delhi, Apr 30: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Monday expressed his inability to announce the date when the Cabinet Committee for Security (CCS) would meet to discuss the report submitted by interlocutors More



  • Opinion

The new role

Can NC’ s “working president” make the difference

IMPRESSIONS BY BINOO JOSHI

After many many years, National Conference has a working president. This working president is Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. It is something rare in the National Conference that the Chief Minister  More


  • GK Magazine

Bosom and Blossom

Tulip Garden, I miss you!

FLOWERS BY RAIZ AHMED LONE

My love for flowers became known to my family in my childhood when I forced them to raise a garden in the available space in front of our home. In times when everyone around wanted to be a doctor or an More



  • Letters

Rate hike

With setting in of tourist season in the valley, the rates  of eateries by the JKTDC have also been increased  without any rhyme or reason. These  rates were already exorbitant when compared More


  • Editorial

Accountability and Transparency

Transparency and accountability constitute the fundamentals of democratic administration. The two are important attributes of bureaucracy, identifiable with people friendly administration that is accountable More


  • Business

Srinagar city witnessing upsurge of shopping complexes

’30 arcades in and around Lal Chowk’

MUKEET AKMALI

Srinagar, Apr 30: This capital city of J&K for past some time is witnessing an upsurge in the number of shopping complexes with many arcades popping up in and around city’s business nerve, Lal Chowk More


  • Sports

SSM College organises cross-country run

Srinagar, Apr 30: The Lion Scouts and Lioness Guides of SSM College participated in a cross-country run held from Naseem Bagh to Foreshore road.  The pro-environment race was organised by SSM College More


  • Kashmir

Pak woman fights to get her husband’s land back

ALTAF BABA

Baramulla, Apr 30: Zareena, 50, of Rawalpindi Pakistan is fighting a lone battle to regain the property of her husband which he left behind some 64 years ago and migrated to Pakistan.  According to More


  • Srinagar City

Setback to dog rights activists!

Disband SPCA, AWBI tells JK

DOG MENACE BUSINESS PART II

M HYDERISrinagar, Apr 30: In seemingly a major setback to “dog rights activists” in the City, the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) has asked the state government to disband the Society for the Prevention More



  • Jammu

Govt establishes JK Nursing Council

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Jammu, Apr 30: In a bid to further strengthen medical services in the state, the government has established J&K Nursing Council  besides focusing on further enhancing the infrastructure, install More


  • World

Hope for baldness cure

London, Apr 30: New hopes of a cure for baldness have been sparked after Japanese researchers claimed to have successfully grown hair on hairless mice, The Independent reported Monday. Scientists More



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