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GB Pant Hospital continues to ail

Despite Govt Promises, Equipment Shortage Grows In Lab, Blood Bank; Hired Ventilators Lying Defunct

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, May 26: The problems are far from over at the GB Pant Children Hospital here which is in dock over high rate of infant deaths since January this year. More than a week after government announced upgrading the facilities on war footing at the institute, there is no let up to equipment shortage More

Hijack scare at Srinagar Airport

It Was A Mock Drill: Officials

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, May 26: A mock drill triggered a hijack scare at the Srinagar International Airport here Saturday morning.According to sources, hundreds of police, CRPF, BSF and Air Force personnel Saturday morning carried out a mock drill at the airport, which according to officials was aimed to impart More

HUNDREDS HELD; JCC TO LAUNCH FRESH AGITATION

EMPLOYEES’ STRIKE DAY-3

ZAHID MAQBOOL/GKNN

Srinagar/Jammu, May 26: Police on Saturday foiled the march of Joint Consultative Committee to Raj Bhavan by arresting hundreds of employees in and around LalChowk.On the call of JCC, hundreds of employees today tried to assemble at Press Colony here, however sensing the deployment of police personnel More

Central funds for computer education unspent

Fearing Censure, Officials Skip Plan Meetings

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, May 26: In a glaring instance of official apathy and indifference, the funds released by Government of India for computer education in Jammu & Kashmir are lying unutilized for last five years.Fearing censure for non-utilization of funds, the State Government has skipped the meetings More

Centre's nod to fill posts of HC Judges awaited

Cases Pile Up

AKSHAY AZAD

Jammu, May 26: With around 2.80 lakh cases pending in various courts of the state, the Jammu and Kashmir government is eagerly waiting for Center’s nod on the proposal sent by Governor NN Vohra to fill the vacant posts of six High Court judges.Sources informed Greater Kashmir that the proposal More

Chased by dogs, man jumps in Jhelum, feared dead

M HYDERI

Srinagar, May 26: Stray dogs yet again forced a human to jump into Jhelum when they chased him Saturday afternoon in Safa Kadal area of Shaher-e-Khaas here. The victim, feared dead, was identified as a 30-year-old Shabir Ahmed Bhat.Last year, a 10-year old school boy was drowned under similar More

Recent windstorm ravaged forests

Bandipora, Shopian Divisions Worst Affected; Govt Starts Survey

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, May 26: In the wake of extensive damage to forests in Kashmir due to recent devastating windstorm, the Jammu and Kashmir Government has started a survey to assess loss of the green gold.Known for their prized conifer trees, the only thing visible in forests of north Kashmir’s Bandipora More

Army Chief rules out demilitarizing Siachen

New Delhi, May 26: Army Chief Gen V K Singh has rejected his Pakistani counterpart Gen Ashfaq Kayani’s proposal to demilitarize Siachen, the highest battle field of the world, dubbing it as ‘gimmick’.Army Chief, in an interview to a news channel, said it would be foolish to accept these kind of More

Militant killed in Ramban

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Ramban, May 26: A top Hizbul Mujahideen militant was killed in a gunbattle with security forces in Ramban district, police said today.Ghulam Qadir alias Tohid-ul-Islam, a Hizb Commander, was killed in Bhimdasa area in Ramban in a joint operation by police and army last night.Said to be the More



Greater Kashmir Plus GK Welfare Trust

  • Briefs

KPs hail Geelani

Srinagar, May 26: Lok Jan Shakti Party (LJP) has hailed the chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Shah Geelani for deferring the strike call in wake of Kheerbhawani mela.   In a statement More


  • National

9 die as heat wave sweeps across North, East India

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, May 26: Nine more people succumbed to blistering heat in Odisha as soaring mercury coupled with hot and dusty winds today scorched vast swathes of northern and eastern India where temperatures More



  • Opinion

Geelani's `genocide'

That's ridiculous! (to say the least)

Write Hand

AJAZ UL HAUQE

Our habit of ascribing every tragedy to the political uncertainty we face has not gone and shows no signs of going. Wherever we suffer and whatever the loss, we craft excuses effortlessly. We think we More


  • GK Magazine

‘Finding the truth in Kashmir is very difficult’

GK EXCLUSIVE

A recently released book “The Meadow: Kashmir 1995 — Where The Terror Began” by British investigative journalists Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark took four years of dedicated research in New Delhi, Kashmir More



  • Business

THE VINTAGE GULMARG

Ski-resort gets new landmark

With state-of-the-art facilities, it is tailor-made for high-end tourists

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Gulmarg, May 26: A confluence of traditional Kashmiri and British architecture, the famous ski-resort Gulmarg has achieved a new landmark in the shape of The Vintage Gulmarg—a state-of-the-art hotel.  More


  • Sports

Sozieth Fighters emerge victorious

BUDGAM T-20 CRICKET TOURNAMENT

Srinagar, May 26: The final match of Budgam T-20 Cricket Tournament, which was conducted by 2 RR (Sikh LI) under the aegis of HQ 10 Sect RR, was played today at Narabal Cricket Ground. The tournament More


  • Kashmir

3-yrs on, Sopore family awaits justice

Their Son Was Killed In Punjab

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, May 26: Three years after a Sopore man was brutally murdered in Punjab over a marital discord, his family still awaits justice.   Ishfaq Yusuf, 34, a model-turned aspiring pilot was More


  • Srinagar City

ENCROACHMENTS EAT AWAY JHELUM BEAUTIFICATION

GK CITY CORRESPONDENT

Srinagar, May 26: Notwithstanding government claims of continuing to facelift Jhelum banks, encroachments are eating away the riverside, including the already beautified patches where ugly illegal hutments More



  • Jammu

Sizzling weekend for Jammuites at 40°C

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, May 26: Jammu's tryst with intense heat wave continued for the second consecutive day on Saturday as the maximum temperature rose to a nearly 40 degrees Celsius, one notch above normal. The More


  • World

10,000 killed in Syria since uprising: UN

Observers Confirm Houla Massacre

Damascus, May 26: UN observers have counted at least 90 bodies, including 32 children, after a Syrian government attack on a town. UN mission head Maj-Gen Robert Mood told the BBC the killing in Houla More



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