- TOP STORIES
COPS TO SUPERVISE GAS DISTRIBUTION
Police Stations Will Monitor Supplies, Stocks Of Dealers
M HYDERI
Srinagar, Nov 7: Facing public censure for failing to overcome smoldering LPG crisis, the State Government has finally banked on police to tackle the situation in fuel-starved Kashmir. Now onwards, cops will not only supervise distribution of cooking gas cylinders but the offices of senior police More
Iqbal Khanday promoted as FC
Proposal To Revise Pahalgam Master Plan Deferred
GK NEWS NETWORK
Jammu, Nov 7: Senior IAS officer Muhammad Iqbal Khanday was Wednesday promoted as the Financial Commissioner.The state cabinet, which met here under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today, promoted Principal Secretary (Finance) Muhammad Iqbal Khanday to the post of Financial Commissioner More
73rd amendment row gets shriller
Want More Clauses In State Act: Soz; Let’s See What Cong Proposes: Sagar
ABID BASHIR
Srinagar, Nov 7: With Congress claiming that it will complete its exercise about incorporation of certain leftover provisions of 73rd amendment of Indian Constitution in the State Panchayat Raj Act within two weeks, the National Conference Wednesday said there is no need of going for a parallel move More
GOVT REFUTES RESIGNATION CLAIMS
SHABIR IBN YUSUF
Srinagar, Nov 7: The Government Wednesday said it has received only 50 resignations from Sarpanchs and Panchs in the wake of attacks and threats to the Panchayat representatives. Not a single resignation has been accepted so far.The Government statement questions the claims of hundreds of Sarpanchs More
'Salah-ud-Din’s statement unreasonable'
MUDDASIR ALI
Nowgam (Bandipora), Nov 7: Opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday said Hizbul Mujahideen supremo Syed Salah-ud-Din’s recent statement that Panchayat members would continue to be targeted was “unreasonable” and it would “bury the cause of militancy” in Jammu and Kashmir.“The UGC More
PANCHS THREATEN POLL BOYCOTT
ABHINAV VERMA
Jammu, Nov 7: Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference (JKPC)- an organisation claiming to represent Sarpanchs and Panchs of the State- today threatened to stay out of the election process for four seats of Legislative Council scheduled for December.The Election Commission of India this week announced More
Cong can never form Govt in JK: Kamaal
‘NC In Alliance With AICC Not PCC’
KHALID GUL
Islamabad (Anantnag), Nov 7: Asserting that Congress can never form government in Jammu and Kashmir, Additional General Secretary of the ruling National Conference (NC), Dr Mustafa Kamaal Wednesday said the party was in alliance with the central Congress – AICC - and not its state unit - Pradesh Congress More
Taj pleads ‘personal enmity’ premise
Rushes Fresh Communication, Revenue Papers To LC Chairman
Forest Land Grab Charges
UMER MAQBOOL
Srinagar, Nov 7: Finding himself in a tight spot over alleged forest land grab, Minister for PHE and Flood Control Taj Mohiuddin on Wednesday submitted revenue documents related to the land in question to the Legislative Council chairman, on whose directions a house committee was constituted in the More
Employees continue strike on day 2
JCC Threatens Agitation
Jammu/Srinagar, Nov 7: Normal work remained paralyzed for second consecutive day Wednesday in government offices across Jammu and Kashmir as employees observed pen-down strike on the call given by Joint Consultative Committee (JCC).Demanding the implementation of the agreement reached between More
- Briefs
Bibi Haleema College students continue strike
Srinagar, Nov 7: Students of Bibi Haleema College of Nursing and Medical Technology here Wednesday alleged that the college authorities were threatening them to call off their strike.The protesting students More
- PaK
PaK PM invites Geelani
‘Won’t leave Kashmiri brethren alone’
TARIQ NAQASH
Muzaffarabad, Nov 7: Prime Minister of Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK) Chaudhry Abdul Majeed has invited Hurriyat (G) Chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani to visit PaK and has assured him that his government More
Engrossed!
An old man goes through a newspaper in Jammu street on Monday. Habib Naqash/GK
Threat to Panchs, Sarpanchs
A Panchayat Representative waves a copy of Greater Kashmir during a news conference in Srinagar on Monday. Mubashir Khan/GK
Winter knocking
Sale of Kangris (firepots) is picking up in the Valley as temperatures are declining. Aman Farooq/GK
Autumn in Kashmir
Chinar leaves change colour as Autumn arrives. Mubashir Khan/GK
HARVESTING GOLD:
A child sorts prized saffron flowers at Pampore on Srinagar-Jammu highway. Mubashir Khan/GK
Harvest season ends
A view of a paddy field captured by GK Photo Editor Habib Naqash.
Ship of desert in Valley
Camel appearing in city centre Lal Chowk took people by surprise on Tuesday. Mubashir Khan/GK
Malik in Sopore
JKLF Chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik distributed relief among the victims of Sopore encounter on Tuesday.
Eid holidays end
Activities in Srinagar’s City centre resumed after Eid holidays on Monday. Habib Naqash/GK
Eid congregation at Eidgah
Thousands of people offered Eid congregation prayers at Eidgah in Old City on Saturday. Habib Naqash/GK
Interaction
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah interacts with locals at Dargah Hazratbal on city outskirts after Eid prayers on Saturday. Habib Naqash/GK
Clashes..........
Youth clash with police at Sekidaffar in Old City on Saturday. Habib Naqash/GK
Eid prayers
Thousands of people offered Eid congregation prayers at Dargah Hazratbal on city outskirts on Saturday. Habib Naqash/GK
Eid Mubarak
City centre glitters amidst festivities on Eid eve. Habib Naqash/GK
Eid festivities
Thousands of people thronged City Centre Lal Chowk on Eid eve on Friday. Mubashir Khan/GK
In run uptp Eid
Vendors sell sacrificial goats ahead of Eid-ul-Azha in Srinagar on Wednesday. Mubashir Khan/GK
- Opinion
In the Court of Memory
Though severely disallowing emotion to come in the way, the Jammu Massacre grills us to the core
Inksight
MEHMOOD UR RASHID
WITH a note of excuse to the Italian thinker, Giorgio Agamben, we shuffle the ends of his conceptual term. Agamben speaks of Living Dead, that in Kashmiri we all are. But here we talk of Dead Alive that More
- GKHealthcare
The Road to Improvement
It is important to note that the problems faced by our healthcare system are not new
SAMA ASHRAF BÉG
The GB Pant tragedy, SMHS doctors strikes, rampant Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI), medical negligence cases – the list of healthcare problems in the valley goes on. It is impossible not to read More
- Letters
Gas outlets
People in the valley are in distress due to the ongoing LPG crisis. A consumer requiring a single refilled gas cylinder has to wait his turn in long queues for hours together, even though he or she possesses More
- Editorial
Fresh Panchayat Crisis
The fledgling Panchayat Raj system in the state is roiled by a fresh crisis following the call for resignations of panchs and sarpanches by United Jihad Council chief Syed Salahuddin. However, this time More
- Business
Good omen for Kashmir tourism: Jora
UK’s readiness to lift travel advisories
Hails Omar
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Nov 7: Day after the UK government expressed its “readiness” to withdraw negative advisories on visit to J&K, Minister for Tourism and Culture, Nawang Rigzin Jora Wednesday hailed Chief Minister More
- Kashmir
‘If you kill A, you cannot brand him as B’
High Court Reserves Judgment After Hearing Final Arguments
JANGLAT MANDI ENCOUNTER CASE
D A RASHID
Srinagar, Nov 7: The J&K High Court Wednesday reserved judgment on a petition seeking directions for reinvestigation into Janglat Mandi “fake” encounter case allegedly involving Army Chief Bikram Singh More
- Srinagar City
Tippers mow down Traffic police claims
GK CITY REPORTER
Srinagar, Nov 7: Despite severe public outcry, and violation of High Court orders, the tippers not only continue to ply during daytime in the City but are yet to bear proper number plates, particularly More
- Jammu
Diabetes, central obesity on rise among JK youth: Experts
RANJANA CHARAK
Jammu, Nov 7: The prevalence of diabetes mellitus type-2 is on rise among the younger generation and teens in Jammu and Kashmir while 65 percent of men and women have problem of central obesity (bulged More
- South Asia
‘Remain vigilant while issuing statements on Kashmir’
NISAR AHMED THOKAR
Islamabad, Nov 7: The chairman of Pakistan’s parliamentary committee on Kashmir Moulana Fazl-ur-Rehman has cautioned the political leaders and other state institutions to remain vigilant while issuing More
- World
Obama re-elected US president
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
Washington, Nov 7: Barack Obama Wednesday clinched a resounding victory over Republican challenger Mitt Romney to earn a second term as US President braving economic woes and straightaway promised bi-partisan More
- Kupwara
6 yrs on, Balhama water filtration plant yet to be commissioned
Kupwara: Despite passing of nearly six years after a water filtration plant was constructed at Balhama here the Public Health Engineering (PHE) department has failed to make it functional. The inordinate More




