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Incessant rains inundate Valley

Labourer Dies,33 Persons Rescued From Flashfloods

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, Sep 9: Incessant rains continued to lash Kashmir since last night, sparking crop damage fears among the farming community of the Valley. Director Metrological Department Kashmir Sonam Lotus told Greater Kashmir that the precipitation is being caused due to interactions between the More

'Flood situation under control'

Srinagar, Sep 9: Due to continuous downpour since Saturday afternoon the water level in Jehlum river and its tributaries has been rising, officials of Irrigation and Flood Control (I&FC) Department said here.They said the department is regularly monitoring the situation and control rooms have More

My govt success story of peace, development: CM

Mughal Road Was Sheikh Abdullah’s Dream

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Sep 9: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Sunday said that the last three and a half years of his government are a success story of progress on both peace and development fronts. He said that restoration of peace has helped to carry forward development programmes on faster pace and attend the More

Wajahat expresses displeasure

Former CIC Asks Omar To Reconsider Decision

RTI RULES AMENDMENT ROW

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Sep 9: With opposition to the amendments in Right to Information (RTI) Rules in J&K growing louder, the former Central Chief Information Commissioner and the incumbent chairman of National Commission for Minorities, Wajahat Habibullah has shot-off a letter to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah More

Don’t sidestep Kashmir: PDP to India,Pak

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Sep 9: Day after India and Pakistan signed a liberalized visa regime and agreed to speed up cross-LoC confidence building measures, opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Sunday ‘woke up’ to warn the two countries against ignoring Kashmir in the latest “reconciliatory process”, saying More

Manmohan’s assets at Rs 10.73 Cr

FAROOQ HAS RS 3.50 CR, AZAD AT RS 3.42 CR

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Sep 9: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has assets worth around Rs 10.73 crore (around $2 million), nearly double from last year. Many of his cabinet colleagues, like Sharad Pawar and Praful Patel, are far richer than him, shows an updated list of assets of ministers posted on the PMO website More

Mushtaq’s anniversary today

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Sep 9: The 17th death anniversary of photojournalist Shaheed Mushtaq Ali will be observed on Monday, September 10. Mushtaq was killed in a parcel bomb explosion on September 10, 1995 at Press Enclave here, which was later named after him as Mushtaq Enclave.   The day More



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  • Briefs

Dr Beg takes on Advani

Srinagar, Sep  9: Taking strong exception to the statement of Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) leader, L K Advani, senior National Conference leader and member parliament from south Kashmir, Dr Mehboob More


  • National

India launches 100th space mission successfully

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), Sep 9: Making history in its space Odyssey, India today successfully launched its 100th mission with its workhorse PSLV-C21 placing in orbit two foreign satellites in a flawless More



  • Opinion

“Salma’s Story”

The Half Widow is every Kashmiri's story

PUNCHLINE BY Z.G. MUHAMMAD

Trapped in inertia and choked for years Kashmir writers   have broken their silence. They have started telling their story- telling it boldly. “He who writes his story; Inherits the land of that More


  • GK Magazine

Fellowship/Scholarship Opportunities

Imam Bukhari and Imam Tirmizi Research Fellowships at Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Research Fellowships for the students of Asia and Africa in the field of humanities and social sciences at Oxford More



  • Letters

Pak visit

This refers to the news ''foreign minister SM Krishna's visit to Pakistan''. The visit should create better relations between Pakistan and India. Kashmiris believe that a better and deeper relationship More


  • Editorial

Welcome Pact

After being in the works for some time, India and Pakistan have signed the liberalized visa regime. And considering the invariably unproductive nature of the dialogue between the two so far, this is a More


  • Business

Consumers decry absence of approved freight for ferrying bricks

Will issue rates within 10 days: Transport Commissioner

MUKEET AKMALI

Srinagar, Sep 9: Even as the state government has fixed the brick rates, absence of approved truck freight rate has left customers high and dry.  The customers allege that even though the bricks are More


  • Sports

JKCA elections within month: Dr Farooq

‘COMPLETE PROBE IN SCAM IMMEDIATELY’

Srinagar, Sep 9: Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy and Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association President, Dr Farooq Abdullah has said the fresh elections of Association would be held within a gap More


  • Kashmir

FRUITS,VEGETABLES INJURIOUS TO HEALTH!

‘Dealers,Shopkeepers Use Toxic Ethylene, Calcium Carbide For Ripening’

IMRAN MUZAFFAR

Srinagar, Sep 9: With Jammu and Kashmir Government doing little to keep a check on food adulteration in the Valley markets, artificial ripening of fruits and vegetables is being continuously carried out More


  • Srinagar City

Now dustbins enjoy ‘security cover’

Concertina wires stand guard for trash point in City

M HYDERI

Srinagar, Sep 9: For a place where security agencies are obsessed with concertina wires, in this historic City, even dustbins are “guarded” by the razor wires. A pair of plastic dustbins installed More



  • Jammu

State Govt mulls to make right to education fundamental right

ARVIND SHARMA

Jammu, Sep 9: As the right to free and compulsory education has become a fundamental right for a child from age 6 to 14 years across India, Jammu and Kashmir government is also contemplating to extend More


  • South Asia

Pak visit fruitful: Krishna

Lahore, Sep 9: Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna described as 'fruitful' his three-day visit to Pakistan that he wrapped-up Sunday. Talking to the media after arriving at Allama Iqbal International Airport More


  • Pulwama

MURAN RECEIVES ERRATIC POWER SUPPLY, PEOPLE AGHAST

SEEK PDD CHIEF ENGINEER'S INTERVENTION

Pulwama, Sep 9: The inhabitants of Muran in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district have accused the Power Development Department (PDD) of resorting to unscheduled power cuts. According to the locals, the More



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