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Freedom Camp Dares Prime Minister
ARIF SHAFI WANI
Srinagar, Aug 16: The pro-freedom camp today reacted sharply to the prime minister’s I-Day speech, reminding him of the promises made by Indian leaders, including the first prime minister, and saying it should hold a referendum in Jammu and Kashmir if it thought separatists had been rendered irrelevant More
‘Scientific evidences were never handed over to SIT’
Suspects Including Doctors Being Quizzed
ARIF SHAFI WANI
SHOPIAN RAPE, MURDERSrinagar, Aug 16: The crucial scientific evidences which could have helped in identifying the culprits behind the Shopian double rape and murder case were never handed over to the Special Investigation Team More
AFSPA cause of Shopian-like incidents: Mufti
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Aug 16: Peoples Democratic Party patron Mufti Muhammad Sayeed has said inability of the State to solve the Shopian double rape and murder case and other such atrocities owed itself to the general atmosphere of non-accountability of troops and other such agencies in J&K. This, he said, stemmed More
Molestation bid triggers protest
Police Registers Case, 2 Soldiers Held
UMER MAQBOOL DAR
Handwara, Aug 16: A molestation bid allegedly by two soldiers sparked off massive protests in Mawar area of Handwara in north Kashmir Sunday. People caught the accused, blackened their faces and beat them up before handing them over to police. Police have detained the accused and registered a case More
LeT militant killed: Police
Infiltration Bid Foiled
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Aug 16: Police on Sunday said a Lashkar-e-Toiba militant was killed in an ongoing encounter with troopers in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district while paramilitary Border Security Force claimed it had foiled an infiltration bid in Jammu’s Samba district.“A joint party of policemen and troopers More
- Perspective
Engaging Intelligentsia
Kashmir Diaspora Believes it Can Change Mindset
PUNCHLINE BY Z.G. MUHAMMAD
It has passed through many vicissitudes. It has seen troughs and crests. The Kashmir ‘dispute’ ever since its birth 1947 on the floors of the United Nation’s has made many More
- Reflections
Who tampered the vital evidence in Shopain case?
This refers to the Shopian double rape and murder case. The relatives of the victims have been waiting for justice for more than three months, but it seems the government is deliberately delaying the probe More
- Editorial
Swine flu fiasco
Swine flu panic is sweeping India. But the biggest casualty of this media-manufactured hysteria is common sense, writes an Indian journalist in a British newspaper. He is right in saying so as the situation More
- News
Ruhullah sets egg production target
GK NEWS NETWORK
Mattan, Aug 16: “An egg a day per child availability could be an ideal target for the Animal Husbandry Department,” the minister for Animal/Sheep Husbandry, Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, said during his visit More
- City
Nocturnal power curtailments add to summer heat
AFTER NON-METERED, METERED COLONIES BEAR PDD CUTS
GK CITY CORRESPONDENT
Srinagar, Aug 16: At a time when people are finding it hard to beat the summer heat, the nocturnal power cuts are adding to their woes. For the past few days, non-metered areas apart, even the metered More
- Jammu
Highcourt permits petitioner to appear in Naib-Tehsildar interview
Jammu, Aug 16: Justice Hakim Imtiyaz Hussain of J&K High Court Jammu Wing in a petition filed by Surinder Sharma seeking direction to the J&K Service Selection Recruitment Board to conduct the More
- News
Ruhullah sets egg production target
GK NEWS NETWORK
Mattan, Aug 16: “An egg a day per child availability could be an ideal target for the Animal Husbandry Department,” the minister for Animal/Sheep Husbandry, Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, said during his visit More
- GK Business
Sports fisheries attracts tourists to Kashmir
Fisheries department creates more beats on different streams to accommodate more anglers
RABIA NOOR
Srinagar, Aug 16: Apart from its scenic beauty, Kashmir possesses a huge potential for sports fisheries. Officials and people associated with tourism trade said in the yesteryears sports fisheries would More





