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Kashmir part of composite talks: Pak

Foreign Secretaries To Meet In August

Islamabad, July 19: Welcoming the US secretary of State, Hillary Clinton’s remarks that India and Pakistan should settle the Kashmir problem bilaterally, Islamabad on Sunday said it looked forward to resumption of the composite dialogue to discuss the issue.“The two countries have agreed to discuss More

1,200 wood-based units face closure

Forest Department Move To Render 50,000 Jobless

NASEER A GANAI

Srinagar, July 19: The Forest Department is contemplating issue of notices to over 1200 wood-based industrial units, mostly sawmills, across Kashmir asking them to close down their operations. Officials said the action was being taken in pursuance of the directions passed by the Supreme Court in 1996 More

Raise rights abuses with Manmohan: Mann to Hillary

‘Plebiscite In JK, Sovereign Sikh State Only Way To Peace In South Asia’

HARMEET SINGH

Jammu, July 19: The president of Shriomani Akali Dal (Amritsar) and former Member Parliament, Simranjit Singh Mann, on Sunday asked the US secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, to raise the issue of human rights violations in Kashmir during her meeting with the prime minister, Dr Manmohan Singh.
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Hotter days ahead

Experts Fear Fruit, Vegetable Yield Might Be Affected

DANISH NABI

Srinagar, July 19: With weatherman predicting hotter days ahead, there seems to be no respite from the heat wave in the Valley.  The recorded temperatures in the Valley have been three degrees above the average temperatures at this time of the year. The maximum temperature recorded on Sunday More

Omar set to change political discourse: Rana

GK News Network

Jammu, July 19: The chief minister’s political advisor, Devendar Rana, on Sunday said that Omar Abdullah was all set to change the political discourse in Jammu and Kashmir.  “Omar has brought with him the rare component of plain speaking to JK politics thereby ending the politics of doublespeak More



  • Perspective

Qadeer’s Story Retold

He was a great Revolutionary

PUNCHLINE BY Z.G. MUHAMMAD

Seventy eight years after he had shot into prominence the question remains who was Abdul Qadeer?  It remains shrouded in mystery- it would be appropriate to say continues to remain buried deep in More


  • Op-Ed

The Back Channel Diplomacy on Kashmir: Challenges Ahead

SPEECH

Following is the text of the speech delivered by Prof. Muhammad Aslam at a seminar on Kashmir-the way forward organized by GK Foundation on June 28.Recently the former Pakistan Foreign Minister, Mr Kasuri More



  • Reflections

Why don’t voluntary movements last long in Kashmir?

In the recent past a voluntary organization named Forum Against Social Evils (FASE) was founded by Syeda Asiya Andrabi, chief of Dukhtarani Millat. It had members from all sections of our society, like More


  • Editorial

Overburdened Innocence

It is a common observation that everybody in the society feels bad about the plight of children. They have been robbed of their right to grow without any stress and trauma in the name of giving them good More


  • News

International People’s Tribunal points finger at JK police, CRPF

SHOPIAN RAPE, MURDER

DANISH NABI

Srinagar, July 19: The International People’s Tribunal on Human Rights and Justice in Kashmir—a civil human rights society working in Kashmir—released a detailed report Sunday on double rape and murder More


  • City

‘LAWDA to get more teeth’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 19:  Minister of state for Housing, Urban Development and Tourism, Nasir Sogami on Sunday said the enforcement wing of the Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) would be More



  • News

International People’s Tribunal points finger at JK police, CRPF

SHOPIAN RAPE, MURDER

DANISH NABI

Srinagar, July 19: The International People’s Tribunal on Human Rights and Justice in Kashmir—a civil human rights society working in Kashmir—released a detailed report Sunday on double rape and murder More


  • GK Business

Loss to the tune of billion

We have no regrets: Traders

GOWHAR BHAT

Shopian aftermathSrinagar, July 19: The 47-day long shutdown in Shopian against the double rape and murder case in Shopian has resulted in losses to the tune of billion rupees to traders, businessmen, More



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