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Army pull out begins

33-RR Moves Out Of Handwara, 49-RR Vacates Qazigund

UMER MAQBOOL DAR/GKNN

Handwara/ Srinagar, Oct 18: Barely a few days after the Union Home Minister, P Chidambaram, said that “quiet and unique” solution of the Kashmir issue was in offing, army has started pulling out from the Valley. According to the sources, army has pulled out a battalion of 33 Rashtriya Rifles More

Day 2: 60 militants, 11 soldiers killed

WAZIRISTAN OPERATION

Islamabad, Oct 18: The Pakistan army today said 60 extremists had been killed while 11 security men had lost their lives and 10 were wounded on the second day of the operation Rah-e-Nijat launched in the tribal belt of Waziristan Saturday.  According to ISPR, the military killed 60 militants More

Farooq blames Pak leaders for mess

HARMEET SINGH

Jammu, Oct 18: The union minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr Farooq Abdullah, on Sunday blamed the Pakistan leadership for the present mess in the country.   “Pakistan is burning due to the mistakes committed by its leaders. Pakistan will not have been in a mess if its leaders More

Jammu candidates excel in academic merit: PSC

Arbitrary Evaluation, Tardy Faculties Mar Kashmiris’ Career

NASEER A GANAI

Srinagar, Oct 18: Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission issued the selection list of English lecturers in the Higher Education Department on October 1. Only three candidates from Kashmir figured among 21 candidates selected with Jammu getting 18 selections. Speaking on condition of More

Govt threatens termination of striking doctors

SAMAAN LATEEF

Srinagar, Oct 18: The government on Sunday asked the striking doctors to withdraw their strike first after which their “genuine demands” would be considered. It threatened to terminate the services of registrars without notice.  The minister for Medical Education, R S Chib, and the minister More



  • Perspective

Dialogue Where To?

Difficult to predict the result, but questions do arise

PUNCHLINE BY Z.G. MUHAMMAD

It is a cliché that despite being worn-out retains its sheen. The word ‘dialogue’ that deafeningly has   resounded for decades in the sub-continent is back in currency.  It is back perhaps More


  • Op-Ed

Education, his sole mission

SIR SYED DAY CELEBRATIONS

There is a great need to remove certain myths which hover around this legendary personality. Qazi Obaidur Rahman Hashmi profiles Sir Syed Ahmad Khan Syed Ahmed (1817-1898) like some of our great predecessors More



  • Reflections

How long shall we rely on New Delhi?

This is with reference to your Editorial "Eyewash" (GK Oct 5).  While economic assistance packages, whatever their magnitude and extent doled out by Centre to J&K may not seem adequate, it is More


  • Editorial

Break the deadlock

Once again the medicare in all the major hospitals has become a casualty to the on going standoff between the junior doctors manning these hospitals and the state government. Most of the patients requiring More


  • News

Chattisinghpora massacre: Witnesses turn hostile

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Oct 18: Three witnesses, including a survivor, who had suffered bullet injuries during the Chattisinghpora massacre in south Kashmir, have turned hostile in a Delhi court and refused to identify More


  • City

2 days to go, Hajj House yet not ready for services

MUAZZAM MUHAMMAD

Srinagar, Oct 18: With mere two days left for the start of scheduled departure of Hajjis, the Hajj House at Bemina is yet to get ready for the annual event as heaps of dust could be seen around at the More



  • Jammu

In Jammu, strike completes fortnight

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Jammu, Oct 18: Heath care services across the state remained paralysed as the agitation by junior doctors', demanding revision in their pay packages, entered the 15th day today. As junior doctors More


  • News

Chattisinghpora massacre: Witnesses turn hostile

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Oct 18: Three witnesses, including a survivor, who had suffered bullet injuries during the Chattisinghpora massacre in south Kashmir, have turned hostile in a Delhi court and refused to identify More


  • GK Business

Home minister’s statement puts 38 lakh Valley prepaid subscribers in quandary

RABIA NOOR

Srinagar, Oct 18: Union home minister P Chidambaram’s recent assertion that centre may ban prepaid mobile service in J&K for “security reasons” has alarmed the Valley mobile subscribers.  Many More



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