• TOP STORIES

5 MILITANTS KILLED

Gun Battles Rattle Valley

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 7: At least five militants were killed in separate encounters across the Valley since Tuesday evening, police and army said on Wednesday.KUPWARA GUNFIGHTS “A joint party of troopers and policemen cordoned off Narot forests in frontier district of Kupwara More

Army choppers look for militants

Press Trust of India

Srinagar, Oct 7: Army helicopters have been pressed into service to locate Lashker-e-Taiba militants believed to be hiding in forest area of  Khrew in south Kashmir.State home department sources said, “The encounter began after the arrest of a truck driver who had provided logistical support More

Taliban not being pushed into JK: Chidambaram

Pak Lends Institutional Support To Infiltration: Army Chief

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Oct 7: The government today rubbished media reports about Taliban being diverted into Jammu and Kashmir but said efforts were being made from Pakistan to push in other militants with the “institutional support” of the army there. “The reports of Taliban militants being pushed into More

Taliban reports hit tourism: Jora

GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, Oct 7: The minister for tourism, Nawang Rigzin Jora, Wednesday said the tourism industry of Kashmir was badly hit as media reported at the start of the season that Taliban fighters were present in the valley.“It definitely had an impact on the tourism industry and the tourist trade. More

Poonch, Rajouri security beefed up

SHAFIQ MIR

Rajouri, Oct 7: Authorities have beefed up the security in the twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri in Jammu’s border belt in view of the upcoming visit of the president, Pratibha Devi Singh Patil, on Friday.All the entry and exit points to the two districts are under intensified surveillance More



  • Perspective

Theorizing Shopian

INKSIGHT BY MEHMOOD UR RASHID

The rape and murder of two women in Shopian recently, brings into sharp focus a number of theoretical frameworks.What happened in Shopian, and the events that preceded and followed this incident, can be More


  • Op-Ed

The moment unforgettable

OCTOBER 8, 2005

And I just can’t forget that engagement with my patients when earth suddenly started shaking to make us all cry for our lives, narrates Prof. Muhammad Sultan Khuroo.   Saturday, October 8th 2005 More



  • Reflections

Can JK take cue from Delhi Govt?

I have been working in New Delhi (Okhla Phase-2) for the last two years and staying in Gurgoan which is almost 35 kms from Delhi. I travel this distance via Mehruli twice a day (to and fro) I hardly see More


  • Editorial

Hope again

Hopes have brightened perhaps not to be dashed. The high profile team of secretaries to government of India led by the Cabinet Secretary, K. M. Chandrashekhar from New Delhi that departed from   More


  • News

Issue passport to Geelani’s grandson: High Court

MUHAMMAD YOUSF

Srinagar, Oct 7: The High Court on Wednesday directed the state government and passport office authorities to issue travel documents to the grandson of chairman Hurriyat Conference (G), Syed Ali Geelani More


  • City

Months on, VIP road footpath in shambles

Irks locals, poses threat to security, R&B sleeps

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 7: How serious are authorities towards City development? Well watch it out on the Airport Road where the footpath is in a dilapidated condition for months even though it’s feared to pose More



  • Jammu

VHP demands abrogation of Article 370

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Jammu, Oct 7: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad today demanded immediate abrogation of Article 370, which guarantees special status to Jammu and Kashmir. “This article has brought havoc for the country both More


  • News

Issue passport to Geelani’s grandson: High Court

MUHAMMAD YOUSF

Srinagar, Oct 7: The High Court on Wednesday directed the state government and passport office authorities to issue travel documents to the grandson of chairman Hurriyat Conference (G), Syed Ali Geelani More


  • GK Business

Valley to host 2-day Kashmir festival

Tourist arrivals to Kashmir suffered due to unfounded negative publicity of presence of Taliban: Minister

GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, Oct 7: In an attempt to prolong the tourism season in the Kashmir Valley, the J&K Tourism Department will hold a two-day Kashmir festival from October 10. The festival will be a regular annual More



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