• TOP STORIES

CBI RELUCTANT TO PROBE SHOPIAN

Let GoI Decide, We’ll Obey: Director

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Sept 13: The Central Bureau of Investigation has informed the centre about its reservations on taking up the case of alleged rape and murder of two women in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir saying it was up to the government to take a decision.The statement came from the CBI director More

Will take up Shopian case with PM: Sagar

• CBI suffers from trust deficit: PDP • Drama enacted to shield criminals: HCBASrinagar, Sept 13: The Jammu and Kashmir government today said it would like the Central Bureau of Investigation to take up the Shopian double rape and murder More

‘Custodial killing’ triggers protest

Demos Against Civilian’s Thrashing Rock Tral

SHAFIQ MIR/KHALID GUL

Rajouri/ Islamabad, Sept 13: Killing of a man allegedly in police custody in Rajouri district triggered massive protests on Sunday. Following the demonstrations, the administration ordered a magisterial probe into the incident. The thrashing of a civilian allegedly by the troopers of 42 Rashtriya More

‘We’re proud of our parents’

Aasiya’s Kids Support Her Cause

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, Sept 13: When the children of his age used to play and take first lessons in school, 17-year old Muhammad Bin Qasim, the elder son of the incarcerated Dukhtaran-i-Millat chief, Aasiya Andrabi, and her husband, Dr Muhammad Qasim, was searching for his lost childhood in the stinking jail barracks More

Capitol Hill to host 50,000 Muslims for Friday prayers

‘PERSONALITY OF THE EVENT IS PROPHET MUHAMMAD (SAW)’

GK MONITORING DESK

Change Has ComeSrinagar, Sept 13: At least 50,000 American Muslims will participate in a national prayer gathering on September 25 (Friday) in Washington, DC.According to a report in The Star-Ledger, Dar-ul-Islam, a mosque in Elizabeth (New Jersey) is spearheading More



  • Perspective

‘Disempowering’ Disempowered

Land grab, job denial and what more

PUNCHLINE BY Z.G. MUHAMMAD

Time has ticked. The clock has ticktocked millions of times since Kashmir started its struggle for restoration of its rights in 1931. It undoubtedly has ticked sixty million times since it entered into More


  • Op-Ed

Islam’s Vision of War and Peace

CONCEPT

The concept of Jihad is being deliberately distorted and Islam is maliciously sought to be confused with terrorism, writes Prof. G R Malik.Two major events of our Prophet’s life occurred in the last fortnight More



  • Reflections

All about preserving Mother Tongue

I have been perusing through your columns, wherein a Kashmiri brother Mr. Latief Bazaz and a sister Ms. Rabia Shora, have been expressing their perception with regard to their lives back in  Kashmir More


  • Editorial

Vigilance wakes up

The State Vigilance Organization has finally woken up from its deep slumber and registered two cases against Nagendra Sharma, former Vice-Chancellor, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences and More


  • News

Locals blame GREF for Doda, Kishtwar accidents

‘Their negligence kills people’

S N HUSSAIN

Kishtwar, Sept 13: Since January 2009, at least 143 people have been killed in road accidents in the twin mountainous districts of Doda and Kishtwar, turning the roads into virtual death traps. The reasons More


  • City

Press Enclave in mess, police in slumber

Footpath vendors, illegal bus stand, sumo stand enchroach upon media hub

GK CITY CORRESPONDENT

Srinagar, Sept 13:  In a place like Kashmir, media persons are often in a hurry to rush to news spot, but leaving or entering the Mushtaq Press Enclave –Valley’s sole media hub–is not so easy. Reasons More



  • Jammu

BSF to install floodlights on border in JK

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Jammu, Sept 13: With the threat perception increasing due to cross-border infiltration, the Border Security Force (BSF) is installing flood lights on the Indo-Pak border in Jammu and Kashmir.“With a view More


  • News

Locals blame GREF for Doda, Kishtwar accidents

‘Their negligence kills people’

S N HUSSAIN

Kishtwar, Sept 13: Since January 2009, at least 143 people have been killed in road accidents in the twin mountainous districts of Doda and Kishtwar, turning the roads into virtual death traps. The reasons More


  • GK Business

Kandi belt in Kupwara in drought grip

Committee assessing damage skips most affected areas

SHAHID RAFIQ

Manigah, Sept 13: The residents of this kandi belt in the frontier district of Kupwara have a grouse against the Drought Assessment Committee of Agriculture Department Kupwara. The residents of the area More



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