Reminiscent of ‘90s, no prayers at Hazratbal shrine

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Aug 15: While it is very common for police and paramilitary forces to bar people from offering prayers at the historic Jamia Majid in Shahr-e-Khaas, it has happened after years with people offering prayers at the Hazratbal shrine on the city outskirts. Since Saturday afternoon, More

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Ministers hoist tricolour at different places

‘DIALOGUE ONLY WAY TO RESOLVE KASHMIR’

Srinagar, Aug 15: Various ministers on Sunday hoisted the tri-colour at different places on the I-Day.PULWAMA Underlining the importance of dialogue in solving various problems, the Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Ali Muhammad Sagar asked all the parties to More

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HELP POOR GOES ALL OUT IN RESCUING BULLET HIT

SAMAAN LATEEF

Srinagar, Aug 15: At a time when Kashmiri youth are falling prey to bullets and teargas shells fired by police and paramilitary CRPF, Help Poor Voluntary Trust is trying to help victims by providing medical aid.    The Trust has kept its ambulances in SMHS hospital and SKIMS to More

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Shahid-ul-Islam castigates mainstream parties

‘Shun vote bank politics and join our struggle’

Srinagar, Aug 15: Senior leader of Hurriyat Conference (M) Advocate Shahid-ul-Islam on Sunday asked the mainstream parties to shun power politics and join the freedom movement. “They should see the writing on the wall and learn lessons from the ongoing uprising. If these parties are sincere More

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Aasiya to felicitate Ahad Jan

Srinagar, Aug 15: Chairperson of Dukhtaran-e-Milat Syeda Aasiya Andrabi has announced to felicitate Abdul Ahad Jan, who threw shoe at Omar Abdullah here on Sunday. Declaring that she would personally hand over ‘bravery of faith medal’ to the head constable Abdul Ahad Jan, Aasiya termed the act More

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Mobile, internet services jammed

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Srinagar, Aug 15: Authorities on Sunday blocked mobile and internet services for several hours in the valley.  The mobile services of BSNL, Airtel, Aircel, Reliance, Idea, Vodafone and Tata Indicom were jammed in the morning and restored in the afternoon after the official I- day function More

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DAK condemns assault on doc

Srinagar, Aug 15: The Doctors Association Kashmir has condemned the assault on Dr Manzoor at Hyderpora by troops and demanded immediate action against the culprits. In a statement, the Association said Dr Manzoor was returning from hospital, when he was ruthlessly beaten by troops without any More

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Release Kashmiri students: Er Rasheed

Handwara, Aug 15: MLA Langate Er. S Rasheed has demanded immediate release of Kashmiri students held by Jammu police for staging protests against the civilian killings in the valley. Condemning the government silence over the issue, he said students had not committed any crime, but were expressing More

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Illicit timber seized

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 15: The officials of forest department have seized huge quantity of timber in a midnight raid in Sangawani forest area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Reports said following a tip off a 4-member forest team led by Forest official, Tariq Nazir laid a trap in the forest More

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