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Mattan youth succumbs, toll 59
6 Shot In Kokernag, 2 In Pattan; Curfew In Islamabad, Tral; Clashes In Pulwama
KHALID GUL/GOWHAR BHAT
Islamabad/Srinagar, Aug 17: The number of victims of police and CRPF in the recent unrest reached 59 as another youth injured in South Kashmir’s Islamabad district succumbed to his injuries Tuesday morning following which a curfew was imposed in the town.Curfew was also imposed Trehgam, Kupwara More
No prayers at Hazratbal shrine for 4th day
FAHEEM ASLAM
Srinagar, Aug 17: No prayers were offered at the Hazratbal shrine for the fourth consecutive day Tuesday even as the Jammu and Kashmir Government woke up to the crisis and assured the residents that it would look into their demands including removal of the police barracks from the shrine complex.< More
CRPF vehicle kills retired cop
Gk NEWSNETWORK
Srinagar, Aug 17: A retired assistant sub-inspector of Jammu and Kashmir Police died in a road accident at Batmaloo here Tuesday afternoon. His family said the police officer was hit by a fast moving CRPF vehicle.Quoting eyewitnesses, the family of Muhammad Yousuf Khan, 84, of SD Colony Batamaloo More
Omar pardons shoe-thrower
Orders His Release
Gk NEWSNETWORK
Srinagar, Aug 17: In a goodwill gesture, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday pardoned suspended Head Constable Abdul Ahad Jan who had flung a shoe towards him during I-Day function, an official spokesman said.The chief minister also asked police to withdraw cases against Jan More
PM announces Rs 125 cr package for Leh
‘Focus Will Be On Rebuilding Of Houses Before Winter’
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
Leh, Aug 17: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday announced a Rs 125 crore relief package for the victims of the flash floods here after the devastating cloudburst and said the focus will be to build houses before the onset of harsh winter.The Prime Minister, who visited some of the flood ravaged More
Look beyond insecurities: Mufti to Delhi
Condemns Continued Killings
Gk NEWSNETWORK
Srinagar, Aug 17: Calling upon New Delhi to display the confidence, maturity and understanding of a large and strong democracy, Mufti Muhammad Sayeed Tuesday regretted that in case of Kashmir only the insecurities fanned by the hawks were scripting its policies.In a statement Mufti expressed his More
Tufail killed by police: GOI
Press Trust Of India
New Delhi, Aug 17: The government Tuesday said that the teenager Tufail Mattoo of Saida Kadal, Srinagar was killed after being hit by a teargas shell lobbed by the police.“The latest spate of violence that started on June 11 was triggered by the death of a youth, Tufail Ahmed Mattoo, resident More
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A youth pleads before policemen to catch paramilitary CRPF troopers who allegedly smashed his car at Lal Chowk in Srinagar on Tuesday. (Aman Farooq/GK)
- Opinion
Sinha’s Sin?
Did anybody ever mention the role played by the former J&K governor in fomenting the current unrest?
POINT OF VIEW BY RIYAZ AHMAD
In the debate surrounding the current spate of unrest in Kashmir, the root cause for once seems to have decisively been traced to the fundamental aspiration of Azadi among the people in Valley. Refreshingly More
- Op-Ed
Let's create a place to be proud of
HORIZONS
IT IS TIME FOR KASHMIRIS TO LEARN FROM OTHER NATIONS AND PEOPLES THE TECHNIQUE OF POLITICAL ORGANIZATION AND MOBILIZATION, WRITES AATIF AHMAD MEHJOOR
Kashmiris have a habit of confounding all the self-appointed pundits and gurus on the Kashmir problem, with all their predictions, analyses and insights about the nature of Kashmir and Kashmiris and the More
- Letters
In response to Firdous Syed's article
This refers to Firdous Syed's article, Wish you well Pakistan (GK August 14th). We must not forget that Kashmir is nothing more than a contiguous Muslim majority region of Pakistan which has gone to the More
- Editorial
Meeting over Kashmir
There have now been a slew of meetings held to discuss the situation in Kashmir and find solutions there of. After the initial reluctance of acknowledging the problem, it finally reached a stage where More
- Kashmir
GOVT TRAINS GUNS ON STUDENT COMMUNITY
Paper scheme, exam-timing diktats draw flak
FAHEEM ASLAM
Srinagar, Aug 17: With Jammu and Kashmir government miserably failing to restore normalcy in Kashmir, it has started training guns on the student community, asking it to be ready for exams even as mere More
- Jammu
Hold KCS interviews in Jammu: BJP
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
Jammu, Aug 17: In the backdrop of the unrest in the valley, BJP today urged Governor N N Vohra to direct the Public Service Commission to hold interviews of candidates of Kashmir Civil Service (KCS judicial More
- South Asia
CET for medical colleges from next year
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
New Delhi, Aug 17: The common entrance test for undergraduate and post-graduate courses in medical colleges across the country from the next academic year is set to become a reality with the Union Health More
