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Mayhem, 7 more killed
SOG CAMP, TEHSILDAR OFFICE SET ABLAZE, SAFFRON TOWN TURNS RED, 2 YOUTH SHOT AT IN BATMALOO
GOWHAR BHAT
Srinagar, Aug 1: Police and CRPF men killed three more protesters in the Valley on Sunday, while four persons were killed and dozens injured in a powerful blast at the camp of Special Operations Group camp of Police at Khrew when angry youth set it ablaze late in the evening. With today’s killings More
25 injured in south Kashmir
KHALID GUL
Kakapora, Aug 1: At least 25 persons were wounded two of them critically when police and troopers resorted to indiscriminate firing and tear gas shelling in Naaman village of this south Kashmir area on Sunday.Reports said that thousands of people from the nearby villages of Naribal, Naaman, Newa More
Varmul, B’pore simmer
Protests, Clashes Rock Twin Districts
ALTAF BABA/TARIQ MIR
Varmul/Bandipore, Aug 1: Hundreds of people took to the streets in north Kashmir’s Varmul town on Sunday to protest against the killings across the Valley. As the protesters raising pro-freedom slogans tried to march ahead policemen deployed on the Cement and Azad Gunj bridge fired teargas canisters More
Body recovered in Uri
Locals Stage Protest, Curfew Clamped
ALTAF BABA
Varmul, Aug 1: Locals recovering an unidentified body from a field at Uri in this north Kashmir district last night triggered massive demonstrations in the town on Sunday following which authorities imposed indefinite curfew in the area—for the first time since the turmoil broke out in the Valley More
PM chairs CCS meet
Inputs From JK Govt, Governor Analyzed
Press Trust Of India
New Delhi, Aug 1: As Kashmir valley witnesses a fresh spurt in violence, the Cabinet Committee on Security chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met tonight to take stock of the situation.This is the second time in less than a month the CCS has met to discuss the situation in Kashmir where More
WHERE’S THE GOVERNMENT?
No Official Response Yet On Killings
FAHEEM ASLAM
Srinagar, Aug 1: Since Friday, nine civilians fell to the bullets of police and paramilitary CRPF in different areas of Kashmir Valley, but the Jammu and Kashmir Government has remained mum over the serial killings, inviting sharp criticism from the civil society.Unlike the past practice of ordering More
Police, CRPF give damn to Govt assurance to scribes
Kashmir Uzma Correspondent Beaten;Curfew Passes Not Honoured
Gk NEWSNETWORK
Srinagar, Aug 1: Despite repeated assurances from the state administration that journalists won’t face any trouble while moving out during curfews, police and paramilitary CRPF continue to hamper the movement of scribes.On Sunday, several journalists complained that police and CRPF men didn’t More
PDP condemns use of force
Gk NEWSNETWORK
Srinagar, Aug 1: The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Sunday condemned use of excessive force on peaceful civilians in Kashmir. “The party leaders expressed grief over killings in Pampore and at other places More
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- Opinion
Time to stand united?
VIEWPOINT
KASHMIRI MEDIA WILL HAVE TO BE UNITED EVEN WHERE IT IS MADE THE OBJECT OF ATTACK, COMMENTS NAYEEMA AHMAD MAHJOOR
Covering the latest uprising in Kashmir has turned out to be a difficult task for not only the local media but also the national and international media. One could understand the trauma local media has More
- Op-Ed
Force is no answer
As government chose to ignore the hard truth, results are before us. The situation is spiraling out of control in Kashmir – once again
GUEST COLUMN BY SEEMA MUSTAFA
One wonders whether those in government are just fools, or is there something more devious in their apathy and indifference. A child in Kashmir could have told the political leaders two months ago, that More
- Letters
Trout fish culture has a history in Kashmir
I read with concern the news item about decline in the production of trout fish in Kashmir. (GK 30 July 2010) It reminded me of Kashmir of yesteryears as an Angler's Paradise. Kashmir's trout fisheries More
- Editorial
Medical Emergencies
We have now more than twenty years of difficult times, of violence unceasing. It is now more of a permanent condition with us in Kashmir. Quite axiomatic that our institutions, particularly that deal with More
- Kashmir
Valley condemns killings
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Aug 1: The killing spree across the Valley including those who were shot dead in Pampore and Khrew on Sunday has evoked strong condemnation. TROOPERS GIVEN LICENCE TO KILL: MIRWAIZ The More
- South Asia
Protest rally, sit-in held in Bangalore
KASHMIR KILLINGS
Bangalore, Aug 1: Kashmiris staying here staged a peaceful protest march from Garuda Mall through the Brigade Road and held a sit-in outside the newspaper offices on Saturday demanding immediate halt to More
- World
JKLF holds demo in UK
London, Aug 1: The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (UK zone) on Saturday held protest outside the Indian High Commission here against the civilian killings and continued human rights violations perpetrated More




