2010 upheaval distinct from past agitations

NEW DELHI INVITES PROTESTERS, NOT LEADERS

GK SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

Srinagar, Aug 29: Where the current upheaval in the Valley has become the longest in J&K’s recent history, it has attained many more features breaking it apart from all past agitations.According to noted historian Prof Fida Hasnain it is the first agitation in the history of J&K which More

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Unrest hits Kashmir train

Northern Railway awaits normalcy

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Srinagar, Aug 29: The present Kashmir unrest has hit the train services across the Valley. No train has run on any of the routes for the past 29-days. Northern Railway had suspended its operations on 119-kilometre Qazigund-Varmul track on July 31 and since then it has been waiting for More

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Arrests won’t deter us: Geelani

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, Aug 29: The Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Sunday said Kashmiris have taken over the mantle of the ongoing movement and the arrest of pro-freedom leaders won’t break their resolve. Accusing the Government of resorting to what he said autocratic tactics More

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Malik condemns killings, atrocities

‘Youth at forefront of movement’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 29: The Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Muhammad Yasin Malik on Sunday accused the Government of carrying out genocide of Kashmiris to suppress the ongoing movement.  In a statement a JKLF spokesman said Malik today visited the families of the youth and teenagers More

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Governor visits Amarnath Cave

Reviews sanitation drive

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 29: The Governor, N N Vohra, visited Amarnath Cave Shrine in south Kashmir on Sunday, an official spokesman said.    He said the governor also visited the Camps at Panjtarni, Sheshnag, Baltal and Domel to review the status of the ongoing special sanitation drive being More

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Contractual lecturers without salaries for 6 months

SAMAAN LATEEF

Srinagar, Aug 29: The lecturers and teaching assistants working in degree colleges across Kashmir on contractual basis have been without salaries for past six months. Around 1500 contractual staffers appointed in March this year are facing inconvenience due to delay in salaries. Besides, More

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New-Delhi based newspapers go off stands

GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, Aug 29: Even as the ongoing unrest in the Valley has seen curbs on media and seizure of the local newspapers during distribution, the New Delhi-based newspapers, magazines and other publications have also gone off the news stands. According to the newspaper dealers and distributors More

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Bar concerned over falling health of Qayoom, Shaheen

Srinagar, Aug 29: The High Court Bar Association has expressed concern over the deteriorating health conditions of its president Mian Abdul Qayoom and general secretary G N Shaheen, who have been detained under Public Safety Act.  Qayoom has been lodged in Heeranagar Jail and Shaheen in Rajouri More

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NRKs stage protest in Sydney

Srinagar, Aug 29:: Non Resident Kashmiris (NRK) staged a protest against the ongoing human rights violations and the killings in the Kashmir Valley.  Kashmiris putting up in Sydney assembled at Martins Place in the central business district of Sydney and staged a sit-in.  Protesters More

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PDP flays decision to close Srinagar airport for 15 days

Srinagar, Aug 29: Expressing concern over temporary closure of Srinagar airport from September 1 due to runway repair work, opposition PDP today accused the NC-led coalition government of failing to protect the interests of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. “Decision to close Srinagar airport More

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Don’t raise fund or donations on my name: Ahad Jan

Srinagar, Aug 29: The shoe thrower, Abdul Ahad Jan has appealed people not to raise any fund or donations on his name.  Minutes after he was discharged from SMHS hospital, he told Greater Kashmir that the hospital authorities provided him medicare and he was physically fit. He requested people More

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Youth stabbed to death in Sopur

Srinagar, Aug 29: A youth was stabbed to death in Gund Brahat Sopur on Saturday night. A local news agency KNS said, Showkat Ahmed Tantray was stabbed to death, after being attacked by a sharp edged weapon last night. After the incident, thousands of people staged protests in the area, demanding More

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Girl drowns

Ajas (Bandipora),Aug 29:  A four-year-old girl drowned in a stream at Ajas near Ziyarat Sharief here on Sunday afternoon. Tahira Bano (13), daughter of Ghulam Muhammad Bhat and resident of Ajas, drowned in a stream near Ziyarat Sharief when she was bathing with other children in the stream. More

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