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Killings-Protests-Killings
*BEMINA YOUTH DIES IN FIRING, IQBAL SUCCUMBS* CURFEW DEFIED; CLASHES CONTINUE
GOWHAR BHAT
Srinagar, Aug 4: Paramilitary CRPF troopers shot dead a youth in uptown here, while a youth injured in Police and CRPF firing at Chanapora last Friday succumbed to his injuries at SK Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) here on Wednesday. With the killing of two more youth today the death toll in More
600 civilians wounded since Friday
UMER MAQBOOL DAR
Srinagar, Aug 4: Preliminary various from various hospitals across the Valley reveal that around 600 civilians were wounded in the violent protests, since Friday.The tertiary healthcare institutions in the Srinagar city have received 173 injuries with most of them being referred from primary and More
Geelani rises against violent protests
Not Averse To Talks; Official, Unofficial Emissaries Met Me During Detention
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Aug 4: In a significant move, Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Shah Geelani Wednesday came out openly against the current violence in Kashmir, saying “the agitators burning public properties are damaging the movement.”80-year-old Geelani’s appeal came in the backdrop of the More
Take to streets: Salahuddin to people
Srinagar, Aug 4: The Chairman of United Jehad Council, Syed Salahuddin, on Wednesday called on the people to take to the streets and stage protests.“The Kashmir movement has entered into a decisive phase. I urge people to come out on roads and stage protests,” Salahuddin said in a telephonic address More
Mufti makes wake up call to Delhi
‘Bleeding Kashmir A Blot On India’
Srinagar, Aug 4: Peoples Democratic Party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has said a bleeding Kashmir has become a black spot on the country’s name and called for urgent and purposeful steps to redeem the worsening situation.In a statement here Wednesday, Mufti said; “the present situation is a result More
Space Shrinking For Us: PDP; Mainstream Politics Has Taken Backseat: NC
In turbulent times, politicians feel unnerved
FAHEEM ASLAM
Srinagar, Aug 4: The ongoing turmoil in Kashmir has made its impact felt within the pro-India political circles in Kashmir, with mainstream politicians feeling unnerved, temporarily if not permanently, and worried about their political future.While the Peoples Democratic Party president, Mehbooba More
Delhi promises to reactivate Kashmir dialogue
End Violence, Have Faith In Omar Govt; Urges PC
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
New Delhi, Aug 4: Sending out a calibrated message to the protestors in Kashmir valley, Home Minister P Chidambaram Wednesday asserted that “mindless violence” would not lead to any solution and promised to reactivate a dialogue to address grievances once normalcy is restored in the valley.Making More
PCI ISSUES NOTICE TO CS
Curbs On Kashmir Media
GK NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi, Aug 4: Press Council of India (PCI), a quasi-judicial body has issued a show-cause notice to the Jammu and Kashmir chief secretary SS Kapoor asking him to explain the curbs on publication of newspapers as well as preventing journalists to conduct their professional duties during the current More
Shock and outrage
Residents of Bemina in Srinagar mourning the killing of a colony resident in paramilitary troopers' firing on Wednesday evening (Azan/GK)
Last goodbye
Family members of Muhammad Iqbal of Chanapora area in Srinagar bidding last goodbye to the young man who was shot by troopers on Friday and died of injuries today (Habib Naqash/GK)
- Opinion
KASHMIR: The political self
Why is, what is happening in Kashmir, happening
INKSIGHT BY MEHMOOD UR RASHID
In the studios of Indian TV channels we are hearing a very bizarre question these days. Why is, what is happening in Kashmir, happening? As if they don’t know why is it all happening! Fact of the matter More
- Op-Ed
TRAPPED IN A COMMUNAL NATIONALIST IMAGINATION
VIEWPOINT
MUHAMMAD JUNAID COMMENTS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KASHMIR AND NEW DELHI IN A POLITICO-HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
On 26 January 1992, Murli Manohar Joshi, the leader of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, after traveling by road all the way from the southern tip of India, was airlifted from Jammu to the More
- Letters
PSC must act in time and save our career
PSC unfortunately goes the wrong way. This refers to the ACF-Examination to be held by JKPSC. We would like to go by records when the posts for ACF (Assistant Conservator of Forests) were advertized via More
- Editorial
Battleground Kashmir
Around 45 deaths in seven weeks, most of them teenagers with two even under the age of ten, have hardly helped change the discourse about Kashmir. So much so, this abnormally high count has struggled to More
- Kashmir
IQBAL’S DEAF MOTHER UNABLE TO HEAR LOSS OF SON
KASHMIR TRAGEDY
SAMAAN LATEEF
Srinagar, Aug 4: After battling for life at SKIMS Soura, Iqbal Ahmad Khan gave up on the sixth day after being shot at in head by the CRPF trooper outside his house at Chanapora on July 30. Tragedy More
- Jammu
BJP blames Congress for Kashmir turmoil
GK NEWS NETWORK
Jammu, Aug 4: Stating that Congress was the “root cause of turmoils and troubles” in the Valley, leader of the BJP legislators Party, Prof Chaman Lal Gupta, on Wednesday revealed that a big More




