- TOP STORIES
Kashmiris get day long breather
Govt Lifts Curfew, People Throng Markets
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Aug 8: Normalcy returned to Kashmir Valley on Sunday as Hurriyat Conference (G), spearheading the ongoing “Quit Jammu and Kashmir movement,” called off the strike for a day, while authorities also lifted the curfew from all the ten districts after eight consecutive days. However, in the More
Non-lethal weapons promise falls flat
Despite Assurances Police, CRPF Yet To Make Reforms
FAHEEM ASLAM
Srinagar, Aug 8: The repeated assurances by police and paramilitary forces to switch over to the use of non-lethal weapons while dispersing street protests in Kashmir have fallen flat, drawing flak from several political and non-political quarters. In the past three months, senior police More
Qamarwari youth succumbs
KASHMIR KILLINGS TOLL 51
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Aug 8: A youth, injured in police firing in Shalteng on August 3, succumbed to his injuries at the SK Institute of Medical Sciences Soura on Sunday. The 20 year old Fida Nabi Lone son of Ghulam Nabi of Umarabad HMT was injured at Shalteng during firing on the protesters by police More
Ongoing agitation rebound effect of repression: Mirwaiz
‘New Delhi Has Declared War On Unarmed Kashmiris’
ARIF SHAFI WANI
Srinagar, Aug 8: The Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Sunday said the ongoing agitation in the Valley was the rebound effect of extreme repression unleashed by New Delhi to quell the right to self-determination of Kashmiris. In an exclusive interview with Greater More
Geelani assures minorities’ protection
Interacts With Sikhs, Pandits
MUDDASIR ALI
Srinagar, Aug 8: The Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani Sunday assured protection to people of different minority communities who live in Kashmir. Describing them as “organs of his body”, the veteran pro-freedom leader appealed people to ensure that minorities feel safe and secure in More
Amarnath Yatra on amid crisis
Protesters Give Safe Passage To Pilgrims
KHALID GUL
Islamabad, Aug 8: Despite the continued crisis in Kashmir, the annual Amarnath Yatra is going on smoothly with over four lakh pilgrims visiting the Amarnath shrine at Pahalgam so far. The pilgrimage, which began on July 1, is going on uninterrupted, except a few days of its suspension due More
Tragedy revisits Dar family after 14 yrs
SAMAAN LATEEF
Srinagar, Aug 8: Tragedy has struck Dar family of Safa Kadal once again. While the elder son was paralyzed by the paramilitary BSF personnel 14 years ago, the younger one is today battling with ‘multiple fractures’ at a Srinagar hospital. Rafiq Ahmad Dar, 27, was admitted to the More
Leh toll 131
1196 Stranded Persons Evacuated
Srinagar, Aug 8: The government has confirmed that 131 deaths have occurred so far in the cloudburst and flash floods in Leh, of which 80 bodies have been identified.The list of those, confirmed dead has been posted on the website of Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir More
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People line up to withdraw money from an Automated Teller Machine in Srinagar on Sunday.With banks closed,people made use of ATMs across the Valley,withdrawing several crore rupees during the day long
- Opinion
Kashmir Resounds In Washington
All concerned over what is happening in the valley
PUNCH LINE BY Z. G. MUHAMMAD
IT was reminiscent of the marathon debates during fifties in the United Nations Security council when the Kashmir dispute with all its dimensions: humanitarian, geo-strategic, India More
- Op-Ed
Is Omar a boy with a toy in his hands?
What kind of governments are these that are so dense, so arrogant and so completely against the people they are in power to serve
GUEST COLUMN BY SEEMA MUSTAFA
THE flames are searing the skies, and everyone seems to have run out of water. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is using petrol instead of water as is Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram, but More
- Letters
Geelani’s appeal to maintain peace is not new
Recent appeal to people by Syed Ali Shah Geelani, for not damaging public property and holding peaceful demonstrations is neither new nor made by him for the first time as projected by Indian media. Sadly More
- Editorial
Leh Disaster
Even though different governments have been planning for years together to prevent floods or to minimize damages in such eventualities but it appears that some sort of complacence has crept, may be More
- Kashmir
Surgeries a casualty in Valley hospitals
Patients suffer as crisis causes surgical stuff shortage
FAHEEM ASLAM
Srinagar, Aug 8: The continued crisis and curfew in Kashmir has taken a heavy toll on both the routine and important surgeries in the Valley hospitals in the wake of the “shortage of surgical material More
- Srinagar City
UNREST LEAVES TRAFFIC POLICE WEAK
20% staff taken away for law and order duty; 50 constables, 2 officials go Khaki from blue
GK CITY CORRESPONDENT
Srinagar, Aug 8: At a time when the traffic police department is facing shortage of workforce, the government has reduced its strength by around 20% by shifting of the staff from City for law and order More
- Jammu
FRESH RAINFALL
6 houses collapse, Chenab continue to fluctuate near danger mark;331 families affected in Kishtwar; 2 flights cancelled
SYED AMJAD SHAH
Jammu, Aug 8: While fresh rains this forenoon, after a brief lull, led to collapse of half a dozen structures across Jammu city and the water level in Chenab River continue to fluctuate near the danger More
- South Asia
'Taliban ready for talks if troops removed from Pak northwest'
REZAUL H LASKAR\PTI
Islamabad, Aug 8: Days after President Asif Ali Zardari said the doors had never been closed for talks with militants, the Taliban have announced that their leadership would hold negotiations only if troops More
- Business
Markets go abuzz on Sunday
JK Bank ATMs cough up Rs 25 cr in Valley
RABIA NOOR
Srinagar, Aug 8: After several days of running curfews and massive public protests, the Valley opened on Sunday for a day, with markets witnessing rush.Customers in droves could be seen swarming in markets More
- World
US, UK advise citizens to avoid Ladakh
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
New Delhi, Aug 8: The US and UK today issued advisories asking its citizens to avoid travelling to Leh and the surrounding areas of Ladakh, which are recovering from severe damage caused by Friday More
