Kashmir shows up in WikiLeaks

‘Resolving 63-Yr Old Conflict Would Dramatically Improve Situation’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Washington, Dec 1: A top American diplomat has suggested that resolving the 63-year-old Kashmir conflict “would dramatically improve the situation” in the region. The remarks by the then American ambassador to Islamabad Anne Patterson were part of a cable dated 4 February 2009, which she wrote for More

Protests in Bandipora, Shopian

WASIM KHALID

Srinagar, Dec 1: Complete shutdown was observed in North Kashmir’s Bandipora town on Wednesday while in south, people of Shopian town staged protests and observed strike against the detention of local youth and alleged harassment by police.Life came to a grinding halt in Bandipora town. The people More

Non end in sight to Valley’s power woes

Lack Of Grid Capacity Impeding Electricity Import

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Dec 1: As Kashmir continues to reel under darkness due to frequent power cuts, failure of the state government to have minimum required grid capacity in the Valley is the major infrastructural bottleneck hampering import of requisite energy.According to Power Development Department ( More

Panchayat polls next January: Omar

‘Elections For Rural Local Bodies On Non-Party Basis’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Reasi (Mahore), Dec 1: Making the first official announcement regarding upcoming rural local body polls, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday said that the elections for various Panchayats across the state will be held from January, 2011 on non-party basis.“We intend to hold Panchayat polls More

Gen Marwah calls on CM

Srinagar, Dec 1: Day after the issuance and instantaneous withdrawal of a statement by the Army’s Udhampur-based northern command headquarters slamming Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on his repeated calls for troop-cut and AFSPA revocation, Lt General NC Marwah, Commander of the Army’s Srinagar-based More

GOVT OUT TO MALIGN MOVEMENT: MIRWAIZ

‘Peaceful Agitation Projected Kashmir's Real Picture’

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Srinagar, Dec 1: Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (M), Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, on Wednesday said the government was desperate to portray the peaceful struggle of Kashmiris as “violent and a militant struggle” to malign the movement. The separatist leader accused New Delhi of being hand in glove with the More

Soz takes Centaur issue to Patel

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Dec 1: With Air India’s move to outsource the management of prized Centaur Hotel on the banks of Dal Lake here inviting sharp criticism from different quarters, the Union Civil Aviation Minister is likely to summon the top brass of the airlines and the hotel employees to decide on the matter More

Mercury plunges below freezing point

Pahalgam Coldest At -4.7, Srinagar -1.4

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Srinagar, Dec 1: The Kashmir Valley witnessed the coldest night of the winter season as the mercury in most parts of the Valley plunged below the freezing point with Pahalgam health resort in south Kashmir recording the minimum temperature of minus 4.7 degrees Celsius, a MET official said.In Srinagar More