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Hit By Tear Gas Shell In Head; Protests In Old City; ASI Suspended: IGP

GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, Jan 31: An unidentified teenager was killed when police fired a teargas shell at him in old city here on Sunday, triggering late evening protests across the city. The accused  Assistant Sub Inspector has been suspended. Witnesses told Greater Kashmir that police and CRPF men More

AND HE LIES NAMELESS IN PCR

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, Jan 31: Hordes of anxious people thronged the Police Control Room here this evening to identify the nameless teenager killed by a tear gas canister in old city. Policemen manning the PCR’s main gate refused to allow the people inside saying, “We  cannot let you in as we don’t have More

Want to entrust law and order to police: Antony

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Jan 31: The government today said its long-term aim in Kashmir was to entrust the responsibility of law and order to local police and bring normalcy there. “As far as policy is concerned, we are very clear. Our ultimate aim is to bring normalcy in Kashmir and entrust law and order More

Militants escape in Sopur: Police

GHULAM MUHAMMAD

Sopur, Jan 31: Police on Sunday said that gunfight which had started yesterday in this north Kashmir town ended with militants managing to escape. However, residents contested the police claim, saying the encounter was stage-managed and a house was set on fire without any reason. “We had More

‘We lost everything’

UMAR MAQBOOL DAR

Sopur, Jan 31: When six members of Khema family woke up on Saturday morning little did they know that a few hours after their two storied house would be turned into rubble and the jewelry they had purchased for the marriage of their three daughters would be lost in what police termed “encounter,” More



  • Perspective

Debate within APHC

Despite its longevity, ‘forum’ politics promoted by APHC is bound to lead us nowhere.

PUNCHLINE BY Z.G. MUHAMMAD

Srinagar is quiet. Like kindergarten students political leaders have put fingers on their lips. Some have retreated to their ancestral villages. The political roars have muffled. Many a discourse, both More


  • Op-Ed

LoC or LoD?

GEOPOLITCS

And does this “D” stand for ‘destruction’, ‘disintegration’ and ‘dissatisfaction’? Asks Surinder Mohan.To begin the New Year–2010, I think the title of this article is a good puzzle to ponder on. This More



  • Reflections

IPL row: India has politicized cricket

The strained political and diplomatic relations of Pakistan with India especially after the 26/11 Mumbai attacks have to a large extant changed the point of view of Indian political community towards Pakistan More


  • Editorial

Zoom in tourism

After her senior cabinet colleagues like the Home Minister and Defence Minister were noticed to have made some dampening remarks about the situation in J&K sure to deter any potential visitor from More


  • News

BOSE changes ‘our history’

SAMAAN LATEEF

Srinagar, Jan 31: The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School of Education in its prescribed textbook for 5th standard students has misrepresented the actual facts. The Board in its prescribed text book More


  • City

'Messy’ work on Lal Bazar drain

7 months on dug up roads await repairs, authorities say will take more time to complete.

DANISH NABI

Srinagar, Jan 31: The slow work on drainage construction in Lal Bazar area of the City has put people to severe inconvenience as most of the roads have been dup up deep but repaired nowhere. The construction More



  • Jammu

Ensure fairness in recruitments: BJP to Governor

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Jan 31: Alleging foul play in the recruitments and selection of candidates for trainings, the leader of the BJP Legislators Party, Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta has asked the Governor to ensure fairness More


  • News

BOSE changes ‘our history’

SAMAAN LATEEF

Srinagar, Jan 31: The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School of Education in its prescribed textbook for 5th standard students has misrepresented the actual facts. The Board in its prescribed text book More


  • GK Business

Valley faces steady decline in vegetable production

RABIA NOOR

Srinagar, Jan 31: The steady decline in vegetable production is becoming a cause of concern in the Valley. Once known for quality seed production, Kashmir, experts said, had been witnessing a persistent More



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