• TOP STORIES

BSF owns Zahid's killing

Hands-Over Accused To Police

DANISH NABI

Srinagar, Feb 10: Coming out of its denial mode, the paramilitary BSF in a rare development Wednesday admitted that the 16-year old Nishat teenager, Zahid Farooq, was shot dead by one of its men on February 5 on the city outskirts. “Our internal inquiry has revealed that there is possibility More

It’s a cover up: Family

‘Commandant Killed Him’

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, Feb 10: Accusing paramilitary BSF of cover-up, family of 16-year old teenager, Zahid Farooq Sheikh, on Wednesday alleged that he was shot by a senior BSF officer and not by a constable.“Eyewitnesses told me that an officer in white clothes alighted from a Gypsy. The officer snatched More

AFSPA won’t come in way: Omar

FIRDOUS TAK

Jammu, Feb 10: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, on Wednesday said the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) would not come in the way to prosecute the paramilitary BSF trooper (Lakhvinder) accused of killing the 16-year old Nishat teenager, Zahid Farooq.“AFSPA gives amnesty only to army personnel More

Omar joins issue with Azad

Surrender Policy Row

FIRDOUS TAK

Jammu, Feb 10: Day after senior Congress leader and union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad censured Omar Abdullah’s call for amnesty and rehabilitation of Kashmiri militants in Pakistan, the chief minister Wednesday shot back saying the matter was beyond the health ministry’s purview.Snubbing More

Siachen avalanche kills 3 Indian, 8 Pak soldiers

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Feb 10: At least three Indian and eight Pakistani soldiers lost their lives when avalanches struck the world’s highest front line Siachen glacier.“An avalanches hit an army post at the southern end of the Siachen glacier, killing one soldier, while two more soldiers of Ladakh Scouts More



  • Perspective

The Delhi politics

That our children don’t take a fright there must be an underbelly to it

INKSIGHT BY MEHMOOD UR RASHID

When Henry Kissinger won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973, Tom Lehrer, the noted musical satirist found himself as if forced to take a decision. It was that Lehrer could no longer perform. But why? Lehrer More


  • Op-Ed

Dialogue, Deceit and Independent Kashmir

MAQBOOL BHAT ANNIVERSARY

As we observe anniversary of Muhammad Maqbool Bhat, we turn the leaf of history and see as to what has gone wrong and how can that be set right even now. The onus, lies on both India and Pakistan to find More



  • Reflections

Awarding Kanna for his `outstanding contribution’

What a coincidence! In colonial India state awards were given to persons who supported British in their atrocities to suppress the voices of freedom. India has proved its state policy towards Kashmir by More


  • Editorial

Human Rights Commission

The seven killings, mostly of young students, by the police and the security forces   during past one month in and around the summer capital, by all standards are grave human rights violations More


  • News

My sons have made me proud: Maqbool Bhat’s mother

FROM THE CRADLE OF RESISTANCE

SUMEGHA GULATI

Trehgam, Feb 10: Digressing from the dusty main road, a curvaceous and highly bumpy street leads to the house of Maqbool Bhat. The ‘cradle of resistance’ is nothing but a modest concrete hut, with sloping More


  • City

Curtailment prolongs as power crises deepens

4 hours for metered areas, 12 for non-metered

GK CITY CORRESPONDENT

Srinagar, Feb 10: The Power Development Department has intensified power cuts in the summer capital following the closure of Pampore Gas Turbine, which had been operational for a month catering peak hour More



  • Jammu

Vohra for collaborative research among JK varsities

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu: The Governor, N N Vohra today called for collaborative research projects by all the Universities of J&K for optimal utilization of resources, with the objective of achieving economic development More


  • News

My sons have made me proud: Maqbool Bhat’s mother

FROM THE CRADLE OF RESISTANCE

SUMEGHA GULATI

Trehgam, Feb 10: Digressing from the dusty main road, a curvaceous and highly bumpy street leads to the house of Maqbool Bhat. The ‘cradle of resistance’ is nothing but a modest concrete hut, with sloping More


  • GK Business

Help govt ameliorate lot of Aam Aadmi: Omar to Banks

‘Cover 25 pc farmers under credit plan in next fiscal’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Feb 10: Maintaining that credit flow was a crucial instrument to generate income and increase productivity, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday stressed for covering 25 percent farmers under More



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