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Indo-Pak talks vital for peace: Vohra

FIRDOUS TAK

■ JK Returning To Normalcy■ Militancy On Wane, Infiltration Rising■ Committed To Zero-Tolerance For HR Abuses■& More

Infiltration on rise: Patil

SHEIKH AHMED

New Delhi, Feb 22: President Pratiba Patil Monday expressed satisfaction at the improvement of the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir, but stated that infiltration from across the border has gone up significantly.Addressing both houses of the Parliament on the opening day of the budget session More

PANDEMONIUM MARKS DAY-1

PDP Stages Protest; BJP, NPP Walkout; 'Bullet For Stone' Policy Fuelling Alienation, Anger: Mehbooba

FIRDOUS TAK

Jammu, Feb 22: The annual budget session of Jammu and Kashmir state legislature started on a stormy note amid strong protests by the opposition parties, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) and National Panthers Party (NPP). Amid commotion and sloganeering during the More

New-born dies in clash

Varmul Simmers, Protests In Maisuma, JKAP Men Beat Cops In Civvies

ALTAF BABA/GKNN

Varmul/Srinagar, Feb 22: A 10-day-old new-born died when his mother was caught in the clashes between policemen and angry youth in north Kashmir’s Varmul district on Monday, while as life in city centre Lal Chowk and Maisuma remained disrupted as youth engaged police and paramilitary CRPF troopers More

Omar vows to track killers

GK News Network

Jammu, Feb 22: The Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, on Monday vowed to track killers of new-born in Varmul clash.Expressing anguish over the death of 10-day old Irfan Ahmed, Omar said, “The government will track down the killers like it did in case of teenager, Zahid Farooq.”He said the investigations More



  • Perspective

Is Mountain Moving?

KASHMIR

Naeem Akhtar in his analysis of recent Kashmir centric developments sees a reason for optimism amid political take over of Kashmir Desk in North Block.Zahid Farooq is a unique phenomenon in the bloody More


  • Op-Ed

We Don’t Seek Mercy, We Need Answers

OPEN LETTER

Manzoor Fazili writes an open letter to the chief minister of the state Omar Abdullah.After the burial of Plebiscite Front around the year 1974, and the stoppage of political vandalism of its members after More



  • Reflections

Neglected children: they need our care

This refers to the plight of neglected children in Jammu and Kashmir. At present we have more than one lakh orphan children. More than thirty thousand children are engaged in child-labour. A few of them More


  • Editorial

Don’t use force

The way state administration is dealing with the voices of dissent, it’s treading a barbed path surefire to bleed it. Notwithstanding the government making tall claims about allowing space to the opposition More


  • News

Wamiq’s family threatens agitation

EYEWITNESSES REFUTE POLICE VERSION

MUHAMMAD WASEEM

Srinagar, Feb 22: The family of downtown boy Wamiq Farooq, who was killed by a teargas shell fired by police last month, Monday staged protests against the police for what they said hushing up the case More


  • City

LAMBERT LANE parking mess

Fashionable Bazaar is fast loosing sheen as shoppers face inconvenience in reaching there

GK CITY CORRESPONDENT

Srinagar, Feb 22: One of the oldest, fashionable markets in the City centre –the Lambert Lane –is fast loosing sheen as shoppers often shy away from there due to parking problem. This market, stretching More



  • Jammu

Sikh groups call Jammu Bandh today

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Feb 22: Various Sikh organizations have called for Jammu Bandh on February 23, Tuesday, in protest against the killing of two Sikhs in the tribal area of Pakistan. This was disclosed during More


  • News

Wamiq’s family threatens agitation

EYEWITNESSES REFUTE POLICE VERSION

MUHAMMAD WASEEM

Srinagar, Feb 22: The family of downtown boy Wamiq Farooq, who was killed by a teargas shell fired by police last month, Monday staged protests against the police for what they said hushing up the case More


  • GK Business

Budgam girl to participate in Aloha int'l competition in China

RABIA NOOR

Srinagar, Feb 22: Aloha India will sponsor a girl student from Kashmir to participate in an international competition being held by Aloha International every year in Malaysia. This year the competition More



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