- TOP STORIES
Undeclared curfew paralyzes city
Protests, Shutdown In North, South Kashmir
GOWHAR BHAT/DANISH NABI
WAMIQ’S KILLINGSrinagar, Feb 4: Life in the summer capital remained paralysed for the fourth running day Thursday as authorities imposed “undeclared curfew” in the old city while strict restrictions were put in place in the Civil Lines area More
70 arrested
Press Trust of India
Srinagar, Feb 4: In a valley-wide crackdown, police today arrested over 70 people, including some separatist, for allegedly funding and fomenting trouble in the state.Additional police forces were deployed outside the residence of Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and his movement More
Help us: Govt to people
GK News Network
Srinagar, Feb 4: With Kashmir continuing to be on boil over the killing of 14-year old teenager Wamiq Farooq, the Government on Thursday urged the people to help it normalize situation. However, it accused the opposition Peoples Democratic Party of playing “hypocritical role.”“The situation has deteriorated More
It’s Police Raaj: Mehbooba
'National Media Ignored Wamiq’s Killing'
GOWHAR BHAT
Srinagar, Feb 4: PDP President, Mehbooba Mufti, Thursday launched a scathing attack on the state’s Coalition Government accusing it of giving unbridled powers to the police and called for urgent measures to be taken for restoring people’s confidence and dignity.“This Government, like in the past More
Let’s talk: India tells Pak
Delhi Signals Thaw
SHEIKH AHMED
New Delhi, Feb 4: In a major departure from its known stand on talks with Pakistan, India has formally proposed foreign secretary level talks with Islamabad to discuss “all related issues including Jammu and Kashmir.”“We will enter into discussion (with Pakistan) with open mind. We are ready to More
- Perspective
Blood is blood
COMMENT
Let race or region or religion not be a barrier, Hassan Zainagiree concludes his comment about `Holocaust’ campaign.In ‘ethnic cleansing’ and ‘genocide’ you are not provided with plane tickets nor are More
- Reflections
‘Police Version’: That is completely outrageous!
The “Police Version” [GK, Front-Page, Feb 2] regarding the killing of a student by police in Gojwara is completely outrageous, to say the least. The “version” that “Parents of young boys should not allow More
- Friday Focus
Rahbaniah and Uswah al-Hasanah
PROF G R MALIK
How does the uswah al-hasanah (the elegant life-example) of our beloved Prophet (SAW), his word and deed, illustrate the fundamental Quranic teaching about the full acceptance of this life as an inevitable More
- News
Kashmir rally vows continued fight
ROSHAN MUGHAL
Muzaffarabad, Feb 4: The Kashmiri militant organi¬zations Thursday resolved to continue their fight in Jammu & Kashmir urging Pakistan not to ‘impede jehad if cannot support it.’“Jehad must continue More
- City
Erratic power everywhere, curtailment schedule nowhere
GK CITY CORRESPONDENT
Srinagar, Feb 4: Notwithstanding its own assurances, the Power Development Department has failed to release a revised curtailment schedule leaving the consumers a pestered lot who complain of the erratic More
- Jammu
Srinagar to host POs conference of State Assemblies
OMAR’S INVITE ACCEPTED
GK NEWS NETWORK
Jammu, Feb 4: The 74th conference of Presiding Officers of State Assemblies, presently going on at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, has accepted the invitation of the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to hold the next More
- News
Kashmir rally vows continued fight
ROSHAN MUGHAL
Muzaffarabad, Feb 4: The Kashmiri militant organi¬zations Thursday resolved to continue their fight in Jammu & Kashmir urging Pakistan not to ‘impede jehad if cannot support it.’“Jehad must continue More
- GK Business
Arab experts pitch for Islamic banking in India
INDO ASIAN NEWS SERVICE
New Delhi, Feb 4: With the global financial crisis putting the spotlight on "casino capitalism" of the West, leading scholars and experts from the Arab world Thursday pitched for interest-free Islamic More









