KASHMIR IN RAGE

Night Protests In City; Shortage Of Essentials In Curfewed Sopur; Army Flag March In Varmul

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, June 30: Massive protests were held in many areas of old Srinagar city on Wednesday evening against the continued killings across the Valley.  The protests started after large contingents of troopers and police deployed in strength to enforce curfew in the old city were withdrawn More

MP’s house attacked

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Srinagar, June 30:  Angry protesters on Wednesday attacked the house of senior National Conference leader and Member Parliament Sharif-ud-Din Shariq in Handwara town of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.Eyewitness’s told Greater Kashmir that hundreds of youth took to streets this morning in More

After killings, Islamabad simmers

Government Orders Magisterial Inquiry

KHALID GUL

Islamabad, June 30: A day after three teenagers were killed and four injured by policemen allegedly inside a house, curfew was clamped in this South Kashmir town while severe restrictions were put in place in other parts of the district. Severe people were injured in the clashes that rocked several More

‘Slain teenagers never picked up a stone’

KHALID GUL

Islamabad, June 30: The three teenagers killed in police firing on Tuesday here, according to their relatives, had never picked up a stone. Every one here vouches for their innocence. Seventeen-year old Shujaat-ul-Islam had a passion for reading books and reciting the Holy Qur’an. This higher More

PM reviews JK situation, Chidambaram backs Omar

PC Puts Off Kashmir Visit

GK NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi, June 30: Backing the Jammu and Kashmir government in dealing with the protests in Kashmir, the Centre Wednesday said the “anti-national forces fomenting trouble in the Valley were linked to Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT).” Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today chaired a high-level meeting to More

Army chief advocates political initiative on Kashmir

‘No Troop Cut, AFSPA Revocation For Now’

GK MONITORING DESK

New Delhi, June 30: Army Chief General VK Singh has said that bold and far-sighted political steps are urgently needed to control the situation in Jammu and Kashmir. In an interview with a Delhi-based newspaper, Gen Singh said that there is a great requirement for political initiatives which More

Protests have nothing to do with Yatra: Mirwaiz

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, June 30: The Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Muhammad Umar Farooq on Wednesday made it clear that the protests in Kashmir had nothing to do with the Amarnath Yatra and “we want it to pass off peacefully and successfully.”  “Our protests are against the human rights violations More

First batch of Yatris leaves Jammu

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, June 30: Amid unprecedented security arrangements, first batch of more than 1200 pilgrims left for Amarnath cave from here early this morning.A cavalcade of 53 vehicles carrying about 1,272 pilgrims, including 566 males, 230 females, 32 children and 444 sadhus, was flagged off by the state More

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