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Govt lifts curfew

People Heave Sigh Of Relief, Prohibitory Orders To Stay

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 11: The Government on Sunday lifted curfew from the Kashmir Valley. However, prohibitory orders remained in place in old city areas of Srinagar, and in Varmul, Pulwama and Islamabad towns. The situation across the Valley remained peaceful with isolated incidents of protests and stone More

Valley newspapers resume publication

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 11: Valley based newspaper organizations on Sunday decided to resume publication after assurances from the Government that it wouldn’t intimidate the Kashmiri journalists.A spokesman of the media fraternity said the Government had assured that it would provide adequate curfew passes More

Mehbooba spurns PM’s request

Decides To Stay Away From All Party Meet

GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, July 11: The president of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the opposition leader, Mehbooba Mufti, on Sunday stuck to her stand to stay away from an all-party meeting convened by the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to discuss the present situation in Kashmir despite an appeal by the Prime More

We will attend: BJP

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, July 11: The Bhartiya Janta Party on Sunday said that it would attend an all-party meeting convened by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in Srinagar tomorrow to discuss the recent turmoil in Kashmir Valley.“The BJP will attend the all-party meeting and express its viewpoints on the current situation More

We haven’t been able to build on gains in Kashmir: Army Chief

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, July 11: Army chief General V K Singh on Sunday said the “basic reason” for the prevailing tension in Jammu and Kashmir was the inability to build on the “gains” that had been made.“As far as the Army is concerned, I think as security forces, a lot of work has been done. The situation More

CM chairs NC-Congress legislature party meet

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 11: The National Conference-Congress Legislature Party which met under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah here on Sunday expressed deep sorrow over the unfortunate happenings in the recent past in the state and expressed sincere anguish and grief over the loss of life More

Kashmiris protest in Delhi, Pune

GK NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi/Pune July 11: Kashmiris staying in New Delhi and Pune staged peaceful protests on Sunday demanding an end to spate of killings in the Valley.In New Delhi, Kashmiris businessmen, students, doctors, academicians and several other professionals converged on Parliament Street near Jantar More

Cellular companies under scanner

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, July 11: The government has called an urgent meeting on Monday with the telecom operators after reports of wide scale distribution of SIM cards in Jammu and Kashmir without verification was brought to its notice.The meeting would be chaired by Union Home Secretary G K Pillai, where More



  • Opinion

It's beyond us

We can only hope that things change for better

PUNCHLINE BY Z.G. MUHAMMAD

‘Kashmir is simmering. It is on the boil.’For the  past sixty three years such   sentences along with sentences like ‘New Delhi is concerned about the situation’,  have been hogging More


  • Op-Ed

No Strategy, Just Arrogance

Arrogant governments cannot bring solace to their people and that is what Kashmir is experiencing at present

GUEST COLUMN – GK EXCLUSIVE BY SEEMA MUSTAFA

Every charge being made against the inefficiency of the Jammu and Kashmir government and the indifference and callousness of the central government was confirmed with the decision to send in the Army into More



  • Letters

An open letter to Mufti Muhammad Syed

 It's quite pathetic to know that the civilian killings have taken place in your own constituency. This is in utter disregard of human rights. Being a senior politician of the state don’t you More


  • Editorial

Stones Don't Kill

There was a time in the early nineties when several innocent civilians lost their lives on the streets of Valley in the reprisal action by security forces after grenade throws and the shoot-outs. And then More


  • Kashmir

Crackdown: Police detains 150 youth

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Srinagar, July 11: In a major crack down on protesters and stone pelters, police has detained nearly 150 youth for allegedly participating in anti-government protests and stone pelting during the past More


  • Srinagar City

Shahr-e-Khaas still under siege

SRINAGARITES CONTINUE TO FACE SHORTAGE OF ESSENTIALS

RABIA NOOR

Srinagar, July 11: Even as people face shortage of essentials following prolonged curfew in the Valley, the Shahr-e-Khaas continued to be under siege Sunday while the authorities claimed to have lifted More



  • Jammu

Jammu gets lion’s share in Edu dept posts

Out of 1339, Kashmir gets only 495

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, July 11: Notwithstanding its claims of working for equitable development of all regions of the state, the National Conference-led coalition government has approved almost double the number of More


  • South Asia

PaK civil society condemns killings in Kashmir

Demands probe, revocation of AFSPA

G U KYANI

Islamabad, July 11: The Civil Society in Pakistan has condemned the recent civilian killings in the Kashmir and impressed upon the Government of India to fulfill its obligation to protect the right to More


  • Business

Vegetable prices go sky high

Consumers complain profiteering, overcharging, shortage of essentials

NAZIA AKHTAR

Srinagar, July 11: In the face of continued curfew in the Valley since past few days, the prices of the essential commodities have increased considerably. The consumers on Sunday, when there was relaxation More


  • World

Fidel Castro makes rare appearance

AL JAZEERA

Havana, July 11: Fidel Castro, the leader of Cuba’s communist revolution, has appeared in public for the first time since handing over power to his brother four years ago, according to local bloggers and More



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