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India says Kashmir unrest internal matter

Krishna In Islamabad

NISSAR AMAD THOKAR

Islamabad, July 14: India Wednesday said the prevailing unrest in Jammu and Kashmir, that left 15 people dead, was an internal matter of the country.“India has always taken a consistent position. Whatever is happening in Kashmir is an internal matter of India,” External Affairs Minister S M Krishna More

Holbrooke welcomes talks

LALIT K JHA\PTI

Washington, July 14: The Obama Administration has welcomed the resumption of talks between India and Pakistan, as foreign ministers of both the countries meet in Islamabad later this week.“Anything that reduces tensions and increases confidence and understanding between Pakistan and India is something More

INTROSPECT

IN 2008 summer, when Kashmir erupted over Amaranth Land row, it cost Kashmir unimaginably high in terms of economy and disruption in education calendar. It was this impending realization that people expressed their dismay over extended calls for strike and protest. Everyone was gasping for some relief More

Farooq meets Omar, rushes back to Delhi

GK NEW NETWORK

Srinagar, July 14: Barely a day after the National Conference president, Dr Farooq Abdullah left for New Delhi from here and met UPA chairperson, Sonia Gandhi and union Home Minister P Chidambaram to apprise them about the prevailing situation in the Valley, the senior Abdullah flew back to the summer More

Qayoom booked for ‘sedition’

He Is Staunch Advocate Of Secessionist Ideology: Police

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 14: The High Court Bar Association president Mian Abdul Qayoom has been detained for “misusing the Bar platform for secessionist activities, providing legal aid to striking employees, encouraging stone-pelters and launching separate probes against incidents.” Qayoom has also been accused More

Lawyers seek release

SAMAAN LATEEF

Srinagar, July 14: At a time when Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan are meeting in Islamabad, lawyers under the banner of High Court Bar Association in Srinagar today urged India and Pakistan to address Kashmir issue. The lawyers described the dialogue process as a welcome step. “But More

Strike, restrictions continue

Sit-In Protests Held Across Valley; 15 Hurt

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Srinagar, July 14: Amid complete shutdown, sit-in protests were staged across the valley on the call of Hurriyat Conference (G) on Wednesday. About 15 persons were wounded in police action in Islamabad town and a youth was critically injured after being hit by a CRPF vehicle during clashes in Sopur More

OMAR ADVOCATES POLITICAL DIALOGUE

‘Centre Should Talk To Everybody Willing To Do So’

SUMIR KAUL

Srinagar, July 14: As the crisis that rocked the Kashmir valley shows signs of easing, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday advocated a dialogue between the Centre and “everybody” in the state “who is willing to talk” preceded by a ceasefire.Apparently favouring a dialogue with the Hurriyat More



  • Opinion

13th July: Past is Present

Then it marked the emergence of leadership, now absence of leadership

INKSIGHT BY MEHMOOD UR RASHID

Two days back when Kashmir remembered the Day of its Martyrs who fell to the bullets of Dogra police it was a thing to watch. Of course painfully, that Kashmir actually found herself relapsed into the More


  • Op-Ed

Karakoram to Gwadar via Chashma!

ACROSS THE LINES

DR.JAVID IQBAL COMMENTS ON SECURITY RELATED EXERCISE FROM HIGH MOUNTAINS TO SEACOAST

As Kashmir rises in fury and faces massive flexing of state power, a security exercise is unfolding in the neighbourhood from the high peaks in Himalayas closing on the vale down to the seacoast. Somewhere More



  • Letters

Gagging media: Not the spirit of democracy

It is really unfortunate that media in Kashmir is being gagged time and again. The authorities are trying to strangulate the truth whenever they feel the heat of facts. One really feels pity over actions More


  • Editorial

Of Policing and Protests

Tuesday's rioting in Belfast, Northern Ireland can serve as a censure of sorts for the policing methods in Valley. Eighty two police personnel were injured in the night-long street clashes spawned by the More


  • Kashmir

Govt pursues dictatorial policies: Hurriyat (M)

Srinagar, July 14: Hurriyat Conference (M) on Wednesday accused the government of pursuing dictatorial and anti-people policies in Valley, terming these as highly condemnable.   “The continued More


  • Srinagar City

Schools direct children to complete course at home

Parents seek relaxation in syllabus, examination papers

NAVEED IQBAL

Srinagar, July 14: In the wake of prevalent situation and school diktats on completion of syllabus at home, many schoolchildren have started studying on the lines.   Given the continued restrictions More



  • Jammu

Case registered against SHO

NO CLUE OF MISSING GIRLS: Dozens injured in fresh clashes

SHEIKH NASIR

Kishtwar, July 14: While the police remained clueless about the two girls, who went missing the other day, fresh protest erupted in Paddar area of this mountainous district on Wednesday forcing police More


  • South Asia

Jairam launches National Mission on Seabuckthorn

STRESSES COLLABORATION WITH PAK, OTHER COUNTRIES

Leh, July 14: Union Minister of Environment and Forests, Jairam Ramesh launched ‘National Mission on Seabuckthorn’ during a function organised by the Defence Institute of High Altitude Research here on More


  • Business

JK Govt, traders expect breakthrough on cross-LoC trade facilities

INDO-PAK TALKS

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, July 14: With External Affairs minister, SM Krishna arriving in Islamabad on 3-day visit today, the Jammu and Kashmir government and state traders’ bodies are expecting a breakthrough on long More



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