Omar flies to Delhi

Srinagar, July 16: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, air-dashed to New Delhi this evening to discuss the prevailing law and order situation in Kashmir with central government.  According to local news agency, KMN, the Chief Minister would discuss the issue of army deployment in More

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People barred from offering prayers: JKLF

Srinagar, July 16: Strongly condemning restrictions on people to offer their Friday prayers today at various Masjids in Valley, the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front vice-chairman advocate Bashir Ahmad Bhat termed it ‘blatant interference’ in the religious affairs of people.  In a statement today More

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Employees denied govt transport service during curfew

Contact GM SRTC in case of problem: Akhoon

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Srinagar, July 16:  The government missive to its employees to attend their workplaces during shutdown and curfew failed to generate positive response from them since no transport facility has been made available. The circular was meant to smooth functioning of administration, hospitals, More

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4 PDP activists held

Srinagar, July 16: Police on Friday arrested four persons from the districts of Pulwama and Budgam allegedly for their involvement in organizing stone pelting mobs, sources said.  Those arrested were identified as Bilal Ahmad Ganai of Naman (Kakapora), Shabbir Ahmad Khan of Narbal, Altaf Ahmad More

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Kashmir root cause of problem: TeH

Srinagar, July 16: Tehreek-e-Hurriyat on Friday said that it has become evident that Kashmir is root cause of all problems between India and Pakistan. In a statement, a Tehreek-e-Hurriyat spokesman said that rulers of both countries were involved in “nefarious act of presenting their personal More

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Krishna’s claim on Kashmir hogwash: Rehmani

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 16: The Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Freedom League chairman, Muhammad Farooq Rehmani, has termed as ‘hogwash’ the Indian foreign minister S M Krishna’s claim that Kashmir was India’s internal matter.  Rehmani, in statement today, said, “Kashmir is an international issue under the More

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Curfew turns Valley into torture camp: Jama’at

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Srinagar, July 16: Jama’at –e-Islami Jammu Kashmir on Friday alleged that the curfew restrictions throughout Kashmir had turned the Valley into a torture camp and the presence of armed forces in huge numbers had created a war-like situation. In a statement Friday, the Jama’at spokesman Advocate More

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KCC seeks end to Kashmir killings

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 16: Kashmiri-Canadian Council (KCC) has sought an immediate end to, what it called, the “senseless killings” in Kashmir.    The Council has appealed to India and Pakistan governments to take effective steps for the final settlement of Kashmir issue in accordance with More

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Protests in Poonch

Srinagar: People in Poonch on Friday protested by blocking Jammu-Poonch highway for several hours against the alleged highhandedness by Army personnel. Local news agency, KNS said people came out on the highway and demonstrated against the thrashing of a truck driver and its conductor by troopers More

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Draw world attention toward Kashmir: Aga Syed to Pak

Srinagar, July 16: The Hurriyat Conference (M) senior leader and Anjuman Sharie Shian president, Aga Syed Hassan Al-Moosvi Al-Sufvi, has appealed to Pakistan to take effective steps to draw the attention of international community toward the “worsening situation in Jammu Kashmir.”  “The Islamic More

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Zakura Urs postponed

Srinagar: The Urs of Hazrat Lal Bab Sahib (RA), which was scheduled to be held on July 22 at Zakura on the city outskirts, has been postponed in view of the prevailing circumstances in the Valley. A spokesman of the Lal Bab Sahib shrine at Zakura said the annual Urs has been postponed. “Devotees More

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3 structures damaged

Srinagar: Fire broke out in the residential house of Abdul Gani Khanday son of Muhammad Subhan Khanday resident of Naserpora of Khag in Budgam district.  Police said the house was partially damaged in the incident. It said fire broke out in the Kohinoor Cotton Factory at Industrial More

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Girl drowns in Nullah

 Srinagar: A girl namely Romi Jan daughter of Ali Muhammad Hajam resident of Kawpora Sumbal, who had come to her paternal aunt at Trikabal Pattan, drowned in Nallah Trikabal while bathing, police said, adding, the body of the girl was handed over to her relatives. More

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Mobile towers defunct at Gulmarg

Srinagar: Several cell phone towers at the tourist resort of Gulmarg are defunct for the past few days. People complain that the towers of Aircel, Airtel and other cellular service providers are not working as a result of which people are facing problems. Many hoteliers said that the More

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