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VALLEY SEETHES UNDER CURFEW

Use Of Force On Women Protesters In Chattabal; Shortage Of Essentials In City

GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, July 1: Curfew continued to be in force in the summer capital here and several major towns across the Valley on Thursday even as protests broke out at a number of places here during the day. Curfew remained in force in Islamabad, Sopur, Pulwama, Varmul, and Kulgam towns.In Srinagar, More


‘Curfew to continue’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 1: Police on Thursday said that curfew and restrictions would continue across the Valley on Friday. “Curfew and restrictions will continue in Srinagar and other towns of the Valley on Friday which have seen massive protests in the wake of recent killings,” a police spokesman said. Pertinently More


Ministers meet ‘public’ inside army camp

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Srinagar, July 1: Day after Union Home Minister P Chidambaram instructed the state government to establish contact with people for restoration of peace in the Valley, a Group of Ministers (GoM) deputed by the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to curfew-bound Sopur, met officials of state administration More


Nobody against Yatra: Hurriyat (G)

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 1: The General Secretary of Hurriyat Conference (G), Masarat Alam Bhat, on Thursday said the ongoing resistance movement in Jammu Kashmir had nothing to do with Amarnath Yarta.“Our struggle is not aimed at sabotaging Amarnath Yatra but for liberating Jammu and Kashmir,” Alam said More


Samiti calls for Jammu bandh

SYED AMJAD SHAH

Jammu, July 1: Sangarsh Samiti, an association of various Jammu based political parties and groups, has called for Jammu bandh on July 3 against the attacks on the security forces and alleged attacks on some religious places in South Kashmir.The Samiti called all its constituents to discuss the More


Sopur siege hampers judicial probe

Commission To Set Up Base In Apple Town

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar. July 1: The continuous curfew in Sopur is hampering the inquiry by one-man Judicial Commission appointed by the Government to probe the killing of two youth, Shakeel Ahmad Ganai and Firdous Ahmad Khan allegedly in paramilitary CRPF firing in the apple town on June 25.Meanwhile the Commission More


Delhi’s response indurate: Mufti

'Kashmir Crying For Justice, Jackboot No Answer'

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar July 1: Peoples Democratic Party Patron Mufti Muhammad Sayeed has said response of the union government to the current crisis in the state borders on an insult to people of Kashmir. Commenting on the official announcement at the end of the meeting convened by Prime Minister last evening to More


Sajad condemns killings

‘Security Forces Treat People As Enemies’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar July 1: Chairman of Peoples Conference, Sajad Lone Thursday condemned the unabated killing of youth in the valley.“The security forces are treating the general population as hostile enemies. Force is being used against unarmed demonstrators. If the government is so confident about its More




  • Opinion

'Aberrations' only!

COMMENT

WHEN YOU ALLOW 'ABERRATIONS', IT MEANS APPROVAL, COMMENTS HASSAN ZAINAGIREE

General Jaswal is right, religious guidelines are not followed by all the members of the religion. They follow them more in breach than in observance. That does not imply - and we agree with the General More



  • Op-Ed

How to save this protest?

KASHMIR CRISIS

KASHMIRI LEADERSHIP SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS AND WEAVE IT IN SUCH A MANNER THAT IT WOULD END UP AS VICTORY OF KASHMIRI AWAM WITH JUSTIFIED RESULTS IN HAND. THE SUCCESS AND FAILURE OF THIS MOVEMENT IS IN OUR OWN HANDS, WRITES SURINDER MOHAN

Want to know what’s going to happen with the ongoing protest? Want to know whether, this time, Kashmiri leadership will come together for a real cause? I am not an excellent socio-political scientist, More




  • Letters

Shooting an unarmed protestor is a simple murder

I am deeply saddened to learn about the death of more than 8 youth in Kashmir in the past few weeks. I extend my heartfelt condolences to all the families who lost their loved ones due to the government More



  • Friday Focus

Two Uses of the World

PROF G R MALIK

The fourth and the concluding episode of surah al-Kahf fittingly winds up its multi-layered theme. Having emphatically condemned the fatal folly of those who consider the appearance as the reality and More



  • Kashmir

Dr Kamal takes on Omar

‘General body only can elect party Prez’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 1: The Senior National Conference leader and Member of the Legislative Assembly for Hazratbal, Dr Mustafa Kamal, on Thursday reacted sharply to the recent statement of the Chief Minister More



  • Srinagar City

Amid siege, Srinagarites complain of shortage of essential commodities

GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, July 1: For the seventh day running Thursday, people in Shahr-e-Khaas remained confined indoors as police and paramilitary forces enforced a strict curfew in the old City. Hundreds of troopers More




  • Jammu

Rather returns from Dubai

Blames separatists, political parties for Kashmir unrest

SUMIT HAKHOO

Jammu, July 1: On his return from Dubai, the senior National Conference leader and the Finance Minister, Abdul Rahim Rather, blamed separatists and political parties - who lost mandate during the previous More



  • South Asia

ERRA completes rehab of quake houses

ROSHAN MUGHAL

Muzaffarabad, July 1: The Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Authority (ERRA) has completed the reconstruction of 4,19,624 homes and 6100 rebuilding projects in quake stricken areas of Pakistan More



  • Business

Despite curfew, trade across LoC zooms to Rs 9 cr

RABIA NOOR

Srinagar, July 1: Despite curfew and tight security restrictions in the Valley, trade worth Rs 9.44 crore was conducted between two parts of Kashmir across the LoC this week. Officials at Trade Facilitation More



  • World

CHINA, PAK BEGIN ANTI-TERRORISM EXERCISES

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Beijing/Islamabad July 1: Chinese and Pakistani troops today began a two-week long anti-terrorism exercises in China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, ahead of a key visit by President Asif Ali Zardari More




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