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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
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A group of women led by Dukhtaran-e-Millat chief Asiya Andrabi protest in Srinagar on Thursday.(Mubashir Khan/GK)
- 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




