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Mourners mauled

Youth Killed, 24 Wounded In Varmul Police Firing

ALTAF BABA

Varmul, July 19: Continuing with its spree of killing youth by bullets and teargas shells, police Monday evening opened indiscriminate fire on mourners, carrying the body of teenager Faizan who was earlier allegedly chased to death by policemen in this north Kashmir town. A newly wed youth was killed More

Restrictions foil employees’ protests

Demos In Old Secretariat, Protests In Islamabad

GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, July 19: Authorities thwarted the protest demonstrations and rallies of government employees against alleged human rights violations by sealing off offices on Monday. However, many employees managed to assemble at old secretariat premises here and staged demonstrations against the civilian More

BE BOLD, RESOLVE KASHMIR: US TO INDIA, PAK

‘Dialogue Should Be Continuous Process’

REZAUL H LASKAR

Islamabad, July 19: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that India and Pakistan would have to undertake bold steps in order to resolve the Kashmir issue.Clinton, who is on a two-day visit to Pakistan, said the US cannot force its discretion on India and Pakistan regarding Kashmir, and More

No US role in Kashmir: India

New Delhi, July 19: Indian External Affairs minister SM Krishna on Monday ruled out any possible role of the United States in sorting out the Kashmir issue with Pakistan, within hours of his Pakistani counterpart SM Qureshi supporting a US envoy to resolve the issue.“India has always taken a position More

Telcos terminate distributorship agreements

Pillai Meeting Follow Up

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Srinagar, July 19: Days after union home ministry talked tough with cellular service providers operating in Jammu and Kashmir, cellular operators have started terminating the distributorship agreements in the Valley, evoking sharp criticism from the people earning their livelihood by selling SIM cards More

Kashmir catches world media attention

Valley Crisis On Facebook, Twitter, Orkut

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, July 19: After the 2008 Amarnath land row, which killed at least 60 people in three months, the ongoing crisis in Kashmir is again catching the global media attention.The internationally reputable newspapers and magazines, which have covered the recent killings and protests in Kashmir More

Militant killed in Bandipora

People Stage Protests

TARIQ RASOOL

Bandipora, July 19: Thousands of people today took to streets in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district after troops killed a divisional commander of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) in an encounter.Abu Zarar was killed last night in Garoora when he was escaping from the village after a day-long search operation More

Mendhar siege ends

'Militants Escape'

SHAFIQ MIR

Rajouri, July 19: The siege laid by at least four units of army and Jammu and Kashmir Police was withdrawn in Mendhar tehsil of border district Poonch on Monday as the police said the militants have escaped from the cordoned area taking benefit of heavy rains Sunday night. Talking to Greater More



  • Opinion

Kashmir blinking on the globe

It throws up many questions that demand an answer

IMPRSSIONS BY UDAY SHANKER

 A question has arisen: why Kashmir was not on the table of India- Pakistan foreign ministers ‘ talks on July 15. The Indian position  is that it was willing to talk about all issues, including More


  • Op-Ed

Kashmir Headlines – Far and Wide

ASSIGNMENT KASHMIR

Kashmir hogs the limelight in the global media. For reasons obvious. Killings and protests. Greater Kashmir has compiled the excerpts of news reports and opinion pieces published in some of the influential More



  • Letters

It's good you talk even though talks collapse

The foreign minister level talks between India and Pakistan yet again proved to be a diplomatic wrestling bout where each one was trying to do down the other. In the end no headway was visible on unresolved More


  • Editorial

Mansions on Corpses

To say that the state is run by thugs and criminals will be no exaggeration. The story carried by this newspaper about a senior minister in Omar Abdullah cabinet having purchased a villa in the famed Palm More


  • Kashmir

Family awaits justice since 2007

‘Trial going on at snail's pace'

TABINDA GANI RAPE, MURDER CASE

MOAZUM MUHAMMAD Srinagar, July 19: Family members of teenage Tabinda Gani Lone, who was raped and murdered, at Langate in frontier district of Kupwara on July 20 in 2007, are still waiting for justice More


  • Srinagar City

2 KILLED, 4 HURT IN CITY ACCIDENTS

People protest; police imposes restrictions in Batamaloo; mediamen thrashed

GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, July 19: Two persons were killed and four wounded in two road mishaps in the City Monday, police and reports said. In the morning, a youth was killed and three others injured at Batamaloo More



  • Jammu

JU releases cut-off list for PG courses

RAJEEV SHARMA

Jammu, July 19: The wait is finally over! University of Jammu on Monday announced the first cut off list for admissions to various Post Graduate courses for academic session 2010-11. Hordes of students More


  • South Asia

Kashmir jugular vein of Pak: Athar

Rawalpindi, July 19: The All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference information secretary, Athar Masood Wani on Monday said the water and power crisis presently faced by the Pakistan made its amply clearer More


  • Business

Srinagar gets Rs 80 cr development plan

SKEWPY to be modified

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar July 19: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Monday called for modifying the guidelines of Sher-i-Kashmir Employment and Welfare Programme for Youth (SKEWPY) to expand its ambit. “It has been observed More



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