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Valley reels under curfew, restrictions

10 HURT IN VARMUL CLASHES; SHORTAGE OF ESSENTIALS IN SOPUR, SRINAGAR

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Srinagar, July 21: Authorities on Wednesday imposed severe restrictions in several parts of the Valley including downtown Srinagar and imposed curfew in Varmul and Sopur towns to prevent the people from staging sit-ins and protest demonstrations on the call of Hurriyat Conference (G). At least 10 More

Pillai remarks undermined Islamabad talks: Krishna

‘Would Have Been Wiser If Statement Was Not Made’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, July 21: Disapproving the comments made by Union Home Secretary G K Pillai on the eve of Indo-Pak talks, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna Wednesday said his whole visit to Islamabad was “under-pinned” by the remarks, the timing of which was “very unfortunate.”“Pillai could have More

Valley unrest jolts Jammu business community

Traders In Winter Capital Suffer Rs 500 Cr Loss

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, July 21: Prevailing unrest in Kashmir has severely hit the Jammu business community, with the traders in the winter capital suffering estimated losses to the tune of around Rs 500 crores due to the month-long bandh in the Valley.According to Jammu Federation of Industries, the trade More

Govt-Administration Tussle?

‘Competent cops marginalised’

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, July 21: With the civil and police administration caught in a catch-22 situation because of the prevailing unrest in the Valley, several police officers Wednesday said the “senior and competent cops” in the department were “deliberately sidelined and not given a chance to handle the situation More

Omar calls on Governor

Vohra Worried Over Disruption Of Academic Schedule

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 21: Expressing serious concern over the disruption of the academic schedule due to the prevailing unrest in the Valley, the Governor NN Vohra has decided to convene a meeting of the Vice-Chancellors and State Education authorities to identify various remedial steps to be taken in this More

Government compromising people’s dignity: PDP

‘Arrests, Extortion Have Become An Industry’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 21: Accusing a political party of making money from the arrests of innocent youth, Peoples Democratic Party has stated that dignity, liberty and security of the people of the state had never been compromised as badly as at present.Expressing these views at a stock taking meeting More

Track-II team in Valley

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 21: In the wake of continued unrest in Kashmir, a team of political observers from New Delhi is currently stationed in the Valley to have on-the-spot assessment of the prevailing situation.Highly placed sources said the three-member team, on a five day visit to Kashmir, have met More



  • Opinion

People, not agents

The happenings in Kashmir have their roots in people, why turn a blind eye to this essential reality

INKSIGHT BY MEHMOOD-UR-RASHID

Separatist parties are back to the centre stage. With the announcement of ‘Quit Kashmir’ program, and walls and roads graffitied ‘Go India, Go Back’, waters of Azadi politics are on a new high. After the More


  • Op-Ed

Solution desperately needed

KASHMIR FESTERS

INDIA AND PAKISTAN WILL HAVE TO TAKE THE DISPUTE SERIOUSLY. LETTING PEOPLE DIE WITHOUT BEING SERIOUS ABOUT IT IS POLITICS AT ITS WORST, WRITES KHURSHID AHMAD MIR

The problem of Jammu and Kashmir is a long pending issue, which needs to be resolved with immediateness and seriousness. The solution to the problem depends largely upon the healthy relations between India More



  • Letters

Corrupt politicians can’t do any good to nation

It is really a shameful act that our so-called 'respectable politicians' are busy in expanding their property while as the innocent kids are being killed back home. Instead of showing sympathy and doing More


  • Editorial

Afghan Puzzle

The donors' conference in Afghanistan has once again shifted the focus to the region's biggest security challenge. India and Pakistan were also part of the conference with their contradictory agendas. More


  • Kashmir

Hurriyat (M) to provide legal aid to arrested youth

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 21: Expressing serious concern over the arrest of hundreds of youth across the Valley, the Hurriyat Conference (M) on Wednesday urged their parents to contact its central office for legal More


  • Srinagar City

UNDECLARED CURFEWS IRK SHAHR-E-KHAAS

GK CITY CORRESPONDENT

Srinagar, July 21: Irked at the frequent undeclared curfews, which the authorities term as “restrictions”, the Shahr-e-Khaas residents are up in arms against the government saying that “this terminology More



  • Jammu

Man shot dead

Jammu, July 21: Unidentified gunmen shot dead a villager in Kishtwar district, police said on Wednesday.  “ Militants barged into a house of Gulan Hassan in Panjradi forest belt of Dacchan tehsil More


  • South Asia

Regulator must adhere to law for recognising B Ed colleges: SC

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, July 21: The Supreme Court today asked the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) not to grant recognition to private colleges offering B.Ed courses if they failed to fulfil the mandatory More


  • Business

Rather seeks safeguards in GST regime for JK

Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers

GK NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi, July 21: A meeting of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers was held here on Wednesday to deliberate upon the issue of implementation of Goods and Service Tax in India. Asim More


  • World

World Kashmiri Diaspora Alliance stage protest

Washington, July 21: Members of World Kashmiri Diaspora Alliance staged a protest in front of United Nation Headquarters in New York demanding an end to human rights abuses and withdrawal of troops from More



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