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Strike, protests, restrictions continue

Demos In Srinagar, Islamabad, Shopian, Kulgam, Bandipora

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Srinagar, July 28: Government imposed strict restrictions in several parts of the Valley including old city here on Wednesday to thwart the sit-in demonstrations called by Hurriyat Conference (G). Elsewhere, valley remained shut amidst protests at many places including civil lines of the city.
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5 wounded, 39 held in Sangrama

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 28: At least five persons were wounded when police resorted to baton charge to disperse protesters near Sangrama in north Kashmir’s Varmul district on Wednesday. Police also arrested 39 persons.Witnesses told Greater Kashmir that scores of youth raising pro-freedom slogans were More

Crackdown on youth continues; 1400 behind bars

Police Using Unrest Garb To Harass Innocents’

ARIF SHAFI WANI/SAMAAN LATEEF

Srinagar, July 28: Continuing with the crackdown to quell the continuing protests over the civilian killings, police has, to date, rounded up around 1400 youth including teenagers from across the Valley.However, according to reports, alleged unrestrained actions by the police have started to backfire More

Bandipora swamped: Crops, houses damaged

Flash Floods Hit Poonch, Rajouri

TARIQ RASOOL

Bandipora, July 28: Large stretches of agricultural land were inundated and over 15 houses damaged following breach in rivers and irrigation canals due to floods in North Kashmir district of Bandipora.During the past few days various parts of Bandipora like Ashtangoo, Malangam, Quail, Putushay More

Mirwaiz Yasir got PSA for calling Anantnag ‘Islamabad’

KHALID GUL

Islamabad, July 28: Asking the shopkeepers to replace word ‘Anantnag’ with ‘Islamabad’ on their sign boards has been provided as one of the detention grounds to book Mirwaiz South Kashmir, Qazi Ahmad Yasir, under Public Safety Act by the Government.Mirwaiz Yasir was detained after the killing More

Govt committed to facilitate talks: Omar

‘Strikes Bring Discomfort To People’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Handwara, July 28: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday said that his Government was committed to facilitate talks on Kashmir.“My Government is committed to facilitate dialogue between all shades of opinion in the State and the Central Government. We are positively working in this direction More

Governor, CM review educational scenario

VCs Asked To Ensure Academic Calendar

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 28: Governor, NN Vohra and the Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, Wednesday asked the Vice-Chancellors to take required measures to ensure that there is no gap whatsoever in the envisaged schedule of teaching, examinations, declaration of results, counselling and admissions.Addressing More

155 die in Pak plane crash

Airbus Hit Margalla Hills In Islamabad

REZAUL H LASKAR

Islamabad, July 28: All 155 people aboard a Pakistani passenger airliner were killed today when the ill-fated jet crashed into the Margalla Hills overlooking Islamabad in heavy rain amid poor visibility and turned into a ball of flames in the country’s worst air disaster in recent times.The Airbus More



  • Opinion

Freedom of Kashmir

News of the day is that Kashmir is free!

INKSIGHT BY MEHMOOD-UR-RASHID

Ashfaq Ahmed is one of the popular names in the modern Urdu literature. He produced his own style of writing which was an attempt to get closer to the reader, as if the two were talking. He was also a More


  • Op-Ed

Shutdowns - To what end?

COLLECTIVE CONCERN

WE PROTESTED WHENEVER IT DEMANDED, BUT WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW? WRITES DR. RUMANA MAKHDOOMI

A teenager lost his life, we felt sad, another succumbed to his wounds, we lost our sleep – three more were mercilessly murdered, our hearts bled. One death may be a mistake, two a blunder and three at More



  • Letters

Why sack distributors for none of their faults?

It's saddening that hundreds of distributors, distributing SIM cards, have been sacked reportedly by the Home Ministry and Private Cellular Companies. I fail to understand why the distributors have been More


  • Editorial

Probes and punishment

JK Government has started the process of an independent inquiry into the recent civilian killings in Valley by appointing a commission of inquiry to look into the circumstances which led to these deaths More


  • Kashmir

Inquiry Commissions eyewash: Mirwaiz

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 28: The Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Wednesday termed the formation of Inquiry Commission to probe the civilian killings as a mere eye wash.   “It is an More


  • Srinagar City

TRAFFIC MESS AT HYDERPORA SQUARE TO CONTINUE FOR FIVE MONTHS

R&B REJECTS ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS TO CENTRAL SPAN CONSTRUCTION; MINISTER ASSURES FLYOVER COMPLETION, SAYS BY THEN PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO BEAR WITH SITUATION

GK CITY CORRESPONDENT

Srinagar, July 28: Here’s some bad news for thousands of people driving down the Hyderpora square where the busy Airport Road intersects with the Srinagar-Jammu highway. The site is feared to witness worst More



  • Jammu

PDP celebrates foundation day

‘LAUNCH WAR AGAINST NC LED REGIME’

Jammu, July 28: Terming National Conference led coalition as failed government, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday said that it was high time to launch a war against this anti-people regime More


  • South Asia

5 Suspected Militants Nabbed

‘Revival Of Militancy In Punjab’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Amritsar, July 28: Five suspected militants, who were trying to revive militancy in Punjab, were arrested here and a huge cache of arms and ammunition seized from them, a top police officer said today More


  • Business

'Don’t charge any commission from sellers'

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar July 28: The Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC), Azadpur-Delhi, has asked Associations operating in Azadpur Fruit Mandi and its sub-yard viz. Kela Siding Azadpur and Fruit and Vegetable More



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