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Day 8: Kashmir Under Curfew

*No Prayers At Jamia Masjid; Kupwara On Boil, 7 Injured In Police Action *Scores Injured In Fresh Clashes; Army Stages Flag March In Islamabad

GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, July 2: Authorities continued to enforce a strict curfew across Kashmir Valley on Friday to ensure calm. Owing to restrictions, no prayers could be offered at a number of Masjids in curfewed areas including the Srinagar’s historic Jamia Masjid.However, widespread protests erupted after More

Protesters attack Shariq’s house

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 2: Policemen guarding the ancestral house of National Conference MP Sharifuddin Shariq Friday fired warning shots when a mob attacked the house with stones in Kupwara district of North Kashmir, official sources said.Shariq was not present in the house at the time of the attack this More

Chenab Valley joins Kashmir protests

Kishtwar, Banihal Observe Bandh

MUHAMMAD TAKSEEN/SHEIKH NASIR

Banihal/Kishtwar, July 2: Kishtwar and Banihal townships Friday observed complete shutdown, to protest the killing of innocent youth across the Kashmir valley.All the shops and other business establishments in both the towns remained closed, while attendance in the government offices was also More

Omar renews peace appeal

GK NEWS NETWORK

*Kashmiris Are Part Of My Flesh And Blood *I Feel Their Pain More Than Anyone Will Know*Certain Elements Hell Bent Upon Disturbing Peace * We Need To Work Jointly For K-Resolution More

‘Failure of dialogue causing unrest’

GK NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi, July 2: Chief minister Omar Abdullah said Friday that the initiative for a political dialogue on Kashmir has been ineffective and that there was a need to revive the political peace process in Valley.“The failure of a political dialogue within Jammu & Kashmir is the single-largest More

Hurriyat (G) to announce fresh programme today

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 2: Hurriyat Conference (G) would announce its next phase of protest programme on “Quit Kashmir” movement Saturday, a spokesman of the conglomerate said in a statement.He said the government had imposed curfew and other restrictions across the Valley to prevent people from assembling More

Struggle indigenous: Mirwaiz

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 2: The Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (M), Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, on Friday reiterated that the ongoing Kashmir struggle has been purely indigenous since 1947.“Whenever the people of Jammu Kashmir intensify their struggle for freedom, Indian rulers try to shift blame on Pakistan More

BOPEE declares CET result in 4-days

Girls Outshine Boys, Bag First 5 Positions

SAMAAN LATEEF

Srinagar, July 2: Girls have yet again outshined boys in the Common Entrance Test (CET) by securing first five positions. The Board of Professional Entrance Examinations (BOPEE) declared the CET results on Friday barely 4-days after it conducted the test.A Kashmiri girl, Ifra Abid topped the CET More



  • Opinion

No to injustice

In solidarity, I join this peaceful resistance

WORDS WITHIN BY FIRDOUS SYED

The merciless killing of a nine year old child is simply unbearable. The dance of death is reaching its macabre proportions and crashing over the threshold of our tolerance. Even to the levels where we More


  • Op-Ed

Ideology is a matter of choice

VIEWPOINT

YOU CAN'T FORCE TO MAKE PEOPLE ACCEPT AN IDEOLOGY OF YOUR OWN, COMMENTS ZAFFAR A SHAH

In his recent press conference, Omar Abdullah, Chief Minister of State, made a realistic, profound, legitimate statement that the cause of the recent turmoil in the Valley was `battle of wits and ideology 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


  • Editorial

Don’t Communalise!

The attempts aimed at communalising the current political upsurge in Kashmir, made by certain parties, individuals and sections of the media are not only unfortunate but condemnable as well. The repercussions More


  • Kashmir

Amarnath Yatra going on smoothly: Tara

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar/Ramban, July 2: The Amarnath Yatra is proceeding smoothly and there is a huge rush of pilgrims, the Deputy Chief Minister, Tara Chand who is camping at Pahalgam said today. “The pilgrimage More


  • Srinagar City

MAGISTRATE ESCAPES CRPF THRASHING!

Paramilitary troopers damage vehicle, beat PSO at Chanapora; police declines to register FIR

M HYDERI

Srinagar, July 2: Judicial Magistrate, MA Al-Nasir working with the state High Court had a narrow escape Thursday evening when paramilitary CRPF men attacked his car with lathis and gun butts near his More



  • Jammu

3 JAMMU NEWSPAPER OFFICES, PRESS SEALED

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, July 1: Police sealed the offices and printing press of three newspapers published from here late Thursday. Sources said a posse of policemen conducted raids at newspapers, Early Times, Glimpses More


  • South Asia

Indo-Pak ties improving: Gilani

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Islamabad, July 2: Hurdles affecting India- Pakistan relations can be removed if the two countries engage in a dialogue with good intentions and pragmatism, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said today More


  • Business

JK to organize mega marketing fairs during Commonwealth games

SUMIT HAKHOO

Jammu, July 2: In a bid to catch the market in Commonwealth countries, the J&K government is contemplating to market its handloom and handicraft products during the upcoming Commonwealth games in New More



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