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2 killed in Sopur, one in Pattan

Over 100 Injured Across North Kashmir

ALTAF BABA/GHULAM MUHAMMADSopur, July 30: Two persons were killed and over hundred injured, many of them grievously, in police firing as an intense wave of fresh protests erupted across the Kashmir Valley on Friday. Two of the dead are More

5 injured in Chanapora firing

Youth Critical; No Prayers At Jamia Masjid

GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, July 30: Five persons were injured, one of them grievously, in the uptown Chanapora locality here on Friday even as the entire summer capital was closed down by authorities as they imposed curfew-like restrictions. Friday prayers weren’t allowed at Jamia Masjid in downtown for the fifth More

60 wounded in south Kashmir

Protesters Defy Curfew At Tral

KHALID GUL

Islamabad, July 30: At least 60 persons were injured in violent clashes between protesters and force personnel in different areas of south Kashmir, while protesters defied curfew in Tral area, police and reports said on Friday.PULWAMAWitnesses told Greater Kashmir that police More

Kashmir situation not normal: PC

Delhi Makes Fresh Bid For Talks

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, July 30: Acknowledging that situation in Jammu and Kashmir is “not yet” normal, the Centre Friday made it clear that it was committed to holding quiet dialogue with all shades of opinion in the state.“We are willing to hold talks with our own people,” Union Home Minister P Chidambaram More

MIRWAIZ SAYS NO TO TALKS

NC Welcomes; PDP For CBMs First

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 30: The Hurriyat Conference (M) today rejected the fresh talks offer by the Home Minister saying that Hurriyat will not participate in any dialogue unless Government of India responds to the its proposals on revocation of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, release of prisoners, removing More

Cong voices concern

‘Omar Government Helpless Spectator’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, July 30: As unrest continues to spiral in Kashmir, Congress is watching with concern the situation and its handling by the state government of which it is a part as it feels that separatists are calling the shots in the Valley.Censuring the state government, a senior Congress leader More

Flash floods wreck havoc in Kupwara

Bandipora Inundated, Man Drowns

SHAHID RAFIQ/TARIQ RASOOL

Kupwara/Bandipora, July 30: The flood situation continued to be grim in frontier district of  Kupwara on Friday with swollen streams inundating more than 80 villages, while a man drowned in Madhumati nallah in north Kashmir’s Bandipore district.More than 80 villages in Kupwara, Mawar, Qaziabad More

4 killed at Mahore

ZAHID BASHIR

Jammu, July 30: Flash floods killed at least four persons at Mahore in Jammu’s Reasi district, officials said on Friday.They said that three persons were washed away in the flashfloods triggered by cloud burst, while a woman, Jamna Devi , wife of Nane Singh  died after a tree fell on her More



  • Opinion

The Road Ahead

Know the difference between chaos and struggle

WORDS WITHIN BY FIRDOUS SYED

Education kills ignorance, but no education is capable of educating the educated- ignorant? Lost way in the dark, light a candle and find the way. However it is very difficult for a person to find a [right More


  • Op-Ed

Resistance has a history of its own

KASHMIR – THEN AND NOW

THE PHENOMENON IS NOT NEW. IT ONLY CHANGED MODES. IT BEGUN IN ‘47 AND EVEN TODAY IT REFUSES TO DIE DOWN, COMMENTS DR. SHEIKH SHOWKAT HUSSAIN

Ever since Jammu and Kashmir State was annexed to India, Kashmiris continue to dispute legitimacy of this relation and perceive it to be a bond of subjugation. The modes of resistance assumed different More



  • Letters

All parties responsible for the trouble

Kashmir dispute has three parties and all of them are equally responsible for complicating it. If Pakistan had not invaded Kashmir in 1947, may be things would have been different. If India had kept its More


  • Editorial

Communal amity

In the face of acute tensions, curfews and high civilian casualties during the last two months in Kashmir, the people of the Valley have set a great example of communal amity and brotherhood. One of the More


  • Kashmir

AASIYA CALLS FOR KASHMIR BANDH TODAY

‘GENOCIDE OF KASHMIRIS ON TO QUELL ASPIRATIONS’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 30: The Chairperson of Dukhtaran-e-Millat, Syeda Aasiya Andrabi has called for Kashmir Bandh on Saturday to protest against the killing of two persons and injuries to several others in firing More



  • South Asia

33 killed in AJK floods

ROSHAN MUGHAL

Muzaffarabad, July 30: At least 33 persons were killed and 55 wounded while nine were missing in floods that hit capital city of AJK and other areas after incessant rains lashed other Kashmir for three More


  • World

US Congressmen call for K-resolution

Kashmir Conference

Washington, July 30: Speakers at a conference here on Kashmir urged India and Pakistan to resolve the Kashmir issue in the larger interest of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.  Addressing delegates More



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