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Curfew keeps Srinagar calm

Army stages flag march, evening protests erupt across Valley

Gowhar Bhat

Srinagar, July 7: A day after four civilians were killed in police and CRPF firing on protesters here, an eerie calm prevailed as government clamped strictest curfew across the summer capital even as army staged a flag march in the civil line areas of the city.Curfew was also imposed in Islamabad More

Woman dies after CRPF stops ambulance

Troopers assault medico

GK News Network

Srinagar, July 7: An ailing woman from frontier district of Kupwara died on way to Srinagar on Wednesday when the paramilitary CRPF troopers stopped the ambulance she was in near Model town Sopur in north Kashmir.“Troopers despite our repeated pleas did not allow the ambulance to proceed towards More

Omar apprises PM, Chidambaram of situation

Pillai arrives in Valley

GK News Network

Srinagar, July 7: The Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday apprised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Home Minister P Chidambaram about the law and order situation in the Valley on a day when the army conducted flag marches in Srinagar. 'Chief Minister Omar Abdullah spoke to both of them More

Media gagged

Scribes confined to homes, curbs condemned

GK News Network

Srinagar, July 7: Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday cancelled the curfew passes issued to the media persons and restricted their movement.Most offices in the Press Enclave, media hub, in the Srinagar city remained closed as staff members could not reach there.Following the government More

SHRC flays civilian killings

Asks Govt to rein in erring cops, troopers

Arif Shafi Wani

Srinagar, July 7: The Chairman of State Human Rights Commission on Wednesday expressed strong resentment over the killing of four persons including a woman in police and paramilitary CRPF in Srinagar city on Tuesday.The SHRC chairperson, Justice Bashir-ud-Din said the unabated killing spree in More

Mian Qayoom booked under PSA

Shifted to Hiranagar jail, detention grounds not furnished

GK News Network

Srinagar, July 7: Authorities on Wednesday booked the president of the High Court Bar Association Mian Abdul Qayoom under Public Safety Act (PSA) and shifted him to Hira Nagar Jail in Jammu region.  “Police didn’t furnish any grounds of detention ,” the Bar secretary G N Shaheen told Greater More

Army deployment as deterrent: Centre

Press Trust of India

New Delhi, July 7: The Centre on Wednesday decided to deploy army in Kashmir for "deterrent effect" and it will be called in when necessary by the civil administration. The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), which met under under chairmanship of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, also decided that More

City facing shortage of essentials

Rabia Noor

Srinagar, July 7: Residents of many areas of the curfew bound Srinagar city on Wednesday said that they were facing acute shortage of food stuff and essential commodities.  “We are really facing a tough time as major junk of our food stocks like rice and flour have exhausted and we are unable More



  • Opinion

Stone Hearted

Lack of compassion for the uninterrupted killings has only deepened sense of alienation in the Valley

POINT OF VIEW BY RIYAZ AHMED

Perhaps one of the more disturbing memories from the ongoing troubled situation, beside the tragic killings of 14 civilians is the way some sections of establishment in New Delhi and the media have chosen More


  • Op-Ed

Of Visual Imagery and Violence

KASHMIR UNDER SEIGE

THE TWO ARE LINKED AND WE MUST EXPLORE THE RELATION BETWEEN THE TWO, WRITES ZEESHAN PANDIT

The mounting anger in Kashmir must be analyzed deeply for it is neither based on recent events nor a result of mere provocation from external elements. In fact, it is based on a longstanding visual as More



  • Letters

Yes Kashmir burns and there is no one to care for us!

This refers the Seema Mustafa’s article” As Kashmir burns—who cares!” I appreciate the author for understanding the present situation in the Kashmir valley which the rulers in New Delhi and Srinagar don More


  • Editorial

Where from here?

“Kashmir over writes almost everything that is written about it.” Some time back an academic wrote about Kashmir. What is happening from the past some weeks is a thumping vindication of this impression More


  • Kashmir

Army was ‘reluctant’ to take over City

‘Ok but we won’t go into congested areas’

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, July 7: Senior army officials of 15 Corps stationed at Badami Bagh Cantonment were reluctant to assist the State police and paramilitary CRPF to maintain law and order in the summer capital, More


  • Srinagar City


  • Jammu

DM revokes suspension of publication of 3 newspapers

Jammu, July 6: The district magistrate, Jammu M K Dwivedi Tuesday set aside the conditional order of forfeiture and suspension of publication of three newspapers ‘Early Times’, ‘Glimpses of Future’ and More


  • South Asia

NHRC SEEKS REPORT

Machil killings

NEW DELHI: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a report from the Centre on the Machil fake encounter case in which three youth were killed in frontier district of Kupwara in April this More


  • World

Sino-Pak N-cooperation to be under int’l norms: China to India

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Beijing, July 6: China has made it clear to India that its civil nuclear cooperation with Pakistan will be in accordance with international obligations. New Delhi will “wait and see” how Beijing presses More



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