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MACHIL KILLINGS

Police identifies Major

‘Army Unit Being Recalled; Probe May Be Delayed’

ARIF SHAFI WANI Srinagar, May 30: In its preliminary report, the police have identified the Army Major co-accused in the killing of three civilians of Nadihal Rafiabad in an alleged fake encounter in Machil sector of Kupwara district last month and passing them off as infiltrators More

Shutdown, protests continue in Rafiabad

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Nadihal (Rafiabad), May 30: Complete shutdown was observed in Rafiabad area of north Kashmir’s Varmul district on the consecutive second day Sunday to protest the killing of three Nadihal youth in an alleged fake encounter at Machil. Scores of people took to the streets in Nadihal Rafiabad this More

‘Recovered’ arms not handed over to police

SHAHID RAFIQ

Kupwara, May 30: An Army unit allegedly involved in the killing of the three youth of Nadihal in an alleged fake encounter in Machil sector of Kupwara is yet to handover to the police the arms and ammunition, which it claimed to have recovered from the youth.4 Rajput Rifles unit of army had on More

SHOPIAN CHALO FOILED

20 Injured In City Clashes, Scores Detained

ZULFIKAR MAJID

Srinagar, May 30: Authorities on Sunday foiled Shopian chalo march by detaining and putting under house arrest top separatist leaders and imposing strict restrictions in the old city. More than 20 persons, including three policemen and one paramilitary CRPF trooper, were injured while approximately More

MEMORIAL FOR AASIYA, NEELOFAR

KHALID GUL

Shopian, May 30: Complete shutdown and protests were observed in this district in south Kashmir on Sunday against the “denial of justice” to the family of Aasiya and Neelofar, who were allegedly raped and murdered a year ago.On Sunday, women organized a rally to mark the one-year of the Shopian More



  • Perspective

Books everywhere

It was a week of books all along

PUNCHLINE BY Z.G. MUHAMMAD

In addition to The Black Book – a masterpiece by Orhan Pamuk three more titles by Srinagar based authors were added to  my library this week - Prehistoric Kashmir by Ajaz A Bandey,  Omar Abdullah More


  • Op-Ed

Smoking or Health: Choice is Yours!

May 31 - ANTI-SMOKING DAY

YOU CAN QUIT THIS HABIT PROVIDED YOU REALLY WISH AND HAVE THE RESOLVE TO STAND FIRM, WRITES SYED NABIL

“Pleasure which must be enjoyed at the expense of another's pain, can never be enjoyed by a worthy mind. Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave”. Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body; causing More



  • Letters

Basic amenities first, artificial lake then

This has reference to news item, "Rs. 70 crores being spent on creating an artificial lake in Jammu", (GK 29th May 2010). Crores were spent, some years back, on creation of a tulip  garden in Kashmir More


  • Editorial

Swamped city

Just 26mm of rainfall and it all went chaotic in Srinagar, exposing the condition of services. Over the years we have been noticing government agencies laying trunk drainage systems after digging the laid More


  • Kashmir

NC threat to society: Mehbooba Mufti

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, May 30: Peoples Democratic Party president, Mehbooba Mufti, on Sunday said over deployment of forces and “militarization of mindsets” had created a disorder in the social set-up in Jammu and More


  • Srinagar City

‘Let no smoking begin from home’

DIV COM OTHERS JOIN HANDS TO FIGHT PUFFING

GK CITY REPORTER

Srinagar, May 30: Fearing that Kashmir could be the Cancer Capital of India in the coming years, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Naseema Lanker on Sunday asked the civil and police officials to start More



  • Jammu

Border fencing leaves 40,267 acres in JK uncultivated

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Jammu, May 30:  Jammu and Kashmir government on Sunday said 40,267 acres of land was lying uncultivated between border fencing and zero-line on the Indo-Pak border in the state due to restrictions More


  • GK Business

USD 2.7 bn Russian floriculture market awaits Kashmir flowers

GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, May 30: Showing their keen interest in the flowers of Kashmir, foreign delegates at the 3-day Flori India Fair said floriculture can become one of Valley’s biggest foreign exchange earning industries More



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