India, Pak came close to demilitarization of Kashmir: Karamat

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, May 5: Pakistan’s former army chief, Gen Jehangir Karamat on Wednesday said that  India and Pakistan had made “considerable progress” on resolving the Kashmir issue between 2004 and 2007 and considered several options, including demilitarisation and granting autonomy to the area.
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Compulsory narco, brain-mapping wrong: SC

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, May 5: In a blow to investigating agencies, the Supreme Court Wednesday declared as “illegal” compulsory use of narco-analysis, brain-mapping and polygraph tests on suspects.  It, however, held that if anything is obtained by the investigators from such techniques in which a person More
'Embracing Islam just to marry is anti-religion'

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Muzaffarnagar (UP), May 5: Islamic seminary Dar-ul-Uloom Deoband has said conversion to Islam just for the sake of marriage is against religion.Its comments came after a Hindu man in Garhi Pukhta village said he wanted to convert to Islam to marry his domestic help, who is a Muslim.Last month More
Cabinet debate on caste census was about next exercise: Farooq

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, May 5: Union Minister Farooq Abdullah today said the debate in the Union Cabinet over the issue of caste-based census was about the next census and not the ongoing exercise. “There is no question of division (in the cabinet)... The census has already started. So, it is not possible More
Bashir Arif to head RK

SHEIKH AHMED

New Delhi, May 5: Bashir Arif will be the new Director of Radio Kashmir. Currently serving as Director Commercial Broadcasting Service, Arif will replace Rafiq Raaz who retired recently. The Director General of All India Radio (AIR) has cleared his name for the post and the file has been More
  • Kashmir

Man makes crores out of mobile towers never erected

Poses As BSNL Official; Forges Documents, Signatures

KHALID GUL

Islamabad, May 5: Hundreds of people in this south Kashmir district have been duped of lakhs of rupees by an impersonator posing to be the junior engineer in the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). The More


  • Srinagar City

Authorities concerned for boozers!

'Raid wine shops 'to keep liquor prices under control'

M HYDERI

Sharab Ko Aam KarooSrinagar, May 5: At a time when consumers complain that edibles, particularly mutton and chickens are being sold at inflated prices, the authorities seem concerned for boozers by keeping More



  • Jammu

100 cusecs of water to be lifted from Chenab

State starts techno-feasibility report

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, May 5: While Pakistan has decided to move International court against India over exploitation of the northern rivers in violation of the Indus Water Treaty, state government has started the techno More


  • South Asia

India, Pak came close to demilitarization of Kashmir: Karamat

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, May 5: Pakistan’s former army chief, Gen Jehangir Karamat on Wednesday said that  India and Pakistan had made “considerable progress” on resolving the Kashmir issue between 2004 and 2007 More


  • GK Business

Trans-LoC trade crosses Rs 200 cr mark by April end

RABIA NOOR

Srinagar, May 5: Despite several ups and downs it has been marked with, the trade across LoC through Uri-Muzaffarabad route has crossed Rs 200 crore mark by April 2010 end.  “Since the inception of More


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