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Chidambaram focuses on north Kashmir

Reviews Security, Seeks Remedies To Bring ‘Disturbed Areas’ Under Control

ALTAF BABA

Baramulla, Oct 31: The Home Minister P Chidambaram Sunday stressed on “finding remedies” to bring the “disturbed areas” in north Kashmir under control in an effective manner. He also urged the security forces to use non-lethal weapons to tackle street protests besides ensure “zero civilian casualties More

OMAR ABSENT ALL ALONG

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 31: Though the Home Minister P Childambaram visited different parts of Jammu and Kashmir during his two-day visit, the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was absent all along the trip.  In Ladakh, Chidambaram took stock of the rehabilitation program for the cloudburst affected people More

PC disappoints Aisha Begum

GK NEWS NETWORK

Baramulla, Oct 31: 60-year-old Aisha Begum of Sopur was desperate to meet the Home Minister P Chidambaram on Sunday. She was keenly following the hectic activity going on around the Dak Bunglow here since early morning. Dressed in cotton fabric and wearing a plastic shoe, her reason to meet the More

Curfew in 6 north Kashmir towns

Protests In Bandipora, Srinagar; 2 Students Arrested In Palhallan

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 31: Police imposed curfew in several towns of north Kashmir on Sunday even as the Valley remained shut on account of the shutdown call given by the Hurriyat Conference (G). Incidents of protests and stone pelting were reported from several parts of the Valley leaving many injured.
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Fresh trouble for prepaid subscribers

Companies Begin Re-Verification, Block SIMs

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Oct 31: The mobile service providing companies in Jammu and Kashmir are once again troubling the pre-paid customers by asking them to get their SIM cards re-verified within four days, failing which their phones shall be disconnected. The move, not first of its kind, has evoked sharp reaction More

Congress sabotaged K-solution: Jethmalani

‘Some People Have An Interest In Not Solving Kashmir’

New Delhi, Oct 31: Noted lawyer and BJP Member Parliament, Ram Jethmalani Sunday said there were people in India who were not interested in solving the vexed Kashmir issue. In an interview with a New Delhi-based daily, Jethmalani accused Congress of sabotaging a solution they had conceived for More

'Militants have a peace plan'

Resistance From Hurriyat Leaders, Political Party Hindered Our Access To People: Interlocutors

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Oct 31: Militants in Jammu and Kashmir have expressed their willingness to present a "peace plan" during their meeting with the group of interlocutors appointed by the Centre, a move seen as "something important" by Dilip Padgaonkar, who led the three-member team.Giving details about More

Militant killed in Sopore

GKNN/PTI

Sopore, Oct 31: A militant was killed in an encounter in this north Kashmir area on Sunday, police said.    “A joint party of police and troopers engaged a group of militants in a gunfight near Noorbagh this evening. In the ensuing gun-battle an unidentified militant was killed More



  • Opinion

Jammu Muslims, Kashmir narratives

Jammu and Ladakh are a part of larger political movement centered around Kashmir

PUNCH LINE BY Z. G. MUHAMMAD

The buzzword these days is ‘interlocutors’. For the role assigned to them in my previous column, I had stated that it is misnomer to call the group as interlocutors; better call it a ‘study group’. The More


  • Op-Ed

Between hysterical reaction and total apathy

The tragedy for the Kashmiris is having the wrong men in position at the wrong time

GUEST COLUMN BY SEEMA MUSTAFA

It is seldom that Kashmiris and people living in cynical Delhi agree on any one point. But this time, perhaps without even either realizing it, there is rare unanimity on the wasted exercise that the government More



  • Letters

One bad act mars the profile of a private bank

This is in response to a problem that we commonly face while dealing with the people manning government offices; I mean behaviour. The attitude of a clerk in an office is so distasteful that it makes you More


  • Editorial

Dangerous Policy

Procurement of stores for government offices under the obtaining financial rules that lay emphasis on competition in prices rather than on quality has been posing a serious threat to life and property More


  • Kashmir

KHURSHEED’S KILLING SHATTERS KUPWARA FAMILY

KASHMIR TRAGEDY

SHAHID RAFIQ

Kupwara, Oct 31: A 26-year old widow, Yasmeena Begum, is inconsolable even 3-months after her husband’s death. Her life partner Khursheed Ahmed fell to the bullets of police and paramilitary CRPF troopers More


  • Srinagar City

When Nallah Mar burial was hailed as ‘landmark development’

M HYDERI

Srinagar, Oct 31: The burial of historic Nallah Mar in ‘70s might have proved detrimental for survival of the famed Dal lake, but the then government was appreciated for the endeavor. The land filling More



  • Jammu

JU students demand separate region for Chenab valley

Jammu, Oct 31: The students of Jammu University belonging to Chenab valley have demanded separate province for their region.  In a statement, the students said that they constituted a body, CVSF, More


  • Business

JK to promote eco-tourism

16,000 sq km area Identified to develop infrastructure

SUMIT HAKHOO

Jammu, Oct 31:  In its renewed effort to give a major push to eco-tourism in J&K, government has identified around 16,000 sq km land under Protected Area Network (PAN) to execute the eco-tourism More


  • News

APPOINT SPECIAL ENVOY ON KASHMIR: KAC TO OBAMA

Virginia, Oct 31: The Kashmir American Council has urged the US president, Barrack Obama to appoint a special envoy on Kashmir for immediate resolution of the vexed issue. Commenting on the scheduled More



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