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Eid-ul-Azha today

Shopping Spree Marks Arfa

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Nov 16: Muslims across Jammu and Kashmir would be celebrating Eid-ul-Azha, the festival of sacrifice, on Wednesday.Lakhs of people are expected to attend the congregational Eid prayers in different Eidgahs, Masjids and Shrines across the state.The biggest gathering is expected at More

Eid doesn’t enthuse Nowhatta family

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, Nov 16: Unmoved by the Eid shopping buzz outside their shanty house in Nowhatta locality here, the family of 14-year old Mushtaq Ahmad Sheikh, who was booked under the Public Safety Act early this year on charges of stone pelting, seems to have lost all hopes of living a happy life again More

Day 2: ILS meeting postponed

Stakeholders Question AAI, IAF Seriousness

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Nov 16: The meeting convened to discuss the commissioning of the Instrumentation Landing System (ILS) at the Srinagar “International” Airport was Tuesday postponed, forcing the stakeholders to raise a question on the seriousness of the Indian Air Force and the Airports Authority of India More

Satan stoning ritual begins

Mina (Saudi Arabia), Nov 16: Pilgrims on hajj in Saudi Arabia have begun casting pebbles at three pillars that represent Satan.Thousands at the site in Mina climbed Tuesday a giant ramp recently expanded by Saudi authorities to prevent deadly crowding, toward the walls that represent Satan. In More

UN clarifies: Kashmir remains on agenda

AGENCIES

United Nations, Nov 16: The Jammu and Kashmir dispute remains on the United Nations Security Council’s agenda, a UN spokesman stated Monday, while rejecting as “inaccurate” reports that it has been removed from the list of unresolved issues.“Some articles today on Kashmir are inaccurate,” UN Spokesman More

Arrest triggers protests in Sopore town

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Nov 16: Panic gripped north Kashmir’s Sopore town on Tuesday after police arrested a street vendor following which clashes broke out between police and protesters resulting in injuries to a dozen persons.Witnesses said personnel of the Special Operations Group of JK Police appeared near More



  • Opinion

If they mean business

New interlocutors on Kashmir have nothing to fear but their predecessors

POINT OF VIEW BY RIYAZ AHMAD

Interlocutors have once again come and gone. This time without Dileep Padgaonkar. They went to Ladakh, Baramulla and Islamabad (Anantnag) as part of their programme to meet various sections of opinion More


  • Op-Ed

EID-E-QURBAN

The Spirit of Sacrifice

IT TEACHES US TO BE COMMITTED TO LIFE AND TO ACCEPT ALLAH AS THE SUPREME POWER, WRITES DR.FAROOQ AHMAD PEER

 Eid-ul-Azha is the most prominent festival for the Muslims. This festival is a symbol of joy and revives Islamic traditions and refreshes the faith and belief of the Muslims in Allah, Prophet (SAW More



  • Letters

Unity among leaders is a must

This refers to the news "Shah, Nayeem ring unity bell” (GK Nov 15). The two leaders have rightly mentioned that unity among pro-freedom leadership is the need of the hour. For the past many years now, More


  • Editorial

CAPD: Headless Chicken

Any festive occasion is a call from market.  We all know what it means to markets when an occasion like Eid falls.  Unlike some civilised societies Eid is an occasion for our markets to cut more More


  • Kashmir

Geelani, Mirwaiz under house arrest on Eid eve

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Srinagar, Nov 16: Chairmen of both Hurriyat factions Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq continued to be under house arrest on the eve of Eid-ul-Adha on Tuesday.  “The government has crossed More



  • Jammu

Guv, CM greet people on Eid-ul-Azha

Jammu, Nov 16: The Governor, N N Vohra and Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah have greeted the people on Eid-ul-Azha and hoped that this auspicious occasion would be a harbinger of peace, progress and prosperity More



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