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Ayodhya Verdict: 66/33
HC Divides Site Into 3 Parts, Declares Disputed Area Birthplace Of Ram
AMIT ANAND CHAUDHARY AND ABHISHEK VAJPAYEE
Lucknow, Sept 30: The Allahabad High Court Thursday ruled by a majority verdict that the disputed land in Ayodhya be divided equally into three parts among Hindus and Muslims and that the place where the makeshift temple of Lord Ram exists belongs to Hindus.In their separate judgements on the More
LONGEST RUNNING LEGAL DISPUTE
TIMELINE
WHEN DID THE CASE STARTThe first suit goes back to 1885, the year the Indian National Congress was born. The case was revived in 1950.In 1885, the Faizabad deputy commissioner refused to let Mahant Raghubar Das build a temple on land adjoining the disputed structure. Das then More
Not satisfied, will move SC: AIMPLB
Cong, BJP, RSS, VHP Welcome Judgment
Allahabad, Sept 30: Minutes after the announcement of the Ayodhya verdict, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board expressed its dissatisfaction with the decision of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad HC and decided to approach the Supreme Court.Speaking at the media gathering after the verdict, More
Bullets, teargas shells disfigure victims
70 Maxillofacial Surgeries Since June 11
SAMAAN LATEEF
Srinagar, Sept 30: Aamir Malik (18) of Tarzoo Sopur, who has spent four years to memorize Quran, has to wait for months now to recite it properly because of the multiple fractures he suffered in his jaws due to a teargas canister fired at him directly by paramilitary CRPF.On September 17, Aamir More
Curfew imposed across Valley
18 Youth Arrested
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Sept 30: Authorities clamped a curfew across the valley on Thursday in response to the strike call of Hurriyat Conference. However, the south Kashmir districts of Pulwama and Shopian were exempted.Sources said the decision to impose curfew was taken as a precautionary measure in view More
Session begins, PDP to boycott
Punish killers: Mehbooba to Govt
'JK Rendered Ungovernable'
MUDDASIR ALI/GOWHAR BHATSrinagar, Sept 30: Terming as martyrs the 109 civilians killed in police and CRPF action since June 11, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party Thursday decided to boycott the state legislature session till government identifies and More
‘Dispute’ rattles House
‘I Offer Obituary To Govt’
ARIF SHAFI WANI
Srinagar, Sept 30: The Legislative Assembly witnessed noisy scenes on Thursday after Independent legislator Engineer Rashid termed Kashmir as a dispute and maintained that it is not an integral part of India. Members of Bhartiya Janata Party, Congress and National Conference unanimously opposed his More
Omar terms 109 killings as ‘sacrifices’
‘Let God Rest Their Souls In Peace’
ARIF SHAFI WANI
Srinagar, Sept 30: Expressing condolence over the killing of 109 civilians in past three months in the Valley by police and paramilitary CRPF, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday said their “sacrifices” will not go waste and should benefit the state to embark on a new era of peace.In his obituary More
Checking essential service
Amid curfew a policeman stops an ambulance in Lal Chowk on Thursday. Mubashir Khan/GK
Taking care
A mother feeds her child on deserted Srinagar street on Thursday. Mubashir Khan/GK
Being attentive
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah listens keenly as legislators deliver their speeches on first day of the Assembly session in Srinagar on Thursday. Habib/Naqsh/GK
Boycott....
PDP president Mehboooba Mufti and PDP patron, Mufti Muhammad Sayeed leave Legislative Assembly in Srinagar on Thursday after PDP announced to boycott the ongoing session. Habib Naqash/GK
Give us way
People block the road at Wanbal in city outskirts on Wednesday to protest against the arrest of two youth of the locality. Habib Naqash/GK
Expressing solidarity
Activists of Jamaat ud Dawa (JuD) participate in a rally held in Muzaffarabad to express solidarity with Kashmiris on Wednesday. Tariq Naqash/GK
Relaxation
Kashmiris got one day break on Wednesday as authorities lifted restrictions and separatists suspended the strike. Habib Naqash/GK
Shot in the eye
A student of Extol Bhawan School Soura, Aabid Mushtaq, hit by a marble shot at him through sling shot allegedly by CRPF men being treated at SMHS hospital in Srinagar on Wednesday. Mubashir Khan/GK
- Opinion
Spare Education
MATTER OF CONCERN
WHY JEOPARDIZE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN FOR NONE OF THEIR FAULT, COMMENTS PROF. MUHAMMAD ASLAM
As goes the saying. Hash ti troshi nosh ti troshi; deg dazi wali kus which depicts the age-old and -charged relationship between a mother-in-law and her daughter-in-law that tells upon the peace in the More
- Op-Ed
Contending Meta-Narratives, Divergent Responses, Fatal consequences
KASHMIR TRAGEDY
THE THREE THEMES KASHMIR SEEMS TO BE ALL ABOUT, RASHID RAINA COMMENTS
The present crisis has abruptly turned Kashmir from a policy backwater into the scene of biggest problem being pitted against the face of India. Public discussions remain hobbled by bizarre misconceptions More
- Letters
Restrategize Resistance and see how it works
It is now over 100 days of continuous shutdowns and curfews, 20 years of military fight and 63 years of political fight against India. Needless to remind what we lost and what we gained from 1989 till More
- Friday Focus
The Temperament of Imperialism
PROF G R MALIK
Imperialism is an age-old and ubiquitous phenomenon of world history. It may change its colours and garbs but its reality remains unchanged. Yesterday it might have been called imperialism while today More
- Kashmir
Arrests continue unabated
Raids,Crackdowns On
GOWHAR BHAT
Srinagar, Sept 30: Despite centre including the release of protesters and stone pelters in its recently announced 8-point proposal, police have arrested scores of youth from different areas and have booked More
- Srinagar City
Ladies Special Bus Service from today
Srinagar, Sept 30: A special bus service for women will start from Friday, an official handout said. It said a deputation of civil society today called on the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Dr Asgar More
- Jammu
BJP sponsored bandh disrupts life in Jammu
Alleges Kashmir Centric 8 Point Package
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
Jammu, Sept 30: Normal life was crippled in Jammu today following a bandh call given by BJP against the alleged 'Kashmir centric' eight-point peace formula announced by the centre. Shops and business More
- News
Sharif's peace move on Kashmir led to Kargil: Musharraf
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
London, Sept 30: Former Pakistan military ruler Pervez Musharraf has said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's efforts to make peace with India at the cost of "selling Kashmir" had resulted in the 1999 Kargil More




