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Govt shuts normal day

Firing On Protesters In Islamabad, Varmul; 5 Hurt

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Srinagar, Oct 1: Five persons were wounded in police and paramilitary CRPF firing in Islamabad and Varmul towns on Friday as curfew was clamped across the valley on a day when Hurriyat Conference (G) had called for normal activities.Eyewitnesses told Greater Kashmir that paramilitary CRPF troopers More

No shutdown today: Geelani

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 1: Withdrawing the shutdown call for October 2, Saturday, Syed Ali Shah Geelani has urged the people to resume normal business on the day. “The pro-movement youth need to understand that relaxation is necessary for giving some relief to the people who are continuously reeling under curfew More

Kashmir interlocutors soon: Chidambaram

‘Schools Opened, Rs 100 Cr Released’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Oct 1: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram Friday said the Centre is trying to finalise interlocutors for holding talks with all shades of opinion in Jammu and Kashmir “very early” but refused to give any deadline for the same.Chidambaram said the visit of the all-party delegation to More

Cops seize newspapers, thrash scribes

Issue Rocks Assembly, Omar ‘Apologizes’

MUDDASIR ALI/GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, Oct 1: In yet another crackdown on media, police on Monday seized the copies of several dailies including Greater Kashmir and its sister publication Kashmir Uzma and barred their distribution even as three senior journalists were roughed up by policemen in the city.The issue rocked the More

Journalist forums condemn

Government Enforcing Information Blockade: PDP

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 1: Several journalist forums including The Press Guild of Kashmir, Kashmir Press Association and Kashmir Journalist Corps Friday condemned the seizure of newspapers and beating of media persons by police. The opposition Peoples Democratic Party also condemned the act and termed it as More

Is JK High Court functioning: SC wants to know

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Oct 1: The Supreme Court Friday asked its Registry to give a report on whether imposition of curfew in the Kashmir Valley has affected the functioning of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court.The direction came after Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party chief Bhim Singh said it has More

19 cases registered against CRPF, Police: Govt

‘Violence Instigated By Separatists’

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Oct 1: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday revealed that it has registered over a dozen cases against paramilitary CRPF troopers and police for resorting to unprovoked firing since June 11—the beginning of the fresh wave of unrest in the valley following the killing of teenager Tufail More

7 militants, cop killed in gunfights

PTI/SHEIKH NAZIR

Srinagar/Ganderbal Oct 1: Army on Friday claimed that it foiled an infiltration bid near the Line of Control (LoC) in frontier district of Kupwara by killing five militants, while two militants and a policeman were killed in an ongoing encounter in Ganderbal district.MACHIL ENCOUNTER More



  • Opinion

Together we can

In this hour of crisis, let each one of us realize the duty

WORDS WITHIN BY FIRDOUS SYED

Nature has blessed a human being with some unique qualities. For a determined human society every destiny is achievable. What makes the difference is the perseverance or absence of it, which makes an idea More


  • Op-Ed

Miracles. Courtesy Perseverance

EVEN BASKET CASES HAVE SURVIVED AND SUSTAINED. HISTORY SHOWS IT, COMMENTS PROF. M. I. BHAT

In a TV debate the other day the anchor suggested that the demand of freedom for J & K is out of question. Other than invoking aspiration of the people of other regions of the State, the unstated but More



  • Letters

Curfewed Kashmir: Where death dances on the roads

Death. Destruction. Defiance. This is the life in Kashmir. Every sunrise brings hope and with every sunset it is shattered. We sleep with a reason to have a dream but the picture hovering around is black More


  • Editorial

Who calls the shots?

Kashmir seems to have been completely taken over by a strange form of anarchy. Just like there are little clues on who controls the streets, there are serious questions about who actually is in charge More


  • Kashmir

GOVT LEAVES TRAPPED ATTENDANTS IN LURCH

M HYDERI

Srinagar, Oct 1: As if putting hospitalized patients on “crash diet” wasn’t enough, the government has failed to provide any relief to the attendants, scores of whom have been left to fend for themselves More



  • Jammu

EP department’s humanitarian move

Offers Rent Concession To BPL, Handicapped Tenants

SUMIT HAKHOO

Jammu, Oct 1: The Evacuee property department is mulling a humanitarian move by offering rent concessions to those  tenants falling under Below Poverty Line (BPL) category or those having physical More


  • News

People’s response to Ayodhya verdict dignified: PC

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Oct 1: Satisfied over the “respectful and dignified” response of people to the Ayodhya verdict, Union Home Minister, P Chidambaram on Friday said the Centre had no role in the issue except to More



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