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2 militants killed at Maloora

SAMAAN LATEEF

Srinagar, Oct 21: Two Jaish-e-Muhammad militants were killed on Thursday in a fierce gun-battle between forces and militants at Maloora, Sumbal, in the outskirts of Srinagar city.A police official said that police and army’s 2 Rashtriya Rifles launched a joint operation in the early morning and More

Give interlocutors a chance: Omar

‘Normal Policing Required To Tackle Public Unrest’

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Oct 21: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday stressed on the need for giving a chance to interlocutors to set off a political initiative aimed at chalking out roadmap towards finding a solution to Kashmir problem prior to drawing conclusion on the whole process. In an apparent reference More

Panel meets PM, Sonia

‘We’ll Be Talking With Big Heart’

New Delhi, Oct 21: Ahead of their maiden visit to J and K, the team of Kashmir interlocutors--eminent journalist Dileep Padgaonkar, noted academician Radha Kumar and former CIC member M M Ansari--met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress Chairperson Sonia Gandhi here today.The team said its More

Pandits heckle Geelani

PTI/GKNN

New Delhi, Oct 21: A shoe was thrown towards Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani at a function here today as a group of people, including Kashmiri Pandits, staged a strong protest against his presence.The protestors, shouting slogans like ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ and ‘Vande Mataram’, created ruckus More

Obama to visit Pak next year

Agencies

Washington, Oct 21: US President Barack Obama is visiting Pakistan next year.The White House said the President had committed that he would travel to Pakistan next year and that he was looking forward to welcoming President Asif Ali Zardari to Washington soon.Obama conveyed this to a visiting More

Pakistan seeks US mediation in Kashmir

LALIT K JHA/PTI

Washington, Oct 21: Pakistan today urged the Obama Administration to work for the resolution of disputes in South Asia, particularly the Kashmir issue, which it claimed was key to peace in the region.Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi also spoke about the recent unrest in Jammu and More

Congress wins LAHDC Leh polls

G N ZIA

Leh, Oct 21: Congress on Thursday registered a thumping majority in the fourth general elections to the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh, by winning 21 seats out of the total 26. The 30-member House has four nominated members.The results came as a big setback for Bharatiya Janata More

‘Police, admn don’t cooperate’

COI Miffed At Delay In Submission Of Crucial Information

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, Oct 21: The Commission of Inquiry (COI) appointed by the Jammu and Kashmir government to probe 17 out of 111 civilian killings since June 11 in the state has expressed strong resentment over the inordinate delay by the police and administration in filing of crucial information regarding More



  • Opinion

Talking politics with academics

INTERLOCUTION

IS NEW DELHI TRYING TO TAKE POLITICS OUT OF THE ISSUE BY INFUSING MORE ACADEMICS INTO IT, COMMENTS NAYEEMA AHMAD MAHJOOR

After the all party delegation’s fact finding mission to the valley and its briefing to the Prime Minister, it was believed that the Indian Government had realised the severity of the growing resentment More


  • Op-Ed

Kashmir—Indian Muslim Connection

BREAKING VIEWS By Ali Andrabi

THE TWO WAY EXPOSURE TO EACH OTHER’S SECLUDED WORLD COULD BE A HARBINGER OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS BOTH FOR KASHMIR AND MAINLAND MUSLIMS

ONE of the many ironies that hit Kashmir is the fact that it became victim of the partition politics only after the two major communities of South Asia decided to divide the region between them. Till 1947 More



  • Letters

Let’s say ‘no’ to spurious saffron

This refers to the news "Growers concerned over sale of duplicate saffron" (GK Oct 17). It is a matter of great satisfaction that the government has taken keen interest in eradicating the elements engaged More


  • Friday Focus

The Menace of Violence

PROF G R MALIK

The menace of violence is probably the greatest predicament that humanity faces today. In spite of the global nature of the problem, little effort has been made to analyse it dispassionately and to suggest More


  • Kashmir

43 killed in BSF firing; boys buried in parks Justice eludes families

BIJBEHARA MASSACRE ANNIVERSARY

KHALID GUL

Bijbehara, Oct 21: Never ever would have the boys massacred on the fateful day of October, 22, 1993 thought that the same public park they had been playing in since their childhood would turn out to be More


  • Srinagar City

2 decades on, Guzarwaan lane awaits blacktopping

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 21: Guzarwaan Lane, a approach road to Gupkar Road near Government Girls Higher Secondary school Palpora, Sonwar is in a bad condition for the past nearly two decades.  The residents More



  • Jammu

BJP rejects interlocutors

Jammu, Oct 21: Unconvinced over the appointment of non-political identities as interlocutors for initiating dialogue with all shades of opinions in Jammu and Kashmir, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday More


  • Briefs

JKSM condemns civilian killing

Srinagar, Oct 21: Concerned over the killing of a 60-year old civilian at Bonwanwatsar, Handwara, in Kupwara district of north Kashmir allegedly by the troops, the Jammu Kashmir Salvation Movement acting More


  • Business

Potato prod falls by 90 pc in Gurez

TARIQ RASOOL

Gurez (Bandipora), Oct 21: Gurez area in Bandipora has recorded a 90 per cent decline in potato production this season. While the experts and officials in District Agricultural Office blame “Late More


  • News

Anti-India terror infrastructure intact in Pak: Army chief

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Oct 21: Army Chief Gen V K Singh said Thursday that anti-India terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan is intact and currently 42 camps, including new ones are being run in other side of Line of More



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