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Curfew in old city, Bandipora, Kupwara

No Prayers In Jamia Masjid On 8th Friday

GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, Oct 29: The government today locked down Jamia Masjid for the eighth consecutive Friday as curfew was clamped in several downtown areas of the city while the Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, was put under house arrest.The police and paramilitary CRPF troopers were More

Kashmir settlement not far away: OIC

‘Examining All Possibilities To Help JK People’

AGENCIES

Jeddah, Oct 29: The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) believes the settlement of Kashmir is not far away and people of the state, “after so many years of suffering, deserve full respect for their legitimate right to self-determination.”“Surely, it’s (settlement) not far away,” Abdullah More

To break shutdowns, Govt targets shopkeepers

Threatens To Evict ‘Defaulters’

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Oct 29: After the Government of India threatened action against the Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani, for allegedly failing to file Income Tax returns, apparently to counter the conglomerate’s protest calendar, the Jammu and Kashmir government has begun to train guns on More

Durbar closes in Srinagar

Move Offices To Reopen In Jammu On Nov 8

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 29: The Civil Secretariat and other move offices closed here Thursday as part of 138-year-old biannual ‘Durbar Move’ practice and will now open in winter capital Jammu on November 8.The government offices including those in the Civil Secretariat, observing five-day week, closed at More

Be sensitive to India’s concerns: Manmohan to China

No Breakthrough On Stapled Visa Row At Singh-Wen Meet

AJAY KAUL/PTI

Hanoi, Oct 29: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday took up with his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao “difficult questions” impacting on Sino-Indian ties and pressed for “sensitivity” to India’s “core issues”.The tenth meeting between the two leaders in the last six years took place here in the More

US jurist to settle water row

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Oct 29: The United Nations has appointed a leading US lawyer to head an International Court of Arbitration to settle the dispute between India and Pakistan over Kishenganga hydro power project in Jammu and Kashmir, paving the way for legal proceedings to start.American jurist Stephen More

PC begins JK visit today

RAJEEV SHARMA

Jammu, Oct 29: The Home Minister, P Chidambaram is arriving Leh tomorrow on his two-day-long visit to Jammu and Kashmir. He will visit Kashmir on October 31, to review the situation against the backdrop of four months long unrest in the Valley.Official sources said the Home Minister would visit More



  • Opinion

The language politics

They are using language as instrument of oppression in Kashmir

WORDS WITHIN BY FIRDOUS SYED

The grinding wheel of forced assimilation  goes on and on, crushing the very basis of Kashmir’s unique identity. Ironically, the ferocity of the assimilation process has increased manifold, since More


  • Op-Ed

REVISING A GLORY CALLED KASHMIR

Monumental graphic essay on valley's rich past

MUHAMMAD SHAFI KHAN REVIEWS MUHAMMAD YOUSUF TAING'S BOOK KASHMIR QALAM

Earth bound beauty a runaway hourFound kashir nearer to her hearts desireSeized was winged back to paradise Overwhelmed her eyes burst into tears People called it the lake of Manasbal.    More



  • Letters

KAS: We must have a common subject for all

The recently declared KAS results have raised eyebrows. They left many candidates dismayed. The prestigious exam, held once in three or four years, attracted a number of candidates this time, including More


  • Editorial

Positive developments

Some very significant issues have been raised and discussed at the just-concluded Economic Editors’ Conference in New Delhi related to Jammu & Kashmir state. Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee More


  • Kashmir

Next 10-days crucial: Geelani

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 29: Reiterating his call for complete shutdown on October 30, the Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani has said the coming 10 days were of great significance for the ongoing More


  • Srinagar City

Action Replay: Smoking banned in City, again

M HYDERI

Srinagar, Oct 29: A few months after enforcement of ban on cigarette smoking at public places in the City, the authorities have again banned puffing at Divisional Commissioner Kashmir’s office at Tanki More



  • Jammu

PDD Daily Wagers continue to risk lives for nothing

Promised ‘Insurance Cover’ Grounded due To Official Apathy

SUMIT HAKHOO

Jammu, Oct 29: Signifying highest degree of official apathy, the much hyped Janta Insurance Scheme (JIS) poised to cover nearly 5000 Daily Wagers of Power Development Department (PDD) is yet to be implemented More


  • PaK

PaK women launch signature campaign

TARIQ NAQASH

Muzaffarabad, Oct 29: A gathering of Kashmiri women on Friday condemned alleged molestation of women folk in Jammu and Kashmir and called for establishment of an International Criminal Tribunal (ICT) to More


  • Business

Cotton price hike to affect industry segments in Valley

GK BUSINESS REPORTER

Srinagar, Oct 29: At a time when the J&K economy has come under severe stress in the wake of continued curfews and shutdowns, many of its industry segments using cotton as raw material are all poised More


  • News

Khan asks Indo-Pak to shun rivalry

NISAR THOKAR

Islamabad, Oct 29: The supreme head of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Ammanullah Khan on Friday said that the Indo-Pak rivalry and the lack of pragmatism on both sides was the main reason for Kashmir More



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