- TOP STORIES
PC visiting Baramulla
To Review Security In Srinagar
MUDDASIR ALI
Srinagar, Oct 30: On his arrival in Kashmir from Kargil on Sunday, Home Minister P Chidambaram is scheduled to chair a high level meeting of police and district administration at Baramulla to review the security situation in north Kashmir.The Home minister who is on 2-day visit to the Valley is More
HM reviews rehabilitation work at Leh
RAJEEV SHARMA
Jammu, Oct 30: Home Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday took stock of the rehabilitation and reconstruction work in flash-flood ravaged Leh district and directed local administration to complete the work before the onset of winter season.Chidambaram, who reached Leh town at around 8:30 am this More
CURFEW IN THREE TOWNS
Firing In Bandipora, Old City
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Oct 30: The Valley remained shut due to the Hurriyat call for strike on Saturday even as police imposed curfew in three towns of North Kashmir. Protests rocked several areas of the Valley with forces opening fire in Bandipora and Srinagar.Curfew was imposed in Delina and Palhallan areas More
JK suffers because of IWT: Omar
New Delhi, Oct 30: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday said that Jammu and Kashmir has suffered heavily as a result of discriminatory provisions enshrined in the Indus Water Treaty.“The State has lost its right of impounding and optimally utilizing the waters of Indus, Chenab and Jhelum rivers More
Chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar is Dr
Conferred Doctorate By Kashmir University
ARIF SHAFI WANI
Srinagar, Oct 30: The Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Saturday was conferred with doctorate for his thesis based on the book on political thought in Islam by the famous saint Mir Syed Ali Hamdani (RA) popularly known as Amir-e-Kabir.The doctorate has been conferred upon More
JAMIA MASJID SIEGE: Moti Ram’s legacy revived
Historic Mosque First Closed For Prayers In 1819
FAHEEM ASLAM
Srinagar, Oct 30: The recurring disallowance of prayers in the historic Jamia Masjid at Nowhatta here is not new, if the recent past and history was an indicator. What is striking is that the centuries-old practice, understood to be the ‘direct interference in the religious affairs of people’ is still More
Interference in religion: Grand Mufti
Gk News Network
Srinagar, Oct 30: The Grand Mufti of Jammu and Kashmir, Mufti Muhammad Bashir-ud-Din Ahmad, has flayed the state government for debarring people from offering Friday prayers in different Masjids especially central Jamia Masjid, Srinagar, terming it highly condemnable.“The continued imposition More
School timing changed
Gk News Network
Srinagar, Oct 30: From November 1, the school timing in the Kashmir valley shall be from 11 a.m. to 4 pm in all government and private schools, except within municipal limits of Srinagar city which shall be from 10.30 am to 3.30 pm, an official handout said.The timing, according to the handout More
Welcome winter season
A kangri (firepot) seller waits for customers in Srinagar on Saturday. Aman Farooq/GK
Diwali preparations on
A woman prepares a clay lamp ahead of Diwali (festival of lights) in Jammu on Saturday. Mir Imran/GK
Darbar Moving
A day after Civil Secretariat closed in Srinagar for annual Darbar move on Friday, records being shifted to Jammu on Saturday. Mubashir Khan/GK
Rally……...
Veteran JKLF leader Amanullah Khan leads a “Quit Kashmir” march at Chakoti.Nisar Thokar/GK
Respect sacrifices: Malik to India, Pak
Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Muhammad Yasin Malik addresses a gathering at Kangan on Friday.
Women power
From right to left: Mehrun Nisa, Dr Attiya Inayatullah, Nasreen Mazhar and Shamim Ali Malick make a symbolic chain during the launch of a signature campaign in Muzzafarabad. Tariq Naqash/GK
Power woes
Children prepare for exams under candle light as entire Srinagar city has been witnessing unscheduled power cuts for the past few days. Mubashir Khan/GK
Under siege
Policemen impose curfew at Batmaloo in uptown Srinagar on Friday. Aman Farooq/GK
Arrested...
Police shift a shopkeeper Altaf Ahmed to a police station in Srinagar on Thursday. Altaf was arrested during a raid in Abiguzar area.Mubashir Khan/GK
- Opinion
To Roy, with love
Resistance? Yes. Romance? No
WRITE HAND BY AJAZ UL HAQUE
Arundati Roy's recent statement of refusing to accept Kashmir as an integral part of India has embarrassed those who tout it to the world outside. And not for nothing. After all this is the point of contention More
- Op-Ed
It’s Life that teaches
Trite and bogus PhDs won’t help in real learning
FREEZE FRAME BY SYEDA AFSHANA
Individual is a Human Textbook. Research Stuff. Emotional Repertoire. Rational Bank.....What not! And Life is a colossal composition of all these, fashioning its Thesis Meaning. . There is More
- Kashmir
Give relaxation on Diwali day: Sikhs to Geelani
Srinagar, Oct 30: Sikhs on Saturday urged the Hurriyat Conference (G) Chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani to amend the protest calendar to allow minorities to celebrate Diwali on (October 5). "We urge More
- Srinagar City
Amid frequent sieges, Nowhatta cries harassment
GK CITY CORRESPONDENT
Srinagar, Oct 30: Stuck in curfews and other restrictions more frequently than the normal life during the ongoing unrest, the residents of volatile Nowhatta –often termed as the old City’s jugular vein More
- Jammu
JK gets Rs 156 cr for drought relief
Jammu, Oct 30: Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation, Raman Bhalla today said the State had received Rs 156.79 crore to provide relief to the 2009-10 drought hit areas of the state. The More
- Briefs
Court extends Masrat’s remand
Srinagar: A local court has extended by 3-days the police remand of Hurriyat Conference (G) general secretary Masrat Alam Bhat. Police presented Masrat for seeking his remand before the court of a More
- Business
Omar demands 25 pc free power for JK from central generating units
GK NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi, Oct 30: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah today emphasized that the quantum of free power to J&K should be a minimum of 25 per cent against present 12 per cent. The Chief Minister highlighted More
- News
Have to engage Pakistan: PM
‘NOT AT THE COST OF NATIONAL INTEREST’
AJAY KAUL
On Board PM's aircraft, Oct 30: Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh Saturday said India is "obliged to engage" Pakistan but cannot do so by surrendering its national interest. "I cannot say how soon More




