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Curfew, shutdown paralyse Valley
4 Injured In Shopian Firing; Protests In Old City
GOWHAR BHAT
Srinagar, Oct 3: Four persons, including two women, were injured in south Kashmir’s Shopian town after forces opened fire on protesters during a cordon and search operation while authorities re-imposed curfew across several parts of the Valley in response to a protest march called by the Geelani-led More
NO STRIKE TODAY: HURRIYAT (G)
Srinagar, Oct 3: The Hurriyat (G) on Sunday reiterated that there will be no shutdown on Monday, October 4 as per the conglomerate’s protest calendar. The conglomerate’s spokesman asked people to undertake their normal business on the day. The spokesman urged people not to pay heed to rumours More
Kapur, Bhan, Pandit compete for CIC
Selection Panel Meeting On Tuesday
MUDASIR ALI
Srinagar, Oct 3: The Empowered Committee to nominate the Chief Information Commissioner and two Information Commissioners for Jammu and Kashmir is meeting here on October 5 to finalize the names for constituting the Commission. While chief minister Omar Abdullah is the chairman of the selection More
RSS ideologue lays out Kashmir plan
Make Valley Separate State With Pre-1953 Status: Vaidya
FAHEEM ASLAM
Srinagar, Oct 3: Taking a direct plunge into Kashmir issue, a RSS ideologue has carved out a ‘new solution’ for the vexed Kashmir dispute, calling for ‘disintegration’ of Jammu and Kashmir and also the restoration of pre-1953 levels of autonomy to the state, albeit with certain pre-conditions. But More
No comment: PDP, JKLF Unacceptable: NC
It’s anti-Muslim: Geelani
Srinagar, Oct 3: RSS ideologue MG Vaidya’s ‘Kashmir Plan’ has evoked sharp reaction from the state’s politicians, with both mainstream and separatist leaders unanimously rejecting JK’s division as a solution to the dispute. “We completely reject any proposal that calls for disintegration of Jammu More
LA to discuss unrest
Debate On Tuesday
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Oct 3: The Legislative Assembly will hold on Tuesday a day-long discussion on the ongoing unrest that has claimed 110 lives, since June 11, officials said here today.The Business Advisory Committee (BAC) of the Legislative Assembly decided to discuss the law and order situation in the More
Unrest hampers house-listing
Postal Deptt Refuses To Tranship Records
MUDDASIR ALI
Srinagar, Oct 3: As Kashmir continues to be on the edge, officials from the Census Department here would meet the Census Commissioner of India on Monday to discuss the progress of the first phase of the decadal population enumeration - House Listing - in the state and try to find out a way for collecting More
Don’t enter schools: Govt to cops
SAMAAN LATEEF
Srinagar, Oct 3: After some legislators including Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti alleged that police and army were monitoring attendance in schools in North Kashmir, the state government Sunday assured the security of students and directed the security agencies and police not to More
Dying Dal....
Dal Lake awaits cleaning machines. Habib Naqash/GK
Normal day
Kashmiris got a breather on Saturday as separatists suspended the strike for one day and authorities lifted the curfew. Mubashir Khan/GK
Address...
JKLF chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik addresses a gathering at Khrew in south Kashmir on Saturday.
Media gagged
Seized newspaper copies of Greater Kashmir and Kashmir Uzma lying in Police Station Kothibagh in Srinagar on Friday. Aman Farooq/GK
Wounded.....
Senior journalist Mehrajudin of AP-TV who was beaten by police in Srinagar on Friday being shifted from hospital. Aman Farooq/GK
Kashmir continues to bleed
Zubair Ahmed Ganie of Sheerpora Islamabad being treated at SMHS hospital in Srinagar on Friday. Zubair was injured allegedly in police firing. Mubashir Khan/GK
- Opinion
Back to UN
Kashmir enjoys the centrality
PUNCHLINE BY Z.G. MUHAMMAD
‘Calm’ ostensibly seems to have returned to boisterously resonating streets of Srinagar and other towns. Unlike many in Kashmir who articulate vehemently that ‘calm has been coerced through curfews More
- Op-Ed
Beyond Despair and Extinction
KP COMEBACK
IS THERE A WAY OUT BETWEEN THESE TWO EXTREMES, ASKS B.L.SARAF
“More than any other time in history mankind faces a crossroad. One path leads to despair and utter helplessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.” Woody More
- Letters
Krishna's statement: This is too narrow a view
This refers to the statement by India’s External Affairs Minister, SM Krishna, that “Elections in Kashmir were a plebiscite.” When the assembly elections took place in Kashmir a few years back, similar More
- Editorial
Power Royalty
Kashmir is gifted with abundant water resources having a huge hydro-power potential; more than 20,000 mega watts. But in spite of all this J&K continues to be a highly power deficit state. This is More
- Kashmir
America should impress upon India, Pak to resolve Kashmir: Malik
Meets US embassy officials says Kashmir turned into jail
ARIF SHAFI WANI
Srinagar, Oct 3: Ahead of the United States President, Barrack Obama’s scheduled visit to India next month, two officials from the American Embassy in New Delhi on Sunday met the Jammu Kashmir Liberation More
- Jammu
Political rivals join hands, constitute `Developmental Front’
MUHAMMAD TASKEEN
Ramsoo, Oct. 3: In an apparent move to counter the sitting MLA, two political rivals and former Members Legislative Assembly (MLA) have joined hands and announced formation of Banihal Development Front More
- PAK
‘India, Pak should respect wishes of Kashmiris’
TARIQ NAQASH
Kotli, (AJK) Oct 3: Speakers representing different schools of thought on Sunday condemned the atrocities committed by armed troops on Kashmiris and called upon the international community to exert pressure More
- News
Grand ceremony opens Delhi Games
CWG-2010
New Delhi, Oct 3: The wait is finally over. The biggest Commonwealth Games so far was inaugurated by Prince Charles and President Pratibha Patil at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi on SundayAn impregnable More




