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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




  • 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




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