Curfew in city, South Kashmir

Maisuma Youth Critical; Protests Across Valley

GOWHAR BHAT/KHALID GUL

Srinagar/Islamabad, Aug 31: Authorities clamped curfew in the summer capital here and in Islamabad and Pulwama in south Kashmir on Tuesday fearing protests after the killing of a minor in Islamabad and injuries to five youth at Masiuma here.Tension gripped uptown Maisuma locality in the early More

Irshad protested beating of women, cops killed him

KHALID GUL

Islamabad, Aug 31: The anger against the police and CRPF atrocities touched a climax in Irshad’s mind when paramilitary forces ruthlessly thrashed women in his neighbourhood a few days back for registering protest against the innocent killings in the Valley.At that time, Irshad had confronted More

IKHWAN ERA BACK?

Govt Sought My Help To Curb Unrest: Qasim Khaar

TARIQ RASOOL

Sumbal (Bandipora), Aug 31: Panic has gripped this North Kashmir district as people smell revival of the dreaded Ikhwan (pro-government gunmen), as the government has reportedly approached some former members of the group to recruit youth to quell the ongoing agitation.Locals in Sumbal and Hajin More

Ikhwanis to trigger sectarian clashes: Ansari

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar Aug 31: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the government of trying to revive the Ikhwanis (pro-govt gunmen) and use them to divide people on religious and sectarian lines.“After having failed to follow up on its conspiracy to create a Muslim-Sikh wedge to distract attention from More

Geelani puts ball in Delhi’s court

Sets ‘Minimum’ Conditions For Reviewing Agitation

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, Aug 31: Throwing the ball in New Delhi’s court, the chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Shah Geelani Tuesday set five ‘minimum’ conditions for reviewing the ongoing protest agitation.The veteran leader who is spearheading the ongoing ‘Quit Jammu and Kashmir Movement,’ threatened More

Security check at Srinagar airport; Boarding at Awantipora

No Private Vehicles To And From Aerodrome

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Aug 31: With the flights to and from Srinagar operating from the Awantipora Air-Base—25 kms from here—from September 3, the passengers will have to reach the Srinagar International Airport first before they are shifted to the Awantipora air field amid ‘tight security.’Informed sources More

RBI rejects Pandey’s appointment

Ajit Singh Is Defacto Chairman Of JK Bank

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 31: In a virtual snub to the state government, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) while rejecting the appointment of Commissioner/Secretary Finance Sudhanshu Pandey as the interim chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Bank, Tuesday asked the Bank to constitute separate committees for running its More