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Civilian killed in Bandipora

He Was Mistakenly Caught In Ambush: IG

TARIQ RASOOL

Kudara (Bandipora), Sept 9: Army killed a civilian in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district Thursday morning. Though the police say he was mistakenly caught in an ambush but people maintain that the killing was intentional as he was fired at close range without any provocation.Manzoor Ahmed, More

Man injured in clashes succumbs

SAMAAN LATEEF

Maloora (Sumbal), Sept 9: A 55-year old man injured in stone pelting clashes at Tengpora here Wednesday succumbed to his injuries at the SK Institute of Medical Sciences today.Ghulam Muhammad Guroo of Maloora Sumbal was on way to home from Pampore when he was trapped in ding-dong battles between More

Govt’s Rs 2500/month mantra to end unrest

Amid Turmoil, Volunteers Engaged To ‘Aware People’

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Sept 9: At a time when regular employees in government offices are hardly able to do any work in the wake of frequent curfews and strikes, the Jammu and Kashmir government has accelerated the “volunteer engagement” of youth to “raise awareness” about different issues pertaining to education More

Omar meets Pranab, Antony

CCS Meeting On Kashmir Today

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Sept 9: Ahead of a crucial meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security on Kashmir here on Friday, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah met with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Defence Minister A K Antony to seek their support on partial withdrawal of Armed Forces Special More

CM briefs Guv

Srinagar, Sept 9: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, called on the Governor, NN Vohra, here this evening.According to an official spokesman, during their near one hour meeting, the Chief Minister briefed the Governor about his discussions with the Prime Minister and several Cabinet Ministers during More

Police to verify authenticity of ‘naked-parade’ video

Another Clip Appears On Social Networks

GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, Sept 9: Day after a video appeared on the internet depicting police and paramilitary personnel parading naked a group of youth, police said it will initiate investigations into the case even as another similar clip was being widely circulated on the social networking websites Thursday.
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'Agencies asked to investigate'

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Sept 9: Government of India on Thursday said a video clip, purportedly showing some uniformed personnel herding four naked youth in Kashmir, had not been “authenticated” and agencies had been asked to investigate the matter. “No one has been able to authenticate the video so More

Sirnoo woman symbolizes tragedy, bravery

CRPF Bullet Paralyzes 30-Year-Old Muneera

FAHEEM ASLAM

Sirnoo (Pulwama), Sept 9: ‘Awaam and Jawan, Aman Hai Muqaam’ is inscribed on several hoardings along the Srinagar-Pulwama road. One of the shabby hoardings shows a trooper offering water to an aged man, apparently to exhibit the “humane nature of the armed forces.” The hoardings repeatedly focus on More



  • Opinion

Yes, ‘Matters of Heart’!

COMMENT

AND WHAT IS CLOSER TO THEIR HEART IS OBVIOUSLY NOT KASHMIR, COMMENTS HASSAN ZAINAGIREE

 ‘Matter of Heart’. The  line of a large sized photograph appearing in The Times of India depicting a cute little kid of Leh receiving a woolen garment from President of India, Pratiba Patil More


  • Op-Ed

Kashmir: A Tale of Two Prime Ministers

Why is Manmohan Singh not making an effect the way Vajpayee did. Has the situation changed on the ground or the difference lies in the approaches of the two prime ministers

MY TAKE BY REKHA CHOWDHARY

Recently the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made an appeal to the youth in Kashmir in which he tried to bond with them by saying that he could feel their anger and frustration which brought them to the More



  • Letters

A crowd throngs the market. Yours tragically!

The holy month of Ramzan has come to an end. It is Eid now. I as a Non Muslim Kashmiri felt pained and agonized to see the commercial areas and markets of Srinagar on Thursday. How people were thronging More


  • Friday Focus

A Dilemma

PROF G R MALIK

Ramadan, the month of blessings, is departing. Appropriate to this occasion, I told my poor, humble pen “let us brood over what we have made of the great gifts of this blessed month. Its greatest gift More


  • Kashmir

Kashmiris get break ahead of Eid

Strike Suspended, Curfew Lifted;Protests Rock Ganderbal, Habba Kadal

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Sept 9: With Hurriyat suspending the strike for 3-days on account of Eid-ul-Fitr, authorities Thursday lifted curfew from all parts of Kashmir Valley with people flocking the markets to buy essentials More


  • Srinagar City

ILLEGAL CONSTRUCTIONS GALORE IN CITY, AUTHORITIES SLEEP

Ailing SMC Part I

GK CITY CORRESPONDENT

Srinagar, Sept 9: In what could be a major jolt to government’s inquiry into the Master Plan violations in the past, scores of fresh “illegal” constructions are going on in the City with Srinagar Municipal More



  • Jammu

60 private nursing homes likely to face closure in JK

SUMIT HAKHOO

Jammu, Sept 9: Nearly 60 private nursing homes functioning in Jammu and Kashmir are likely to face the government’s axe as the Inspection Committee constituted by the government is expected to submit its More


  • Business

JK Bank ATMs dish out Rs 112 cr in 6 days

Teller machines in Valley disburse more money around this Eid

NAZIA AKHTAR

Srinagar Sept 9: Contrary to the market sentiment, the banks operating in Kashmir have recorded more withdrawals from their ATMs around this Eid than 2009. According to a senior official of the J More



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