Yasin Malik’s kin succumbs, toll 96

10 injured in Sopur firing; No relaxation in curfew

GK News Network

Srinagar, Sept 16: The death toll in the ongoing Kashmir unrest mounted to 96 as another youth Yasir Rafiq Sheikh, cousin of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chief, Muhammad Yasin Malik, succumbed to his injuries on late Wednesday night in a New Delhi hospital.  Meanwhile, at least More

Farooq meets PM, Sonia; says Omar has no plans to quit

NC holds meet; CM briefs governor

Muddasir Ali

Srinagar, Sept 16: Day after government of India decided to send an All Party Delegation to Kashmir, National Conference President, Dr Farooq Abdullah, met Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson, Sonia Gandhi, following which he categorically stated that Omar Abdullah would continue More

Kashmir is a tough job, Omar needs time: Rahul

Thank you, says Omar

Kolkata/Srinagar Sep 16: Ruling out any intervention in the Valley from his side, the general secretary of the All India Congress Committee Rahul Gandhi Thursday came out strongly in support of Omar Abdullah saying Kashmir is a tough job and the state's youngest Chief Minister, under fire for his handling More

All-party team likely to visit Kashmir on Monday

New Delhi, Sept 16: The all-party delegation to Jammu and Kashmir is likely to travel to the troubled state at the beginning of next week, probably on Monday, a home ministry official said. Home Minister P. Chidambaram is likely to accompany the team, which is likely to visit both the violence More

FISHING IN TROUBLED WATER

From CCS to APM; Experiments failed to yield result

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Sept 16: The central and state government is finding it too difficult to find a way out of the prevailing unrest in Kashmir, though it has been trying hard to see an end to the over three-months-long stalemate in the Valley.If ground situation were an indicator, all experiments from More

AFSPA not draconian: Army

New Delhi, Sept 16: Amid a debate on partial withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from some areas of the Kashmir Valley, the Army today said it was not a draconian but a functional law."It (AFSPA) is not a draconian law. It is a functional Act," Army Vice Chief Lt Gen P C More

Valley turned into a prison to quell movement: Geelani

Govt behaving as if fighting war against Russia, China in Kashmir’

Arif Shafi Wani

Srinagar, Sep 16: The Chairman of Hurriyat (G), Syed Ali Shah Geelani, on Thursday accused the Government of turning the Valley into a virtual prison and waging a war against unarmed Kashmiris for what he said suppressing the ongoing movement.  “The Valley has been turned into a prison and More

Army to assist police in countering Hurriyat protests

‘Hurriyat misleading people; dragging us into unrest’

Gowhar Bhat

Srinagar, Sept 16: In a significant move, the government has decided to counter with an iron hand the protests called by the Hurriyat Conference in the Valley and has evolved a joint strategy with the army for ‘restoration of normalcy” even as army said Hurriyat was dragging it in the current More

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