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Ayodhya verdict on Thursday
SC Dismisses Deferment Plea
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
New Delhi/Lucknow, Sept 28: The Allahabad High Court will deliver its verdict in the 60-year-old Babri Masjid-Ramjanambhoomi title suit on Thursday after the Supreme Court Tuesday cleared the path by dismissing a petition for its deferment ending the uncertainty.A three-judge Lucknow Bench of More
Day 2: Teachers wait for students
‘GOVT FAILED TO PROVIDE TRANSPORT FACILITY’
FAHEEM ASLAM
Srinagar, Sept 28: Educational institutions across Kashmir continued to record ‘thin to very thin’ attendance of students and staff for the second consecutive day Tuesday.While a handful of private and government schools in Srinagar were open today, they recorded very thin attendance of students More
Focus on schools, 70% staff absent from Civil Sectt
DOUBLE-STANDARDS?
FAHEEM ASLAM
Srinagar, Sept 28: At a time when the Jammu and Kashmir government is training guns on students and teachers, asking them to remain present in educational institutions across Kashmir, it has miserably failed to improve attendance of employees in the Civil Secretariat here, turning it virtually defunct More
JK to charge NHPC, PDC for power generation
State Water Resources Regulatory Act On Anvil
MUDDASIR ALI
Srinagar, Sept 28: For the first time the state government is contemplating to charge the government of India owned National Hydro Electric Power Corporation (NHPC) and other power companies in Jammu and Kashmir for exploiting its water resources for power generation.The decision to this effect More
Tension-packed day
MUDDASIR ALI
Srinagar, Sep 28: Amid unrest in Jammu and Kashmir and fresh initiatives announced by government of India to find a way out of the crisis, 30th of this month would be of greater significance in the political history of India as well as the state.Five major events would take place on Thursday, More
Govt enforces ‘crash diet’ for patients
Only BPL Card Holders To Get Free Food
M HYDERI
Srinagar, Sept 28: At a time when state-run hospitals here remain flooded with patients, most of them wounded in police and paramilitary action, the state government has not only reduced the food given free of cost to the hospitalized patients but also wants that only those having a Below Poverty More
No curfew today
Protests In City, Sopur
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Sept 28: There will be no curfew in the Valley on Wednesday, Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Meraj Ahmad Kakroo told Greater Kashmir. This was decided at a meeting of civil administration and police in Srinagar Tuesday evening.Government imposed curfew across Kashmir Valley on Tuesday More
SPO booked under PSA
SAMAAN LATEEF
Srinagar, Sept 28: State government has booked a Special Police Officer (SPO) under Public Safety Act for his alleged involvement in stone pelting.Police had arrested the SPO Naseer Ahmad Sheikh son of Bashir Ahmad of Chewa Pulwama from Chadoora in central Kashmir when he was blocking the road More
Curfewed city
A cyclist pleads before a CRPF trooper to let him go in Srinagar on Wednesday. Mubashir Khan/GK
Taking a break
Paramilitary CRPF troopers take a nap during curfew relaxation period in Srinagar on Tuesday. Habib Haqash/GK
Treading a dangerous path
A girl trying to make way through layers of concertina wire laid by police in Habbakadal area of old city on Monday. Aman Farooq/GK
Pigeons day out
Amid curfew pigeons breathe freely in absence of humans at Lalchowk in Srinagar on Monday. Habib Naqash/GK
Resistance
A man stops a paramilitary CRPF trooper from hitting him at M A Road in Srinagar on Monday. Mubashir Khan/GK
Security check
Policemen check the security arrangements outside a leading missionary school in Srinagar on Monday. Mubashir Khan/GK
- Opinion
One-point initiative
Separatism is once again the predominant reality in Valley and New Delhi can do little without engaging it
POINT OF VIEW BY RIYAZ AHMAD
The past week has witnessed some hectic political developments in Valley. What started with the visit of all party delegation has drawn to a close with the unveiling of the eight-point initiative by the More
- Op-Ed
J&K: Accession or Independence
Is J&K a natural part of Pakistan or India; or it has its independent existence?
M. HASHIM QURESHI
In a statement chairman of one faction of the Hurriyat Conference argued that Kashmir’s accession to Pakistan was justified because of its seven hundred kilometers long common border with that country More
- Letters
Why now, when three months are already lost!
This refers to the decision of re-opening the schools in Kashmir. The news shocked me. The students have lost three precious months due to the ongoing agitation. The governments of India and Jammu and More
- Editorial
Edupolitics
The 8-point package announced by the Home Ministry has been variedly received, but the dominant response in Kashmir is that of pessimism and refusal. On the one side of the spectrum Hurriyat Conferences More
- News
PM appeals for peace after Ayodhya verdict
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
New Delhi, Sept 28: Amid apprehensions of trouble after the Ayodhya title suit verdict, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today appealed to maintain peace and harmony irrespective of the nature of the judgement More
- Kashmir
Hajj arrangements finalized
Srinagar, Sept 28: Arrangements for transportation and accommodation of Hajj Pilgrims and matters related to it thereto were finalized at a meeting chaired by Divisional commissioner, Kashmir, Asgar Samoon More
- Srinagar City
Ahead of LA session, Speaker chairs security meeting
DGP ASSURES HONOURING OF CURFEW PASSES
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Sept 28: Speaker, Jammu and Kashmir, Legislative Assembly Muhammad Akbar Lone on Tuesday assured that “full support” would be provided to mediapersons covering Assembly proceedings, an official More
- Jammu
BJP for shutdown in Jammu on Sept 30
CENTRE’S FORMULA
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
Jammu, Sept 28: The state Bharatiya Janata Party today called for a shutdown here on September 30 against steps announced by the Centre to address the crisis in the Valley, saying the “Kashmir centric More
- News
PM appeals for peace after Ayodhya verdict
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
New Delhi, Sept 28: Amid apprehensions of trouble after the Ayodhya title suit verdict, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today appealed to maintain peace and harmony irrespective of the nature of the judgement More
- Business
Govt pays Rs 800 cr on ‘idle wages’
Curfewed Valley
GK BUSINESS REPORT
Srinagar, Sept 28: Where the current tumult has trounced trade and industry in Kashmir, the public sector has not been immune to its beating either. According to rough estimates the government has More




