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‘Can’t wait for Hurriyat to join talks’

Not Recommending Autonomy, Self-Rule: Interlocutors

SUMIT HAKHOO

Jammu, Apr 24: Chief interlocutor Dilip Padgaonkar Sunday said that India can not wait for separatists to come forward for talks at the expense of the rest of the population of Jammu and Kashmir who are eagerly looking forward for resolution of all the issues. Addressing media persons here More

Abdullahs get cozy with Azad

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Apr 24: Amid some voices of rotational Chief Minister from Congress camp, the increasing proximity between Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and the father-son duo of Union Minister Farooq Abdullah and his Chief Minister son could be seen as a catalyst of normalization of ties between More

Strong bond between Kashmir and Tajikistan: Ambassador

Islamic Conference Organised In Srinagar

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Apr 24: The Tajikistan ambassador to India, Saidov Saidbeg Boykhonovich, Sunday said that their country shares strong bond with Kashmir over the centuries. Talking to the media persons on the sidelines of ‘Global Islamic Dawaati Sunnah Conference’ organized by Karwani-Islami at More

PM lauds high turnout in Panchayat polls

AGENCIES

New Delhi, Apr 24: Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today voiced delight over the large turnout of the electorate in the Jammu and Kashmir panchayat polls - held after 10 years - saying it demonstrated that people want to decide their fate themselves. Addressing a function here to mark National More

Govt depts caught napping on RTI Act

PSC, KVIB Among Latest Defaulters

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Apr 24: A number of departments in Jammu and Kashmir are yet to learn the basics of the J&K RTI Act of 2009, with many Public Information Officers denying information to applicants or rejecting applications on trivial grounds. According to documents with Greater Kashmir, the More

2 militants killed in Ramban

Man shot dead in Baramulla

GKNN/PTI

Srinagar, Apr 24: Police on Sunday said that two militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) were killed in a gunfight with forces in Ramban district, while army claimed that it foiled an infiltration bid in Poonch district.“A joint party of police and soldiers cordoned off Akhran Khari area near Banihal More

PMO denies track-II report

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Apr 24: The Prime Minister’s Office today termed as ‘false’ a media report that Manmohan Singh had initiated a back channel exercise for talks between an “unofficial” Indian envoy and Pakistan’ Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani 10 months ago.“We have seen media reports quoting a British More



  • Opinion

Pakistan Narrative

Kashmir Runs Through Its Warp and Woof

PUNCHLINE BY Z.G. MUHAMMAD

Is Pakistan really ‘the nation that has lost its soul?’ Almost daily I am reminded of this question by the spine of a book of same title by Sardar Shaukat Hyat Khan on a shelf in my   personal More


  • Op-Ed

Altaf- Man in the Crowd

COURAGE PERSONIFIED

NAEEM AKHTAR PAYS TRIBUTE TO AN OUTSTANDING ORDINARY MAN WHO FOUGHT CANCER TO LEAVE BEHIND SOME HOPE FOR HIS FAMILY THAT REPRESENTS THE PECULIAR TRAGEDY OF KASHMIR

Altaf was the most ordinary aam aadmi out of the seven million people living in Kashmir. Born to a middle class rural family of Rafiqui peers he ended up a medical assistant in the state health department More



  • Letters

Why Govt takes decisions without consulting stakeholders?

Kashmir has now turned unique in many respects. Today almost all issues in the Valley get solved only when law and order problem is created. It has now become a routine for the state administration that More


  • Editorial

Collective Concern

If the Census 2011 provisional figures are to be believed Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed the largest decline in sex ratio for the past one decade, pegged at 883 females per 1000 males; indicating a fall More


  • Kashmir

JAH discusses future course of action

‘Majlis Shura to elect new Prez’

WASIM KHALID

Srinagar, Apr 24: The Jamiat Ahl-e-Hadith (JAH) held a Majlis Mushawarat (conference) at its headquarters here on Sunday to discuss the future course of action for filling the post of president in the More


  • Srinagar City

Misfortune didn’t come alone for Habba Kadal family

Fire consumed houses; burglars decamp with items , jewelry

SYED IMRAN ALI HAMDANI

Srinagar, Apr 24:  Misfortune didn’t come alone for Ghulam Muhammad Sofi when devastating fire struck Habba Kadal area of Shahr-e-Khaas past week. While his humble dwelling was gutted, his other precious More



  • Jammu

Fourth phase of Panchayat elections today

Jammu Apr 24: 12: Heavy security arrangements have been put in place for the fourth phase of Panchayat elections which would take place on Monday in eleven blocks of nine districts in the state. Officials More


  • Briefs

Train crushes man

Srinagar, Apr 24: A 35-year-old-man died after being hit by a train in city outskirts here on Sunday, witnesses said. They said Ashraf Baba son of Ghulam Ahmed Baba of Yayil Wanbal was hit by a train More


  • Business

'Food inflation to be 8.5 pc'

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Apr 24: Food inflation is expected to hover around 8.5 per cent in the remaining months of 2011, if the monsoon remains normal as predicted by the meteorological department, according to a report More


  • News

Attique’s son, Usman to contest from Muzaffarabad

PaK elections

TARIQ NAQASH

Muzaffarabad, Apr 24:  The Prime Minister of Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK)  Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan has formally launched his son, Usman Attique, as a candidate for the upcoming general More



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