Over 100 youth detained in old city: Hurriyat (G)
Srinagar, Aug 21: Expressing concern over arrests in Old City, Hurriyat Conference (G) on Sunday said more than 100 youth particularly students have been detained. “They were tortured in different police stations and 20 of them have been shifted to Central Jail. The youth in Central Jail were lodged More

CM calls on Governor
Srinagar, Aug 21: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Sunday called on Governor NN Vohra at Raj Bhavan here. An official spokesman said that in their half an hour meeting, the Governor and the Chief Minister “discussed certain important issues relating to the establishment of a decentralized democratic More

Nowhatta family clarifies
Srinagar, Aug 21: Family members of a Nowhatta youth, Omar Kadeer Sheikh, on Sunday disassociated themselves from the news published in Greater Kashmir about their son’s arrest. Reacting to a news report “Nowhatta family appeals CM, Sagar” Ghulam Qadir Sheikh, father of the arrested youth said More

NIOS conducts assessment test
Srinagar: National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), Noida, in collaboration with State Literacy Mission Authority (SLMA) on Saturday conducted an assessment test for neo literates under Saakshar Bharat Mission (SBM).  In district Srinagar, 28 centres have been established in all the eight More

Army pays tributes to Lt Navdeep Singh
Srinagar, Aug 21: The Army on Sunday paid tributes to Lt Navdeep Singh who died in a gunbattle in which 12 infiltrating militants were killed in north Kashmir’s Gurez sector on Saturday.  The GOC of the Army's Srinagar- based 15 Corps Lt Gen Syed Atta Hasnain paid floral tributes to the 26-year More

Missing PDP worker reports at Police Station
Pulwama, Aug 21: The 22-year old missing PDP worker, Muhammad Yaseen, of Trichal Pulwama reported at Police Station on Sunday afternoon. Police termed the reports of his disappearance and abduction as baseless. “He had managed the abduction drama for some personal interests,” Mushtaq Ahmed More

Guv, CM greet people on Janamashtami
Srinagar, Aug 21: Governor NN Vohra has greeted the people on Janamashtami and hoped that this auspicious occasion would be a harbinger of peace, progress and prosperity in the State.  “The divine message of Lord Krishna, enshrined in the Shrimad Bhagvad Gita, exhorts mankind to strive for the More

Omar pays homage to Hazrat Ali (RA)
Srinagar, Aug 21: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah has paid rich homage to Hazrat Ali (RA) on his martyrdom anniversary on 21st of Ramadhan.  In his message, the Chief Minister said that Hazrat Ali (RA) is true personification of knowledge, justice, honesty and bravery embedded with mercy and high More

Ameer Jama’at grieved at Poonch accident
Srinagar, Aug 21: Ameer, Jama’at-e-Islami, J&K Sheikh M Hassan today expressed solidarity and sympathy with the families of those persons who lost their life in the tragic traffic accident in Poonch district.  In a statement Jama’at spokesman Advocate Zahid Ali expressed concern over More

TuM condemns atrocities
Srinagar, Aug 21: Tehreek-ul- Mujahideen Chief, Shiekh Jameel-ur-Rehman on Sunday condemned the alleged atrocities on Kashmiris  “Once again Kashmiri are being killed in fake encounters on Line of Control and crackdown and arrests prove that India is following policy of  enslaving  More

  • Kashmir

17 fall ill after inhaling ‘toxic gas’ in Baramulla

ALTAF BABA

Baramulla, Aug 21: At least 17 people fell ill after inhaling ‘toxic gas’ emanating from a cylinder kept in a scrap dealers shop at Jhelum market in Baramulla town on Sunday.The affected persons, who complained More



  • Srinagar City

GOVT ‘SELLS’ DALGATE-BATAMALOO FOOTPATH NARROWING AS ROAD WIDENING

No commercial structure bottlenecks to be removed from busy City centre road

M HYDERI

Srinagar, Aug 21: The much hyped Dalgate-Batamaloo “road widening” seems to be more of a dream sold to people than a development that can ease traffic congestion in the City centre. And reasons to this More




  • Jammu

Bureaucratic interference’ derails traffic lights installation project

SUMIT HAKHOO

Jammu, Aug 21: The fate of much hyped plan to install traffic lights in Jammu city still hangs in balance as ‘bureaucratic interference’ has almost led to derailment of the proposed project envisaged to More



  • South Asia

Pak govt faces pressure to call Army in Karachi

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Karachi, Aug 21: With violence continuing unabated in Karachi, pressure is mounting on the ruling PPP to call in the military's assistance for restoring law and order in the troubled city, that  is More



  • World

Iran, Saudi Arabia helped carry out 9/11 attacks: Book

London, Aug 21: Iran and Saudi Arabia helped Al Qaeda carry out the 9/11 attacks, a book claims. "The Eleventh Day", authored by Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan, produces a compelling argument that More



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