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Valley protests custodial death

Clashes in Srinagar, shutdown elsewhere

WASIM KHALID

Srinagar, Aug 3: Life came to a grinding halt in Kashmir and minor clashes broke out in Srinagar as the shutdown called by Hurriyat (G) chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani against the custodial death of a Sopore shopkeeper evoked a near total response on Wednesday.In the wake of the call, the authorities More

Doctors confirm torture marks

Nazim Rashid Killing

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Aug 3: The inquiry officer probing the custodial killing of a youth in north Kashmir’s Sopore town Wednesday recorded statements of medicos who conducted autopsy on the body. The medicos have reportedly confirmed torture marks on the body of the victim.Reliable sources told Greater Kashmir More

Sinthan-Kishtwar Road: Forgotten link to paradise

Years On,Completion Of Prized Project A Distant Dream

FAHEEM ASLAM

Kishtwar, Aug 3: There is something that the people of Jammu and Kashmir have focused their attention on: completion of the 83 kms long Kishtwar- Sinthan Top road—connecting Kashmir with Doda and Kishtwar regions of Jammu province. And the reason is one: “it could give a huge fillip to the economy More

JK should widen tax net to bolster revenues: Commission

Proposes Taxing Water, Urban Housing,Old Vehicles, Professions, Services

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Aug 3: The State Finance Commission has proposed to Jammu and Kashmir government widening tax net to augment state’s revenue base. Taxing of services and professions in private sector, imposing special road toll, urban housing tax, green tax on old vehicles, water tax at flat rates and perusal More

Omar trivialising tragedies: Mehbooba

‘He’s Ruling JK Like Idi Amin In Uganda’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 3: Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti has said that chief minister Omar Abdullah was trying to reduce the latest tragedy in Sopore into a farce through his juvenile responses.“The endlessly tweeting chief minister instead of applying himself to the grave human rights More

Want constructive ties with Pak: India

‘Ready To Reduce Trust Deficit, Move Forward In Friendly Manner’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Aug 3: India Wednesday said it wishes to have constructive relations with Pakistan but wanted an environment “free from terror and credible action to be taken against anti-India militant leaders who continue to incite violence”.A week after his talks with Pakistani counterpart Hina More

Cabinet meeting today

VAT Exemption On Goods Sold In PaK Likely

FIRDOUS TAK

Jammu, Aug 3: Jammu and Kashmir government has finally decided to revoke its previous order directing recovery of VAT from the cross-LoC traders for the goods sold on the other side of the border.Well informed sources said that succumbing to the pressure by the traders associated with the cross More

Militant killed in Handwara

Srinagar, Aug 3: Police today said a militant has been killed in an encounter at Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.“Acting on specific information about the presence of armed militants in Butshugni Kawnar Jungle area falling in the jurisdiction of police station Handwara, police and More



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  • Briefs

2 LABOURERS KILLED

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Srinagar, Aug 3: Two labourers were killed after they fell from a height inside an Army camp in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, a police spokesman said on Wednesday.   He said Muhammad Adil Bhat More


  • National

'Foreign militants pose threat to JK'

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Aug 3: Government of India Wednesday said presence of both foreign and local militants continues to be a matter of grave threat to the peace and security of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.& More



  • Opinion

From Istanbul to Sopore

One is the place of justice, another crime

INKSIGHT BY MEHMOOD UR RASHID

Nazim Rashid; this name in 2011 sounds like Tufail Mattoo in 2010. The news of a youth cut short at 28 was a shocking reminder that we are actually living in a police state. (Remember, Sopore is a Police More


  • Op-Ed

Revisiting my homeland

EXPERIENCE

WHAT AN EXPERIENCE IT HAS BEEN FOR ME TO SMELL THE FRAGRANCE OF MY MOTHERLAND AFTER TWO DECADES OF SEPARATION,WRITES INDU RAINA

There have been many instances of sporadic conflicts in the past but in January 1990, an uprising in Kashmir led to the killing of Kashimiri Pandits resulting in mass migration of the community from the More



  • Letters

Science education: There is a need to upgrade institutions

This refers to Governor N N Vohra’s speech at Kashmir University saying that while the study of languages and other subjects was very important, the majority of the existing and emerging problems on varied More


  • Editorial

Tense Summer

One more shutdown over the custody death of a youth in Sopore has charged up the political climate in the state. Valley is once again teetering on the brink of fresh turbulence. And if not handled with More


  • Business

Roads buttress economy: Omar

Inaugurates 38 km Lethpora-Panthachowk loop road project

GK NEWS NETWORK

Lethpora, Aug 3: Highlighting the importance of dependable road communication in the integrated development and economic uplift of the State, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Wednesday said that roads buttress More


  • Sports

Srinagar Sher Dils lift KPL T-20 Title

Tourneys Best Platform To Harness Talent: Dr Farooq

Srinagar, Aug 3: Srinagar Sher Dils team lifted Kashmir Premier League (KPL) T-20 Chinar Cup-2011, defeating Srinagar Shah Jahans by 17 runs in the final played here at Delhi Public School here. As More


  • Kashmir

Sheikh Ghulam Rasool for declaring Gbl areas backward

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 3: The senior National Conference leader and Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) Sheikh Ghulam Rasool on Wednesday urged the State Commission for Backward Classes to include Batapora More


  • Srinagar City

Year on, R&B ‘dilly dallies’ blacktopping of Airport Road alternative

Passengers visiting aerodrome face inconvenience due to mess at Hyderpora

M HYDERI

Srinagar, Aug 3: A year long delay to get a vital alternative link to Airport Road macadamized may not be that big an issue for the department which miserably failed to complete 18 month Hyderpora flyover More



  • Jammu

NPSU calls for social boycott of Jammu MPs, MLAs

Leaders To Be Presented Bangles For Keeping mum

CENTRAL UNIVERSITY ROW

GK NEWS NETWORKJammu, Aug 3: With agitation over the delay in making Jammu Central University functional gaining momentum, National Panthers Students Union (NPSU) on Wednesday called for “social boycott More


  • South Asia

Bangladesh to hand over detained ULFA leader to India

ANISUR RAHMAN/PTI

Dhaka, Aug 3: Bangladesh is likely to soon hand over detained key ULFA leader Anup Chetia to India, which has been pressing for his repatriation for a long time. Home Minister Sahara Khatun stated More


  • World

Mubarak appears in Cairo court, pleads not guilty

RANIA/PTI

Cairo, Aug 3: Egypt's once all-powerful President Hosni Mubarak today appeared a frail figure as he was wheeled into a courtroom on a stretcher to face trial on charges of corruption and killing protesters More



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