US effort on Kashmir ineffective: CIA

‘Resolution Of This Long Pending Dispute Would Help In Terms Of Pak Security’

AGENCIES

Washington, Feb 11: Top US intelligence officials have said that Washington’s efforts to reach out between India and Pakistan on the issue of Kashmir have made no headway.“There have been efforts to try to reach out between Pakistan and India (on Kashmir), but as far as I know, they haven’t gotten More

Hope they stay the course: Omar

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Jammu, Feb 11: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Friday said the resumption of dialogue process between India and Pakistan will help build trust and perhaps “lay to rest post-Mumbai (26/11) period”.“For me, the news of the day is the resumption of dialogue with Pakistan. Perhaps, the post-Mumbai period More

Dialogue resumption a conscious decision: Krishna

BETWA SHARMA

New York, Feb 11: India’s move to resume talks with Pakistan on all outstanding issues was a “conscious decision”, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said Friday, adding that it was “necessary” for both sides to also discuss Afghanistan.“It is a conscious decision that was made,” Krishna, who More

Pak cabinet reconstituted

Qureshi Out,Hina Is New FM

REZAUL H LASKAR

Islamabad, Feb 11: President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday administered oath to 22-member new Federal Cabinet and one state minister here on Friday.The new cabinet included 18 old and four new ministers. It also included one minister of state, Hina Rabbani Khar.The ministers, who took oath at More

Kashmir shuts on Maqbool Bhat’s death anniversary

Protests, Clashes In Srinagar, Baramulla

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Srinagar, Feb 11: Complete shutdown was observed Friday across the Valley on the 27th anniversary of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front founder Muhammad Maqbool Bhat’s hanging in Tihar Jail. At least a dozen activists of pro-freedom groups were detained and five persons wounded in clashes during protest More

Yasin Malik attacked in Ajmer

WASIM KHALID

Srinagar, Feb 11: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik was attacked by BJP activists in Ajmer on Friday as he was in the city to pay obeisance at the Dargah on the eve of Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi (SAW).It was timely intervention of Kashmiris present at the Dargah which saved More

Facilitate Kashmir resolution: Mirwaiz to US

‘Ready To Engage With Delhi Subject To Cessation Of Military Actions’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Feb 11: The Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday maintained that the world powers including the United States had the moral obligation to end the killing spree in Kashmir and facilitate initiation of dialogue between the leadership of India, Pakistan and Jammu More

Infant deaths trigger panic in GB Pant Hospital

Attendants Allege Negligence By Doctors, Lack Of Facilities

SAMAAN LATEEF

Srinagar, Feb 11: Protests broke out in Kashmir’s lone children specialty G B Pant Hospital here last night against the death of a six-month old child.Scores of attendants came outside the hospital in the night carrying the body of Uzain Bilal son of Bilal Ahmad Mir of Achabal Islamabad (Anantnag More

2G shadow on Centaur lease-out

DB Realty In CBI Net, Transaction Put On Hold

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Feb 11: A day after JK High Court directed Government of India to withhold leasing out of the Centaur Lake View Hotel here, the Union Civil Aviation Ministry has put the transaction on hold.The deal was struck last year when the state-run Air India subsidiary, Hotel Corporation of India More

Prof Trag appointed VC Islamic University

Srinagar, Feb 11: The state government on Friday appointed former Director Research SKUAST-K, Prof AR Trag, as the new Vice Chancellor of the Islamic University of Science and Technology, Awantipora.Prof Trag replaces his predecessor Prof Siddiq Wahid who continued on the post for more than six years More

MUBARAK STEPS DOWN

RANIA

Cairo, Feb 11: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down on Friday and asked the Army to run the country,Vice-President Omar Suleiman announced. The Vice-President’s brief statement on national television came a day after Mubarak said he would not resign. The news of his departure More