India, Pak in dialogue mode

Foreign Secretaries Meet In Thimpu

AJAY KAUL

Thimphu, Feb 6: Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan met here tonight in a fresh attempt to put their stalled dialogue process back on track and try to bridge the trust deficit plaguing the relationship. The meeting comes six months after the talks between the Foreign Ministers of the More

Don’t violate SOP: Omar tells Army

Stresses On Zero Tolerance To Human Rights Violations

HANDWARA KILLING AFTERMATH

PTI/GKNNSrinagar, Feb 6: In the aftermath of the killing of an innocent youth in North Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Sunday pulled up the Army for violating the Standard operating Procedure which led to his death.  Chairing a meeting on Monday More

We’ll conduct our own probe: Gen VK Singh

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Feb 6:The Army Sunday said it is ordering a probe "on its own" into the killing of a youth allegedly by its personnel during a February 4 ambush in North Kashmir's Kupwara district following which a murder case was registered against the unit."The Army is ordering an enquiry on its More

Rock slide kills 5 in Kargil

Fresh Snowfall In Upper Reaches; Highway Open For One-Way Traffic; Avalanche Alert In Bahihal

SAMAAN LATEEF

Srinagar, Feb 6: Five members of a family including three women died and five others were injured when two houses came under a rock slide in Batalik sector of Kargil district on Sunday. According to officials, 38-year-old Tashi Gasu son of Tashi Tsering, Tsering Spalzes wife of Tashi Gasu More

CU construction hits roadblock

'No Work, Funds Till Land Transfer'

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Feb 6: With the Jammu and Kashmir Government delaying transfer of the land to the Central University of Kashmir (CU-K), the Ministry of Human Resources Development has shot a missive to the varsity authorities asking them not to take up any construction work till the state government transferred More

Mirwaiz rubs shoulders with Obama at US meet

Calls For Early Settlement Of Kashmir Issue

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Feb 6: At a high-profile conference in the United States, the Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq urged the delegates to persuade world powers including America to facilitate the settlement of Kashmir dispute in accordance with the wishes of the people of Jammu and Kashmir More

GR Sufi gets CVC clearance

CIC appointment

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Feb 6: The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has given its clearance to the Chief Income Tax Commissioner (JK-Amritsar circle), GR Sufi, who was recently recommended as the first Chief Information Commissioner of Jammu and Kashmir by a selection panel headed by the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah More

Egyptian regime, opposition to form reform committee

RANIA

Cairo, Feb 6: The campaign against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak took a decisive turn on Sunday as the regime and opposition groups including the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood agreed to form a committee to study constitutional reform to chart a way towards a transition of power.Egypt's opposition More