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Centre supports JK Govt on flag row

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Jan 21: The Centre today rallied behind the Jammu and Kashmir government in its decision to stop BJP’s ‘Ekta Yatra’ to Srinagar as it apprehends that the march may disturb the situation in the state.A highly placed government source said the Centre was fully behind the state government More

No change in our flag plan, says BJP

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Jammu, Jan 21: The BJP’s youth wing Friday said there was “no change” in its plan to hoist the tri-colour at Lal Chowk in Srinagar on January 26 despite the Jammu and Kashmir Government’s warning that it will not allow any programme that vitiates the atmosphere in the state.“We will go ahead with More

BJP can’t break Kashmiris’ resolve: Malik

WASIM KHALID

Srinagar, Jan 21: Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik Friday said that Bharitya Janta Party’s plan to hoist a flag in Lal Chowk is aimed at breaking the resolve of Kashmiri people who are seeking freedom from India.“The BJP thinks that by hoisting flags they would defeat More

Omar, Mehbooba face litmus test

Will The Duo Defeat The ‘Invisible Hand’?

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Jan 21: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti are all set to face litmus test on January 27—when the State Information Commission (SIC) is to be constituted in a bid to improve governance and bring about transparency in the system More

Repeal AFSPA, PSA: UN Rapporteur

‘There Should Be Efforts To Heal Wounds Of Kashmiris’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Jan 21: Critical of India’s human rights record, particularly in Jammu and Kashmir, North-East and West Bengal, a UN envoy today said Armed Forces Special Powers Act and the Public Safety Act should be repealed while continuation of other controversial laws should be reviewed.Margaret More

UN Resolutions Have Few Takers In JK: Interlocutors

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Jan 21: In a development likely to complicate Government of India’s initiative to take separatists on board for resolving Kashmir, its interlocutors on Friday said only a small population in the state sees implementation of UN resolutions as solution to the issue.Concluding their 4th More

No forces cut: Antony

AGENCIES

Mumbai, Jan 21: Defence Minister A K Antony Friday said if there was any reduction of security forces in Jammu and Kashmir it would be of paramilitary forces as there was no proposal from “people who work on the ground” to reduce military personnel in the troubled state.“There was some confusion More

Lt Gen Parnaik in Srinagar

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Jan 21: General Officer Commanding in Chief, Northern Command, Lieutenant General KT Parnaik Friday arrived here on a three day visit to Kashmir.It is the first visit of the Commanding Officer after assuming the charge of the Northern Command.The General was received by Lieutenant More



  • Opinion

The Kashmir conundrum

Power struggle or ideological resistance?

WORDS WITHIN BY FIRDOUS SYED

Does much publicised police recruitment rally in downtown Srinagar indicate arrival of a sustainable peace? The conflict on Kashmir, which has wreaked havoc not only on Kashmir, but India and Pakistan More


  • Op-Ed

Quit Kashmir Movement

…the fiasco, the fact and the fiction – Revisiting '47

FEEDBACK BY DR.JAVID IQBAL

  ‘Betrayal Yesterday, Distortion Today’ by Munshi Ghulam Hassan has invited a fresh look at events from Kashmir watchers. The author has a rich heritage and seemed to have done it justice by More



  • Letters

There is no option other than dialogue

This refers to the news “Pakistan seeks full resumption of composite dialogue.” There is too much of talk going on about the composite dialogue which India stalled after the 2008 Mumbai attacks. The relations More


  • Editorial

Kashmir’s hyper inflation

The almost uncontrollable price rise in India has made life miserable for what are normally called the lower and the middle classes of people, like never before. More expensive food items pushed overall More


  • Kashmir

Will talk if dialogue focuses on K-resolution: Mirwaiz

‘WON’T MEET INTERLOCUTORS’

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Srinagar, Jan 21: The Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Friday said that his party was ready to enter into a dialogue with New Delhi provided it was focused on finding a lasting solution More


  • Srinagar City

Car lifters on prowl, police sleeps

AFTERS ROADS GARAGES BECOME LATEST TARGET

GK CITY CORRESPONDENT

Srinagar, Jan 21: Car owners be aware! Your cab may not be safe even when locked inside a garage than to talk of parking lots or elsewhere. With City police failing to make any major breakthrough in the More



  • Jammu

Steps afoot to appoint Urdu teachers in primary schools: CM

Jammu, Jan 21: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah today said the measures were afoot to post Urdu teachers in the primary schools and propagate the language along with Hindi and English. Addressing a function More


  • News in Brief

Clashes in Baramulla

ALTAF BABA

Baramulla, Jan 21: Two persons including a cop were injured when several youth took to streets after the Friday prayers.The protesting youth engaged police for several hours by pelting stones at them on More


  • Business

Aircel waives off MNP charges

* Launches 3G experience zone in Srinagar * Unveils Ideos - exclusive 3G Google handset

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Jan 21: Aircell has become the first private telecom service provider in J&K to launch the 3G experience zone in Srinagar offering the consumers to get first hand feel of third generation More


  • News

‘India needs to engage with Pakistan’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Jan 21: India needs to intensify its engagement with Pakistan notwithstanding its fragile polity and uncertain interest in peace at this stage because keeping away from it is not a wise choice More



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