FLAG HOISTING CONTROVERSY

BJP hits back at Malik

JK India’s integral part: Jaitley

Srinagar Jan 5: The BJP today hit back at JKLF chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik, saying they would go on with their program to hoist tri-color at Lal Chowk here. Malik on Tuesday had dared BJP to go on with the plan saying “We will see who will hoist which flag.” Senior BJP leader, Chaman Lal More

---

When 57 civilians fell to BSF bullets

’93 SOPORE MASSACRE

GHULAM MUHAMMAD

Sopore, Jan 5: Massacre of 57 civilians in Sopore town 18 years back is one of the few incidents that got few columns of space in prestigious TIME magazine. The magazine had titled the news report (on January 18, 1993) “Blood tide rising: Indian forces carry out one of the worst massacres in Kashmir More

---

Salahuddin pays tributes

Srinagar, Jan 5: Chairman of United Jihad Council and supreme commander of Hizbul Mujahideen, Syed Salah-uddin on Wednesday paid glowing tributes to Sopore Martyrs massacre on January 6, 1993. “Sopore massacre by the armed forces is one of the deadliest incidents in history of Kashmiris’ freedom More

---

Day after attack, police heightens security

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Srinagar, Jan 5: In the wake of attack on police officials at Batamaloo on Tuesday evening, security across Valley has been heightened as police personnel were deployed in strength at every nook and corner of city on Wednesday Police personnel frisked people moving in light vehicles, motorbikes More

---

Census Commissioner to assess preparations

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Jan 5: The Registrar General of India who is the Census Commissioner is scheduled to visit Jammu on Thursday to assess the preparations for the crucial second phase of the decadal census - population enumeration- which would start next month.The Census Commissioner, Dr C Chandermouli More

---

Nayeem Khan urges UN to implement its resolutions

Srinagar, Jan 5: The senior Hurriyat Conference (M) leader and chairman of National Front Nayeem Khan Wednesday stressed on the implementation of United Nations resolutions for settling the 63-year-old pending Kashmir dispute.Reminding the United Nations of its resolutions passed in favor of Kashmiris More

---

FLAG HOISTING CONTROVERSY

BJP hits back at Malik

JK India’s integral part: Jaitley

Srinagar Jan 5: The BJP today hit back at JKLF chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik, saying they would go on with their program to hoist tri-color at Lal Chowk here. Malik on Tuesday had dared BJP to go on with the plan saying “We will see who will hoist which flag.” Senior BJP leader, Chaman Lal More

---

Infiltration bids will continue: GOC

KASHMIR MEDIA NETWORK

Srinagar, Jan 5: The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 15 Corps- Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain, on Wednesday said that army suspects that infiltration bids across the Line of Control (LoC) would continue despite heavy snowfall.  “We suspect infiltration bids will continue despite snowfall More

---

‘Armed forces to be enumerated with state subjects’

CENSUS PHASE-II

WASIM KHALID

Srinagar Jan 5: As the second phase of Census is all set to begin next month, the exercise would include enumeration of paramilitary CRPF and BSF, army men and other non-state subjects along with the residents of Jammu and Kashmir. “All the people including armed forces and non-residents More

---

Don’t finalize Forest Inspector selection: Court to SSB

SAMAAN LATEEF

Srinagar, Jan 5: The High Court has directed the government not to finalize the selection of the recently advertised posts of Forest Protection Inspectors as its direct recruitment quota had been completed. Court has directed the government to file objections within four weeks. The More

---

EJAC (Q) demands pay arrears, 60 as retirement age

Srinagar: The Employees’ Joint Action Committee (Q) president Abdul Qayoom Wani on Monday threatened to announce state-wide agitation any time after January 15, if the government to failed to resolve employees’ demands by then.  Pertinently, EJAC(Q), powerful state level employees’ platform More

---

Participate in census: Govt to disabled

‘Start Braille edu in JK schools’

Srinagar, Jan 5: The Director Census, Farooq Ahmad Faktoo and District Development Commissioner, Me’raj Ahmad Kakroo has urged the parents of physically challenged persons to fully cooperate with the enumerators in counting the disabled in the ongoing census exercise.  “The parents of disabled More

---

Protest against erratic power supply at Chandanwari

ALTAF BABA

Chandanwari (Uri), Jan 5: Hundreds of agitated people today staged a sit-in on Srinagar-Muzaffarabad highway here and disrupted vehicular traffic for hours against the erratic power supplied to the area. The protestors burnt tyres and shouted slogans against the Power Development Department More

---

• Kashmir

• Srinagar City

• News in Brief

• Business

• News