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MARTYRS DAY TODAY

Restrictions Likely In Old City; Geelani, Mirwaiz Under House Arrest

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, July 12: Kashmir Valley is observing Martyrs Day on Wednesday to pay tributes to 22 people killed by police while protesting against autocratic rulers on July 13, 1931.While chairmen of Hurriyat Conference factions, Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, have called for parallel marches More

They’re heroes of struggle against autocracy: Omar

Srinagar, July 12: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has paid rich tributes to the martyrs of 13 July describing them heroes of the struggle against suppression and totalitarianism.In a message on the eve of Martyrs Day, the Chief Minister said that the sacrifices of the martyrs to free the society More

Govt resorting to strong-arm tactics: Umar

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, July 12: Asserting that arrests and crackdowns won’t deter the conglomerate from carrying forward the movement, Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Tuesday reiterated the call for march to Mazar-e-Shuhda at Naqasband Sahab here on July 13 for paying tributes to the martyrs More

Domestic Violence Act comes into force

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 12: Government has notified July 12, 2011, as the date from which the Provisions of J&K Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act shall come into force.It has been notified in exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 1 of the said Act. More

Salman gets Law, Jairam Rural Development

Last Expansion Before Polls: PM

Union Cabinet Reshuffle

PRESS TRUST OF INDIANew Delhi, July 12: Controversial Jairam Ramesh was Tuesday elevated to Cabinet status and shifted from the high - profile Environment Ministry and Veerappa Moily replaced by Salman Khursheed as Law Minister in a substantive reshuffle of the Union Council of More

Kamat quits central ministry

Mumbai, July 12: Newly-promoted Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Drinking Water and Sanitation Gurudas Kamat Tuesday evening decided to quit the central council of ministers.In a statement here, Kamat said he has decided to quit the ministry for “totally personal” reasons and wanted More

Supernova record found in Kashmir

GK MONITORING DESK

Srinagar, July 12: With the help of a mural at the mosque of Madani in Srinagar, researchers claim to have found the “first firm record” of a supernova event which occurred in the Indian subcontinent centuries ago.Researchers from the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE), Tata Institute More

Asiya Andrabi hospitalised

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 12: The incarcerated chief of Dukhtaran-e-Millat, Asiya Andrabi, was on Tuesday admitted in SKIMS here for specialized treatment.The DeM acting president Rifat Fatima while expressing serious concern over Asiya’s deteriorating health in a statement here said, “If anything untoward More

HC orders shifting of houseboats

D A RASHID

Srinagar, July 12: In order to do away with the congestion in Dal Lake along the Boulevard Road, the High Court on Tuesday directed the Lakes And Waterways Development Authority to shift the houseboats to the Western Foreshore Road.Hearing the Dal case, the Division Bench comprising Chief Justice More

IMTD for Muzaffarabad-Hazratbal bus service

Srinagar, July 12: Institute for Multi Track Diplomacy (IMTD), a Washington based think-tank, has called for starting bus service from Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK) capital Muzaffarabad to Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar.Welcoming recent developments in Indo- Pak relations, IMTD’s Kashmir Program More



  • Opinion

WHOSE MARTYRS?

Can we relate 1931 martyrs to present day Kashmir

POINT OF VIEW BY RIYAZ AHMAD

At one level, the commemoration of Martyr’s Day in Valley appears a little out of place. How can a place that has witnessed thousands of deaths over the past two decades, including a series of massacres More


  • Op-Ed

The Question Stays!

Mind Memory and Martyrdom

13TH JULY,1931;KASHMIR’S SUPPRESSED SOUL FINDS EXPRESSION!BUT WAS THAT EXPRESSION ALLOWED TO TURN INTO A REALITY OR ELSE THE LID WAS PRESSED BACK ON THE STEAMING SOULS. DR. JAVID IQBAL VISITS THE PAST ONLY TO TELL US THAT PRESENT IS PERHAPS NO DIFFERENT

13th July- the day that it was. The moment which does come, but only at its appointed time; when the soul of a nation long suppressed finds expression. This is the moment when the historical process running More



  • Kashmir

61 percent water received by North Kashmir hospitals contaminated: Study

D A RASHID

Srinagar, July 12: About 61 percent of drinking water in the hospitals of North Kashmir supplied by the Public Health Engineering department is unsafe for drinking, reveals a study conducted by Integrated More


  • Srinagar City

Towards Govt e-literacy

DOEACC Rangreth to train 5000 aspirants in CCC

GK CITY REPORTER

Srinagar, July 12: Taking cue from the central government’s suggestions on making the government employees/officials IT literate, the state has started the Course of Computer Concepts (CCC) at DOEACC Rangreth More



  • Jammu

Participants stress on promotion of cultural integration

INTERLOCUTORS' 2ND RTC CONCLUDES

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, July 12: The second round table (RTC) Conference organised by the New Delhi appointed Interlocutors on Kashmir Tuesday ended on a high note with the participants stressing on “boosting and promoting More


  • Briefs

Governor condoles demise

Srinagar: Governor, N N Vohra, on Monday evening offered condolence to Kashmir University, Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Talat Ahmad, at Kolkatta over phone. Prof Talat’s father passed away few days back.  More


  • Business

Bandipora Wu-Shu championship concludes

Srinagar, July 12:  The two-day district Bandipora Wu-Shu championship concluded at SK stadium Bandipora on Monday.  In the event around 300 participants from different schools and clubs of the More



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