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KASHMIR REMEMBERS 1931 MARTYRS

*Separatist Shutdown, Govt Restrictions Cripple Life *Omar, Mufti, Soz Visit Naqashband Sahib

WASIM KHALID

Srinagar, July 13: A complete shutdown marked the Martyrs’ Day in Kashmir Valley on Wednesday while authorities resorted to clamp-down and imposed harsh restrictions to foil the proposed march by separatists.It was on July 13, 1931 when 22 Kashmiris were gunned down by the army of autocratic Dogra More

Geelani, Mirwaiz denounce curbs

Separatists Under House Arrest

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, July 13: Entire separatist leadership including chairmen of both factions of Hurriyat Conference were put under house arrest on Wednesday to foil their march towards Mazar-e-Shuhda at Naqashband Sahab here.While Geelani was scheduled to lead the march from martyrs’ graveyard at Eidgah More

17 killed, 81 injured in Mumbai blasts

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA/AGENCIES

Mumbai, July 13: Terror struck Mumbai when three serial blasts rocked crowded areas of the city this evening killing at least 17 people and injuring about 81 in a grim reminder of 26/11 attack that left 166 people dead.Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan said at least 17 people were killed and 81 More

JK on high alert

Jammu, July 13: Jammu and Kashmir was Wednesday placed on high alert and vigil was stepped up at all vulnerable places after serial blasts rocked Mumbai, official sources said.“Though adequate security arrangements are already in place in view of the ongoing Amarnath Yatra and peek tourist season More

Pak condemns

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Islamabad, July 13: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani condemned the bomb blasts in India’s financial hub of Mumbai.“President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, the government and the people of Pakistan have condemned the blasts in Mumbai More

Littered shell injures 6 in Pulwama

Cop Wounded In Sopore Succumbs

KHALID GUL/GKNN

Pulwama/Srinagar, July 13: Six civilians were wounded on Wednesday when a shell went off while locals were clearing the rubble of a house damaged in a gun-battle in Rajpora area of this South Kashmir district. In a similar incident two days ago, two boys died when a shell brought from a gun-battle More

People yearn for Kashmir solution:Interlocutors

‘Consensus Emerging, Separatists Welcome To Chip-In’

RAJEEV SHARMA

Jammu, July 13: The central government’s interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday said people in the three regions of the state - Kashmir valley, Ladakh and Jammu - want a permanent and irreversible solution to the Kashmir tangle.Academician Radha Kumar, one of the three interlocutors, told More

Rs 250 cr for Jammu, Ladakh sliced from state plan

Central Task Force Recommendations

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, July 13: State government is spending Rs 250 crore from its annual plan this year exclusively for the development of Jammu and Ladakh regions. Though the Rs 250 crore package was recommended by two Task Forces set up by Government of India for the two regions, the monetary assistance has More



  • Opinion

South Sudan: The Question of Borders

So as a matter of principle, and practice, there is nothing wrong in redrawing borders!

INKSIGHT BY MEHMOOD-UR-RASHID

Saturday, 9th July, 2011, another country was born. With South Sudan becoming an independent country the global family is bigger by a member – 193rd is the final count.The change came after five decades More


  • Op-Ed

Democracy Stands Tainted

ISSUES AND CONCERNS

THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO GET TRAPPED IN A MUTUAL MUD-SLINGING BUT TO FIND OUT THE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS FACED BY THE NATION, WRITES PROF JAVED MUGHAL

Two ‘Midnights’ will ever be remembered in the history of our nation -the ‘Midnight’ of 1947 when India heaved a sigh of relief into the world of freedom and the ‘Second One’ of June 5, 2011 when this More



  • Letters

Let’s conserve biodiversity for a better tomorrow

The biological diversity refers to the range of variations within the biological world. Biodiversity as it implies is a broad term now defined in terms of genes, species and ecosystem referring to genetic More


  • Editorial

Yatra Mangement

It has been two weeks since annual Amarnath yatra began in the state. And for once there are hardly any security issues associated with the pilgrimage.  Thousands of pilgrims have landed in Valley More


  • Kashmir

55 yrs on, NC worker awaits compensation

Lost 2 brothers, sister in 1957 bomb explosion

WASIM KHALID

Srinagar, July 13: For Ghulam Hassan Mir and his family past 55 years have been an endless struggle to get justice.  Mir, an active worker of ruling National Conference, had lost his two brothers More


  • Srinagar City

Barking dogs never bite? In Srinagar they do

INDO ASIAN NEWS SERVICE

Srinagar, July 13: Residents in this Jammu and Kashmir capital literally watch their step when stepping out -- for fear of stray dogs that bite people, attack livestock and create havoc. The government More



  • Jammu

PK observes `black day’

Jammu, July 13: Panun Kashmir, a frontal organization of displaced Kashmiri Pandits, observed Martyrs Day as black day, here on Wednesday. As per a handout issued by the organization, a special meeting More


  • Briefs

NC product of sacrifices: Dr Farooq

Srinagar, July 13: President of National Conference Dr Farooq Abdullah Wednesday said National Conference is the product of the sacrifices In his message on martyrs’ day, the NC leader said every More


  • Business

‘JK approves hydro electric project dev policy’

6000 MW power to be generated in next 10 years: Shabir

STATE POWER MINISTERS' CONFERENCE

New Delhi, July 13: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has approved Hydroelectric Project Development Policy 2011 to harness state’s huge hydle potential of 20,000 MW of power, said Minister of State for More


  • News

APHC seeks intl community’s role to settle K-dispute

NISAR THOKAR

Islamabad, July 13: On the occasion of martyrs’ day today, the leaders of All Parties Hurriyat Conference staged a demonstration in front of the UNMOGIP office in Islamabad seeking international community More



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