Amnesty slams ‘arbitrary’ arrests

Govt Using PSA As Parallel Criminal Justice System

Arif Shafi Wani /WasimKhalid

Srinagar Mar 21: Calling for an imme¬diate end to arbitrary arrests and repeal of the controversial Public Safety Act (PSA) in Jammu and Kashmir, interna¬tional human rights watchdog- Amnesty International on Monday said the state government has been using PSA to create a parallel or informal criminal More

Sam denied visa

Srinagar, Mar 21: It was actually Sam Zarifi, Amnesty International’s South Asia Director who was going to release the report in Srinagar. However his visa was kept pending by the Indian high com¬mission in London and he could not visit Kashmir, the Amnesty members said.South Asian member of Amnesty More

‘It corroborates our stand’

Separatists, Opposition Welcome Report

Muddasir Ali

Srinagar, Mar 21: The Amnesty International report seeking an end to use of Public Safety Act (PSA) by the Govern¬ment in Jammu and Kashmir has been welcomed by the separatists as well as Opposition Peoples Democratic Party. While pro-freedom parties said the report corroborates their stand that Kashmir More

Change of tack or diplomatic posturing?

Roemer’s Snub to Separatists

Javaid Malik

Srinagar, Mar 21: US Ambassador to India Timothy J Roemer’s royal ignore to the separatists has come as a sharp contrast to the once aggressive wooing of the Hurriyat leaders by the visiting US diplomats. And the most prominent of them was former US ambassa¬dor Frank Wisner whose visit in the nineties More

Govt wants national highway status for Mughal Road

May Consider Extending Route Up To Nowshera

GK News Network

Jammu, Mar 21: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has demanded that the Centre should declare 84-km long Mughal Road connecting Kashmir with Jammu region as a national highway.“The state Government has recommended to the Union Ministry of Roads, Transport and Highways that the Mughal Road be declared More

JK to get plan approval in April

Consultations To Begin After Budget Session

Sumit Hakhoo

Jammu, Mar 21: Jammu and Kashmir is likely to get a formal approval of its annual plan outlay from the Planning Commission (PC) in the second week of April.Sources said that the ini¬tial department-wise meetings between the state and the Planning Commission officials are likely to commence immedi More

Militant attack in Sopore

Ghulam Muhammad

Sopore, Mar 21: Suspected militants on Monday fired upon a search party of police in this north Kashmir town. Following the attack, a sub-in¬spector of police was injured after being hit by a vehicle.Talking to Greater Kash¬mir, Deputy Inspector General of Police, North Kashmir, Muneer Ahmed Khan More

Army Chief in Valley

Srinagar, Mar 21: The Army Chief, General V K Singh, Monday reviewed the operational preparedness in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of changing environ¬ment and security scenario.A Defence spokesman said General Singh, who was accompanied by his wife Bharti Singh, the president of Army’s Central Family More

Quake jolts Valley

Srinagar, Mar 21: An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 Monday hit Kashmir valley, prompting people to rush out of buildings fearing repeat of the 2005 tremor which devastated several border areas of the valley.The tremor with its epicentre in the Hindukush mountain range in Afghanistan occurred around More