Who will have the last laugh - Omar or Army?

‘JK Can Emulate Manipur To Make AFSPA Infructuous’

JAVAID MALIK

Srinagar, Nov 12: While Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday said the two state-level official committees, set up last October to view possibility of revoking the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), should make their recommendations known to him, the Army says the recommendations More

NORTH, SOUTH REEL UNDER DARKNESS

Students Worst Hit In Exam Days

ALTAF BABA/KHALID GUL

Baramulla/Islamabad, Nov 12: Resentment against erratic power supply is brewing among people in entire Kashmir valley. The unscheduled power cuts have not only been reported from the non-metered areas, but the metered areas too are facing frequent power cuts especially during the peak hours.“Our More

Kashmir has become den of spurious drugs: Doctors

Govt Should Stop This Deadly Business: Dr Trehan

MUSHTAQ AHMAD

Srinagar, Nov 12: A long kept murky secret came out in the open Saturday when India’s leading doctors, at a medical conference here, revealed that Kashmir has turned into a heaven for spurious and substandard drugs.Alarmed by the reports of widespread presence of spurious drugs in the Valley, More

Revoke AFSPA, demilitarise JK: Arundhati

‘People In Kashmir Should Be Given Right To Self-Determination’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New York, Nov 12: Noted Indian writer Arundhati Roy has said revoking the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from Jammu and Kashmir and demilitarisation is required to ensure the right of self-determination to the people of the state. She said a country cannot call itself a democracy More

Coalition Coordination Committee meeting next week

Srinagar, Nov 12: The Coalition Coordination Committee in the state has decided to meet next week to sort out their differences.“The coordination committee will meet in Jammu next week. Congress high command has asked the state Congress leaders to sort out the differences within the coalition More

Pak army on board: Manmohan

Indo-Pak Thaw

On Board Air India One, Nov 12: Asserting that he is not putting "blinding faith" in his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani for pushing bilateral dialogue, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday said Pakistan's armed forces were "on board" on the peace process.He said India wanted to strengthen More

Decision on AFSPA to be taken objectively: PM

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

On Board Air India One, Nov 12: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said a decision on Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's demand for partial withdrawal of AFSPA has to be discussed by those More

• Indo-Pak Commerce Secretaries meeting on Monday