Kashmir’s famed silk industry dies silent death

Silk From Valley Was Exported To Entire British Empire In Maharaja Rule

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Oct 15: Once flagship industry of Jammu and Kashmir, silk rearing is in shambles today. The factors that silenced the spinning wheels at Kashmir Filatures here are varied, officials say.Established in 1897 with Italian reeling basins, the Filatures were transferred to JK Industries Ltd More

As WG recommendations gather dust, Interlocutors’ report takes centre-stage

‘Initiatives On Kashmir Have Remained Confined To Papers Only’

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Oct 15: While New Delhi is set to convene an All Party Meeting for follow-up action on the report of the interlocutors, the recommendations of the five Working Groups (WG’s) constituted by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh earlier are yet to see the light of the day. If the reports about More

Anna wearing RSS knickers: Yasin Malik

Statement Ridiculous: Hurriyat (G)

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 15: The Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Muhammad Yasin Malik on Saturday termed Anna Hazare’s statement on Kashmir as the worst example of ‘moral bankruptcy and intellectual dishonesty.’“He is still wearing the RSS knickers (shorts) under the Khadi of Gandhi,” Malik More

Demolition drive turns violent; 15 injured

Manhunt Launched To Trace ‘Miscreants’

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, Oct 15: At least 15 persons including 10 policemen were injured besides several tourist vehicles damaged when violent clashes broke out during a major demolition drive on the Western Foreshore Road along the Dal Lake here today.The trouble erupted when the demolition squad of the Lakes More

Centre asks JK to identify ‘peaceful’ areas

Srinagar, Oct 15: The central government has asked Jammu and Kashmir government to identify areas where controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) could be revoked in the first phase, local news gathering agency KNS said quoting sources.“Union Home Minister P Chidambaram in his recent More

Injured cop succumbs

CM, DGP, IGP Pay Homage

Srinagar, Oct 15: The policeman shot by gunmen at Hazratbal here on Friday succumbed to his injuries at SK Institute of Medical Sciences this morning.The critically injured policeman, Sajad Ahmad of Garend-Khord, Budgam, in Central Kashmir was attacked from point-blank range on Friday afternoon More

A K Antony sounds alert

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Oct 15: The foiled terror plot in Ambala, possibly aimed at targeting the national capital, was just a "tip of the iceberg", Defence Minister AK Antony said Saturday, cautioning people to remain vigilant in the prevailing "sensitive and delicate" atmosphere."Ambala incident is a tip More

Sarfaraz Khan passes away Mir condoles demise

Srinagar: Former minister and ex-MLA Beerwah Sarfaraz Ahmad Khan passed away at SKIMS here on Saturday. Agriculture Minister Ghulam Hassan Mir, Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control, Taj More

• Demise condoled
• Parents concerned at plight of detainees in Tihar Jail

Yeddyurappa lands in jail

Bangalore, Oct 15: Former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa was Saturday jailed in two corruption cases, causing a severe loss of face for the Bharatiya Janata Party as its senior leader L.K. Advani More

• Mob torches police station in Bihar