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Militants regrouping: Manmohan

‘No Room For Complacency In JK; Infiltration Continues’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA/IANS

New Delhi, Sep 16: Warning that militant camps across the border are being reactivated, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said there are attempts to induct fresh batches of militants into the country and marked out the prevailing security environment as “uncertain”.Highlighting the need for More


Rains wreak havoc across JK

4 Persons Washed Away; Flood Alert Sounded

MUDDASIR ALI/KHALID GUL

Srinagar, Sep 16: Heavy rains on Friday wreaked havoc across Jammu and Kashmir, claiming four lives, as government sounded flood alert in the Valley after the downpour resulted in swelling of Kashmir’s lifeline - Jhelum River.Orchards and farm fields bore the brunt of sudden change in the weather More


Heavy downpour inundate Jammu

12 Structures Collapse; Highway Blocked

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Sep 16: Heavy rains on Friday wreaked havoc across Jammu region claiming three lives, causing extensive damage to residential structures and blocking Jammu-Srinagar highway, the only road link connecting Kashmir Valley with rest of India.Two persons including a senior traffic police official More


Agreement has to be implemented strictly: JCC

‘Otherwise We Would Again Come Out On Roads’

Employees-Govt Pact

UMER MAQBOOLSrinagar, Sep 16: Day after signing agreement with the government over their demands including arrears of 6th pay commission, the Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) of employees Friday termed the pact as historic but added that if it is not implemented in letter and More


Employees key to public service delivery: Omar

Srinagar, Sep 16: Terming Government employees the hub in public service delivery mechanism, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Friday said that cordial and close relations between the two are imperative to implement the development agenda and fulfill social promises. Asking the employees to keep More


Investigate 3000 unmarked graves in Poonch, Rajouri: SHRC to Government

Recommends DNA Profiling Of Unknown Bodies Buried In Valley

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Sep 16: After its inquiry revealed that there are more than 2,000 unknown bodies buried at different sites in north Kashmir, the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has asked Jammu and Kashmir government to investigate into the alleged 4000 unmarked graves found at different sites in Rajouri More


JK’s economic potential impaired by conflict, corruption: Report

‘Revenue Generating Sectors Neither Fully Exploited Nor Fairly Administered’

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Sep 16: A United States based development agency has picked holes in functioning of the Jammu and Kashmir Government, asserting that “while the conflict in Kashmir had its impact on economic development of the region, the potential revenue generating sectors in the Valley are not being fully More


Final report by October 12: Padgaonkar

Interlocutors Meet Northern Command Chief

RAJEEV SHARMA

Jammu, Sep 16: New-Delhi appointed Interlocutors Friday ruled out any delay in submission of their final report on ‘political solution’ of Jammu and Kashmir, saying they will submit it to the Government of India before October 12.“Our term comes to end on October 12 this year. The report will More


Legislators serve Delhi’s interests: Malik

Beerwah (Budgam), Sep 16: The Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Muhammad Yasin Malik on Friday said the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly and its members only serve New Delhi and its interests.“The slogans of freedom, Kashmir resolution, autonomy and self-rule are raised by the pro More





  • Briefs

Mehbooba calls legislators meet

Srinagar: Ahead of the Assembly session, Peoples Democratic Party president and leader of the opposition, Mehbooba Mufti has called for a meeting of the legislators of her party on September 23.   More




  • Opinion

The waning glory

Is good old Uncle Sam breathing its last?

WORDS WITHIN BY FIRDOUS SYED

Since 9/11, a decade has passed-by. On the superhighway of the time, the process of history making is always unstoppable. Empires steeped in hubris believe their rise to be eternal: superpowers rise to More



  • Op-Ed

Stay Close: Tum Mere Pass Raho

EXTRACT

In the early 1950s, poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz, along with several left-leaning civilians and military officers, was jailed for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government. The trial became known as the Rawalpindi More




  • Letters

Tragic death

This refers to the shocking death of Dr. S K Pathan, a scientist with Indian Society of Geomatic on a visit to Kashmir University while speaking in a two day seminar on Geomatic and Good Governance on More



  • Editorial

Dealing with the hike

In a situation of high inflation, a steep hike in petrol prices is sure to send the costs of living further skywards. For a state like Jammu & Kashmir, suffering from certain economic disadvantages More



  • Business

KCCI upcoming elections come under shadows of doubt

Don’t disclose results without orders: Court

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Sep 16: In what casts a shadow of doubt over the manner the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry is planning to hold its elections, a local court here has directed the KCCI not to disclose More



  • Sports

JK Ranji Trophy, U-22 probable announced

First Time Squad Announced In Advance: JKCA Chairman

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Sep 16: Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) on Friday announced the probable of Ranji Trophy and U22 teams after a long selection process in both Kashmir and Jammu provinces. Chairman More



  • Kashmir

Don't let movement die after my death: Geelani to youth

KASHMIR NEWS SERVICE

Srinagar, Sep 16: Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Shah Geelani Friday appealed people especially youth to carry forward the movement’ after his death. “Death and life is in the hands More



  • Srinagar City

Uneven manholes risk public life

While admin sleeps, lack of coordination during macadamization makes roads vulnerable to accidents

ADIL BASHIR

Srinagar, Sep 16: While constructing manholes or laying of macadam, the authorities somehow fail to coordinate with each other thereby resulting in an uneven road connectivity, which risks the life of More




  • Jammu

Maintain web users' record: Police to cyber cafe owners

Jammu, Sep 16: Police today asked cyber cafe owners here to keep a record of internet users after a reported HUJI e-mail sent from a cyber cafe in Kishtwar district claimed responsibility for the Delhi More



  • South Asia

Barrister Sultan Mehmood to attend wedding in Srinagar

NISAR AHMED THOKAR

Islamabad, Sep 16: The Indian High Commission on Friday issued visa to the former PaK premier Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chudhary, who is all set to visit Srinagar, to attend wedding ceremony of Dr Yasir More



  • World

France herds Muslim faithful off streets after prayer ban

Paris, Sep 16: A ban on praying in French streets came into effect today, with thousands of the nation's Muslim faithful being moved to temporary alternative spaces for their day of prayer. From Paris More




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