Assembly admits resolution

Discussion, Voting On Sep 28

Clemency For Guru

UMER MAQBOOLSrinagar, Sep 17: Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly will take up for discussion on September 28 the resolution seeking clemency for the Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.“The draw of lots was held today and the resolution regarding Afzal Guru was picked More

Coalition on Trial

JAVAID MALIK

Srinagar Sep 17: The resolution on Afzal Guru’s mercy petition could not have come at a more challenging time for the state government. It will need as much deftness as any political dispensation can ever muster to wriggle itself out of a situation that can exact a price from both coalition partners More

NC in dilemma, PDP lone backer

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Sep 17: With Assembly all set to discuss the resolution seeking clemency for Parliament attack convict Muhammad Afzal Guru, all eyes are on the ruling National Conference for its stand on the issue.As the resolution needs a simple majority to get through, its passage will depend on the More

Unmarked graves complex issue, needs answer: Interlocutors

‘Separatists’ Absence Won’t Affect Recommendations’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Sep 17: A day after the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) directed the state government for DNA profiling of unidentified bodies allegedly found buried in around 6,000 unmarked graves across Jammu and Kashmir, New-Delhi appointed interlocutors Saturday said it was a “complicated issue” that More

Panel members arrive in Valley

MOAZUM MUHAMMAD

Srinagar, Sep 17: The three-member panel of interlocutors arrived here Saturday on a four day visit. The group is set to visit three districts including Baramulla, Kupwara and Shopian to hold deliberations with various sections of the society. “We are going to complete our final report after visiting More

Post-retirement jobs: It’s free for all in JK Govt

‘Favourites’ Continue To Be Re-Employed; Cabinet Order Thrown To Winds

MUDDASIR ALI/FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Sep 17: While the unemployment graph in Jammu and Kashmir continues to swell, the state government’s re-employment policy for ‘favourite’ civil servants is furthering joblessness in the state and also telling upon the health of administration. This is, interestingly, notwithstanding a clear More

Political circles aghast

Srinagar, Sep 17: Political circles in Jammu and Kashmir are demanding end to the trend of reemploying and granting extensions to retired officials, asserting that it not only tells upon the health of administration but also leads to instances of corruption.GOVT ACCOMMODATING BLUE More

Cabinet sub-committee gets another extension

Sagheer Panel Report

Jammu, Sep 17: The state government has given another extension to the cabinet sub-committee, constituted for examining the recommendations of the Working Group on Centre-State relations. The committee has been asked to submit its report by September 30.Official sources said that despite the extension More

Our struggle is genuine: Mirwaiz

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Sep 17: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Saturday said the Kashmir movement was a genuine people’s movement and it was not sponsored or controlled from any quarter.“Kashmiris’ freedom movement will continue till the objective of freedom is completely achieved in More

Don’t trust West: Khamenei tells Muslims

Tehran, Sep 17: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Saturday warned those involved in popular Arab uprisings against trusting Western powers and their “promises,” saying they should instead confide in Islam for solutions.“Never trust America, NATO, and criminal regimes like Britain, France More

Natrang stages ‘Choona Hai Aasmaan’ in Islamabad

Srinagar: The sixth and the final show of Natrang’s Urdu play ‘Choona Hai Aasmaan’ was staged at Islamabad (Anantnag) on Saturday.  According to a communiqué, the play was witnessed by hundreds of More

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MODI FASTS FOR ‘COMMUNAL HARMONY’

Ahmedabad, Sep 17: Fighting hard to remove the taint of 2002 violence, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today began a three-day fast for peace and communal harmony vowing to end votebank politics but More

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