Guru resolution stalled

Assembly Adjourned Amid Congress-BJP Showdown

MUDDASIR ALI/UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Sep 28: A resolution seeking clemency for parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was stalled in the Assembly Wednesday after pandemonium broke out leading to adjournment of the House without any business being transacted. The private member’s resolution submitted by Independent MLA Er Rashid More

Rashid cries foul

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Sep 28: Independent MLA, Engineer Rashid who had moved the mercy resolution for Afzal Guru said the “entire drama to sabotage the proceedings was enacted at the behest of the New Delhi” and all parties here “played their assigned role in it.”RASHID CRIES FOUL:More

Separatists keen on Afzal hanging: Omar

Srinagar, Sep 28: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday said that 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru’s hanging would have grave implications not just in the state, but the entire country. He said separatists were keen to see Guru executed as it would give them fresh lease of life.Soon More

Cop shot dead at Batamaloo

Kupwara Encounter On, Toll 8

MOAZUM MUHAMMAD

Srinagar, Sep 28: Unidentified gunmen shot dead a policeman in the commercial hub of Batamaloo in Srinagar city on Wednesday.Around 12:30 PM, head constable Ghulam Muhammad, belt no. 262, was attacked by militants from a point-blank range, police said. The cop was on way to his home in Bandipora More

Intra-Kashmir women’s conclave begins

Delegates Discuss Role Of Women In Peace Process

ALTAF BABA

Baramulla, Sep 28: The second Intra-Kashmir Women’s Conference commenced at the world famous tourist resort of Gulmarg on Wednesday. Apart from women participants from Jammu, Srinagar and Ladakh, a 16-member delegation from Pakistan Administered Kashmir (PaK) and Gilgit-Baltistan participated in today More

Centrally-sponsored schemes flawed in JK: Planning Commission

Says MLAs Interfere In Selection Of Beneficiaries, Calls For Periodic Evaluation

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Sep 28: At least half a dozen reports by the Planning Commission of India have pointed out to ‘interference’ of local legislators in Jammu and Kashmir in selection of beneficiaries for different centrally-sponsored schemes allotted to the state from time to time in the past one decade or More

Rs 4.78 cr spent on ministers’ TA/DA

Tara Chand Tops With Rs 33 Lakh Expenditure

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Sep 28: Around five crore rupees have been spent on TA/DA bills and fuel of cabinet ministers, ministers of state and persons conferred with minister of state rank during the last three years.In a written reply to a query of BJP legislator Ashok Khajuria, the state government revealed More

Drop bill on slum dwellers: Hurriyat (G) to Govt

Srinagar, Sep 28: Hurriyat Conference (G) on Wednesday asked the government to drop the proposed bill granting property rights to slum dwellers in the state."The government should publicly announce shelving of this bill aimed at permanently settling the slum dwellers in the state," the Hurriyat More

Few youth in custody: DGP

MANZOOR-UL-HASSAN

Srinagar, Sep 28: Director General of Police, Kuldeep Khoda, today said the number of youth detained in various jails under stone pelting cases was in double figures and “with the improvement in situation all of them will be released.”“The youth who are behind the bars for various stone pelting More

Don’t indulge in polemics: Malik asks Ulema

Srinagar, Sep 28: The Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Muhammad Yaseen Malik on Wednesday urged Ulema and religious groups to promote mutual brotherhood and unity instead of indulging in polemics.“Given the supreme sacrifices offered by the people and the atrocities and human rights More

Vaccination schedule for Budgam Hajis

Srinagar: The Chief Medical Officer, Budgam has framed the schedule of vaccination for Hajj pilgrims-2011 of district Budgam.  The Hajis have been requested to get themselves vaccinated on the scheduled More

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Govt collapsing under its contradictions: BJP

New Delhi, Sep 28: Joining issue with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the BJP on Wednesday said the Opposition was doing nothing to destabilise the government and if it falls, it will be because of its More

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