Proposal for AFSPA revision pending before CCS: PC

‘Interlocutors Report Will Be Made Public Soon’

ANIL ANAND/PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Mar 31: Union Home Ministry has sought amendments in the controversial Armed Forced Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and the proposal is pending before the Cabinet Committee on Security.Replying to questions of journalists after presenting his monthly report here, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram More

Engineer arrested in Bijbehara car blast case

Killed Youth Was Part Of Plot; Target Was Army Or Some VVIP: Police

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, Mar 31: Police claimed to have arrested a civil engineer and is hunting for two other youth in connection with the recent Bijbehara car bomb explosion that left one person dead and 21 others injured.The investigations have been carried out jointly by Awantipora and Islamabad (Anantnag More

Protests in NIT against student’s arrest

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Mar 31: The students of National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar Saturday held strong protests against arrest of a final year student of engineering. They have threatened massive protests in case the student is not released.Parvaiz Ahmad Bhat son of Shakeel Ahmad Bhat, a resident More

Ghulam Jeelani Baba passes away

GK NEWS NETWORK

Baramulla, Mar 31: The proprietor of Jeelani News Agency Baramulla, Ghulam Jeelani Baba, passed away last night after a brief illness. Jeelani was a pioneer of journalism in north Kashmir.The entire journalist fraternity of Kashmir has expressed grief at the death and hailed the services of Ghulam More

RTI reveals ‘no agreement’ on Salal

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Mar 31: With clamor for return of power projects controlled by NHPC growing louder in Jammu and Kashmir, the state government has revealed that its claims over Salal hydroelectric project are not backed by any formal agreement.In response to an RTI application filed by Irfan Hafiz Lone More

‘Make Kashmiris equal partners in peace process’

Delhi Conference Advocates Demilitarization Of Kashmir

ANIL ANAND

New Delhi, Mar 31: A two-day conference on India-Pakistan Civil Society Review of Strategic Relations has emphasized that people of Kashmir should be made equal stakeholders in the peace process and part of the dialogue process. At the same time it has also recommended demilitarization of both sides More

Preventing spillover of Taliban ideology a challenge: Army

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Jammu, Mar 31: Asserting that the nation faces threat in the eventuality of US troops' withdrawal from Afghanistan, a senior Army official has said India's “immense” challenge lies in preventing the “spillover” of Taliban ideology and the resultant violence, especially in Jammu and Kashmir.“Our More

Dog attacks on children show steep rise in Valley

In 1637 Cases Reported In SMHS,34% Victims Were Kids: Study

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Mar 31: The government’s failure to check the increasing number of stray and rabid dogs in the Valley is showing dangerous ramifications on ground with canines wreaking havoc across Kashmir and targeting children.Doctors in the SMHS Surgery Department told Greater Kashmir that a survey More

Khans bereaved

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Mar 31: Begum Sardar Nazir Ahmed Khan passed away last night at SKIMS here after a brief illness. She is the mother of DIG Police north Kashmir Munir Ahmed Khan and District Development Commissioner, Srinagar, Baseer Ahmed Khan.Hundreds of people including political figures, officials More

Quake rocks Kashmir

Srinagar, Mar 31: A moderate intensity earthquake today shook the Kashmir Valley but there were no immediate reports of any casualty or damage. "An earthquake of 5.2 magnitude was experienced at 9 More

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Police kept eyes closed during 1984 anti-Sikh riots: CBI

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Mar 31: The CBI today told a court here that the Delhi police, acting in a pre-planned manner during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, kept its "eyes closed" to the violence. Advancing final arguments More

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