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Government seeks closure of SHRC probe

Matter Will Be Investigated By Truth And Reconciliation Commission: Home Deptt

UNMARKED GRAVES

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, Aug 16: Jammu and Kashmir Government has asked the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) to dispose off the case on unmarked graves saying the matter will be investigated by the yet to be constituted Truth and Reconciliation Commission.  The constitution of the Truth and Reconciliation More

Waqf Board spends more on vehicles, less on needy

Against Rs 40 Lakh Spent On Conveyance, Rs 20 Lakh Disbursed As Relief

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Aug 16: While Waqf Board in Jammu and Kashmir should have been a model institution for rendering financial assistance to the needy and destitute lot of the society, but on the contrary, it has miserably failed to render any such generous help through its Bait-ul-Maal wing.  It may sound More

‘OMAR HAS NO MANDATE TO INVITE US FOR TALKS’

Separatists React In Unison To Chief Minister’s Statement

ZAHID MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Aug 16: Rejecting Chief Minister’s invitation for talks, the separatist camp has said that Omar Abdullah has no mandate to talk about Kashmir issue as he is only a ‘puppet’ in the hands of New Delhi.Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G), Syed Ali Shah Geelani, while hitting out directly More

Samba incident not provoked by suicide: Army Chief

‘Incident Being Probed’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Aug 16: The stand-off between soldiers and officers in an armoured regiment deployed at Samba in Jammu and Kashmir last week was not provoked by the suicide of a soldier of the unit, Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh asserted today.In an interaction with PTI on the sidelines of a function More

Bodo Muslims might turn militant: NCM

‘Minority Community Targeted With AK-47s During Riots’

AGENCIES

New Delhi, Aug 16: Warning that persecution of Muslims in the Bodo districts of Assam, will force them to turn ‘militant’, National Commission of Minorities has said that the recent violence in the area was not targeted against Bangladeshi immigrants but local Muslim population.“There is a possibility More



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  • Briefs

1 killed, 6 injured in road mishaps

Srinagar, Aug 16:  A child died and six others were injured in different road accidents across Kashmir Valley. Police said a Tata Sumo (JK09/2707) skidded off the road at Kashera, Zanglee, Kupwara More


  • National

Panicky Assamese leave Maharashtra, Karnataka

IANS/PTI

Mumbai, Aug 16: People from Assam and other northeast states are fleeing to their home states after some of them were targeted by miscreants in Maharashtra and Karnataka in the past few days, officials More



  • Opinion

Change of guard

In Jama'at-e-Islami candidate doesn't follow the mandate, it's reverse

COMMENT

HASSAN ZAINAGAIRI

 The election of Muhammad Abdullah Wani as Amir-e-Jama'at, to many, would have come a big surprise. Even to the new elected chief himself. But that is the hallmark of a grand organization with cadre More


  • GK Magazine

Remembering the First Kiblah

Al-Quds has so much of faith and history woven in its tale

17TH AUGUST: AL-QUDS

DR. JAVID IQBAL

Al-Quds was the first Kiblah before Prophet Mohammad (SAW) turned his face to ‘Kabbah’ during a prayer. Al-Quds is the sacred place from where Prophet (SAW) took off for his journey to heavens (Meraj-un More



  • Letters

New challenges

 Muhammad Abdullah Wani is the new Ameer-e- Jama'at.  He is a dynamic personality and has performed all tasks efficiently so far. From a well honored school teacher viz General Secretary of Falahe More


  • Friday Focus

Time of Assessment

PROF G R MALIK

Today is the last Friday of this year’s Ramadan – an occasion of introspection and assessment for all of us as to what we have gathered from the holy month that is about to depart. It is a month of manifold More


  • Business

'Demand for bakery slips round this Eid'

MUKEET AKMALI

Srinagar, Aug 16: Otherwise a must on every Eid, the bakery this time around has remained in low demand as compared to the corresponding period a year ago.  The bakers complained the demand round More


  • Sports

JK Bank loses against Army Green

125TH DURAND CUP FOOTBALL KNOCKOUT TOURNAMENT

New Delhi, Aug 16: Army Green today defeated Jammu and Kashmir Bank in the inaugural match of the 125th Edition of Durand Cup Football Tournament 2012 being played at Dr. B R Ambedkar Stadium here on Thursday More


  • Kashmir

Stung by SC directive, JK Govt on way to ‘count figures’

Fact-Finding Committee To Ascertain Facts In Light Of Apex Court Verdict

MISSING CHILDREN

IMRAN MUZAFFAR

Srinagar, Aug 16: With Supreme Court issuing notices to all the state governments to trace missing children, the Jammu and Kashmir Government is likely to constitute a fact-finding committee to find out More


  • Srinagar City

SMC FORMULATES GARBAGE MANAGEMENT PLAN

Commissions state-of-the-art compactors, sweeping machines

Run up to Eid

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 16: In its endeavor to keep the city clean on eve of Eid, the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) has formulated a comprehensive garbage management plan.  SMC officials estimate that More



  • Jammu

SSB finalizes teachers’ selection process

AKSHAY AZAD

Jammu, Aug 16: The prolong wait of over 1800 candidates selected for the posts of teachers in Jammu and Kashmir is likely to come at an end, as the Service Selection Board (SSB) has completed the selection More


  • South Asia

10 killed in Taliban attack on Pak Air Force base

REZAUL H LASKAR/PTI

Islamabad, Aug 16: In a brazen pre-dawn assault, heavily-armed Taliban donning suicide vests today stormed a key Pakistan Air Force base believed to house nuclear weapons, triggering a fierce gunbattle More


  • World

OIC suspends Syria

Aazaz (Syria), Aug 16: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation suspended Syria today, saying the Muslim world can no longer accept a government that "massacres its people", further isolating the embattled More



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