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YOUTH’S KILLING TRIGGERS PROTEST IN RAFIABAD

ALTAF BABA

Baramulla, Feb 11: Protests broke out in Laiser Rafiabad of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district against the killing of a 20-year old youth Ashiq Hussain Rather son of Muhammad Akbar Rather by the soldiers of 32 Rashtriya Rifles Friday evening. Government and army announced separate inquires even as More

Too early to comment: Chief Minister

Hasnain Regrets;Govt, Army Announce Separate Probes

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Feb 11: Commenting on the killing of a youth in Baramulla district, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who arrived here from Jammu, told reporters, "It is too early to comment on the incident as there are multiple versions coming out about it. We are looking into the matter."The Chief Minister More

Dilawar Mir condemns killing

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Feb 11: Former MLA from Rafiabad and PDP General Secretary Muhammad Dilawar Mir has condemned the killing of a youth in his constituency and accused the coalition government of having ‘lost count of the number of youth that have got killed during the last three years of their tenure.’
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Punish the killers: Geelani

Inquiry An Escape Route: Mehbooba

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Feb 11: Cutting across political ideologies, various separatist and regional mainstream parties strongly condemned the killing of a youth in district Baramulla, demanding impartial probe into the killing and punishment to the soldiers involved in the act.The Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman More

Kashmir remembers Maqbool Bhat

Valley Observes Shutdown

Srinagar, Feb 11: Amid restrictions in Lal Chowk area, Kashmir Valley observed a complete shutdown on Saturday to mark the 28th death anniversary of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) founder, Shaheed Muhammad Maqbool Bhat, who was hanged at Tihar Jail on this day in 1984.The JKLF Chairman More

Peerzada Sayeed continues to be Cabinet Minister

Divested Of Education Portfolio

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Feb 11: Despite being indicted by the Crime Branch for helping his son pass a Board exam, Peerzada Muhammad Sayeed continues to hold Cabinet portfolio in the National Conference-Congress coalition government.Well informed sources in the State government revealed that following the resignation More

Sayeed’s continuation evokes ridicule

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Feb 11: The continuation of Peerzada Muhammad Sayeed in the State Cabinet has evoked widespread criticism across the board, with political parties saying "it will further deteriorate governance and flourish corruption in the State".Talking to Greater Kashmir, PDP spokesman Naeem Akthar More

Crime Branch likely to register formal case

AKSHAY AZAD

Jammu, Feb 11: Crime Branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police is likely to register a formal case in the examgate, allegedly involving the son of expelled Education minister Peerzada Muhammad Sayeed.“We have everything in place but the government has to make a formal order for registration of the case More

High command rejected my resignation: Peerzada

SUMIT HAKHOO

Jammu, Feb 11: A day after submitting his resignation to the All India Congress Committee president Sonia Gandhi, former Minister for School Education Peerzada Muhammad Sayeed today claimed that his resignation has not been accepted by the party high command.Showing ignorance about the Chief Minister More

1987 elections frustrated valley youth: Governor

MANZOOR-UL-HASSAN

Srinagar, Feb 11: Governor NN Vohra on Saturday said the Kashmiri youth were being alienated and frustrated by ‘worrying political happenings’ in the past including 1987 elections that prompted violent reaction from them and changed the political discourse thereafter.“Post 1970 years were very More



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  • Briefs

Islamabad businessman dies in Police Station

KHALID GUL

Islamabad (Anantnag), Feb 11: A leading businessman of this south Kashmir town Bilal Ahmad died of cardiac arrest on late Saturday night.Sources said that Bilal suffered a heart attack in the Saddar Police More


  • National

JK YOUTH MEET CHIDAMBARAM

New Delhi, Feb 11: A group of 160 youth from Jammu and Kashmir who are presently on tour of various parts of the country under the project “Wattan-Ko-Jano” interacted with the Union Home Minister P Chidambaram More



  • Opinion

Wait your turn

As they also serve who only stand and wait

WRITE HAND BY AJAZ UL HAQUE

A mad sense of competition has rendered the world a virtual battlefield where everyone tries to outplay everyone else. Means don't matter, end does. A brute utilitarian principle is operating in our lives More


  • GK Magazine

Strategic Shift in India-Pakistan Relations

MANY PAKISTANIS FEEL THAT NOW IS THE TIME TO STOP BLAMING INDIA FOR ALL OUR PROBLEMS

DIPLOMACY BY DR GULL WANI

On Kashmir Solidarity Day Yousaf Raza Gilani - Prime Minister of Pakistan - told a Kashmir convention: “we want to resolve Kashmir matter through dialogue, diplomacy, prudent policy and national consensus More



  • Business

Valley mutton dealers seek import subsidy

Ask govt to decontrol meat prices

MUKEET AKMALI

Srinagar, Feb 11: President All Kashmir Butchers’ Union, Khazir Muhammad Rigoo today demanded subsidy on mutton imports. Maintaining that the wholesale mutton dealers in the Valley suffered “massive More


  • Sports

Rahul makes hat -trick in Churchill’s 3-2 win

3RD SHER-E-KASHMIR GOLD CUP FOOTBALL

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Feb 11:  Hat trick from Rahul Sabharwal guided Churchill Brothers to a close 3-2 win over fighting Mussa Club to reach the second round of the ongoing 3rd Sher-e-Kashmir Gold Cup Football Tournament More


  • Kashmir

Azadi demands sacrifices, says Maqbool Bhat's mother

ZAHID MAQBOOL

Trehgam (Kupwara), Feb 11: Shahmali Begum, mother of Maqbool Bhat, founder of JKLF, who gave the call of complete ‘independence’ on both sides of Line of Control (LoC) is still loaded with the ammunition More


  • Srinagar City

CAPD adds ‘red-tapism’ to public distribution system in Srinagar

Aam Aadmi to spend more, asked to submit attested photocopy of ration card

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Feb 11: In a bid to skirt its failure in the timely issuance of fresh ration tickets in the City, the Consumers Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD) department, has evolved a novel system whereby More



  • Jammu

Manpower shortage impedes working of Ranbir Press

Workload likely to delay printing of budget session material

AKSHAY AZAD

JAMMU, Feb 11: The state legislature is likely to face problem in the timely printing of the material for budget session as the Ranbir Government Press employees are unable to cope with the workload reportedly More


  • South Asia

India, Pak docs perform joint liver transplant in Lahore

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Lahore, Feb 11: A group of Indian and Pakistani doctors have jointly performed a complicated liver transplant procedure at a hospital here, the first time such a procedure was conducted in Pakistan.  More


  • World

Gunmen assassinate army general in Damascus

Beirut, Feb 11: Gunmen assassinated an army general in Damascus today in the first killing of a high ranking military officer in the Syrian capital since the uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime More



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