NORMALCY RETURNS

Traffic, Shoppers Back On Valley Streets

SHABIR IBN YUSUF/MUKEET AKMALI

Srinagar, June 30: Life returned to normal in Kashmir valley on Saturday after five days of complete shutdown and curfew in old Srinagar following the gutting of the shrine of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani (RA) at Khanyar here. Shops, other businesses, educational institutions and public transport More

Omar justifies restrictions

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said the situation arising in the wake of the Dastgeer Sahab shrine fire demanded imposition of restrictions in some parts of the city."I make no apologies for the administrative measures used over the last few days in a handful of police stations. Situation More

JK Govt to take up matter with PMO

ROW OVER POWER PROJECTS

POSTURING?

AKSHAY AZAD

Jammu, June 30: Following a cold shoulder from the Union Power Ministry on the transfer of power projects from National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) to the State, Jammu and Kashmir Government is contemplating to take up the matter with the Prime Minister’s Office. Well informed More

Broken relation breaks her will to live

*Srinagar Doctor Kills Self *Family Blames Would-Be Groom

TRAGEDY

JAVAID MALIK

Srinagar, June 30: Two months back Dr Midhat Amin, 29, daughter of late Dr Amin Ahmed Sofi, was on cloud nine when she got engaged to a Kashmiri medico settled in the United States. But little did she know that her joys would be short lived. The shock came when her fiancée, Dr Fayaz Ahmed Hakeem, More

Don’t play politics on shrines: Mirwaiz tells GoI

‘We’ll Rebuild The Structure On Our Own’

ZAHID MAQBOOL

Srinagar, June 30: Taking Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram head on for lending help in the construction of gutted Dastgeer Sahab shrine, Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Saturday said that people of Kashmir have enough magnanimity to re-build the shrine without taking aid More

Police attaches house of separatist worker

Cites Unlawful Activities Act;Only 2nd Such Incident In Past 22 Yrs

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, June 30: In a first case of its kind in the recent past, the State police Saturday attached house of a political worker of a separatist party, People League (PL), at Chanapora here. In its order (No. 1762/2012 dated May 5, 2012) police has cited that the house of Ghulam Muhammad More

Miscreants provoking people: Malik

HASIBHAT INCIDENT WIDELY CONDEMNED

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, June 30: The alleged desecration of holy Quran and Alam Sharief at Imambara Gund Hasibhat has come in for severe condemnation from various political and religious organisations. The chairman of Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front Muhammad Yasin Malik while addressing a gathering More

SIT records statements

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, June 30: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted to probe the cause of fire in Dastgeer Sahab (RA) shrine Saturday recorded the statements of Naib (Deputy) Imam of the shrine and is all set to record the statement of Sajada Nisheen soon. The SIT is headed by Sub-Divisional More

1 lakh yatris have Darshan

Srinagar, June 30: In furtherance of the decision to undertake regular monitoring and review of all Yatra related matters, N. N. Vohra, Governor, who is Chairman of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, chaired a meeting late yesterday evening to review the first five days of the Yatra. Navin K. Choudhary More

Militant killed,solider injured in Zachaldara encounter

Srinagar: An unidentified militant was killed and a solider was injured in an encounter in Handwara area of Kupwara district in north Kashmir, Army said. Giving details Brigadier General Staff  More

• G H Mir hails Kashmiri youth

Govt proposing National Urban Health Mission: PM

Puducherry, June 30: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday said the government is proposing a new National Urban Health Mission to focus on the health challenges of people in towns and cities while it More