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Day 3: Bandipora on boil

30 Injured In Fresh Clashes

SUHAIL AJMAL

Bandipora, July 27: Tension prevailed in this north Kashmir town and adjoining areas for third consecutive day on Friday as thousands of people staged protests and clashed with police and CRPF to express their resentment against the killing of a youth in Army firing. Protestors were demanding punishment More

Police foil JKLF march,Yasin Malik detained

Geelani, Mirwaiz,Others Under House Arrest

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, July 27: Police Friday foiled Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front’s protest march against the killing of a youth in Bandipora and arrested its chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik when he tried to proceed towards United Nations office here.Most of other senior separatist leaders including the More

SHRC TAKES NOTICE

Asks Government To File Report

Srinagar, July 27: Taking suo moto cognizance of killing of a youth by Army in Bandipora, the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has asked Director General of Police and Deputy Commissioner Bandipora to file reports on the matter.Taking notice of reports appearing in newspapers, the members More

FSL report confusing: Police

Fresh Samples May Be Sent To Chandigarh

DASTGEER SAHAB SHRINE FIRE

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, July 27: The Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report on the gutting of Dastgeer Sahab (RA) shrine is full of confusions and the investigators have raised certain queries on the findings.The analysis of the samples taken from the gutted shrine has been carried out at FSL located at Dalgate More

16 AMARNATH YATRIS KILLED IN ACCIDENT

Truck Ferrying Pilgrims Falls Into Gorge Near Samba

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, July 27: Sixteen Amarnath pilgrims, mostly from Delhi and UP, were killed and as many injured when a truck ferrying them skidded off the road and plunged into a gorge in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir.The mishap, which took place at Zamoorha Morh in Mansar belt, 50 kilometres from More

Vohra,Omar,Mehbooba grieved

Srinagar, July 27: Governor NN Vohra, who is also the chairman of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB), has expressed serious concern and grief over the loss of precious lives in a major accident near Samba.The Governor conveyed his sincere sympathies to the bereaved families and prayed for eternal More

Killings,talks can’t go together: Mirwaiz

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 27: Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has said talks on Kashmir issue between India and Pakistan would continue to remain inconclusive without Kashmiris’ participation.“On the one hand, two countries are talking about the solution of Kashmir issue, on the other More

Governor for multi-pronged strategy to improve road safety

Data Base Management And Analysis System To Ascertain Cause Of Mishaps

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 27: Governor NN Vohra Friday stressed on taking urgent measures by all the concerned agencies for minimizing occurrence of road accidents and mitigating heavy loss of precious lives.An official spokesman said a high level group of experts on road safety called on the Governor at More

Supreme Court rejects Centre’s plea to defer decision

Slashing VIP Hajj Quota

ANIL ANAND

New Delhi, July 27: The Supreme Court has declined to accept the Centre's request to defer till next year its July 23 order curtailing the Government's discretionary quota for Hajj pilgrimage. The court had earlier drastically reduced the VVIP quota from around 5000 seats to 300.A Division Bench More

A K Antony arrives today

AFSPA On Agenda

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, July 27: Defence Minister A K Antony will arrive in Srinagar tomorrow (Saturday) on a two-day visit during which he will review the security situation in the valley. Controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) will also figure during his meeting with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah More



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  • Briefs

4 timber smugglers, 2 Forest officials held: Police

Srinagar, July 27: Police on Friday claimed that it arrested four timber smugglers and two forest employees at Tregham in frontier district of Kupwara. A police spokesman identified the arrested smugglers More


  • National

Panel suggests national media policy, regulation of media education

New Delhi, July 27: Bringing out a National Media Policy to address the new media landscape, regulation of media education in the country, a National Film Policy to tap the potential of the film sector More



  • Opinion

The BJP memorandum

What does it signify except the bigotry they thrive on!

WORDS WITHIN

FIRDOUS SYED

BJP’s memorandum to Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Amarnath pilgrim deaths can easily be described as a sheer vandalism of historical facts. What BJP has produced in the name of a memorandum is simple More


  • GK Magazine

“Kashmir Movement Is Alive”

Chairman Hurriyat Conference (M), Mirwaiz Umar Farooq discusses at length the changing imperatives of the Kashmir Movement – economic, political, social and cultural - with GK Senior Editor Javaid Malik in an exclusive interview for GK Magazine.

POLITALKS

Q You have been talking a lot about economic activities in the recent past. How is economy related to the resolution of K-issue?To be honest enough we are late on it. Hurriyat Conference and the separatist More



  • Letters

Students deny

 This refers to the news item carried by Greater Kashmir regarding formation of NC students union “Eye on 2014 polls, NC tries hands on student politics”. (July 27, 2012). We want to clarify that More


  • Editorial

Culture of impunity

Defense Minister A K Antony has initiated a timely inquiry to establish the facts about the killing of Hilal Ahmad Dar in a Bandipora village on Tuesday night. The killing of this Bandipora youth has come More


  • Business

‘Govt taking consumers for a ride’

Ration cards being sold at Rs 50/each, cost incurred Rs 12/card

MUKEET AKMALI

Srinagar, July 27: The consumers in the Valley have accused the government of taking them for a ride by charging Rs 50 for each ration card against the “actual cost of Rs 12.” According to customers More


  • Sports

London is ready, declares Rogge

LONDON-2012

London, July 27: International Olympic Committee ( IOC) chief Jacques Rogge gave his final stamp of approval to the London Games on Friday, declaring the city ready to host the sporting extravaganza.  More


  • Kashmir

Govt issues fresh directives to administrative heads

REGULARIZATION OF CASUAL LABOURERS

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, July 27: The State Government has asked all the administrative departments to submit particulars of casual laborers working with them to the Finance Department within 10 days for studying the More


  • Srinagar City

Admin caught napping on Shalteng highway widening

SLOW WORK, TRAFFIC MESS CONTINUE TO PESTER PUBLIC MOVEMENT

GK CITY CORRESPONDENT

Srinagar, July 27: Notwithstanding the claims of Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah that he is personally monitoring 4-laning of the highway, the traffic mess continues to prevail at Shalteng, a vital link More



  • Jammu

Car plunges into gorge;1 killed near Ramban

M M PARVAIZ

Ramban, July 27: Atleast one person was killed on spot while four others sustained injuries when a car, they were traveling, skidded off the road in Kanga area, 15 kilometers short of district headquarters More


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  • World

BURMA'S MONKS CALL FOR MUSLIM COMMUNITY TO BE SHUNNED

Yangoon, July 27: Monks who played a vital role in Burma's recent struggle for democracy have been accused of fuelling ethnic tensions in the country by calling on people to shun a Muslim community that More


  • Health

New drug limits brain damage in stroke

London, July 27: Anakinra, a drug already used for rheumatoid arthritis, has shown promising results in stroke patients by dramatically limiting the amount of brain damage, according to a study. Dame More



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