PROTESTS ROCK KASHMIR AMID RESTRICTIONS, SHUTDOWN

Clashes In Srinagar, Baramulla; Demos In Tangdhar, Ladakh

ANTI-ISLAM FILM FALLOUT

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, Sep 21: Amid a spontaneous shutdown and police restrictions, massive protests against the blasphemous film made in the US rocked Kashmir Valley Friday with cops using force to disperse protestors at many places. Today’s shutdown transcended Valley’s boundaries as border town of Tangdhar More

Demonstrations staged in Jammu

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Sep 21: Muslims across Jammu region Friday took to streets and staged peaceful demonstration against the blasphemous video uploaded on the internet.A large number of people took out a procession from Bathindi area of Jammu. The demonstrators assembled at Jammu-Pathankote highway (bypass More

PAK PROTESTS TURN DEADLY

20 Die, Islamabad Summons US Envoy

REZAUL H LASKAR

Islamabad, Sep 21: At least 20 people died and nearly 200 were wounded in Pakistan during violent protests on Friday condemning a US-made film insulting Islam, defying a government call for only peaceful demonstrations, officials said.Nine people were killed in Karachi, the country's largest city More

Muzaffarabad peaceful

TARIQ NAQASH

Muzaffarabad, Sep 21: Thousands of people poured onto the streets in all cities and towns of Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK) on Friday to record their protest against the anti-Islam film, but unlike other parts of country no incident of violence was reported from anywhere, officials said.People More

American embassy in Delhi shut

New Delhi, Sep 21: The United States embassy in New Delhi was shut on Friday and employees were asked to stay on the compound due to the risk of protests over an anti-Islam film, embassy sources said.The decision to close the embassy was taken by authorities to prevent any “untoward incident” More

Cellular, internet services snapped

MUKEET AKMALI

Srinagar, Sep 21: Mobile telephone and internet services were snapped across Kashmir valley on Friday as authorities apprehended escalation in protests over the anti-Islam film made in the US.Cellular companies complained of incurring huge losses “due to the government diktat.” While the Internet More

Govt constitutes Development Authority for Wullar Lake

To Be Headed By Minister Of Forests And Environment

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, Sep 21: After nearly two years of inordinate delay the Jammu and Kashmir Government has finally constituted the Wullar Development Authority (WDA) to restore the pristine glory of Asia’s largest freshwater lake – Wullar - in north Kashmir.Officials said the formation of the WDA will More

Mulayam stands by UPA as Mamata says good bye

ANIL ANAND/PTI

New Delhi, Sep 21: The UPA government today breathed easy with the Samajwadi Party pledging its continued support as Trinamool Congress formally split with the coalition withdrawing its backing after its ministers quit.Significantly, the TMC, which withdrew the support of its 19 MPs to the government More

Govt removes CMO Budgam

Attached with Directorate of Health Services

Srinagar, Sep 21: Taking serious note of administrative lapses in Budgam district, the Jammu and government has removed the Chief Medical Officer there. "The Minister took a serious note of certain More

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'Kargil was a poor test of India's air warfare capability'

LALIT K JHA\PTI

Washington, Sep 21: Kargil conflict was a "poor test" of India's air warfare capability, a prominent US think-tank has said, warning that with threats of future wars with Pakistan and China persisting More

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