Soldier killed, another injured in LoC blast

Brigadier, 2 soldiers injured in Kupwara firing

BY PTI/Mushtaq Ahmed

An Army soldier was killed and another got injured when a land mine exploded near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Spurious Drugs scam: Crime Branch bares murky details about main supplier

BY Marouf Ahmad Parray

The Crime Branch investigation into the spurious drugs scam has revealed murky details about M/S Life Line Pharmaco Surgicals, the firm which supplied “zero per cent” Amoxicillin

6 famed handicrafts ‘vanishing’ from Srinagar: GoI survey

BY Abdul Mohamin
6 famed handicrafts ‘vanishing’ from Srinagar: GoI survey

The old city of Srinagar, which has been known for its arts and crafts for centuries, is fast losing some of its famed handicrafts, according to a government of India-commissioned survey.

Omar hopes India, Pak dialogue process to start soon

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday hoped that dialogue process would soon be restarted between India and the new government in Pakistan to strengthen the ties between

Bandipora: Residents foil Army’s attempt to arrest beggar

BY Azim Jan
Bandipora: Residents foil Army’s attempt to arrest beggar

Hundreds of people Saturday held strong protests after Army soldiers tried to arrest a physically challenged man in main town here. 60-year-old Abdul Qayoom, son of Shams-ud-Din of Baba Gund, Pattan in the neighboring Baramulla district was making some purchases at the main

Former Minister VC Shukla injured in Naxal attack

Suspected Naxals opened fire on Congress' 'Parivartan Yatra', comprising senior party leaders, in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district Saturday, police said.

Srinagar

Shopian double rape- murder

Geelani calls for shutdown in Shopian

Chairman Hurriyat Conference(G)  Syed Ali Shah Geelani  has called for a complete shutdown on May 30 in south Kashmir’s Shopian district to mark the fourth anniversary of the Shopian rape and murder case. While paying tributes to Asiya and Nilofer, the two women who were allegedly raped and murdered by government forces in 2010,

Jammu

'Cong will emerge largest party in 2014 polls'

Congress will emerge as the single largest party in Jammu and Kashmir in the 2014 assembly polls, party's state chief Saifuddin Soz said Saturday. "Congress party will emerge as the single largest party in 2014 assembly elections in the state," Soz said while addressing a public meeting at Udhampur, 65 kms from here.

Kashmir

Palhalan under ‘siege’ after Hilal Molvi’s killing

BY Mushtaq Ahmed

Uneasy calm prevailed in Palhalan area of this north Kashmir district, even as a complete shutdown was observed Saturday for the third straight day against the killing of a Lashker-e-Toiba militant Hilal Ahmad Rather alias Molvi in downtown Srinagar on Thursday. Like Friday, all shops, offices, banks and educational institutions remained closed in Palhalan, Pattan (the native area of Hilal) and other adjoining areas to pay homage to the slain militant who,

Sports

Leave sports to sportspersons, politics to politicians: Omar

Disfavoring suggestions to make his father and Union Minister Farooq Abdullah BCCI chief, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday said sports bodies should be administered by sportspersons and not by politicians. Replying to a question on former IPL chairman Lalit Modi's suggestion to make Farooq Abdullah the BCCI chief,

Business

Valley contracts aghast over delay in plan outlay allocation

JKCCCC says PCI decision unacceptable; Kashmir at disadvantage

BY YASIR ASHRAF

The reports about the cancellation of the meeting between Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Planning Commission of India (PCI) on allocation of plant outlay and the rejection of demands regarding the increase in funds for development in the state have drawn severe criticism from the Valley based contractors, saying “New Delhi may stop heavy financial assistance to Jammu and Kashmir.”

Opinion

‘Nothing to threaten with’

BY Dr Omar Akhtar

In a famous scene from the movie, ‘The Dark Knight,’ in an Oscar-winning role, Heath Ledger, acting as ’The Joker,’ taunts the noble, righteous, ‘Batman,’ while he is interrogating him in jail - saying, with a smile on his face,

Editorial

Opening tourism, Choking dissent

One of the biggest ironies perpetuated in Kashmir is the government’s massive and sustained effort to promote tourism and a proportionate State force being used to enforce a deadly silence and choke political dissent.

Oped

From a homemaker to ‘Iron lady’ of Kashmir

BY Khurram Rasool

Twenty-three years ago, Parveena Ahangar was no more than an average Kashmiri homemaker. This unlettered woman who could only read Qur’an has come a long, hard way since August 18, 1990,

Pictures  View More...
Activities On Facebook
Followers On Twitter

cartoon
By Mir Suhail
Advertisements