SRINAGAR - Cadets went on a nightlong rampage inside a police training school complex in Jammu and Kashmir smashing the property as well as vehicles on the Srinagar-Leh highway.
Scores of trainees at the Manigam police training school in the... more
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WASHINGTON: The United States has said there has been no change in its position on Kashmir and encourages India and Pakistan to resolve its differences bilaterally.
"As always, we encourage cooperation and consultation and discussion between the Governments of India and Pakistan," the... more
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Afghan officials have said the removal of the flag and nameplate from the Taliban's Qatar office is not enough.
Afghan peace negotiators say they are unhappy with Taliban statements.
"It is a kind of Taliban establishment which we don't want," Muhammad Ismael Qasemyar, a member of... more
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SRINAGAR - A pall of gloom was witnessed at Lalpora area of frontier Kupwara district after a two year old girl drowned in a local stream, police today said.
Police said a... more
Srinagar - Three persons including a minor died and four others were injured in different road accidents across the valley, police today said.
An unknown vehicle hit a six... more
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PESHAWAR — A suspected U.S. drone strike killed the No. 2 commander of the Pakistani Taliban on Wednesday, Pakistani intelligence officials said, although the militant group... more
LAHORE: Two petitions seeking reopening of cases of executed Ghazi Ilm Din Shaheed and Bhagat Singh were filed before the Lahore High Court (LHC), on Friday, with... more
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SRINAGAR: Legendary singer Raj Begum Wednesday inaugurated the 3-day music festival here being organized by Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages.
As the... more
Srinagar - With an aim to expedite the process of Library Automation in the State of Jammu and Kashmir Allama Iqbal Library, University of Kashmir started a five days... more
Sports
Srinagar - Saying youth is our future, Minister for Agriculture, Ghulam Hassan Mir today called upon the Youth Services and Sports Department to hold sports... more
SRINAGAR - Director General Youth Services and Sports Navin Agarwal in function held today awarded 35 bright students from Srinagar with scholarships.... more
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This article was co-written by Dr. Flynt Leverett, Hillary Mann Leverett and Dr. Seyed Mohammad Marandi and originally posted on Aljazeera.
The United States' perennially mistaken Iran "experts" are already spinning Hassan Rohani’s victory in Iran's... more
Islamabad- Nawaz Sharif will be sworn in for a record third term as Pakistan's Prime Minister tomorrow after he is formally elected to the post and a very small cabinet comprising close aides is expected to take oath along with him.
Sharif's... more
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GULMARG - Like a phoenix risen from the ashes, Kashmir has once again got a five-star luxury resort two decades after the only such property in the Valley... more
Technology
The internet search giant posted a statement on its official blog insisting that it had not joined a US government program called Prism.
The UK intelligence service GCHQ has also been accused of gathering intelligence on British citizens through the... more
Editorial
Green has been associated with Islam since the time of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) himself, but in recent years the color has also come to symbolize the Muslim commitment to... more
Opinion
Though to say that in these troubled times in Kashmir I am often reminded of Mirza Ghalib may appear to be odd, but it is true. And this is not because his poetry... more
Letters
Apropos opinion, “Faith Healers Or Fake Healers?” by Er Tabish Reyaz Shah, Kashmir Observer, May 28, I agree that in Kashmir most of the persons who termed themselves as the... more
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Kashmir is not a place to be remembered for lofty mountains and tourist spots only. It has always been a land of great musicians as well. The history and tradition of music... more
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SRINAGAR – After 2008-2010 mass uprising in Kashmir, the sports activities that were halted have now proved a “vital tool for the police and civil administration to transform... more
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This is an excerpt from B.Z. Khasru’s upcoming book, The Bangladesh Military Coup and the CIA Link, which will be released by Rupa & Co. in New Delhi in July
Indira... more
Heads & Tails
If you insist on being seduced by TV commercials into buying “skin care” and cosmetic products, if you are the kind of person who needs to have make up on their face to be... more
Bazar Observer
SRINAGAR - A protest rally was today held by opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) supporters from Sonawari constituency against the local MLA and minister for Higher... more
Everything is illogical for a muslim if it has...
I'm impressed. You're truly well informed and...
Great work. Since there is no formal music...
This TATA Company never should be trusted....
u better study islam unbiasedly then opine...