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Kunan Poshpora mass rape case re-opened

Published: June 18, 2013 0 comments

SRINAGAR: A court in Kupwara today dismissed police report about the mass rape of Kashmiri women in a remote north Kashmir village in 1991 and asked it to investigate further into the incident which shook Kashmir then sparking off a long spell of protests.

 

Judicial Magistrate... more

Omar: ‘Unity in diversity J&K’s strength’

Published: June 18, 2013 0 comments

Leh: -Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Tuesday said that the strength of Jammu and Kashmir is in its trait of communal harmony and unity in diversity. He underscored the need for its strengthening and nurturing.

Addressing a congregation of thousands of devotees at Lamayuru, a remote village... more

Bear In Mehbooba’s Residence
Bear In Mehbooba’s Residence

Published: June 18, 2013 0 comments

Srinagar - Panic gripped at the Gupkar residence of Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti when the family and other security men spotted a black bear inside the lawns of the house.

Sources told CNS that the presence of adult black bear created panic among family members and... more

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Local News

Army Objections on AFSPA Threat to Democracy: NC
By KNS
SRINAGAR: Reacting to a statement of General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command Lt General K T Parnaik where he had said that that the revocation of controversial... more

Shah, Nayeem Detained
SRINAGAR: Police on Tuesday foiled the march to Pratap park called by Separatist leader Shabir Ahmad shah against the alleged human rights violations by arresting Shabir... more

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Regional News

Top Pakistan militant killed in US strike
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

Pak Petition Seeks Re-opening of Bhagat Singh Case
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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City News

SKIMS hosts 17th Nephrology Confab
Srinagar - Department of Nephrology SKIMS is organizing three day long 17th Annual Conference of North Zone Chapter of Indian Society of Nephrology from 21 to 23nd June 2013... more

Seminar on ‘Manuscripts sources of Kashmir’ begins at KU
SRINAGAR - In a bid to highlight the importance of manuscripts in understanding cultures and explore and study the undiscovered manuscripts of Arabic, Urdu, Persian and... more

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Sports

Wushu tourney concludes, Mir distributes prizes

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

YSS Felicitates Meritorious Students
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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Shabnam from Gangbou, Batamaloo says her brother, Manzoor Ahmed, was arrested by army in 1997 and she never saw him again. Her family has been frantically trying to ensure his fate but in vain Pic By: Syed Shehriyar
Broominghood: A non-local kid smiles as he gives final shape to his broom in city outskirts on Wednesday Pic by: Syed Shahriyar
Devotees turned emotional with moist eyes at Hazratbal once the holy relic was displayed on Friday - Pic by: Syed Shehriyar.
Devotees turned emotional with moist eyes at Hazratbal once the holy relic was displayed on Friday - Pic by: Syed Shehriyar.
Devotees turned emotional with moist eyes at Hazratbal once the holy relic was displayed on Friday - Pic by: Syed Shehriyar.
Devotees turned emotional with moist eyes at Hazratbal once the holy relic was displayed on Friday - Pic by: Syed Shehriyar.
Devotees turned emotional with moist eyes at Hazratbal once the holy relic was displayed on Friday - Pic by: Syed Shehriyar.
Devotees turned emotional with moist eyes at Hazratbal once the holy relic was displayed on Friday - Pic by: Syed Shehriyar.
Devotees turned emotional with moist eyes at Hazratbal once the holy relic was displayed on Friday - Pic by: Syed Shehriyar.
Pulwama residents turned out in droves to pay homage to the slain Jaish militants.
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World News

Rohani won Iran election. Get over it
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

Sharif to be sworn in as Pak premier today
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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Business

JK Youth To Get Jobs At Tata Motors Soon

TM signs MoU with NSDC SRINAGAR - Tata Motors becomes the first automobile company to sign an MoU with NSDC (National Skill Development Corporation), under PM’s Udaan Scheme... more

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Technology

Google Denies Giving Spies Access To Its Servers
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

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Editorial

Environmental Justice
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

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Opinion

Ghalib Yaad Aata Hai!
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

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Letters

Save Kashmir’s Tradition
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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Features

Parvaaz- The Musical Flight
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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Interviews

Sports Transformed Kashmir’s Agitating Youth: Navin Agarwal

Sports Transformed Kashmir’s Agitating Youth: Navin Agarwal
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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Reviews

When Indira Gandhi mulled resigning after court verdict
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

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Heads & Tails

'Skin Care' And Cosmetic Products
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

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Bazar Observer

Soz meets Governor

Srinagar -  Prof. Saif-ud-Din Soz, President, Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee and Member of Parliament, met N. N. Vohra, Governor, at Raj Bhavan here this... more

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