SRINAGAR: In a shocking case, a self-styled "preacher", whose promotional ads have been appearing in several leading Srinagar dailies for past several years, was arrested by police on Tuesday for repeated sexual exploitation of young girls on the pretext of 'purifying' them at an institute he... more
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SRINAGAR: Authorities Tuesday foiled the ‘Eidgah March’ of the Hurriyat Conference (M), held annually to commemorate the death anniversaries of Mirwaiz Molvi Mohammad Farooq and Abdul Gani Lone. Meanwhile a shutdown was observed in the Valley on the call of the amalgam.
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Submission of Rs 607.77 cr package to GoI for quake affected people approved
SRINAGAR: The State Cabinet which met here today under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah accorded sanction to the submission of memorandum for grant of special package involving an amount of Rs.... more
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Chennani (Udhampur): Reiterating resolve of his party to establish a new system of justice and equality, patron of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today... more
GANDERBAL: Protests rocked sub district hospital Ganderbal this evening when a dead body brought in for post mortem remained unattended for more than an hour.
People vent... more
Regional News
NEW DELHI: Most parts of north India reeled under intense heat Monday with no respite in sight Tuesday, with the temperature touching a scorching 46.2 degrees Celsius at... more
MUMBAI: A Supreme Court Bench on Monday directed the government once again to provide better medical procedures to victims of rape across the country. The apex court... more
City News
Srinagar: Panic gripped Gulabbagh area of Zakoora in Srinagar outskirts on Sunday night when unidentified pistol borne four masked men barged into a house and fired few shots... more
SRINAGAR- A joint delegation of the Voluntary Health Association of India, New Delhi, and J&K Voluntary Health and Development Association, Srinagar, called on Mr. N. N.... more
Sports
NARBAL: In the grand finale of Budgam T -20 tournament 2013, Narbal ‘A’ won the title defeating Sozeith Fighters in a nail biting and enthralling match. ... more
GANDERBAL: Annual inter-school athletic meet concluded here at Madr-i-Meharban sports stadium popularly known as Qamaria stadium Ganderbal today. This four day... more
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SRINAGAR: Iran’s English language international movie and entertainment channel the iFilm is starting mega tele-serial “Saint Mary” from May 24 Friday. The drama recounts the story of the mother of Jesus Christ (PBUH) according to Islamic tradition... more
BAGHDAD: A wave of attacks killed at least 86 people in Shia and Sunni areas of Iraq on Monday, officials said, pushing the death toll over the past week to more than 230 and extending one of the most sustained bouts of sectarian violence the... more
Business
SRINAGAR: Thousands of hectors of saffron land in Pulwama district have been converted into residential plots and the relentless digging, cutting and extraction of earth from... more
Technology
San Francisco: A study released Wednesday at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hypertension in San Francisco found that talking on a mobile phone causes systolic blood pressure - the higher number in a blood pressure reading and 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
THE recent earthquakes near Doda region of Jammu and Kashmir has once again forced us to realize that we live in one of the seismically active and vulnerable, regions of the... more
Letters
Apropos opinion, “Ailing health care system of the valley, Kashmir Observer, May 12 by Sameena Nazir, I would like to congratulate the author as she has rightly said that the... more
Features
SRINAGAR: “Bodies were lying all around me. Blood was profusely oozing out from my legs. I held my breath, acted as dead and was shocked to see security personnel frisking... more
Interviews
Says Resolve Kashmir ASAP
SRINAGAR: Urging Government of India to resolve Kashmir issue as soon as possible noted Supreme Court lawyer, Prashant Bhushan Tuesday claimed that... more
Reviews
THE PARCHMENT OF KASHMIR Edited by Nyla Ali Khan Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
The Parchment of Kashmir gathers together a wide range of essays on the subject of Kashmir. It is a... 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
LONDON: The 19.88 carat Kashmir sapphire called " The star of Kashmir" has smashed all records after it sold for the highest per carat price of a sapphire, ever.
Sapphire... more
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A brilliant thought-provoking piece by a brave...