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DC, SSP visit Mirwaiz, convey decision to him, no curfew on Tuesday

SRINAGAR: The State Government has decided not to allow Hurriyat Conference (M) rally in the city Eidgah on Tuesday. The rally was announced as part of 23rd death anniversaries of Mirwaiz Moulvi Muhammad Farooq and Abdul... more

SRINAGAR: The J&K High Court Monday asked the state government and crime branch to submit status reports on the action taken in the spurious drug scam so far. 

A division bench of the High Court asked the Advocate General M I Qadri to furnish a status report on the action taken by the... more

SRINAGAR: Concerned over rising rate of infections by poplar pollen, authorities on Monday banned the fresh plantation of Russian poplars in and around Srinagar City.

Sources in the administration said that under section 133 District Magistrate Srinagar Farooq Ahmad Shah banned the... more

Local News

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 ‘A’ won the title defeating Sozeith Fighters in a nail biting and enthralling match.
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

News in Pictures

The Anglers Fishing Quests: A man on a lookout for a suitable fishing beat walks through Dal interiors- Pix Syed Shahriyar
Mirwaiz Umer Farooq led a march in Srinagar as Hafata-e-Shohada commences in the city- Pix Shahriyar
Mirwaiz Umer Farooq led a march in Srinagar as Hafata-e-Shohada commences in the city- Pix Shahriyar
Eminent legal luminary and author A G Noorani presented his book on Kashmir dispute to Governor NN Vohra here today
Leading Bollywood director Imtiyaz Ali Friday said that Kashmir has not been fairly represented in the Indian film industry
Walk on Fore Shore Road and get smitten by this heart stopping beauty: Pix Syed Shahriyar
Walk on Fore Shore Road and get smitten by this heart stopping beauty: Pix Syed Shahriyar
Maulana Abbas Ansari with Mirwaiz Umer Farooq at a function in the old city marking the beginning of Hafta-e-Shohada
Awesome grandeur & serenity: A Srinagar suburb captures within it the quintessence of all the elements that poetry demands of nature. Pix Shahriyar
Awesome grandeur & serenity: A Srinagar suburb captures within it the quintessence of all the elements that poetry demands of nature. Pix Shahriyar

World News

iFilm To Telecast ‘Saint Mary’ in English
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
Shrine of Imam Hussain is visited by thousands from Kashmir round the year
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

Reports about Chinese troops intruding  into Ladakh region have been pouring in for quite some time. It was even reported by the local administration that Chinese have... 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