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PC Admits Failure To Curb Violence In Kashmir

New Delhi, Sept 01:  Eighty two days after the current unrest began following the death of a teenaged boy in police action, Union Home minister Palaniappan Chidambaram on Wednesday conceded that the government has not been able to stop the violence in Kashmir Valley. Read more...

Kashmir Gets Break, Islamabad Under Curfew

Srinagar, Sep 01, KONS: Even as curfew and curbs continued in Anantnag two days after the killing of an 11-year-old boy at the hands of the forces, and Maiusma in the central city remained shutdown in protest against police firing, Kashmir elsewhere witnessed a bustling Wednesday due to a break in s... Read more...

Mirwaiz Says Kashmiris Won’t Be Subdued

Srinagar, Sep 01, KONS:  The chairman of the Hurriyat (M), Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, on Wednesday that the government of India was “highly mistaken” if it thought that oppressive tactics and killings would subdue Kashmiris into renouncing their legitimate struggle. Read more...

Geelani’s Visitors Held, Grilled, Released

Srinagar, Sep 01, KONS:  Scores of visitors to the Hurriyat (G), chairman Syed  Ali Shah Geelani, were picked up by the police on Wednesday when they were returning after meeting the separatist leader....

NC Counter-Attack On Molvi Iftikhar

Srinagar, Sep 01: National Conference today reacted angrily to the allegations levelled by the senior PDP leader Molvi Iftikhar Ansari that the State Govt was reviving Ikhwani culture in Kashmir valley to neutralise the on...

Govt Eases Employment Policy

Srinagar, Sep 01-Government has eased formalities under Sher-e-Kashmir Employment and Welfare Programme for Youth (SKEWPY) to increase its reach conveniently to maximum number of unemployed youth in the State.This was stat...

28 Killed In Lahore Terror Attack

Lahore, Sep 01 : Three suicide attacks on a largely attended religious congregation marking the Imam Ali’s martyrdom anniversary in Lahore city Wednesday, killed at least 28 people and injured more than 100, police and e...

KO Editor Denied Passport Extension

Srinagar, Sep 01: The editor-in-chief of the Kashmir Observer has been denied a regular passport by the authorities even though nothing adverse has been found against him in police records.
 

Shadowy Protest Faces Public Ire

Srinagar, Sep 01, KONS: A fracas broke out in the Press Enclave in central Srinagar on Wednesday morning after some people accompanying a group of small, uniformed children raised a hue and cry against ongoing Hurriyat protest programme disrupting education of children in Kashmir....
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Nation With You, Patil Assures Ladakhis

Leh, Sep 01: President Pratibha Patil on Wednesday lauded the relief and rehabilitation efforts undertaken by defence personnel in cloudburst-affected Leh but said much more work needs to be done before the onset of winter there.
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Delhi's Derelictions

Repeated killings in crowd control speak eloquently, among other things, of the state government’s slackening grip on its police force which has been let off time and again without even the mildest form of censure.  
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Geelani’s Visitors Held, Grilled, Released

Srinagar, Sep 01, KONS:  Scores of visitors to the Hurriyat (G), chairman Syed  Ali Shah Geelani, were picked up by the police on Wednesday when they were returning after meeting the separatist leader.
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28 Killed In Lahore Terror Attack

Lahore, Sep 01 : Three suicide attacks on a largely attended religious congregation marking the Imam Ali’s martyrdom anniversary in Lahore city Wednesday, killed at least 28 people and injured more than 100, police and eyewitnesses said.
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Leh Cloudburst Damages 1400 Hqrs of Agri Land: Report

Srinagar, Sep 01- Due to flash floods and cloudburst in Leh last month, 28 thousand Qtls of food grains of different standing crops spread over 1400 hector of agriculture land have been damaged.
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There isn’t always a second Ramadhan

By Nawaz Gul QanungoThis eighteenth of August was just another day in Kashmir: The Hurriyat had given a call for a total shutdown and march to certain locations in the valley – protest against the unending killings of unarmed demonstrators and bystanders by the local police and Indian forces. So, a g...
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We Are A Nation

Jis khak Ke Zameer Main Ho Aatishe ChinarMumkin Naheen Ki Sard Ho Woh khake Arjmund Valley is up again in flames of unrest resulting in killings, killings and killings. Why every time it is just a season of killings. As if every year we are supposed to offer our innocent and young blood to &nbs...
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Whooz-z-z Snooz- Common To All

Whooz-z-z Snooz- Common To All Maneka Gandhi
It must be at least 30 years since I slept more than 5 hours a night. When I got married , we shared the bed with an Irish wolfhound , the size of a small donkey. Since my husband died , there have been 3 dogs on the bed and while they change every few years , their habits of wanting to go out every few hours or of squeezing me into a corner or kicking while dreaming never does. Along the way I have developed a very odd feature –  I need to be lulled to sleep by a voice and so the TV drones on through the night.
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Film On Kashmir At Toronto Festival

Film On Kashmir At Toronto Festival

Srinagar, Aug 26: Directorial debut of Kashmiri actor Aamir Bashir, Harud (Autumn) has been selected for the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival. The film, shot entirely in Srinagar, will have its world premiere at the festival (Sept 9-19) in the discovery section that showcases emerging and new talents.

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News in Pictures

President Pratibha Patil meeting flod hit Leh residents Markets witnessed a huge rush during the day long break on Wednesday- KNS Mirwaiz Umer Farooq  addressing a crowd in Amira Kadal area- AP Members of the Indian Civil Society led by Swami Agnivesh at a sit-in Hurriyat leader Agha Hassan addressing devotees on Youme Ali at Budgam Mirwaiz Umer Farooq adressing people in Srinagar Scene of a city market on a day long break wednesday- Burhan Kinu An over view of Jehangir Chowk on Wednesday: Burhan Kinu-KNS Scene of a city market on a day long break wednesday- Burhan Kinu President Pratibha Patil in Leh to show solidarity with Ladakhis Kashmiri women hold placards as they shout anti-Indian slogans during a protest in Srinagar- AFP Sister of critically injured Yasir Rafiq of Maisuma being consoled by neighbourhod women- AFP A seriously injured Maisuma youth in hospital
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