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Govt flexing muscle in Kashmir won’t help: Cong
PTI
Pune, July 23: The NDA government's 'muscle flexing' strategy in Kashmir is wrong and the Congress believes the only way to find a "political solution" to this "political problem" is through talks, said former Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Satruday. Speaking to the media here on a slew of issues, the Congress stalwart said the situation in the Kashmir valley has gone from bad to worse since the BJP-PDP coalition came to power. "In the first six months of 2017 ... the number of civilians kille ReadMaster Plan: Military presence overriding civilia...
Yawar HussainSrinagar, July 23:The indiscriminate dispersal of defense establishments in Srinagar poses major hurdle...Read
Police and Army have always worked as brothers in...
Rising Kashmir NewsSrinagar, July 23: A day after army men thrashed seven policemen and ransacked a police station in Gande...Read
33 state PSUs accrue losses over Rs 2400 crores
Yawar HussainSrinagar:The 33 Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) of the state have shown accumulated loss of ...Read
Kashmir handicrafts to incur 12% GST
Rakib ChattSrinagar, July 23: Despite the Finance Minister’s promise of keeping Kashmir handicrafts tax free,...Read
Angry CRPF men thrash commander after colleague’s...
Srinagar, Jul 23: Paramilitary CRPF troopers thrashed their company commander Sunday after their collea...Read
Line of Casualties: 9 troopers, 2 civilians kille...
Jammu, July 23: Nine troopers among 11 people were killed while 16 others injured in border skirmishe...Read
Naidu reminds Pak of 1971 debacle
New Delhi, Jul 23: NDA's vice presidential nominee M Venkaiah Naidu Sunday said Kashmir is “integr...Read
Kashmir will turn Syria and Afghanistan lest thir...
Srinagar, July 23:Huriyat Conference (G) Sunday said the situation in Kashmir may go from bad to worse ...Read
News
Local support to militants on decline in north Ka...
'Javid Ahmad''Srinagar: 'The public support to militancy as per police information has been witnessing decline in north Kashmir from past many years and the presence of local militants have been reduced to few compared to south Kashmir, the hotbed of local militants.Reliable police so... Read
Malik brought to hospital for medic...
Srinagar—Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman, Muhamma...Read
Unmarried poor girls to get Govt as...
Srinagar—Minister for Agriculture, Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura Satu...Read
Shrine Board approves master plan o...
New Delhi: The 60th meeting of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board...Read
City
No traffic lights , traffic police at Hawal Road
'Qazi wasif ''Srinagar:'With no traffic lights or traffic police personnel to control the heavy traffic movement, due to which commuters and locals face problems.Everyday unchecked heavy traffic movements to Hawal Chowk are resulting in frequent traffic jams. The road holds a very im... Read
Lack of empathy, poor communication...
Srinagar, July 23:Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) Sunday said that poor...Read
Saeed Naqvi releases book by Justic...
Srinagar:Renowned journalist Saeed Naqvi released two volume boo...Read
Govt to go ahead in shifting of Bat...
Srinagar: Despite series protest by the traders and transporters ...Read
Kashmir
102 health institutions functioning in Bandipora
'Rising Kashmir News''BANDIPORA, JULY 23:'Health is wealth. Nobody can challenge or compromise this commonly used Maxim. It is peerless. There is no alternative which can be used as health. A poor peasant with good health is happier than a rich person with poor health.The health sector is prime concer... Read
Pampore constituency to be develope...
Rising Kashmir NewsSRINAGAR, JULY 23: Describing the present era as a golden period of develo...Read
Stop violating religious rights of ...
Srinagar, Jul 23:Jammat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir Sunday said that the ...Read
800 participate in Gutligagh mela
Rising Kashmir NewsSrinagar:Army has engaged the people of Gutlibagh by organising ...Read
Jammu
Four feared dead as vehicle plunges into river Ch...
'MOHD MAJID MALIK''Doda: 'At least four are feared dead as a vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell into river Chenab near Garsoo Pul Doda here on Friday.An official said that a Tata Sumo vehicle, bearing registration number JK06 5074, was on to Doda from Charall... Read
4 killed in Doda road accident
The deceased are Altaf Hussain, Yasir Ahmed, Touqeer Ah...Read
Asks MLCs, VCs to focus on lost con...
Rising Kashmir NewsJammu:With almost three years left for the next Assembly elec...Read
Rs 10 lakh fine imposed on power de...
Rajouri, July 21:The drive launched by District Administration through P...Read
Editorial
Army’s showdown
''''In a rare incident, Army personnel thrashed seven policemen, on Friday, who were on duty at Gund police station in Ganderbal district. Men of 24 Rashtriya Rifles in civvies travelling from beyond Sonmarg were stopped by the cops at Gund checkpost and were not ... Read
See reason
For the last two weeks confrontation between India and ...Read
GST and inflation
The implementation of Goods and Service Tax regime in t...Read
Work Ethics
Though the state has never been known for sound work cu...Read
Opinion
The curse of downtown Srinagar
'Suhail Ahmad'''SUHAIL AHMAD Srinagar city, as we know, is divided into two parts- downtown and civil lines. But what we don’t seem to realize is that the division is more than just geographic and has been reinforced by the situation in the last two decades. The differe... Read
China champions Kashmir
Siddiq WahidSiddiq Wahid sidwah@gmail.com We live in interesting t...Read
Should journalists protect national...
Saeed NaqviSaeed Naqvi Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’...Read
Khush Khat and Downtown Srinagar
Shujaat BukhariShujaat Bukhari Early this week the Jamia Masjid area o...Read
Business
J&K adjudged ‘Best Adventure Destination’
'Rising Kashmir News''Bangalore, July 23: 'J&K was adjudged yet another time as the Best Adventure Tourism Destination in one of the India’s largest travel shows - Indian International Travel Mart (IITM) - which concluded on Sunday in Bangalore.Director Tourism Kashmir Mahmood A Shah, receive... Read
Govt to digitize foodgrain distribu...
Rising Kashmir NewsJammu, July 22: Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs ...Read
BRO constructs Chumathang bridge in...
Rising Kashmir NewsSrinagar, July 22: Creating yet another developmental landmark in Ladakh, ...Read
DDC Bandipora inspects Craft Traini...
Rising Kashmir NewsBANDIPORA, JULY 22: The District Development Commissioner Bandipora today i...Read
Sports
Old Baramulla Cricket League 2017 concludes
'''Baramulla, Jul 23:'The old Baramulla Cricket League 2017 concludes today, in which 32 teams participated. The league was organized by Old Town Baramulla Cricket Association with the final match being played between Victoria Reds and Baramulla Sports.Secretary Sports Council, Wah... Read
District championship for deaf and ...
Rising Kashmir NewsSrinagar: In yet another initiative to boost the morale of the sp...Read
Inter-village volleyball championsh...
Rising Kashmir NewsSrinagar, 23 July: ‘The Inter Village Volleyball Championship 2017’ o...Read
Army conducts women baseball league...
Rising Kashmir NewsSrinagar:Continuing with the motto of empowering girls, empoweri...Read
Viewpoint
India’s foreign policy
'Fayaz Ganie'''fayaz.greatstep@gmail.com According to the International Encyclopedia of Social Sciences, the substance of international politics is conflict and its adjustment among groups of people who acknowledge no common supreme authority. Though this is not the only def... Read
Kashmir is transforming as a region...
M.K. BhadrakumarAsia Times The tallest Kashmiri politician today, Faroo...Read
Make RTI an engine of development
Er. Irfan Bankarti.irfanbanka@gmail.com Right to Information (RTI) is ...Read
Antimicrobial Resistance: A growing...
Dr. Tasaduk Hussain Itoodrtasadukitoo@gmail.com Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) ...Read
Responses
Dilapidated road
'Dear Editor,'''This is regarding the poor condition of the Parihaspora – SSM road. The road is in shambles and needs immediate repairs. The most to suffer are students who have to reach the SSM college. The road has become a reason for many students not to attend the c... Read
Scholarships
Dear EditorDifferent scholarship schemes were launched by governme...Read
AFSPA and killings
Dear Editor,This is in response to the news titled “Dubbed as...Read
Interviews
Dear Editor, With regards, we the shortlisted candidate...Read
