No more wars on Kashmir, says Pak
ISLAMABAD, May 9 (Agencies): Pakistan does not want another war with India over Kashmir, Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar has said while describing the current status of bilateral relations as the "best" the two countries ever had.
"We are having a very nice relationship with India, the best of the relationship we have ever had. The confidence-building measures are working very well and I think the defence of Pakistan today is much safer than five years (ago)," Mukhtar,....
Inflation at 7.61 pc
NEW DELHI, May 9 (Agencies): Inflation crept up to a nearly four-year high of 7.61 per cent, impelling the government to think of more administrative measures to keep prices down such as goading cement manufacturers to cut rates.
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Gen Vij emerges strongest contendor
New Governor in J&K before polls
KT NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, May 9: Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government is all set appoint a new governor in Jammu and Kashmir before the state goes for the Assembly polls in October. Retired Army chief General N C Vij, who is presently heading the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), tops the list of names being considered to succeed the present incumbent Lt. Gen. (Retd) S K Sinha.
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Pandits return depends on Indo-Pak reconciliation: Farooq
KT NEWS SERVICE
JAMMU, May 9: Former Chief Minister and National Conference (NC) patron Dr Farooq Abdullah today maintained that return of Kashmir Pandits (KPs) to the valley would not be possible till the settlement of differences between India and Pakistan.
International commission should probe all killings in JK: KPSS
SRINAGAR, May 9 (Agencies): Kashmiri Pandit Sangrash Samiti (KPSS), an organisation of non-migrant Kashmiri Pandits, today demanded setting up of an international commission to establish truth of all killings and disappearances.........
Rs 1618 crore package for rehabilitation of Kashmiri migrants
NEW DELHI, May 9 (Agencies): The Centre has prepared a Rs 1618 crore package for return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri migrants, the Supreme Court ........
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Vakil replies in kind to Soz's missive
KT NEWS SERVICE
JAMMU, May 9: Senior Congress leader and Minister for Social Welfare Abdul Gani Vakil has almost dared the Party high command after he was pulled up by the PCC Chief Prof. Saifuddin Soz for ignoring party workers and local MLAs while performing ministerial duties. Vakil in his reply told PCC Chief that he had acted at the behest of some "disgruntled elements".
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Jalil Andrabi murder case
Non-bailable arrest warrant against accused Major
Syed Basharat
SRINAGAR, May 9: The Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Budgam today issued an open date non bailable warrant of arrest against accused army major in noted human rights lawyer Jalil Andrabi murder case. CJM Mohammad Yousuf Wani who issued the warrant listed the case on May 20 for hearing.
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Kishtwar witnesses complete shut down in grief
Kuldeep Sharma
KISHTWAR, May 9: All the business establishments, educational institutions remained closed today and very thin attendance in Govt. offices were witnessed at Kishtwar as a mark of grief over the human loss due to fatal bus accident at Warrara (Hasti) Kishtwar yesterday in which 35 persons were dead and 5 injured.
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British HC in Jammu
Picks in words carefully on travel advisory to J&K
KT NEWS SERVICE
JAMMU, May 9: British High Commissioner Richard Stagg today said that it is the Indian perception about Kashmir which needs to be changed before countries who have issued travel advisories to their residents with regard to undertaking a journey to the state of Jammu and Kashmir are asked to withdraw the same.
Parthaserthy seeks to clarify report
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EDIT -- Ugly face of a callous regime
'Security' agencies trampling basic freedoms in Kashmir with impunity
A high school student is barred from pursuing higher education in an institution of his choice. An elderly person is barred from performing his religious duty. And all this is happening, not in any god-foresaken African country, but very much in our own 'sovereign, secular, democratic republic' of India where the basic freedom of citizens is supposed to be guaranteed and 'enshrined' in the constitution.
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The Field Marshal's testament
By Khalid Hasan
Field Marshal Ayub Khan's diaries, written between 1966 and 1972, cover 600 pages. On the face of it, they appear to have been competently edited by former US diplomat Craig Baxter.
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COLUMN
President Obama
By Gwynne Dyer
On the assumption that President Barack Obama survives for a full four-year term - for it is generally assumed that, as the first African-American president, he will face a higher than average risk of assassination - what changes will he bring to the United States and the world?
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Readers' Forum -- Stress on deeds rather than words
Dear Editor,
Mere intent and pious wishes with no follow up action to pay least dividends show lack of determination. This is how the present government is working. Consequently people are fed up with the misgovernance demonstrated by indifferent attitude of authorities.
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Lesser Known Paradise Of Gurey
By OP Sharma
Kashmir has aptly been described as"Paradise on Earth" as its serene and verdant surroundings attract the attention of explorers, naturalists, trekkers and tourists alike. Dardistan prior to 1947 has larger geographic extent but partition severed its one half which is now under the occupation of Pakistan. It includes Gurez, Tilel on Indian side.
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