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Devotees being carried on ponies to the shrine of Hindu God 'Shiva' during the annual Amarnath Yatra (Pilgrimage), some 14 Km from Baltal in Indian-administered Kashmir on June 16, 2009,Some 600,000 pilgrims are expected to visit the holy Amarnath Cave this season where a Shiva Lingam, an ice stalagmite shaped as a fallus and symbolising the Hindu God Shiva, stands for worship. The Lingam which forms naturally every year in the Himalayan region of Kashmir, measures 12 feet in height, the Shrine Board authorities said.
Himalayas   Kashmir   Photos   Weather   Wikipedia: Amarnath Temple   		 Deccan Herald 
Amarnath yatra suspended due to bad weather
Fri 6 Aug 2010
Srinagar, Aug 6 (PTI): | The annual pilgrimage to the 3,880 metre high cave shrine of Amarnath in South Kashmir Himalayas was temporarily suspended today following inclement weather, leaving thousands... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Union home minister P Chidambaram addresses the media during a press confrence at the end of two day All India Editors' confrence on social and infrastructure issues in Srinagar on Wednesday 14, October 2009.
India   Kashmir   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia : Chidambaram   		 Newstrack India 
Kashmir a unique problem and needs unique solution, says Chidambaram
Fri 6 Aug 2010
| New Delhi, Aug 6 (ANI): Noting that Jammu and Kashmir had acceded to India in "unique circumstances", Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Friday said the State has a "unique problem" and requires ... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Indian policemen stand guard on a dserted street during a curfew in Srinagar.  Newstrack India  Fri 6 Aug 2010
Curfew continues in Kashmir, Omar takes stock of availability of essential items
| Srinagar, Aug 6 (ANI): As curfew continues in Srinagar and all other towns of the Kashmir Valley for the eight consecutive day, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has taken stock of avai... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
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A Kashmiri covers himself with a plastic sheet as he rides a bicycle in the rain in Srinagar, India, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010.  The Daily Mail  Fri 6 Aug 2010
Flash floods kill 58 in India's Himalayan region
| Soldiers have been called in to carry out rescue operations after overnight flash floods killed at least 58 people around the main town of India's Himalayan region of Ladakh. | The region shares bor... (photo: AP / Altaf Qadri)
Floods   Himalaya   India   Photos   Wikipedia: Ladakh  
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Tv grab army soldiers rescue civilans At least 60 people have been killed and hundreds injured after heavy rain triggered flash floods in Leh, the main town in India Kashmir's high-altitude Ladakh region, officials said Friday. The Guardian Fri 6 Aug 2010
Flash floods kill dozens in Indian Kashmir
| AIJAZ HUSSAIN | Associated Press Writer= SRINAGAR, India (AP) — A sudden overnight downpour and flash floods killed at least 59 people and injured 200 in the remote a... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Floods   India   Kashmir   Photos  
Kashmiri muslim protestors shouting slogans during a protest defying curfew in Srinagar on Tuesday 03, August 2010. Kashmir Observer Fri 6 Aug 2010
Kashmir: The Way Forward
| M S Jaazib | Perseverant and brave Nation: Kashmiri nation is an apotheosis of perseverance and bravery that has never lost hope in the profundity of peoples struggle i... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Kashmir   People   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: Kashmir conflict  
Kashmiri protesters clash with Indian police . The Times Of India Fri 6 Aug 2010
PM agrees to all-party meet on Kashmir
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has agreed to BJP’s demand for convening an all-party meeting to discuss the situation prevailing in the Kashmir Valley and ste... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
India   Kashmir   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: Kashmir  
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari poses for the media at Christ Church College in Oxford, England Friday, Jan. 11, 2008. Bhutto Zadari, an undergraduate at Christ Church College who was named as symbolic leader of the Pakistan People's Party, has returned to the college, following the assassination of his mother Benezir Bhutto last month. Zeenews Fri 6 Aug 2010
No plans to launch political career now: Bilawal
Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari's son Bilawal on Thursday night announced that there is no plan to launch his political career during a meeting to be held in Britai... (photo: AP Photo / Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Islamabad   Pakistan   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia : Bilawal Bhutto Zardari  
Indian Policemen patrol on a deserted street during security restrictions in downtown Srinagar July21, 2010. The Hindu Fri 6 Aug 2010
No political package on Kashmir before normality: Manmohan
| Neena Vyas | NEW DELHI: Meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in a delegation on Thursday, the Bharatiya Janata Party expressed concern over the escalating violence in ... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Kashmir   Manmohan Singh   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: Kashmir  
Kashmiri protesters clash with Indian police after a protest in Srinagar July 8, 2009. Indian police fired shots into the air and used tear gas to disperse hundreds of angry demonstrators who torched police vehicle and pelted stones in Kashmir's main city protesting against the death of a student who was killed by police after his arrest, residents said. Police however denied the charge and said the 20-year-old student, Asrar Ahmad, was murdered by unidentified criminals. Protesters also burned tyres, brought traffic to a halt and forced shops and businesses to shut down in the heart of Srinagar, Kashmir's summer capital. The Hindu Fri 6 Aug 2010
Appeal to youth in Kashmir
| FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE: Priya Dutt of the Congress and other young members of Parliament cutting across party lines releasing a statement in Parliament House complex on Th... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
India   Kashmir   Photos   Wikipedia: Kashmir   Youth  


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Flood Pakistan flood victims: left to help themselves The Daily Telegraph
The Union Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee briefing the media after holding a meeting to review the performance of Regional Rural Banks, in New Delhi on August 18, 2009.The Minister of State of Finance, Shri Namo Narain Meena is also seen. ICICI, HDFC Bank violating norms on recovery agents: Govt The Times Of India
The Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to PM, Dr. C. Rangarajan addressing a Press Conference on Review of Economy 2009-10, in New Delhi on February 19, 2010. Inflation still high and needs to be addressed: Rangarajan The Times Of India
Pakistan Headlines
Flood Pakistan flood victims: left to help themselves The Daily Telegraph
Pakistani villagers evacuate an elderly person with the help of a Pakistan Navy crewman from flooded areas at Toree Band, in the Kashmor district, near Sukkar, in Pakistan's Sindh province, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010. Pakistan floods affect 12 million Al Jazeera
Pakistan's Salman Butt, left, edges a ball to England's Paul Collingwood, right, and is caught out during the third day of the first cricket Test match at the Trent Bridge cricket ground, Nottingham, England, Saturday July 31, 2010. England v Pakistan: second Test, day one tea report The Daily Telegraph
Human Rights
Kashmiri mulims carry the body of Shabir Ahmad , a civilian killed in pulwama during a protest on a stretcher outside a hospital in Srinagar Aug. 5, 2010. Mirwaiz seeks UN help as two more die in Kashmir violence DNA India
Policemen try to stop Kashmiri lawyers at the main gate of a court during a protest in Srinagar, India, Thursday, June 24, 2010. Dozens of lawyers in Indian Kashmir Thursday marched in the main business district protesting against the recent killings of three youths by government forces. The lawyers were demanding repeal of impunity laws and demilitarization of the disputed Himalayan region 1990 to 2010 - Democracy fails yet again in Kashmir? Merinews
Chairman of the hardline faction of Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Shah Geelani (C) addressing a protest rally against alleged human rights violation and killings by police and army, at Saraibala in Srinagar on Friday 18, June 2010. Geelani Insists On Non-Violent Struggle Kashmir Observer
Democracy
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari poses for the media at Christ Church College in Oxford, England Friday, Jan. 11, 2008. Bhutto Zadari, an undergraduate at Christ Church College who was named as symbolic leader of the Pakistan People's Party, has returned to the college, following the assassination of his mother Benezir Bhutto last month. No plans to launch political career now: Bilawal Zeenews
Policemen try to stop Kashmiri lawyers at the main gate of a court during a protest in Srinagar, India, Thursday, June 24, 2010. Dozens of lawyers in Indian Kashmir Thursday marched in the main business district protesting against the recent killings of three youths by government forces. The lawyers were demanding repeal of impunity laws and demilitarization of the disputed Himalayan region 1990 to 2010 - Democracy fails yet again in Kashmir? Merinews
A giant portrait of Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari is on display on a fense near Supreme Court, backdrop, in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, March 31, 2010. Pakistan has sent a letter to Swiss authorities asking that they reopen a money-laundering case against Zardari after an amnesty protecting him from graft prosecution was struck down by the Supreme Court, a government lawyer said. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed) Pakistan president will 'put David Cameron straight' over terror claims The Guardian
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