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By Hilal Shah SRINAGAR: The Sopore encounter marked the end of a widow’s long search for her son. Ghulam Mustafa Sheikh, one of the young men who had gone missing from his home on June 24, was one of the three militants killed in Sopore gunfight.
By Saifullah Bashir SRINAGAR: Muharram is the first month of the Muslim Hijri calendar. This year, it coincided with August 9. With the day one marks the beginning of the Ashoora mourning by the Shia Muslims that marks the Karbala anniversary, the martyrdom of Imam Husain (ra).
Saifullah Bashir is a Srinagar based journalist who covers conflict, human rights & education.
SRINAGAR: The attack that pierced the silence of Sopore town on Saturday led to the killing of four persons, two cops and two civilians. While both the civilians were residents of Sopore, the two cops belonged to the neighbouring Budgam district.
SRINAGAR: In a rare consensus, apparently dictated by exports and third party, India and Pakistan may eventually share ownership of the prized Basmati rice that is being grown on either side of the Redcliff divide.