The first ever IBN7 Diamond State Awards took place on Monday evening, which focussed on human development. A number of chief ministers and cabinet ministers were present in attendance; Goa got the Best Small State Award, while Kerala won the Best State for Human Development.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/dr-kalam-shines-at-ibn7-diamond-state-awards/74161-3.html
The victims of Delhi blasts and their families are still trying to pick the threads of their life. This is the story of two brothers who came to escape the terror of their home in the Kashmir Valley and became victims of the blasts in Delhi.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/man-escapes-kashmir-terror-only-to-be-killed-in-delhi/73662-3.html
The nearly two weeks of calm in the Kashmir Valley was shattered once again. Three people were killed and many - including JKLF chief Yasin Malik - were injured in clashes with security forces. Curfew has been imposed in Baramullah and Shopian once again.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/separatists-or-govt-whose-valley-is-it-anyway/73460-3.html
Election commission is meeting political parties today in Delhi to discuss polls in Kashmir. As the deadline draws near the separatists are hardening their call for a boycott of the polls. A threat of a social boycott of the mainstream political parties, if they participate in the poll process in Kashmir.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kashmir-elections-mass-participation-is-a-challenge/73078-3.html
The Amarnath land row controversy is not coming to an end just yet. The talks which tried to resolve the issue seemed to have failed. Where on one end Jammu celebrated the formula the government agreed on, on the other Kashmir rejected it.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/compromise-formula-backfires-widens-jk-divide/72568-3.html
The People's Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the agreement between a government panel and an alliance of Hindu groups to solve the Amarnath land row. "A decision is being imposed at gunpoint. The PDP and the people of Kashmir are not against finding a solution to the problem but we are against a unilateral decision being imposed on us," PDP president Mehbooba Mufti told CNN-IBN.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/amarnath-row-mehbooba-rejects-deal--advani-satisfied/72547-3.html
As the administration in the Kashmir Valley tries to assert itself after a brief spell of uncontrolled protests, journalists covering the situation are facing the music. While the curfew for the last three days has crippled normal life in the valley, local and national dailies have failed to hit news stands too.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/media-blackout-in-valley-journos-roughed-up/72276-3.html
Thousands came out on the streets of Srinagar on Friday for what the Hurriyat Conference called its biggest pro-freedom rally in the Valley. Masses gathered at the Eidgah grounds in Srinagar to offer Friday prayers and register a protest as also sound a battle cry.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/separatists-or-politicians-call-for-azaadi-blurs-lines/71884-3.html
In a sign that the separatists' call for an Independant Kashmir is rubbing off on the Valley's political outfits too, National Conference chief Omar Abdullah too has now called for a debate on azadi in an exclusive interview with CNN-IBN's Raheel Khurshid.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/jk-row-omar-abdullah-calls-for-sustained-dialogue/71841-3.html
Pervez Musharraf's resignation has elicited contrasting reactions in Kashmir. While the hardliners rejoice his exit, moderates believe that they have lost a visionary.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kashmirs-hardliners-celebrate-musharrafs-exit/71576-3.html
CNN-IBN correspondent Raheel Khursheed walks through with Hurriyat leaders as they head to submit memorandum to UN. The board is now accusing the Government of giving pandering to the demands of the separatist forces in the Valley.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/hurriyat-marches-to-un-office-leaders-speak/71471-3.html
In what could turn out to be a major embarrassment for the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government, Hurriyat leaders have decided to go ahead with their march to the United Nations office in Srinagar on Monday, alleging human rights violation in the Valley.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/hurriyat-leaders-to-march-to-un-office-in-srinagar/71442-3.html
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