‘SC verdict against spirit of dialogue’

J-K political leaders react to the SC verdict on the Parliament Attack case:• Mehbooba Mufti, president, PDP: (Prof S A R) Geelani was ...

J-K political leaders react to the SC verdict on the Parliament Attack case:

• Mehbooba Mufti, president, PDP: (Prof S A R) Geelani was pronounced guilty even before the verdict. Now he has been acquitted and it proves the independence of our judiciary…. The verdict (against Afzal) may have been based on some proof.

• Yasin Malik, chairman, JKLF: This (Afzal verdict) goes against the spirit of the so-called dialogue between India and Pakistan. India hanged JKLF founder Maqbool Bhat and that produced hundreds of Maqbools.

• Shabir Ahmad Shah President, DFP: This (Afzal verdict) is not good. They should give a second thought to the issue.

—Muzaffar Raina/Srinagar

9 men killed in Chennai construction site had left Assam to build a better life

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Nine young men from the Dimasa tribe, working at a construction site in Tamil Nadu, were killed when a concrete arch they were working on collapsed. The brothers Provit and Sorbojit Thaosen were among the victims, along with four others from their village. The incident highlights the lack of employment opportunities and low wages that force many from their villages to work as migrant workers.

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