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Srinagar, Aug 19: According to a computation made by the General Administration Department (GAD) in 2005, for submission to the Sachar Committee, the state had roughly 3,52,000 employees. The Department worked out the percentage of employees to the total strength of respective communities.

Action plan for 3 threatened Jammu and Kashmir lakes submitted to Centre (New Kerala)

New Delhi, Aug 19 : Jammu and Kashmir Government has sent to the Centre its management action plans for the conservation of the three world famous lakes–Wullar (Srinagar), Surinsar-Manser (Jammu) and Tsomorari(Ladakh) but further action is held up as the Ministry of Environment and Forests wants other Ministries too to share the cost.

Kashmir needs freedom from India: Arundhati Roy 19 Aug 2008, 0147 hrs IST, Avijit Ghosh ,TNN (The Times of India)

SRINAGAR: Activist and author Arundhati Roy, who was present at the massive Monday rally, said that the people of Kashmir have made themselves abundantly clear.

Kashmir: U.N. Help Sought (New York Times)

Thousands of Muslims marched to the United Nations office in Srinagar, in Indian-administered Kashmir, to request intervention on behalf of Muslims in the region.

UN mediation for Kashmir is urged (Gulf Daily News)

SRINAGAR, India: Tens of thousands of Muslims took to the streets of Indian Kashmir’s main city yesterday to demand that the UN recognise the Himalayan region’s right to self-determination.

Tens of thousands in Kashmir march to UN offices (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

Tens of thousands of Muslims waving green and black protest flags and chanting militant slogans marched to the United Nations offices in Indian Kashmir’s main city to press their demands that India give up its claim to the region.

Kashmir needs freedom from India: Arundhati Roy 19 Aug 2008, 0147 hrs IST, Avijit Ghosh ,TNN (The Times of India)

SRINAGAR: Activist and author Arundhati Roy, who was present at the massive Monday rally, said that the people of Kashmir have made themselves abundantly clear. “And if no one is listening then it is because they don’t want to hear. Because this is a referendum.

Tens of thousands in Kashmir march to UN offices (Boston Herald)

SRINAGAR, India - Tens of thousands of Muslims waving green and black protest flags and chanting militant slogans marched to the United Nations offices in Indian Kashmir’s…

Tens of thousands in Kashmir march to UN offices (AP via Yahoo! News)

Tens of thousands of Muslims waving green and black protest flags and chanting militant slogans marched to the United Nations offices in Indian Kashmir’s main city on Monday to press their demands that India give up its claim to the region.

Massive protest at U.N. office in Kashmir (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Tens of thousands of Muslims marched peacefully past the United Nations office in Indian Kashmir on Monday, calling on the international body to intervene over the disputed Himalayan region.