- TOP STORIES
COUNCILOR WOUNDED IN SOPUR SHOOTOUT
CRPF man ends life in Jammu
GK News service
Srinagar, Feb 8: A councilor of opposition National Conference (NC) was critically wounded in a bid on his life in north Kashmir’s Varmul district. Police said militants fired upon the NC councilor Muhammad Sultan Dagga son of Ghulam Ahmad of Matu Sopur when he was attending a condolence meeting at More
Infiltration consistently decreasing: Home Minister
GK News service
New Delhi, Feb 8: Home Minister Shivraj Patil on Wednesday said that the number of infiltrations in Jammu and Kashmir has been consistently decreasing since 2001. Presiding over a meeting of the consultative committee of the home ministry on “Border Management” on Wednesday, Patil informed the members More
Mirwaiz’s Jammu visit seen catalyst for change
Arif Haleem
Jammu, Feb 8: Despite a projected polarization, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq’s Jammu visit appears to have gone well across the political divisions here with even pro-India groups terming the Hurriyat presence here as catalyst for “political change”. Significantly, intellectuals and politicians sound receptive More
LBA men attack houses in Leh
7 cops hurt in clashes
GK News service
Srinagar, Feb 8: Seven cops, including three CRPF men were injured in Buddhist dominated Leh on Wednesday after activists of Ladakh Buddhist Association (LBA) went on rampage and attacked the houses of the minority community in the town. Authorities had to impose section 144 in the district to control More
Bilal Sidiquee sent to jail again
Has already served 9-yrs in detention
GK News service
Srinagar, Feb 8: In the continuing arrest drive in which several hundred people have been held in the past three months, the deputy commissioner Srinagar Asghar Samoon has ordered the detention of Bilal Ahmad Sidiquee, a pro-freedom activist, under the draconian Public Safety Act (PSA) at Jammu’s Kot More
- Perspective
Of nation and the nation state - II
Javaid Iqbal Bhat comments on Fanon’s theory that focuses on the pitfalls of the national consciousness
It is noteworthy here to remember that Fanon places considerable accent on the radical reschooling of the intellectual before he can lay claim on the word native and earn authenticity as a representative More
- Op-Ed
A HISTORY CALLED KARBALA
The day when he offered his blood to uphold Truth
Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS) will be remembered as the great son of history who could not stand oppression and tyranny and preferred a death of honor to a life of compromise and surrender, Syed Iliyas Ali More
- Reflections
Dogs are a problem we must wake up to
This refers to a problem confronting a common Kashmiri but usually ignored by those who should have seen it as a grave concern. Articles, news items and more – papers are full of such stories. Thursday More
- Editorial
Allow Muharram processions
Yet again the police used force to disperse the Muharram processionists. About 150 mourners were taken into custody and 30 others injured in the police action. For the past sixteen years the government More
- News
Army’s recruitment drive in Langate
Langate, Feb 8: Army on Wednesday organized a recruitment rally in which 40 migrant Pandit youth were among others lined up. The Kashmiri Pandit youth had come all the way to this area from different More
- Jammu
CM lays foundation of Ryan International School
Jammu, Feb 8: Explaining his firm resolve to rebuild education system of the state on sound edifice, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today said that government run educational institutions especially at More
- News
Army’s recruitment drive in Langate
Langate, Feb 8: Army on Wednesday organized a recruitment rally in which 40 migrant Pandit youth were among others lined up. The Kashmiri Pandit youth had come all the way to this area from different More
- Business
Sugar shortage hits Pak markets
Import from India to continue until prices come back to normal level
MINISTER SAYS HOARDERS RESPONSIBLE FOR SHORTAGE
Karachi, Feb 8: Minister of State for Commerce Hamid Yar Hirraj has said hoarders have created the shortage of sugar in the country. The government was, however, taking all measures to overcome the shortage More
