Sheikh in the Dock

Did He Champion The Cause of Independent Kashmir?

PUNCHLINE BY Z.G. MUHAMMAD

It is collage of riddles and puzzles. That is how I many times feel about the contemporary Kashmir history. Many riddles are deeply embedded in the 1947 happenings- every riddle leads to another riddle More

• Man, Knowledge and Society

It’s your own self – speaking

Book Review

The author holds his book like a mirror and shows you your own self, reviews Prof. Muhammad Aslam.Kashmiri literature has, by and large, remained confined to only one genre, poetry. Prose-writing has not More

• Of Human Rights and RTI
• Are you happy?

Demonizing Jinnah: Jaswant breaks the shackles

Jaswant Singh in his recently released book, Jinnah: India-partition, Independence, has described Jinnah as "secular" and "a great man" who had been demonized in India. First, it was LK Advani who praised More

• Positive attitude
• Legend who?
• Mubashir’s photo
• Kashmiri language
• Morning time

Good beginning

The Pakistan government’s Saturday decision approving a self-governance package for Northern Areas or NAs and Gilgit Baltistan has come belatedly. Yet one would see it as a positive development given the More

Bandipora BLOs yet to receive poll duty dues

DC Promises Action

SAMAAN LATEEF

Srinagar, Aug 30: Hundreds of Booth Level Officers of district Bandipora, who performed their duties during past year’s Assembly elections, are yet to receive the promised honorarium. More than 110 BLO More

• Conflict affects nomad Gujjars, Bakerwals
• Bone and Joints building work halted
• Court to hear bail application today
• A school in three rooms at Kupwara village
• Army to procure patrol boats, life jackets

Regional Transport Authority meeting ends inconclusively

13 years on, City route plan awaits revamp

GK CITY CORRESPONDENT

Srinagar, Aug 30: The meeting of Regional Transport Authority (RTA) which was expected to bring respite for commuters through a major revamp in the City’s messy route plan has remained in-conclusive for More

• Civic body wakes to City health
• Batamaloo house gutted
• Dastaan-e-demolition
• Sakina’s Sunday with special kids
• Akhoon’s surprise inspection of ration depots

Production of pesticide unit suspended

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu: The government today suspended the functioning of a pesticide unit of Jai Bharat Crop Chemical Private Ltd. The unit was found violating the provisions of the Insecticide Acts 1968 and 1971 More

Bandipora BLOs yet to receive poll duty dues

DC Promises Action

SAMAAN LATEEF

Srinagar, Aug 30: Hundreds of Booth Level Officers of district Bandipora, who performed their duties during past year’s Assembly elections, are yet to receive the promised honorarium. More than 110 BLO More

• Conflict affects nomad Gujjars, Bakerwals
• Bone and Joints building work halted
• Court to hear bail application today
• A school in three rooms at Kupwara village
• Army to procure patrol boats, life jackets

Govt lets down Islamabad business community

KHALID GUL

Islamabad, Aug 29: It may be a hub of business activities and next only to Srinagar, but when it comes to the basic facilities essential for trade, this spring town has hardly anything to brag.  The More

• Manufactures challenge polythene ban
• Creative Art World: A hobby centre with a difference
• Steel prices may go up marginally
• Cotton County Youth-2216 gets huge response
• Financing solar energy