Rights are supreme

State and society will have to join hands

WORDS WITHIN BY FIRDOUS SYED

As a matter of ritual, Human Rights day is observed on December 10, all over the world.  People in Kashmir have borne the brunt of human rights abuses for many decades; last twenty years have been More

• The story of my Pen

The violence and fantasies of ‘the truth’ in Kashmir

POINT OF VIEW

How long will we be served as a fodder to a `truth’ that has cost us very dear so far, comments Murtaza Shibli.The murderous assault on Fazal Haq Qureshi is not unique in its method or in the terror it More

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Employment package won’t solve the problem

This refers to the Employment Package announced by the Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah. Under the programme, the government will generate one-lakh vacancies in next few years and the recruitment will be More

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• Ignoring merit
• Condemnable act
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• Develop consensus

Unkept Promises

On Thursday another human rights day was observed all over the world- sixty first in counting. It was celebrated with great fanfare by the nations that have been denying these rights to the people. The More

NC, PDP trade charges on Waqf Board

‘Rather, Sagar should resign on moral grounds’

‘PDP RECRUITED FAVOURITES’

NASEER AHMADSrinagar, Dec 11: Day after the High Court issued notice to Peoples Democratic Party leaders in Muslim Auqaf Trust case, the National Conference and PDP started a war of words on the issue More

• Woman foils molestation bid by CRPF men
• Excise and Taxation department too goes Jammu way
• JKLF (R) activists hold demo
• US House approves USD 1.5 billion Pak assistance for 2010
• Mirwaiz condemns crackdown on Hurriyat (M)

Hyderpora flyover by July 2010: Saroori

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Dec 11: Annoyed at the slow pace on the flyover construction at Hyderpora square, the Minister for Roads and Buildings, GM Saroori, has pulled up the executing agency and set July 2010 as deadline More

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CM for health sector upgradation

CHAIRS TASK FORCE MEETING

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Dec  11: The Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah today said up gradation of health sector to ensure quality medicare to the people was the prime concern of his government.  “While education More

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NC, PDP trade charges on Waqf Board

‘Rather, Sagar should resign on moral grounds’

‘PDP RECRUITED FAVOURITES’

NASEER AHMADSrinagar, Dec 11: Day after the High Court issued notice to Peoples Democratic Party leaders in Muslim Auqaf Trust case, the National Conference and PDP started a war of words on the issue More

• Woman foils molestation bid by CRPF men
• Excise and Taxation department too goes Jammu way
• JKLF (R) activists hold demo
• US House approves USD 1.5 billion Pak assistance for 2010
• Mirwaiz condemns crackdown on Hurriyat (M)

JK traders, industrial fraternity mull joint response to Income Tax ‘pressure’

RABIA NOOR

Srinagar, Dec 11: The premier business and industrial bodies in J&K are jointly working out a strategy to fight against what they said the Income Tax Department’s undue pressure on compliance of Income More

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