Hope amidst despair

Two sentences I see a great hope in

PUNCH LINE BY Z. G. MUHAMMAD

It is not my focus. If reading between the lines, Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh’s speech at Srinagar past Monday   in anyway suggests that a faction of the Hurriyat Conference or its like minded More

• Deliberate distortions

Kashmir: no rushed solution, please

OTHER OPINION

As long as conflict and violence between India and Pakistan and Indian repression of Kashmiris become things of the past, our transformative growth agenda need not be adversely impacted by the lack of More

• Kashmir from sociological perspective
• The spirit of Knowledge

Education system: Has it lost the sheen?

Education humanizes us. It illuminates our mind and soul. It designs all the important aspects of human personality. As we witness drastic strides have been made across the globe in the recent past, it More

• High status
• Unemployment policy
• Don’t pressurize
• Machil calling
• Good work

No alibi, please

THE shocking incident of a teenager’s death, Tufail Matto, has once more agitated the collective mind of Kashmir. Making it more painful is the attempt made by some police officers trying to confuse the More

Condemnations continue to pour in

‘Police used to quell Kashmiris’ voice’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, June 13: Various separatist parties have vehemently condemned the killing of 17-year-old Tufail Ahmad Mattoo at Rajouri Kadal here by the tear smoke shell allegedly fired by the police, describing More

• Bhung cultivation on surge in South Kashmir
• Extortion victim questions probe
• Prof. Chouhan talks ‘secrets of well being’ at KU
• Dr Farooq on Ladakh visit
• Karra demands judicial probe in Tufail’s killing

Despite ban, students use mobile phones in schools!

GK CITY REPORTER

Srinagar, June 13: Despite a ban on the use of mobile phones by schoolchildren in educational institutions, the students use the gadgets–drawing criticism from various quarters –particularly school heads More

• Measures to check dog menace
• Wazibagh complains of walerlogging
• Khanqah-e-Sokhta seeks road, power transmission lines repair

WEF seeks fixation of fee structures in pvt coaching centres

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, June 13: The Women Empowerment Forum has urged the government to devise a policy to keep check over the functioning of private coaching institution in the state to save students from exploitation More

• Fruit, Veg mandis in every district, tehsil soon: Govt
• Seismological observatory to be set up near LoC
• Student’s relative dies after protests
• No one safe in JK: Mehbooba
• Army deserter held

Congress says Modi’s politics disruptive, divisive

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, June 13: The Congress Sunday criticised Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for “dragging” Sonia Gandhi into the issue of Bhopal gas tragedy case, saying the BJP leader practiced “disruptive More

• Anderson sent out due to law and order situation: Mukherjee
• 66-year-old woman gives birth to triplets
• Bill to prevent violence in the name of religion soon: PC
• 600-800 militants waiting to cross over: Army

Ice cream, cold drink business down in Kashmir

ASHWAQ MASOODI

Srinagar, Jun 13: People no longer crave for a scoop of ice cream to beat the heat in Kashmir valley as it remained unusually 'cool' for most part of the summer, hitting the ice cream industry hard here More

• PTU distance education programs approved
• Combating poverty

‘Zardari meets captured Taliban leaders, assures support’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

London, June 13: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari recently met 50 captured Taliban leaders, including Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, in a prison to assure them that their outfit had his government’s full More

• Canada, India to sign key agreements during PM visit