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 a signed, sealed and delivered Kashmir settlement, comments Ashraf Jehangir QaziMore
Kashmir from sociological perspective
BOOK REVIEW
Prof Hamid Naseem Rafiabadi reviews Prof. B A Dabla's book
Book: Sociological Papers on Kashmir (2 volumes)Publisher: Jay Kay Books, Srinagar, 2010, Price: 1990 Author: Dr .Bashir Ahmad Dabla Dr Bashir Ahamd Dabla is a seasoned sociologist of Kashmir who has contributed to scholarship in his own field MoreThe spirit of Knowledge
THOUGHT
What we are obsessed with is actually information which we must not perceive as knowledge. Knowledge humanizes us, information makes us a machine, writes Dr Murassa Shamshad
From a mere 10 percent literacy rate pre 1947 to almost 70 percent now everyone is expressing optimism. Wait a second. Just one question. Are we becoming knowledgeable or information junkies?I believe the latter. We are not acquiring knowledge but gaining information. Information not by kilobytes More- Kashmir
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
- Srinagar City
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
- Jammu
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
- South Asia
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
- Business
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
- World
‘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
