PM in the valley
Manmohan should get a new speechwriter on Kashmir
STATECRAFT by Happymon Jacob
New Delhi’s deep-seated status-quo bias permeates its policy towards Kashmir and is, in many ways, the ‘ground zero’ of Indo-Pak relations. This status-quo bias has manifestly narrowed the Indian government’s understanding and approach to resolving the problem and has prevented India from taking any MoreKashmir in Britain
Kashmir is recognized, not included
BRITISH CENSUS by Shams Rehman
According to the latest recommendations made by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in the Draft Order 2009 laid down before Parliament on 21st October by the Rt. Hon. Angela Smith MP, the demands for Kashmiri Inclusion articulated by the Kashmir National Identity Campaign (KNIC) received only More- City
Jammu bound Taxis add to lal chowk traffic mess
GK CITY CORRESPONDENT
Srinagar, Nov 2: At a time when the City centre of Lal Chowk is facing severe traffic congestion, the authorities seem to have added more to it by allowing the Taxi operators to operate fulltime for travel More
- Jammu
Murder convict arrested after 10 yrs
Jammu: A convict in a murder case was arrested after ten years and has been sent to district jail Jammu to undergo life imprisonment. On June 3, 1994 Swarn Singh alias Puppy in Bari-Brahmana area More
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AJK govt failed to live up to UNCIP resolutions: JKCHR
NISAR AHMAD THAKUR
Islamabad, Nov 2: Jammu Kashmir Council for Human Rights general-secretary, Dr. Nazir Giliani, has said the AJK government had failed to fulfil its responsibilities under the UNCIP resolutions that provided More
- GK Business
Valley carpet industry responds new market trends
IICT works on plan to replace chemical-dyes by natural-
RABIA NOOR
Srinagar, Nov 2: The Kashmir carpet industry may soon shift to the use of natural vegetable dyes from the present chemical dyes. Even as the chemical dyes are being used world over to dye the raw More


