‘Engineering Mindsets’

That is what caused divisions in Kashmir

PUNCHLINE BY Z.G. MUHAMMAD

I have more questions than answers. What is our mindset- no mindsets?  I am a talking about the ‘political mindsets.’ How have we cultivated these mindsets? Have they been engineered? Have these been More

• Scaling a new high

A creative force called Ijtihad

Iqbal the trend setter

Dr. Mushtaq Ahmad Ganai writes on Iqbal’s concept of an independent judgement.The Arabic word for Ijtihad literally means an effort or exercise to arrive one’s independent judgment. In the broad sense More

• A refreshing perspective
• To my Gigoo Sir

ID Recruitment Bill: No point welcoming it!

This refers to the passage of the inter-district recruitment bill in the Legislature recently. One fails to understand the logic behind such a move. If no Scheduled Castes exist in the valley, why have More

• Golden chance
• Dantewada aftermath
• Remembering Mehjoor
• Cheap blood
• Be serious

Maltreating Kashmiris

The Friday’s extra-ordinary volte face by the Union Government on the issue of SMS is nothing but a reflection of the mindset of the bureaucracy which badly impacts Delhi-Srinagar relations. It was a timely More

Peace imperative for JK dev: Mehbooba

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, April 18: Peoples Democratic Party president, Mehbooba Mufti today said peace was imperative for development and progress of the state.Addressing workers at Nagbal in Wachi, Mehbooba said PDP More

• Saroori inspects valley works
• Shamima lays foundation of footbridge
• Kashmir Civil Society launches campaign for right to travel
• Kashmiris have not given sacrifices for onion, tomato trade: Salahudin
• WLCI conducts exam

Picturesque Cheshma Shahi ROAD VIEW BLOCKED

M HYDERI

RS 50 IS WHAT NOW ONE NEEDS TO HAVE A LOOK OF TULIP AND BOTANICAL GARDENS BECAUSE A WALL HAS BEEN RAISED TO KEEP THE INSIDE DEVELOPMENTS A ‘PRIVATE AFFAIR’ AWAY FROM PUBLIC GAZEThe picturesque view along More

• Burglars on prowl at Bagh-e-Mehtab

Fake currency

5 held in Poonch

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Jammu Apr 18: Police today arrested five persons in connection with a fake currency recovery case from Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. A special team, which was investigating recovery of fake More

• Cross-LoC traders to get I-cards
• Polio vaccination prog in 5-districts of Jmu on Apr 25
• 2 troopers, pilgrim die of heart attack

Pak landmark amendment bill to get presidential seal today

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Islamabad, Apr 18: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is set to sign into law a landmark constitutional amendment bill that will strip him of his sweeping powers and remove changes made to the constitution More

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Give IE Zakura in Industries Department’s control: Unit holders

RABIA NOOR

Srinagar, Apr 18: Seeking improvement in its maintenance, the unit holders of Industrial Estate Zakura have strongly suggested the government to give the IE in the charge of Industries Department.  More

• FM for strict financial discipline
• JK faces 40 pc deficit in foodgrains
• Govt devises policy to revive silk industry
• Flower growers get Rs 28 lakh
• Budshah Hotel to be reconstructed

Use of nuclear weapons is haram: Ayatollah Khamenei

SHEIKH AHMED

Tehran, Apr 18: Terming the US as the only 'atomic criminal' in the world, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said the use of weapons of mass destruction is 'haram' and a violation of human More

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