The Curious Case of Shashi Tharoor

HORIZONS

....... and the "New-Age" Politics taking roots in India, comments Junaid Azim Mattu

Did Shashi Tharoor fail as a "new-age" politician? The question is anything but simple. Our gung-ho approach to confront political insanity has yet again, inevitably taken us to the world of Moral Relativism. An Ex-Stephanian and Fletcher Alumnus stands trial in front of a an emerging middle class More
Praising the Praised One (SAW)

Book Review

Ghayur’s Dael is a collection of blessings for the one whom Allah blesses too. May peace be upon him, reviews Prof. Muhammad Aslam

In the Muslim-world one can hardly find a poet who has not written naats (encomiums) in praise of the last Prophet of Islam (SAW). Hassan bin Thabit (RA), a companion of the Prophet, was well-known among sahabas for singing naats even in presence of the Prophet. Sheikh Saadi wrote a beautiful rubayee More
Unjust move

CAREER

Public Service Commission must not reject the degrees sought through distance. All governments have lent these institutions the legitimacy one way or the other. Disowning them at this juncture will be doing a great injustice. Don't single us out. Give us

I was shocked to read that PSC will not entertain those who have acquired their PG Degrees through distance  learning from the universities other than IGNOU, KU and DOAECC especially in InformationTechnology. Is there any specific reason for this. If it is the question of capability of those More
  • Kashmir

Famed Chinar Bagh to get its lost glory

Heritage park to be commissioned by june

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, Apr 25: As part of Government’s endeavour to promote eco-tourism, authorities have started work on war-footing to revive the glory of the historic Chinar Bagh on the banks of Dal lake.  More


  • Srinagar City

GPO LOOSING SHEEN

What started as a special mailing service for the British Residency during the Dogra rule, the General Post Office is fast turning into history even as e-mails and mobile communication are instantly turning vogue except for those in jails

TARIQ ALI MIR

The e-mail and mobile communication have eaten away most part of the work what the General Post Office (GPO), Srinagar had been a hub for decades. There’s a 70 percent decline in the number of letters More



  • Jammu

Dowry case against Jail Superintendent

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Apr 25: Police on Sunday registered case against the Jail Superintendent on the charges of demanding dowry from his wife, sources told Greater Kashmir.They said, wife of a Jail Superintendent lodged More


  • GK Business

‘BSNL fails to provide broadband service to JK subscribers within time’

SHEIKH AHMED

New Delhi, Apr 25: Minister of state for Communication and Information Technology admitted that the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited had failed to provide broadband service to the subscribers in J&K within More


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