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Govt invites employees for fresh talks

CM Chairs Sub Committee Meet

FIRDOUS TAK/ ZULFIKAR MAJID

Jammu/Srinagar, Apr 27: Jammu and Kashmir government would hold fresh round of talks with the employees’ unions, on April 29, a day before the annual Darbar moves to summer capital.An official spokesman said the cabinet sub-committee constituted to discuss the employees’ demands with the representatives More

Separatists throw ball back into PDP’s court

Ask Its MLAs To Resign, Join Movement

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Apr 27: A day after Peoples Democratic Party invited the separatists to a joint platform for devising a common minimum programme for the resolution of the Kashmir issue, the pro-freedom leaders on Tuesday asked the PDP MLAs to resign from the Assembly and join freedom struggle “if they were More

MIRWAIZ MAKES UNITY MOVE

Hurriyat (M) For Joint Protests, CMP

ZULFIKAR MAJID

Srinagar, Apr 27: The Hurriyat Conference (M) Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Tuesday said that a mass agitation would be started against “state terrorism” in coordination with other pro-freedom groups. He said a two-member committee would get in touch with other pro-freedom groups to chalk out a common More

Geelani announces fund-raising

Lajpat Nagar Blast Case

KHALID GUL

Shopian, April 27: Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani Tuesday announced to launch a fund-raising campaign to provide legal aid to the Kashmiris convicted in 1996 Lajpat Nagar blasts.“After spending 14 long years in the jail, one of the victims was told that he is innocent. More

Defeat divisive forces: Omar to people

GK NEWS NETWORK

Hiranagar, Apr 27: The Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, on Tuesday asked people to defeat divisive forces.“We have to collectively defeat the divisive forces hell bent upon creating a wedge on the name of region, religion, caste and creed. People have to remain vigilant so that such elements don More



  • Perspective

Hen walked out of it

We need a system that breeds falcons, not hens

POINT OF VIEW BY RIYAZ AHMAD

In our deeply politicized environment there are many pressing issues that escape notice, or never get their deserved focus. Education, for example. Are we as a people, let alone the state government, concerned More


  • Op-Ed

Approaching Iqbal and Iqbalian studies

THE POET OF THE EAST

AARZOO KHAN CRITICALLY ANALYSES IQBALIAN THOUGHT WITH REFERENCE TO HIS POETRY AND PHILOSOPHY

 Opening with the provocative sentence: “The Quran is a book which emphasis deed rather than idea.” - the book, ‘Reconstruction of Religious Thought In Islam’ - is the most authentic statement on More



  • Letters

Let's take care of our Mother Earth

This refers to the recently observed Earth Day. It started from April 22, 1970 and has been an important day ever since. It's a day to introspect and see how we can keep our earth clean. A Federal inter More


  • Editorial

Lal Chowk to Delhi

While Omar Abdullah met Union Defense Minister A K Antony, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, and Union Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherji in Delhi on Monday, to discuss a host of issues that battered this More


  • Kashmir

SLET out of bounds for Mass Com students

Candidates smell conspiracy, seek VC’s intervention

DANISH NABI

Srinagar, Apr 27: Hundreds of students who have done their post-graduation in Mass Communication and Journalism from educational institutions in Kashmir are likely to miss the all-important State Level More


  • Srinagar City

GMC transfers affect patient care at SMHS

DIAGNOSTIC LABS DYSFUNCTIONAL

MOAZUM MUHAMMAD

Srinagar, Apr 27: The patients are facing inconvenience in getting tests done from the Biochemistry and Pathology laboratories at SMHS Hospital due to shortage of staff there.  Source said a considerable More



  • Jammu

4 killed, 52 wounded in JK mishaps

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Apr 27: Four persons, including two women were killed and 43 others injured in a mishap at Ramnagar Udhampur on Tuesday evening. Police said the ill fated bus (JK02K-3255) was on way to Patyari More


  • South Asia

BJP brings privilege motion against PM

SHEIKH AHMED

New Delhi, Apr 27: As Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh was forced to delay his departure to Bhutan for the SAARC Summit due to IPL controversy and phone tapping issue, he got embroiled in another controversy More


  • GK Business

IICT works for skill upgradation in carpet industry

RABIA NOOR

Srinagar, Apr 27: Seeking to upgrade the skill of the carpet artisans, the Indian Institute of Carpet Technology (IICT) Srinagar under its Human Resource Development (HRD) has been offering many short More



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