Gaining entry into elite IITs

FEEDBACK

The State, teachers, parents and society in general have to create conducive environment for students to excel, writes Ashok Ogra

I read with interest an excellent commentary on ‘Higher Education’ by Dr. Haseeb Drabu, published in this paper on April 11. It reminded me of what late P.N.Haksar- one of the leading scholar and thinker of post-independent India - told me when asked ‘what is the meaning of education’. He referred More
Tribute to a legend

GMC - GOLDEN JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS

Ali Jan has become the part of our folklore. He is the man we know as Luqman of Kashmir, writes Prof. M S Khuroo

Prof. (Dr.) Ali Muhammad Jan was a legend for Kashmir in his lifetime. “Ali Jan” as he is popularly known, is still a house-hold name. I knew him as a medical student, resident doctor, practicing physician, consultant and Head Gastroenterology, Dean Medical Faculty & Director Sher-e-Kashmir Institute More
Distorting the truth

HORIZONS

The world media is engaged in a vicious campaign against Muslims. This has done a great damage to the credibility of media as an institution, writes Mansoor Ali

The unfair treatment of media towards Islam and Muslims is nothing new. Bias reflects through everything they do. These champions of the free world who claim honesty and professionalism have dual standards of reporting. They intentionally dramatize a situation in order to market their programs and More
  • Kashmir

DC’s cavalcade attacked in Varmul

GUARDS FIRE IN AIR ALTAF BABA

GK NEWS NETWORK

Varmul, Apr 29: Tension prevailed in Varmul town for some time Thursday afternoon when youth pelted stones on some vehicles carrying Economic Reconstruction Agency (ERA) engineers and some foreign consultants More


  • Srinagar City

CRPF thrashes Raj Bagh schoolchildren

MOAZUM MUHAMMAD

Srinagar, Apr 29: In broad daylight, two schoolchildren –one of them having underwent a heart surgery –were beaten to pulp by paramilitary Central Reserve Security Forces Thursday at Rajbagh in the City More



  • Jammu

City transport policy in offing: Govt

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Apr 29: To streamline traffic in Srinagar and Jammu cities, the government is introducing a comprehensive city transport policy very soon. This was stated by Transport and CAPD Minister, Qamar More


  • South Asia

Help the Kashmiri freed in blast case: Karat

Raja Sabha expresses support

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Apr 29: A forceful plea was made in the Rajya Sabha Thursday for rehabilitating a Kashmiri youth who has been acquitted in the Lajpat Nagar bombing case after spending 14 years in jail.  More


  • GK Business

'JK for special industrial package on north-eastern states’ pattern’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Apr 29: The Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, Thursday said he was hopeful that Central Government would sanction special industrial package for Jammu and Kashmir on the pattern of north-east states More


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