Is Omar a boy with a toy in his hands?

What kind of governments are these that are so dense, so arrogant and so completely against the people they are in power to serve

GUEST COLUMN By Seema Mustafa

THE flames are searing the skies, and everyone seems to have run out of water. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is using petrol instead of water as is Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram, but the Opposition and the separatists in the state are running around with dry cans, unable to take More
History repeats, roles reverse

Quit India (1942) and Abdullah’s arrest (1953)!

Dr.Javid Iqbal writes on the two course-changing events.

9th August, India the oppressed nation under the British yoke, asked her tormentor to leave lock, stock and barrel in 1942 and in 1953, history repeated albeit with a reversal of roles, India put in prison the very person she had banked on to sell brand India to Kashmir. History is bizarre, its lesson More
A moment of reflection

INTROSPCTION

If we are strong enough to resist, we can hope for a better and securer future, writes Dr. Abdul Majid Siraj

IN the midst of political cataclysm pervading in Kashmir and perpetuated from over decades there could be a window of optimism through the dark alleys.   The current outbreak of ubiquitous violence and its public response has a singular guise.   Every city and village is involved More
  • Kashmir

Surgeries a casualty in Valley hospitals

Patients suffer as crisis causes surgical stuff shortage

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Aug 8: The continued crisis and curfew in Kashmir has taken a heavy toll on both the routine and important surgeries in the Valley hospitals in the wake of the “shortage of surgical material More


  • Srinagar City

UNREST LEAVES TRAFFIC POLICE WEAK

20% staff taken away for law and order duty; 50 constables, 2 officials go Khaki from blue

GK CITY CORRESPONDENT

Srinagar, Aug 8: At a time when the traffic police department is facing shortage of workforce, the government has reduced its strength by around 20% by shifting of the staff from City for law and order More



  • Jammu

FRESH RAINFALL

6 houses collapse, Chenab continue to fluctuate near danger mark;331 families affected in Kishtwar; 2 flights cancelled

SYED AMJAD SHAH

Jammu, Aug 8: While fresh rains this forenoon, after a brief lull, led to collapse of half a dozen structures across Jammu city and the water level in Chenab River continue to fluctuate near the danger More


  • South Asia

'Taliban ready for talks if troops removed from Pak northwest'

REZAUL H LASKAR\PTI

Islamabad, Aug 8: Days after President Asif Ali Zardari said the doors had never been closed for talks with militants, the Taliban have announced that their leadership would hold negotiations only if troops More


  • Business

Markets go abuzz on Sunday

JK Bank ATMs cough up Rs 25 cr in Valley

RABIA NOOR

Srinagar, Aug 8: After several days of running curfews and massive public protests, the Valley opened on Sunday for a day, with markets witnessing rush.Customers in droves could be seen swarming in markets More


  • World

US, UK advise citizens to avoid Ladakh

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Aug 8: The US and UK today issued advisories asking its citizens to avoid travelling to Leh and the surrounding  areas of Ladakh, which are recovering from severe damage caused by Friday More


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