The essence of Kashmiriyat

VIEWPOINT

This concept must be based on justice, not persecution, comments Fida Iqbal

In 1985 after completion of my bachelor’s in Agriculture sciences, I had the honor to teach for a couple of months. The experience of teaching is interesting and challenging by all means and more interesting when your own learning procedure is fresh on your mind. This brief stint with teaching made More
Adventures Behind Zoji-La

Tourism

Drass is an adventure tourist destination that demands immediate attention. Is LHDC listening? Writes Muhammad Yusuf

Just behind Zoji-La, 3530 meters, with perennial waters, long living glaciers and nestled in lofty snow clad mountains, lies yet another Himalayan valley, called Drass, 3230 meters above sea level. It is locally called Bari Humass which literally means “The Big House”. It is considered the “capital More
Questions of belonging

LITERATURE

An evocative novel about the search for meaning and coherence in our chaotic lives, reviews Parvathi Nayar

A “story waiting for a plot” describes Julian Treslove, the protagonist of The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson. Treslove's sense of ambiguity about life in general is underlined by his profession; i.e., he harnesses his indistinctive good looks to play various celebrity lookalikes. The plot that More
  • Kashmir

Counter us politically, not through military might: Geelani to NC

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Dec 13: The Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Monday came down heavily on the ruling National Conference accusing it of using Army and Police for  its interests More


  • Srinagar City

Speeding car crushes engineering student

Jumps over road divider, rams into vehicle coming from opposite lane, kills driver; SSP Dar bereaved

M HYDERI

Srinagar, Dec 13:  A speeding swanky car Monday morning crushed to death a young man driving down in the opposite lane when the former jumped over the Airport Road divider and rammed into his car More



  • Jammu

Protest in Jammu against BJP’s ‘genocide’ remarks

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Dec 13: Hundreds of people in Jammu on Monday took to streets and staged  anti-BJP protest at Talab Khatikan to express their resentment against the ‘genocide’ remarks made by former state More


  • Business

Cold wave in Valley ‘warms’ business segments

Demand picks up for pullovers, blankets and related items

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Dec 13: The cold wave in the Valley may be giving trouble to commoners, but a segment of business is definitely feeling its ‘warmth’. According to the traders here the steep dip in the temperatures More


  • News

Pak commends Iran’s K-stance

AGENCIES

Islamabad, Dec 13: Pakistan on Monday appreciated “the solidarity and support” expressed by Iran for the “just cause of Kashmiri people.” Foreign Office Spokesman Abdul Basit while responding to a More


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