Urban mobility in historic cities –heritage redefined

TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT

Mass transport and imaginatively devised mobility plan is the only answer to ever increasing traffic jams, pollution and the degraded city life of this, once upon a time, beautiful city, comments Muhammad Saleem Beg

Heritage has often been understood to represent monuments and antiquities. In the recent years, awareness about the contours and long term concerns about heritage has grown giving rise to a fresh understanding that  includes many more aspects than just the monuments. In the context of cities More
Interlocution and the realities on the ground

VIEWPOINT

Interlocutors and Task Force experts can play a positive role if they address the truth of the matter, writes Balraj Puri

Government of India appointed three interlocutors to “start dialogue with all groups in Kashmir” and appointed two Task Forces one for Jammu and the other for Ladakh “to examine their development needs with particular reference to deficiencies in infrastructure and make suitable recommendations.”< More
Flirting with the beast

HEGEMONY

The honeymoon with America has never lasted. Those who have done that have paid a huge price. Why then, we hope against hope, asks Syed Arshad Hussain Kashani

There is a lesson for us which we must not forget. The lesson to be self-dependent and not to look for outsiders to rescue us from the mess we are in. Coming home, we think it a religious duty to attract the attention of the superpowers for resolving the Kashmir issue; particularly USA is approached More
  • Kashmir

Malik cautions Muslims against nefarious designs

Srinagar, Dec 14: Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik today cautioned the Muslims of Kashmir against the nefarious designs of mischievous elements and vested interests, urging More


  • Srinagar City

Inter-state gang of non-local burglars busted

Masquerading to be rag pickers they did recce of target houses, decamped with household, jewellery; recast gold into new ornaments; car lifters held, 7 cabs recovered

M HYDERI

Budgam, Dec 14: The police has busted a inter-state gang of non-local burglars who masquerading to be rag-pickers targeted residential houses in Srinagar. The gang, which had been active for the past More



  • Jammu

7 IAF officials among 9 injured in chopper crash

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Dec 14: Nine persons, including seven Indian Air Force officials and two officials of Konkan Railways, were injured when an Indian Air Force helicopter crashed soon after taking off at Jammu airport More


  • Business

CT Deptt gives tips to assessees on e-filing

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Dec 14: The Department of Commercial Taxes today conducted a seminar to familiarize the stakeholders about computerization project embarked upon by the department to automate its working. Commissioner More


  • News

PUDR concerned over lecturer’s arrest

New Delhi: The Peoples Union for Democratic Rights has expressed concern over the arrest of Gandhi Memorial College English lecturer, Noor Muhammad Bhatt.  “The facts of the case once again bring More


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