The Danger of Politicizing Exam Papers!

THE ARREST CONTROVERSY

It’s time we cease to be emotional about incidents that challenge our objectivity and values, Junaid Azim Mattu comments on the arrest of a college lecturer and the controversy thereof

I start this predictably controversial article with a disclaimer – not out of the fear or concern of a generic chauvinistic backlash but to ensure that my views are not conveniently and summarily discounted by the self-righteous guardians of Azadi. I’m a staunch Kashmiri nationalist. My views about More
The Shina poet

TRIBUTE

Zahid Samoon and Fareed Ahmad Kaloo pay tribute to Ghulam Rasool Mushtaq, a prominent poet of Gurez who left for heavenly abode. He will be remembered for long

“.........Jamaaie chaak thae toos, Toomei Jeelat Daak the........Moh nei aasaam Mou Mazarej Arśhh wale toos na choriya”. (You will tear apart your clothes, and will destroy your life....I will be no more, and you will weep silently besides my grave) “Arśhh nai More
The damned and dispossessed

LITERATURE

What matters in the ultimate analysis is expressive and evocative powers of language, writes Ravi Vyas

In his landmark 1893 essay, "The Frontier in American History", Frederick Jackson Turner offered a clear and concrete definition: the frontier was a place occupied by fewer than two people per square mile. But the frontier was obviously not just a geographical location and historians of the American More
  • Kashmir

Govt lawyers oppose BSF transfer plea in HC

ZAHID FAROOQ KILLING

SAMAAN LATEEF

Srinagar, Dec 15: The High Court on Wednesday deferred the Zahid Farooq murder case till tomorrow after it heard half of the arguments of the state government challenging the lower court’s transfer order More


  • Srinagar City

'Dalgate lacks access to water source for firefighting '

FESD contests public complaints; Affected families complain of Govt apathy

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Dec 15: For years the residents of the tourist hub of Dalgate have been demanding establishment of a fire station in the area. But the authorities not only failed to meet their demand, they even More



  • Jammu

Qayoom sent to 10 days judicial remand

Kathua: A local court on Wednesday sent Kashmir High Court Bar Association president, Mian Abdul Qayoom to ten days judicial remand. Qayoom was re-arrested, from outside Kot Bhalwal Jail, Jammu, immediately More


  • News in Brief

Dramatist Mushtaq Khan bereaved

Srinagar: Mother of dramatist, Mushtaq Ahmad Khan, passed away at her residence at 434-Jawahar Nagar here on Wednesday, family said. They said her Fateh Khawani would be held on Saturday at 11 AM More


  • Business

Omar praises JK Bank services in rural areas

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Dec 15: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has appreciated the efforts of J&K Bank in offering state-of-the-art facilities to the students of rural districts of Rajouri and Poonch.  “By bringing More


  • News

World recognizes importance of K-resolution: PaK Minister

NISAR AHMED THOKAR

Islamabad, Dec 15: The Pakistan Administered Kashmir Information Minister, Dr. Mehmood Riyaz has said that “there was a great understanding within the international community that a just and equitable More


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