Question of Panchayats

Rejecting or delaying the elections is both unwise and unjust

DATELINE By Arjimand Hussain Talib

Compulsive cynicism is always bad. And compulsive aversion to everything is even worse. As the talk of Panchayat elections gains momentum in the state, there is a flurry of political activity. At this point of time this activity looks largely negative. At one end of the ideological spectrum More
Dilemma of a Reporter

This poor man is himself caught in the crossfire

Freeze FRAME By Syeda Afshana

In a situation in which an objective and internationally accepted definition of terrorism or freedom struggle can never be agreed upon (after all, they say, ‘one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter’), the question of who is a terrorist or who a freedom fighter, depends entirely on the More
Last Student Rally

Though not a grand success, but it evoked curiosity

Nostalgia By ZGM

Someone has rightly said: ‘history isn't always made by great armies colliding or by great civilizations rising or falling. Sometimes it's made when a chauffeur takes a wrong turn, a scientist forgets to clean up his lab, or a drunken soldier gets a bit rowdy.’  It is never told in full. Many More
Mind your career

Pursue courses that match your ability, interest, and even personality

WHATS UP BY SAJJAD BAZAZ

J&K’s economy is full of paradoxes. In an expanding unemployment scenario, it’s the problem of employability which is a major concern in the state. There is a huge gap between the skill profile of our unemployed youth and the market needs. For example, today, even a youth with a business management More
  • Kashmir

Families of torture death victims await justice

KASHMIR UNREST 2010

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Srinagar, Dec 18: At a time, when report of website “Wikileaks” about torture of detainees in the Valley has created ripples across the globe, justice continues to elude the families who lost their kith More


  • Srinagar City

Finally, gutted TRC building to be reconstructed

Govt top brass visits site, work to commence soon

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, Dec 18: After five years of inordinate delay, the state government has finally decided to start work on reconstruction of the gutted Tourist Reception Centre with an added utility of serving More



  • Jammu

Website on crime to be launched soon: DGP

Jammu, Dec 18: Director General of Police, Kuldeep Khoda disclosed that Jammu and Kashmir Police would soon launch a website with full details of crime related cases and progress made thereon vis-a-vis More


  • News in Brief

Boy hurt in blast

Srinagar: A boy was injured in a blast in Sogam area of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district, police said. Ten-year-old Owais, son of Bashir Ahmad Lone of Lone Mohalla, Sogam in the frontier district More


  • Business

Omar reviews works at DDB Kulgam

Announces further additional funds for district

GK NEWS NETWORK

Kulgam, Dec.18: Appreciating Kulgam District Administration for executing development works to the extent of 64 per cent of the available funds, the Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah hoped that the targets More


  • News

Congress Plenary session begins today

Right-Wing Radicalism To Be Focus

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Dec 18: Communalism, especially right-wing radicalism, is expected to be the focal point of the draft political resolution coming in the two-day Congress Plenary session beginning here tomorrow More


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