Just outrageous!

FRENCH BAN ON FACE-VEILS

Doing this not only means hurting sentiments, but assaulting the very fundamental desire to be free as an individual, Basim Amin Bazaz writes on the banning on face-veils in France and the effect thereof

Tran sparenc y, dignity and equality are the words that the French have used to justify the ban on face-veils (Burqa) at public places. The French Parliament on Tuesday approved a bill that bans people from draping veils that hide their faces. This on the pretext that hiding your face from your neighbors More
The academics of occupational stress

BOOK REVIEW

Dr. Nazir Ahmad Gilkar reviews the book of Dr. Farooq A Shah

It’s the sheer quality of the book titled Role Stress and Coping: The Indian Scenario that enthused this reviewer to attempt a review. Since the Foreword of the book- a 2010 publication, is written by none other than Prof. Udai Pareek, an HR expert of international repute, it is appropriate to dedicate More
The card cloning menace

FEEDBACK

It is a very serious but old problem for which solutions have existed. We need be cautions to avoid trouble, writes Dr. Taseer A. Rangrez

This refers to Bank Watch titled “Of card cloning” by Sajjad Bazaz. This is a very outdated problem for which solutions have existed since 2001. Card fraud is rising at an alarming rate. Fraudsters, typically highly sophisticated international organized crime rings nowadays, are using increasingly More
  • Kashmir

CM addresses Secretaries

'BE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE'

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 15: Calling upon the Administrative Secretaries to gear up their departments right down to the field level, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday asked them to visit districts and far More


  • Srinagar City

Srinagarites share meals at sit-in

Domestic stoves stay off; people raise community kitchens; prepare Tehri, Kehwa in Shahr-e-Khaas

GK CITY CORRESPONDENT

Srinagar, July 15: Amid sit-in on the Shahr-e-Khaas streets Thursday, many a local preferred to keep their domestic stoves off as they raised roadside community kitchens to prepare Tehri and Kehwa, which More



  • Jammu

Burglars’ gang busted

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, July 15: Police on Thursday claimed to have worked out a theft case within a week and recovered the stolen LML Vespa scooter and four Nokia handsets. Working on the burglary complaint of Mohan More


  • South Asia

'Lamhaa' banned in Gulf; Oman gives thumbs up

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi/Dubai, July 15: Filmmaker Rahul Dholakia's forthcoming movie 'Lamhaa' which promises to tell the "untold story" of Kashmir faces a ban in the Gulf countries, with the exception of Oman, which More


  • Business

Srinagarites complain shortage of cooking gas cylinders

Authorities say supply was disrupted for some days due to curfew

RABIA NOOR

Srinagar, July 15: Government claims on availability of stocks notwithstanding, the people here are facing a hard time due to shortage of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders. People from various More


  • World

Kashmir crisis due to unemployment: Karan Singh

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Lucknow, July 15: Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Karan Singh today attributed the problem of unemployment to the crisis in Kashmir valley. “The problem of Kashmir is not new and More


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