Krishna-Qureshi détente
If not too high, the fact is that there was a certain degree of expectation from the Islamabad meeting between the Indian and Pakistani Foreign Ministers, S M Krishna and Shah Mehmood Qureshi, held on Thursday. The expectations were mainly driven by an assumption that the two countries appreciate More- Kashmir
Omar flies to Delhi
Srinagar, July 16: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, air-dashed to New Delhi this evening to discuss the prevailing law and order situation in Kashmir with central government. According More
- Srinagar City
How Fancy was killed by a police bullet?
‘She was not a stone thrower’
MOAZUM MUHAMMAD
Srinagar, July 16: A white-colour ceiling fan whirls leisurely in a 10x8 feet room, renovated recently. This is where the dreams of this family were shattered when 24-year old Fancy Jan fell to a More
- Jammu
JK shelves plan of opening trekking tracks
SUMIT HAKHOO
Jammu, July 16: The state government would shelve the plan to open up seven recognized trekking tracks closed in nineties as the Union Home Ministry did not given its clearance on grounds of security situation More
- South Asia
Army chief must not speak on politics: Farooq
New Delhi, July 16: National Conference President and Union Minister for Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah has launched a scathing attack on Indian Army Chief General V K Singh for criticising Omar Abdullah More
- Business
Western disturbances bring respite to farmers
SUMIT HAKHOO
Jammu, July 16: While monsoon rain eludes J&K, the good news for the farmers is that Western Disturbance (WD) has saved the Kharief crops this year. According to the Agro-Met division of the More
- World
30 dead in Iraq hotel blaze
Sulaimaniyah (Iraq), July 16: Guests leapt desperately to their deaths from upper-floor windows as a fire tore through a hotel in northern Iraq killing 30 people, 14 of them foreigners, police and medics More


