The bitter truth

Have we failed in our duties towards our own people?

WORDS WITHIN By Firdous Syed

This column is dedicated to Tufail, who was killed since he was a Kashmiri. This space is also dedicated to the memory of Nadihal fake encounter victims and all others-- gunned down in the disguise of local and foreign militants. While wounds of Wamiq, Zahid, Inayat and several others are still fresh More
Change or perish

There is no other way for our state but to embrace change

HORIZONS By Shahid Akbar

 Before Globalisation and Liberalisation, no nation, economy, people or culture could think beyond national frontiers. However after Liberalisation borders disintegrated, nations became interdependent, economies opened up, people got closer, and cultures experienced an integeration. As travel More
  • Kashmir

Court dismisses Army FIR

MACHIL FAKE ENCOUNTER

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Srinagar, June 18: The First Class Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Kupwara has dismissed the FIR lodged by Army on April 30, in which it claimed to have killed three militants in Machil sector in frontier district More


  • Srinagar City

Kashmir to get back its historic artifacts: Jora

GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, June 18: Minister for Tourism and Culture, Nawang Rigzin Jora on Friday said the government will initiate process to bring back Kashmiri artifacts shifted from Valley to other cities across India More



  • Jammu

4th Tawi Bridge brightens hope for better traffic management

COMPLETION IN 30 MONTHS

SALEEM CHOUDHARY

Jammu, June 18: While the traffic rush in Jammu is ringing alarming bells, the upcoming fourth Tawi Bridge at Bhaghwati Nagar has brightened hopes for better traffic management. The problem of ever More


  • South Asia

‘Retention of N-capability a compulsion for Pak’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Islamabad, June 18: The retention of an essential nuclear capability is a “compulsion” for Pakistan because of the growing imbalance created by India’s massive military build-up and “assertive posturing More


  • Business

PaK presents Rs 47 bn budget

NISAR AHMED THOKAR

Islamabad, June 18: Announcing big sops for its employees, the Pak administered Kashmir government today presented a Rs 47.33 billion budget for 2010-11.Minister for finance Raja Nisar Ahmad Khan presented More


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