Thou Shall Not Kill

Jaswal's holy book reads the reverse - `Thou Shall Kill'

WriteHand By Ajaz-ul-Haque

INDIAN Army’s Northern Command Chief Lt Gen BS Jaswal makes an error of judgement. He compares the provisions of Armed Forces Special Powers Act with the injunctions of a holy book. He holds it sacred like a god-attested testament. But fundamentally there is a confusion in the very comparison itself More
Kashmir: Paths to Peace

Need is to explore newer ways

ACROSS THE BORDER By Ershad Mahmud

Much has been written about the political and human rights aspects of the Kashmir conflict but little attention has been paid to conduct thorough studies by employing scientific tools such as opinion polls and periodical surveys to gauge the public mood and changing socio-political trends in Jammu More
Bullets for stones

And we are losing innocent lives thick and fast

Thoughtful Thought By Ghulam Nabi Khayal

It may not be any wild guess that the unsatisfactory governance of this State is fast slipping out of the weaker grip of chief minister. Omar Abdullah like melting snow dripping out from loose fingers.       The present State government has almost proved a disappointment on many fronts. That’s More
  • Kashmir

Pak HC invites Mirwaiz

Ahead of Indo-Pak talks

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, June 19: Ahead of the crucial Indo-Pak bilateral talks on June 24, Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi has invited Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, to New Delhi for consultations More


  • Srinagar City

SPS MUSEUM

While artefacts will be shifted to their adjoining new abode in a few months, the old museum building will live to tell its tale

GK NEWS NETWORK

The Shri Pratap Singh (SPS) Museum building, which has been housing Valley’s artefacts for the past over a century is a heritage building with a history of its own. Historians said the Museum establishment More



  • Jammu

Don’t interfere in our religious affairs: Leela Karan to Geelani

AMARNATH PILGRIMAGE

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, June 19: Asserting that Hurriyat Conference (G) Chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani had no locus standi to interfere in the religious affairs of Hindus, former convener of Sangrash Samiti Leela Karan More


  • South Asia

CORE CURRICULUM IN SCIENCE, MATHS ENDORSED BY STATES

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, June 19: Come 2011, all states will have a common curriculum at senior secondary level in science and mathematics, a step that would pave the way for a possible common entrance test for admission More


  • Business

‘Doha round will not hit JK export industry’

NAZIA AKHTAR

Srinagar, June 19: J&K export industry is not going to be affected by the Doha round of trade negotiations, said experts at a day-long workshop ‘WTO Agreements and Implications for Select Industries More


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