My Scarlet Land

Need to do away with quixotic posture

PUNCHLINE By Z. G. Muhammad

It has been an Odyssey - a long journey of pain and agony; deaths and destructions; cops and soldiers and fighters and collaborators.  I was five: I woke up to the sounds of bullets,  shrieks, shrilling cries- I saw my mother, aunt,  neighbor women- everyone crying “her only More
Dr. Naik must shun this artificiality

Personality cult

PEACE TV By Umair Gul

Dr Zakir Naik – a man with a mission. With a mission of Dawah.  Superficially speaking, Dawah means `inviting'. Dr Naik does this in his typical style. He is not quite an orthodox. Blessed with a extraordinary memory he uses this to the best of his ability, and thus has made many fans particularly More
  • Kashmir

SHRC declares ‘missing’ youth dead

Recommends compensation to affected family

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, June 27: With police failing to him, the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has declared as dead a youth from Kupwara district who allegedly went missing in custody of troopers in 1990.  More


  • Srinagar City

Lal Chowk, vicinity bears Valley’s traffic brunt

1.72 LACK VEHICLES ZOOM PAST COMMERCIAL HUB: STUDY

GK CITY CORRESPONDENT

Srinagar, June 27: Believe it or not. At-least 62 % of the Valley’s total traffic –amounting to 1,71,568 vehicles –zoom past the City centre of Lal Chowk and its vicinity,  a study has revealed.  More



  • Jammu

Sadhus attack media men, 4 hurt

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, June 27: At least four photojournalists were injured in an attack by dozens of Naga Sadhus here on Sunday, during a demonstration over the alleged lack of proper arrangement in view of the upcoming More


  • South Asia

Taliban wanted to enter India: Rehman Malik

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Islamabad, June 27:  Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that had the Taliban militants overrun his country, their next targets would have been India and Bangladesh. “India and More


  • Business

Valley fruit industry incurs Rs 300 cr losses

Weather tantrums

RABIA NOOR

Srinagar, June 27: The persistent rains and dip in temperature during past three months here have badly hit the Valley fruit industry, with growers and experts pegging the cumulative losses to the sector More


  • World

Osama bin Laden hiding in tribal areas of Pakistan: CIA

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Washington, June 27: World’s most wanted man Osama bin Laden is hiding in Pakistan’s rugged tribal areas, CIA chief said today, even as he claimed that the al-Qaeda is probably at its weakest point since More


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