Pak-US dialogue

Are we heading towards a change for better

WORDS WITHIN by Firdous Syed

In the recent Pak-US ‘strategic dialogue’, a cautious new beginning seems to have been made.  Sincerity in inter-state relations is a foolish notion. Nevertheless, America and Pakistan are making serious efforts to overcome the difficulties of the past; distrust defines all the previous engagements More
Mock(ing) Drills!

This way you don't manage the disaster

DISASTER MANAGEMENT by Insha Feroz Khan

Recently the state’s disaster management cell in collaboration with other bodies conducted mock drills in different towns of the valley to create awareness among people and ask them how to act during earthquakes. They tell you to be at certain places of the building when an earthquake hits. But what More
  • Kashmir

Trees felled to establish migrant colony

People, forest officials aghast at move

ALTAF BABA

Varmul, Mar 26: The government’s move to construct a colony for migrant pandits over 40 kanal of land at Veerwan Sheeri here has evoked strong criticism from different quarters including the Department More


  • Srinagar City

Make Lal Chowk bunker-free: Traders

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Mar 26: The Lal Chowk Traders Association on Friday asked the government to relocate the bunkers from the City centre at an earliest saying the “presence of security forces couldn’t restore peace More



  • Jammu

MAN HELD FOR ‘KILLING’ MOTHER

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Mar 26: In a bizarre incident, a man allegedly killed his 90-year-old mother after the two exchanged heated arguments in Satwari area of Jammu on Friday. Police said the accused entered into argument More


  • South Asia

17 Pak prisoners repatriated

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Amritsar, Mar 26: In a goodwill gesture, 17 Pakistani prisoners were today repatriated. The prisoners, including 14 who had been lodged in Tihar Jail, crossed into Pakistan through Attari-Wagah border More


  • GK Business

Pampore produces world’s best quality saffron: Experts

RABIA NOOR

Srinagar, Mar 26: Even as saffron is grown at several places in the Valley, Pampore continues to monopolize its cultivation. As per the official figures available with Agriculture Department, 80 per cent More


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