It is time to stand up and be counted

ACROSS THE TABLE

To be in the elite Indian Administrative Service was a cherished dream of this boy and his family. Hailing from Hutmurah in South Kashmir’s Islamabad district, he left no stone unturned in seeking guidance and inspiration for the IAS from wherever he could. He cracked the examination this More
Srinagar @ 420

DIRTIEST CITY

Dirty citizens make a dirty city. Who cares! Writes Dr. S. Muhammad Salim Khan

The grading of Srinagar as fourth dirtiest city in India speaks volumes about civic sense of its inhabitants. But the question is this. Is our city really dirty. Well, as its citizens we don’t feel so, we have been desensitized. We have been living here for decades with heaps of stinking trash at More
A tradition called Water

ENVIRONMENT

Health of our Planet Earth depends on it, writes Er. M Y Reshi

There are as many ways of viewing, using and celebrating water, as there are cultural traditions across the world. Each region of the world has a different way of holding water sacred, but each one recognizes its value and its central place in human lives.What fundamentally distinguishes earth More
  • Kashmir

Govt to provide free treatment to poor, senior citizens

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, May 17: The Government would provide free treatment and medicines to all poor patients during their hospitalization. “Sufficient funds for the purchase of medicines and other facilities More


  • Srinagar City

TRUCKLOAD OF 'ADULTERATED' EDIBLE OIL SEIZED

Packed in used tins, oil sans labelling, date of manufacture

GK CITY REPORTER

Srinagar, May 17: A truckload of allegedly adulterated edible oil was Monday seized from Pantha Chowk area during a joint operation by the Srinagar Municipal Corporation and the City police, officials More



  • South Asia

50 killed in Naxal attack

Dantewada Again

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Raipur, May 17: In a brazen attack, Naxals Monday blew up a bus killing at least 50 people, including 20 Special Police Officers (SPOs), in worst-hit Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, the second in six More


  • GK Business

Afghan delegation in Valley to learn horticulture techniques

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar May 17: An official delegation from Afghanistan comprising 15 members has visited to the Valley to take some tips on horticulture techniques.  The officials are participating in a 2-week More


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