Talking the talk
The new engagement between India and Pakistan is premised on the factors that are beyond the control of either country.
POINT OF VIEW By RIYAZ AHMAD
After several false starts, dialogue between India and Pakistan is back on track. It has now been left to the foreign ministers of the two countries to work out modalities for the renewed engagement. And despite the absence of its by now celebrated rubric of Composite Dialogue, the future contact will More
Managing water resources
We just can’t live without water!
CONCERN By Er. SRS Madni
God Almighty has given us life and two important gifts: air and water which sustain life. All civilizations have emerged from the river banks. In return the man is doing everything to pollute and encroach upon water resources and also the air by indiscriminate use of hydrocarbons. The underdeveloped More
- Kashmir
Security agencies didn’t kill Bashrat, claims Police
ALTAF BABA
Varmul, May 4: Police on Tuesday said that it couldn’t confirm death of wanted militant commander Basharat Saleem of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM), till his body was recovered. Addressing a news conference More
- Srinagar City
Witness identifies accused arrested in murder case
ROMANA CASE FOLLOW-UP
SAMAAN LATEEF
Srinagar, May 4: A year after Romana’s death, a key witness Tuesday deposed before the Court the deceased was hit by a car driven by the accused already under arrest for her murder. “The boys who More
- South Asia
Kasab to be sentenced on Thursday
Public Prosecutor Pleads For Capital Punishment
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
Mumbai, May 4: Ajmal Amir Kasab, convicted for the 26/11 attacks, will be sentenced on Thursday by a special court. Asserting that Kasab’s case came under the rarest of rare category for giving death More
- GK Business
JKI unit closure may hit roadblock
‘Employees not ready to take VRS without getting benefits of 6th pay commission’
DANISH NABI
Srinagar, May 4: Government decision to close down 10 units of JK Industries Ltd is likely to hit a roadblock as employees of these units have made the Golden Handshake or Voluntary Retirement Scheme contingent More


