Free, not fancy free

Before asking how free, we need to ask how responsible our press is

INKSIGHT BY MEHMOOD U RASHID

We all ‘celebrated’ the World Press Freedom Day. Local cable TV channels had a good day recording statements from political leaders, some ‘known’ faces of bureaucracy, and of course some fraternity members. Done in a clumsy manner it was a hilarious thing to watch. The Day became an occasion for everyone More
Return of the native

Experiencing past in the noise of the present

MINDSCAPE By S.Sarwar

Past is never past. It is present and alive on a different dimension of our existence.  Elderly persons, who beyond a point tend to forget recent things, recount endlessly stories of distant past that begin with the words “ timman dohan oas …” Be it in the shape of the price of moshke bodij  More
  • Kashmir

Man makes crores out of mobile towers never erected

Poses As BSNL Official; Forges Documents, Signatures

KHALID GUL

Islamabad, May 5: Hundreds of people in this south Kashmir district have been duped of lakhs of rupees by an impersonator posing to be the junior engineer in the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). The More


  • Srinagar City

Authorities concerned for boozers!

'Raid wine shops 'to keep liquor prices under control'

M HYDERI

Sharab Ko Aam KarooSrinagar, May 5: At a time when consumers complain that edibles, particularly mutton and chickens are being sold at inflated prices, the authorities seem concerned for boozers by keeping More



  • Jammu

100 cusecs of water to be lifted from Chenab

State starts techno-feasibility report

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, May 5: While Pakistan has decided to move International court against India over exploitation of the northern rivers in violation of the Indus Water Treaty, state government has started the techno More


  • South Asia

India, Pak came close to demilitarization of Kashmir: Karamat

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, May 5: Pakistan’s former army chief, Gen Jehangir Karamat on Wednesday said that  India and Pakistan had made “considerable progress” on resolving the Kashmir issue between 2004 and 2007 More


  • GK Business

Trans-LoC trade crosses Rs 200 cr mark by April end

RABIA NOOR

Srinagar, May 5: Despite several ups and downs it has been marked with, the trade across LoC through Uri-Muzaffarabad route has crossed Rs 200 crore mark by April 2010 end.  “Since the inception of More


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