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Kashmir boy tops IAS

Orphaned By Turmoil, Faesal Creates History

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, May 6: What could be described as an extraordinary accomplishment, a young doctor from north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday created history by becoming first Kashmiri, till date, to have topped the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) examination.It was not an easy task for the More

Parray, Bhat also make it

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, May 6: Two more Kashmiri boys who have qualified the civil services examination – 2009 include Dr Showkat Ahmad Parray and Rayees Ahmad Bhat.Dr Showkat Ahmad Parray, who stood at 256th rank, hails from Wizer village in Varmul. Parry was recently recruited in the Department of Sheep Husbandry More

‘We knew he will do it’

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, May 6: A 10-minute walk on the Hydepora bypass road here leads to a two-storey house in a private colony. The atmosphere there is routine. But the story is all together different in the premises of the building. Every media person—from print to electronic—wants to be the first to interview More

Well-done says Omar

Azad, Muftis, Punjabi Extend Felicitations

GK NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi, May 6: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah congratulated Faesal for his great achievement saying that given a level-playing field, Kahsmiris can compete with the best in the country.“Faesal has shown a way forward to young Kashmiri boys and girls,” Omar said.Union Health More

Ajmal Kasab gets death sentence

No Chance Of Reform: Judge

SHEIKH AHMAD

Mumbai, May 6: Ajmal Kasab was Thursday sentenced to death for the Mumbai terror attack by a special court which held that keeping him alive will be a “lingering danger” to society from a person who has no chance of reform.“Kasab shall be hanged by the neck until death,” Special Judge M L Tahaliyani More



  • Perspective

The sweet poison

COMMENT

IS IT THE TIME TO CELEBRATE OR MOURN? HASSAN ZAINAGIREE COMMENTS ON THE UNJUST NATURE OF RECRUITMENT BILL

 Amid unprecedented chaos and uproar the Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly on 9 April passed the Civil Services Decentralization and Recruitment Bill making 'domicile' mandatory for selection More


  • Op-Ed

Kurtlar Vadisi – Irak or The Valley of Wolves

BIG SCREEN

A FILM THAT SHOWCASES A BITTER AND UNAVOIDABLE TRUTH ABOUT BATTLEFIELD, REVIEWS INAM UL REHMAN

Propaganda and colonisers are made for each other. Rewind your memory to 1980’s when USA was locked in a deadly cold war with the then USSR in Afghanistan. The Afghan fighters were hailed as mujahideen More



  • Letters

Shabby Srinagar: is there a way out?

This refers to the article ‘Shabby Srinagar’ by Arjimand Hussiain Talib (GK May 2). Truly, Srinagar city resembles a primitive place. It reminds me of a line in Curfewed Nights  by Basharat Peer,& More


  • Friday Focus

Dress Code and Related Matters

FRIDAY FOCUS: G R MALIK

For a long time, a learned friend has been raising relevant queries about Islam’s dress code and related matters. The writer of these lines is not, by any stretch of imagination, a mufti nor is he qualified More


  • Kashmir

Ganai, Dhar visit Civil Secretariat

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, May 6: Chief Minister’s Principal Secretary, Khurshid Ahmed Ganai, and Commissioner Secretary General Administration Department (GAD) Basharat Ahmed Dhar, visited the Civil Secretariat here on More


  • Srinagar City

'Messy’ route plans irk bus passengers

MOAZUM MUHAMMAD

Srinagar, May 6: For years, the passengers of public transport vehicles, particularly buses, have been complaining of improper route plans, which consume their precious time. With the increase in the number More



  • Jammu

KISHTWAR NATIONAL PARK AWAITS DEMARCATION SINCE 1982

SYED AMJAD SHAH

Jammu, May 6: The area of National Park at Kishtwar, notified way back in the year 1982, is yet to be demarcated, as authorities during all these years have failed to file a report on final determination More


  • South Asia

Soz raises cancellation of Sgr-Dubai flight in Rajya Sabha

SHEIKH AHMED

New Delhi, May 6: The President of the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee, Prof Saifuddin Soz, on Thursday raised the issue of cancellation of Srinagar-Dubai flight in Rajya Sabha.  “Two More


  • GK Business

Pashmina testing facility in Srinagar to prevent misuse of Cashmere brand

SHEIKH AHMED

New Delhi, May 6: A Pashmina Testing and Quality Certification (PTQC) facility is being established at Srinagar to prevent misuse of Cashmere Pashmina brand. This was revealed by union minister of More


  • World

Britain votes in knife-edge poll, 89 Asian-origins in fray

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

London, May 6: Britons Thursday voted in what is billed as the most tightly-contested general election since the World War II which could lead to a hung Parliament, though latest opinion polls gave a clear More



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