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. Books were written by Islamic scholars emphasizing the significance of Jihad on the behest of USA More
Of Accountability and Accountability Commission
TIGHTENING THE NOOSE
By the way where is the accountability and where is the Accountability Commission? Asks R.S. Pathania
“Accountability is the anti-thesis of anarchy” said Norah Burke. Accountability Commission is a novel concept tracing its origin to the institution of Ombudsman conceived in Sweden and beautifully brought up in United Kingdom. Ombudsman is an office before whom the general public could record More
The story of small screen
TELEVISION
From Humlog to Saas Bahu to KBC, Indian television has come a long way, sums up Anisa Tariq
We remember the time when we had Doordarshan only. The Indian small screen programs were introduced to the entire country in 1980s. But the world has changed since. In the beginning of the multi-billion dollar industry, there was only one national channel Doordarshan, which was started and owned by 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


