Obama in Kashmir
Overall, the visit of US president made for an interesting time in Valley
POINT OF VIEW BY RIYAZ AHMAD
It was an exceptionally peaceful Kashmir that greeted president Obama's India visit - civil curfew notwithstanding. There were no protests, no incidents of stone pelting anywhere in Valley. And this seems quite extraordinary given the scale of turmoil this place has witnessed for the past five months More
Literary scoop
How the classic was rescued from obscurity by the appreciation of one keen reader...
CLASSICS By John Drew
In October 1862, Whitley Stokes, a young lawyer seeking his fortune in India, landed in Madras with a copy of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam in his pocket. Although Edward FitzGerald's free translation of quatrains attributed to the 11th century Persian scientist was to become the most famous More- Kashmir
Shakeel seeks reinvestigation, files protest petition
SHOPIAN CASE
SAMAAN LATEEF
Srinagar, Nov 9: Seeking re-investigation in double rape and murder of teenager Asiya Bano and Neelofar Jan of Shopian in May last year, the complainant Shakeel Ahmad Tuesday filed a protest petition before More
- Srinagar City
Class 8th paper leak
Sgr given fresh paper, elsewhere ‘leaked one’
ABID KHAN
Srinagar, Nov 9: At a time when the class 8th exam papers were allegedly out on streets and even on the social networking websites, the State Institute of Education (SIE) on Tuesday replaced the papers More
- Jammu
CM for harnessing agri potential in JK
Jammu, Nov 9: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah today reiterated his government’s determination to uplift the farming community and bring about a healthy change in their economic condition. Addressing More
- News in Brief
JKSM welcomes Obama’s K-remarks
Srinagar: J&K Salvation Movement acting chairman, Tufail Altaf Bhat has welcomed the US President, Barrack Obama’s statement that Kashmir was a long pending dispute and urged India to accept the reality More
- Business
Trade unions oppose Centaur ‘sell out’
Threaten agitation
MUDDASIR ALI
Srinagar, Nov 9: The proposed move by the Air India to lease out the Centaur Lake View Hotel here on Dal banks to a Mumbai based company is all set to snowball into a major controversy for the state government More
- News
CHINA MAY ATTACK INDIA: MULAYAM
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
New Delhi, Nov 9: Former Defence Minister, Mulayam Singh Yadav on Tuesday claimed that China could attack India “soon” and the threat needed to be taken seriously against the backdrop of the 1962 invasion More


