Going green, at last

What J&K’s State of Environment Report can and cannot avoid

DateLINE By Arjimand Hussain Talib

Though late by eight years, it is fantastic news that Jammu & Kashmir will shortly have its first State of Environment (SoE) Report. We always needed such a report quite badly. The simple reason being that we are in a pathetic condition environmentally today. And, worse, that we are deteriorating More
What a moment that was!

I remember when I strutted like a General

Nostalgia By ZGM

I felt at the top of the world.  I always had this elated feeling at least once in a year. That is the day when examination results would be announced. It was stiff as bamboo,   wooden faced, bony cheeked headmaster Zargar Sahib (perhaps Ghulam Ahmed Zargar) who always announced More
Mobile Madness: 24X7

‘Conspiracies’ are everywhere, especially in places full of paranoid people. How can you stop all of them? You can’t!

Freeze FRAME By Syeda Afshana

Some days back a friend narrated an ‘interesting’ story about the reluctance of government for lifting ban on short messaging services in Kashmir. To understand why people want it lifted, you must look to the skies. It is all part of an ‘alien invasion’. The spaceships will land at the same time in More
Encashing noncash option

Let us promote a culture of cashless transactions

What's up By Sajjad Bazaz

Just a day before Eid, one of my acquaintances during late evening hours faced a peculiar situation at a readymade garment store. Actually he was there to make some purchases. He offered his debit (ATM) card for making the bill payment against some dresses which he had selected for his kids. Even More
  • Kashmir

Court declares SKIMS MCh degree invalid

SAMAAN LATEEF

Srinagar, Nov 20: The High Court has termed the M. Ch degree in Cardio Vascular Thoracic Surgery (CVTS) from Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Srinagar as invalid for any appointment in Jammu More


  • Srinagar City

DY CM REVIEWS CITY DEVELOPMENTS

CHAIRS LAWDA, SDA, SMC MEETS; SPEAKS DAL CONSERVATION, MONITORING BY MLAS, TRANSPARENCY, EFFICIENCY

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Nov 20: The Deputy Chief Minister, Tara Chand on Saturday reviewed City development works including conservation of the famed Dal lake. An official handout said Tara held meetings with the More



  • Jammu

AFSPA panel meet postponed

RAJEEV SHARMA

Jammu, Nov 20: The meeting of high-level committee - constituted by the state government to review the areas declared disturbed under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA)– has been rescheduled for More


  • Business

Govt for bringing parity between treasuries and JK Bank branches

Treasuries’ functioning reviewed

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Nov 20: Government has emphasized the need for greater synchronization between treasuries and J&K Bank branches to yield enhanced results. At a meeting reviewing the working of treasuries More


  • News

Swami Asimanand sent to judicial remand

MAKKAH MASJID BLAST

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Hyderabad, Nov 20: Naba Kumar Sarkar alias Swami Asimanand, who was arrested by the CBI for his alleged involvement in the 2007 Makkah Masjid blast here, was today produced before a local court which sent More


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