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GUEST COLUMN By Seema Mustafa

Media in India has come a long way. And certainly not for the better. Shorn of values and ideals and even idealism, media has become a money churning machine driven entirely by ratings and advertisements. Working journalists are but a cog in the huge wheel that is turned by hands that are invisible More
Nirad Chaudhuri's Nehru

UNKNOWN INDIAN

It is not known what Nehru thought of Nirad Chaudhuri or his writing, but the latter's views on the former are on record, writes Ramachandra Guha

ON September 8, 1951, The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian was published in London. When the book finally arrived in India, several weeks later, the author sent a copy to his literary mentor, Mohitlal Majumdar. Majumdar soon wrote back with his words of appreciation, but then asked: "What does Jawaharlal More
He preached peace

PERSONALITY

Dr. Kirat Singh Inqilabi pays tribute to Guru Nanak whose message for love and peace is everlasting

Guru Nanak, founder of Sikhism was a Prophet of peace. On the night of full moon in the month of Visak Samat 1526 Tripta, the wife of Mehta Kalu Das Bedi Talwandi Rae Bhoe delivered a child in the early dawn as second child a son Guru Nanak. His day of birth falls on April 15, 1469. However, as an More
  • Kashmir

Canadian diplomats call on Malik

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Srinagar, Nov 21: The 2-member team of Canadian High Commission called on the chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Muhammad Yasin Malik here on Sunday.   The team comprising July G More


  • Srinagar City

Dy CM smells polythene comeback

DIRECTS SMC TO ENFORCE BAN

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Nov 21: Despite a ban on the polythene bag usage, the menace has resurfaced in the summer capital. This is what the Deputy Chief Minister, Tara Chand who is currently in Srinagar, has observed More



  • Jammu

JAK RIF remembers war martyrs

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Jammu, Nov 21: J&K Rifles regiment celebrated its reunion and remembered war martyrs at a function in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur district today, a defence spokesman said here. Northern Command More


  • News in Brief

Mufti Ghulam Nabi passes away

Srinagar, Nov 21:  Mufti Ghulam Nabi, the grand Mufti of south Kashmir passed away here on Sunday after a brief spell of illness. He was a renowned Islamic scholar and a teacher known and respected More


  • Business

Winter-wears see great demand in Sunday Market

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Nov 21: With winters approaching fast, the Sunday Market today witnessed huge customer rush for woollen garments and winter-wears.Customers in large numbers could be seen at makeshift stalls More


  • News

Initiate serious process to resolve K-issue: CPI (M)

GK NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi, Nov 21: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Sunday asked Centre to initiate a serious political process to resolve the Kashmir problem. The party called on its cadres to launch a campaign More


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