The Kashmir conflict
It is time to give peace a chance
WORDS WITHIN BY FIRDOUS SYED
Dry sunken eyes of the two widows, mother and a grandmother of a jailed teenager whom this writer met outside Baramulla sub-jail tell the entire story. Their sufferings are so profound; these are enough to move the stones. Seventeen years ago mother lost here young son and young wife her husband. MoreA rare empathy
Of people living through a war-torn moment in history
FICTION BY SHREEKUMAR VARMA
Gopal Gandhi's saga of Tamil tea labourers in Sri Lanka opens with a siren. Velu, an estate worker, has risen early to blow on his conch, sounding the 6 a.m. alarm. The clarion call (to resume their tired lives each new day) is taken up by more signals until the entire estate comes alive. Performing More- Kashmir
Police present ‘Pak militant’ before media
‘No need for armed struggle’
WASIM KHALID
Srinagar Nov 26: Saleem Rahmani, 22, who police claimed to be Pakistani militant affiliated with Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), said it was long arduous journey to infiltrate into this side of Line of Control More
- Srinagar City
Kalai vandalized
Encroachments, Govt apathy kill Mughal heritage
M HYDERI
THE Mughal emperors would never have it in their wildest imaginations that their monuments would fell prey to encroachments while those on throne would act mute. But five hundred years on, this is what More
- Jammu
Infant among 3 killed, 5 hurt in ‘mysterious’ Jammu blast
SYED AMJAD SHAH
Jammu, Nov 26: Three persons, including an infant, were killed and five member of a family were injured in a ‘mysterious’ explosion in their house in Jammu outskirts on Friday morning.The powerful explosion More
- PaK
‘Rehab policy a gimmick’
TARIQ NAQASH
Muzaffarabad, Nov 26: Kashmiri refugees and former militants on Friday asked India to stop hoodwinking them through what they called “so-called rehabilitation package” and asked it to resolve the basic More
- Business
Knowledge economy holds key to job creation: Experts
‘An uphill task for PM-appointed job panel to rejuvenate investment-deficient sectors in JK'
P A MUSHTAQ
Srinagar, Nov 26: It is an uphill task that New Delhi-constituted high-power job panel headed by C Rangarajan will have to face to rejuvenate investment-deficient sectors like agriculture, handicraft and More
- News
2 years after 26/11, Mumbai mourns its dead
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
Mumbai, Nov 26: Mumbai today commemorated the second anniversary of the terror attack with sombre ceremonies and prayer meetings to honour the 166 victims killed during the carnage.Amid tight security More


