The Identity dilemma

ETHOS

`I am not a Hindu, hence not an Indian' says RSS; `thence not a J&K State subject', says J&K constitution - so what am I? Asks Dr. Javid Iqbal

KASHMIRIS, many believe, have a dilemmatic identity but Mohan Bhagawat-RSS Sarsanghchalak [Chief] might have done them a favour by easing their dilemma. Speaking at Hindu ‘Samagam’ in Bhopal on 28th February 2010 Bhagawat stated “Those who were Indians are Hindus and one who was not a Hindu cannot More
Merger or Accession

Has New Delhi always mishandled the Kashmir issue?

ISSUE By Dr. Ram Chander Sharma

IT seems Omar Abdullah like his grand father Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah has lost the love for New Delhi. The embattled Chief Minster of troubled state of Jammu and Kashmir has been shuttling between the summer capital Srinagar to Delhi Durbar for keeping the legacy of family politics in the largest More
  • Kashmir

‘Probe unmarked, mass graves in Valley’

GEELANI URGES UN, INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, Oct 14: The Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Thursday urged the International Court of Justice and United Nations War Crimes Tribunal to initiate a probe into the More


  • Srinagar City

Schooling goes behind the bars

POLICE LOCKUP OFFERS TUITION CLASSES TO ACCUSED STONE PELTERS

M HYDERI

SCHOOLING is no more a business for educational institutions alone. For now, it has infiltrated into police lockups with a City Thana hosting a Paathshaala where the SHO plays Masterji before the taught More



  • Jammu

NPP to seek Guv’s permission to prosecute CM

Jammu: National Panthers Party would seek Governor, N N Vohra’s permission to “prosecute” the Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah for his remarks in Legislative Assembly on J&K’s accession with India.  More


  • Business

Govt makes VRS more palatable

SUMIT HAKHOO

Jammu, Oct 14: To make it more palatable to the employees, the government has amended certain provisions of Golden Handshake Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS).  Even as the VRS was introduced three More


  • News

Computer knowledge must for judges: SC

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Oct 14: Judges should have basic computer knowledge at the time of appointment and a candidate who fails to fulfil the requirement can be denied employment, the Supreme Court has ruled.  More


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