The Abbas Affair
Was this encounter with interlocutors arranged or abrupt?
VIEWPOINT By Dr. Javid Iqbal
Did the interlocutors knock at Maulana Ansari’s door uninvited or the meeting had been arranged in advance, the question shows all forms of classical political evasion, a half act, a deed conceived but executed with hesitation and a fair amount of fear. It has been variously described, breaking ice More
Growing in numbers only
CONCERN
Fida Iqbal comments on Census 2011 and the fallouts thereof
Jammu and Kashmir is growing, with an addition of around two and a half million people since 2001. With a population of about seven million in 2011 census Kashmir is leading the population chart of the state. Our soft spoken Census Commissioner with his exceptional leadership capability, better strategy MoreOf Dogra Certificate
DEBATE
Daya Sagar comments on the issue which has snowballed into a major controversy in Jammu and Kashmir
It is the definition of Dogra and not the Dogra Certificate that has disturbed some leaders. After 1990 the people of Kashmir Valley have been rather pushed into a dilemma of distrust, confusions and misunderstandings on JK [Kashmir] affairs by some local conventional leadership as well as the separatists More- Kashmir
Govt delaying revocation of Dogra Certificate: Mehbooba
Shopian, Apr 27: President of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said the ruling alliance of National Conference and Congress was dilly-dallying revocation of Dogra Certificate More
- Srinagar City
Govt caught napping on Airport Road mess
At start of prime business season, natives suffer, tourists get dusty-bumpy welcome
M HYDERI
Srinagar, Apr 27: A backbreaking drive on the dusty bumpy Kacha road. This is how the government welcomes the tourists flying in to the summer capital because the traffic inflow on the Airport Road is More
- Jammu
Ghastly tale of Auqaf Islamia’s inaction
58 graveyards over 1553 kanal land under illegal occupation of Army, Govt deptts, locals
GK NEWS NETWORK
Jammu, April 27: Nothing on the earth can be more bizarre than the inaction on the part of Auqaf Islamia Jammu which has ever since remained unmoved towards the vacation of illegal occupation of More
- Briefs
Zaffar condemns HR abuses
Srinagar: Jammu Kashmir Salvation Movement chairman Zaffar Akbar Bhat on Wednesday condemned, what he called, continued human rights violations in Kashmir. In a statement, Bhat urged the international More
- Business
Mirwaiz for promotion of cross-LoC trade
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, Apr 27: Chairman, Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Muhammad Umar Farooq on Wednesday said the amalgam always supported cross-LOC trade to promote confidence building for resolving Kashmir issue More
- News
Land acquisitions can't be challenged belatedly: SC
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
New Delhi, Apr 27: Land acquisition cannot be challenged in a belated manner, the Supreme Court has ruled imposing a fine of Rs one lakh on a land owner and laid certain guidelines on determining legality More


