Commemorating Ghulam Ahmad Ashai

Fourth April

He was a man of many shades and dimensions whose name shall always be remembered by the students of Kashmir's socio-political history. Dr.Javid Iqbal pays tribute to Amm’lal Ashai on his 116th birth anniversary

Ghulam Ahmad Ashai, known lovingly as Amal-i-Ashai [Amm’lal Ashai (Lal from Lala-the tulip, delightful to look at with a varied inner shade, depicting the pain of life, trait of a person-tender and concerned] was born on 4th April 1895. His father Khawaja Qadir Shah Ashai was a rich ‘Shawl’ trader More
Creating Music through a Simple Diction

Book Review

Prof. Muhammad Aslam reviews The Last Leap by Muhammad Sayeed Khan

Should poetry be philosophical in nature so that people become wiser? Or, should it reflect society and expose its follies and foibles as did most of the Augustans?  Or, should poetry depict Nature and teach about her so that, like Wordsworth, the vernal wood brings home to us the lessons which More
Reading under Candle-light

MEMORIES

Edison's invention can't do much where this little object of wax spreads its light, writes Nida Manzoor Syed

It is not exactly known who discovered the art of making candles but the Chinese and the Indians have known this art for centuries. The candles are still used extensively throughout the world but with varying cultures and and economic and social status their utility also changes. For example in affluent More
  • Kashmir

School certificates, detention orders differ on age of detainees

PSA DETENTIONS

SAMAAN LATEEF

Srinagar, Apr 3: There is a strange discrepancy in the age of youth booked under the Public Safety Act in Kashmir, with the detention orders and school certificates differing on their age. In one More


  • Srinagar City

ZERO BRIDGE

City’s link to international cinema

Being acknowledged as first ever feature film from Kashmir going hit in the international markets, Zero Bridge, in no time has won several prestigious awards. It’s a dramatic narrative about contemporary More



  • Jammu

Info deptt hailed for coverage

Jammu, Apr 3: Minister for Rural Development and Parliamentary Affairs has hailed the Information department for efficient and professional coverage of Government policies and programmes. He said More


  • Briefs

KU team inspects BEd college

Srinagar, Apr 3: A team of Kashmir University officials Saturday inspected Sochkral Memorial College of Education at Pulwama. Unlike previous inspections, the team members found at least 80 percent More


  • Business

'KVIB schemes benefit 50,000 artisans’

State-level sale exhibition concludes

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, April 3: A seven-day long State Level Exhibition-cum-Sale by Khadi & Village Industries Board concluded here today. CEO KVIB Ravinder Singh was the chief guest on the valedictory function.  More


  • News

Minority fear forced KPs to leave Kashmir: Jagmohan

‘I DIDN’T ORDER KILLING OF INNOCENTS’

KASHMIR NEWS SERVICE

New Delhi, Apr 3: Distancing himself from the issue of migration of Kashmiri Pandits and massacres of protesters in 1990, former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Jagmohan said that ‘minority fear’ was the More


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