Flawed Democracy

SYSTEM

The system we live in is full of imperfections and incongruities. The case of Faizan Rafiq illustrates the point. Though the news about his possible release is heartening, but still it leaves certain questions unanswered, comments Fida Iqbal

For many weeks now, Faizan Rafiq a budding youngster from Islamabad (Anantnag) district is in news because of his detention under PSA (Public Safety Act). Here, people of all ages are imprisoned under infamous PSA and many are languishing in jails for years together without being subjected to proper More
Thank you, Afridi

You didn't win a match, you won our hearts

OTHER OPINION By Maheen Sadiq

There’s a lot to be said about the World Cup, especially our match against India. And it has a lot more to do with Misbah-ul-Haq and Umar Gul’s bad luck, and Sachin Tendulkar’s good fortune. Cricket speaks to our nation in a way our government never has. And Shahid Afridi addressed the nation in a More
  • Kashmir

Hall welcomes Kashmiri Pandits

AYUB JAVAID

Pulwama, Apr 4: People of Hall and adjoining villages on Monday celebrated the return of Kashmiri Pandit youth in a local migrant colony here in south Kashmir.  Scores of people attended the welcome More


  • Srinagar City

Houseboats cry for conservation

‘Treat the wooden wonder as heritage and face of Kashmir’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Apr 4: With the number of houseboats in the famous Dal, Nigeen lakes and other waterbodies like Jhelum dwindling during past two decades, the cry for conservation of the wooden wonder is growing More



  • Jammu

Govt keen to introduce Punjabi, Dogri in schools: Chib

Jammu, Apr 4: Jammu and Kashmir Government has accorded first priority to promote the languages spoken in the state by providing ample opportunity to the emerging writers and established literacy figures More


  • Briefs

JKLF mourns demise

Srinagar: Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front has expressed grief over the demise of Sheikh Ghulam Nabi of Chanapora, uncle of Sheikh Abdul Hamid. A number of Front leaders and activists participated in More


  • Business

JK in debt trap

Liability touches `29,000 cr in 2009-10

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Jammu, Apr 4: Hauling up the Jammu and Kashmir government for its growing debt pile, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India AG says the state's fiscal liabilities increased by 18 per cent to Rs 28 More


  • News

Internal turmoil no justification for fake encounters: Supreme Court

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Apr 4: No amount of internal turmoil in the country can justify fake encounter killings by the police, the Supreme Court said today and asked Andhra Pradesh government to file a status report More


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