Our Own Kashmir Channel

The Govt. had expressed its keenness earlier in nineties and also recently in introducing the mechanised transport in River Jhelum, Er. Mohammad Ashraf Fazili explains the project details for GK readers.

IntroductionExtending over a length of about 27 kma from Pampore to Chattabal Weir, the Jehlum River within Srinagar City can be used as a public transport system linking the entire stretch systematically and synergistically. The major consideration for such a linkage is navigation More

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Break, not fast

Time to break fast, time to be home. But you can not make it, thanks to traffic jam.

CONCERN By Inam ul Rehman

Just a few moments and it is Iftar time.  And In Kashmir it is the time to be home. But no, not every one these days can make it home. One major reason for that is the traffic jam. Just a look at the scene of jam and it is absolutely easy to make it that there are no signs that people caught More

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DATES: The Energy-Enhancer Fruit

Breaking the Ramazan fast with dates is a Muslim tradition.

TRADITION By Dr Fiaz Fazili

A single date contains an average amount of 25-30 calories; a quick burst of energy. Dates are the perfect food to consume after hours of fasting. Dates contain Vitamin A1, B1, B2, B3, B5, C and more than 20 different amino acids; they help  digest and assimilate carbohydrates easier and control More

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Without strategy in Afghanistan

Cables From Kabul – The inside story of the West’s Afghanistan campaign.

David Judson

Just as I was in the final pages of this new and riveting insider’s account of the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan over the weekend, habit prompted me to take a quick look at the news. It was a simple segue: “Nineteen people, most of them civilians, were killed and more than 30 others wounded in a suicide More

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