Senator McCain
Why is Senator McCain in Srinagar? I am sure everyone has a theory. Well here is mine.McCain is in Srinagar because the Indian nation south of the Jawahar Tunnel is aflame with passion and fervor against corruption. Not a place to be in today (especially in New Delhi) where government is jailing More
Spoiling Boulevard
Recently I read in your newspaper about a proposal for four-laning of Boulevard Road. How can you even think of such an proposal? On one hand the Government has been crying foul about lost Dal lake and on the other side it wants to part of the de- glorification of the lake. Kindly put in your common More
Think again
This refers to Mirwaiz Umar Farooq’s Friday speech wherein he has mentioned that New Delhi would be responsible for repercussions in case Parliament attack convict Muhammad Afzal Guru is executed. The Chief Interlocutor Dileep Padgaonkar, Syed Ali Geelani and Mehbooba Mufti have expressed a similar opinion More
Serious issue
This refers to the news “Timber smugglers on prowl in Bandipora.” Residents of Ajas, Mulkhiuhama and other adjoining areas in this north Kashmir district have alleged that officials of the Forest Department have failed to check the timber smuggling and wanton loot of forests in the area. It is indeed More
  • Kashmir

McCain snubs separatists

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Aug 17: The top Republican US Senator and presidential nominee in 2008 elections, John McCain, snubbed separatist leaders and opted not to meet them during his 2-day stay in the Valley.  More


  • Srinagar City

HC rejects SMC plea

DIRECTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF POND AT KHIMBER WITHIN 2 WEEKS

DOG MENACE

SYED IMRAN ALI HAMDANISrinagar, Aug 17: High Court Wednesday directed Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) to get dog pond constructed at Khimber in Ganderbal district within two weeks. The stray dogs More



  • Jammu

Pro-Anna protests rock Jammu

Students boycott classes; Theatre artists resort to ‘silent’ protest

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Aug 17: Protests swelled in the winter capital of the state on Wednesday in support of social activist Anna Hazare’s fast-unto death in Tihar Jail, with students, local residents and theatre artists More


  • South Asia

Pak military's intentions towards India overrated: Khar

REZAUL H LASKAR/PTI

Islamabad, Aug 17: Claiming that army does not run the country’s foreign policy, Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said the military's intentions towards India have been "overrated" and there More


  • World

Courts deal tough with rioters; 1,000 charged for violence

Facebook Users Sentenced To 4 Years In Jail

H S RAO

London, Aug 17: Two young men who tried to incite rioters using Facebook have been sent to four years in jail, the longest sentencing so far by the courts following the four days of unrest, even as more More


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