Guru’s hanging

There are repercussions for Kashmir

ISSUE By Ahmad Riyaz

As we head towards  autumn with peace by and large holding, the prospect for the future doesn’t appear  that optimistic. And threatening the peace is the looming execution of the parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.This became obvious soon after the home ministry recommended death sentence More
Lessons from London

He lost his son, but refused to lose his sense.

Inksight By Mehmood ur Rashid

When London burst into flames, the question shot up; why this all. Mark Duggan was the immediate answer. His arrest was part of a planned police operation. But a shoot out at the time of his arrest proved fatal. Though the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) stated that the suspect was More
Suyya’s Sopore

No end in sight to the town’s sufferings

LANDSCAPE By Fida Iqbal

Sopore, a historic town of north Kashmir, founded by the famous engineer and irrigation minister Suyya during the reign of King Avantivarman in 880 AD and was named Suyya-pur. History of Sopore reveals it had always stood against tyranny.  After the crucial uprising of 1931 against the Dogra More
The Battle of Badr

It marks a milestone in Muslim history

17TH Of Ramdhan By Dr. Farooq Ahmad Peer

The Quraish of Makkah  were much displeased and worried at the ascension of the Muslim power in Maddinah. As the people of Maddinah could any time intercept the business caravan traffic of the disbelievers between Makkah  and Syria, the rise of the Muslim power was thought to be detrimental 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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