Meelad Celebrations
Prof G R Malik
With the arrival of the blessed month of Rabi al-Awwal, Meelad celebrations have begun as usual. Conferences, discussions, lecture-programmes and quiz contests are being held to commemorate the glorious birth of Allah’s greatest mercy unto mankind sal Allahu alihi wasallam. These celebrations are More- Kashmir
Ahad Jan terminated
Srinagar, Feb 10: Ahad Jan, the police constable who threw a shoe at Chief Minister Omar Abdullah during an I-Day parade on August 15 last year, has been dismissed from service. Jan, who is currently More
- Srinagar City
Lal Chowk loo encroachment bid turns mockery
Tourism dept claims to have erected shutter; Says SMC demolished
GK CITY CORRESPONDENT
Srinagar, Feb 10: A month after Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) demolished alleged encroachment at a public urinal at Lal Chowk, the Tourism Department woke to own responsibility for having erected More
- Jammu
Govt’s decision draws flak, opposition unhappy
PANCHAYAT ELECTIONS
SUMIT HAKHOO
Jammu, Feb 10: Government’s decision to hold Panchayat elections has drawn flak from the opposition parties, with main opposition PDP terming the exercise as meaningless, while Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP More
- News in Brief
Highway closed today
Srinagar: Authorities have decided to keep Srinagar-Jammu highway closed for vehicular traffic on Friday. “The decision to keep the highway closed has been taken to carry out the repair works near More
- Business
PaK premier says Intra-Kashmir trade a landmark step
'Ceasefire line can be a line-of-commerce'
TARIQ NAQASH
Muzaffarabad, Feb 10: Pakistan administered Kashmir Prime Minister Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan Thursday said the intra-Kashmir trade was a landmark step towards the economic development of the disputed Himalayan More
- News
11candidates file nomination papers
PAK COUNCIL POLLS
TARIQ NAQASH
Muzaffarabad, Feb 10: Eleven candidates, ten of them from three major parties, filed their nomination papers against the four vacant seats of the Pakistan administered Kashmir Council here on Thursday More


