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India, Pakistan dialogue only way forward: Gilani

'Two Countries Cannot Afford To Fight Wars'

REZAUL H LASKAR/AGENCIES

Islamabad, Jan 2: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Sunday said dialogue is the only way to resolve outstanding issues between Pakistan and India as both countries cannot afford to fight wars. Gilani made the remarks during the debut episode of the live show “Prime Minister Online” in which More


Pak should discard posture of compulsive hostility: Krishna

PRIYANKA TIKOO/PTI

New Delhi, Jan 2: In a forthright message to Pakistan, India on Sunday said its posture of “compulsive hostility” will not help a “serious and sustained” dialogue between the two countries.Noting that the country “walked the extra mile in reaching out” to its neighbour, External Affairs Minister More


Time to resolve Kashmir: Mufti Sayeed

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Jan 2: The People’s Democratic Party Patron Mufti Muhammad Sayeed Sunday asserted that the resolution of Jammu and Kashmir issue cannot be put into cold storage anymore as it would risk the future of the region. In his address to a group of political workers from Mahor and Reasi areas here More


Intellectuals can’t be impartial: Yasin Malik

Need To Introspect At Individual, Collective Level, Says Mirwaiz

WASIM KHALID

Srinagar, Jan 2: The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik Sunday said that writers and intellectuals can’t be impartial as “they have to either side with people or the state.” Addressing a seminar on ‘Role of Intellectuals in Freedom Struggle’ here, Malik said: “The More


PROF WANI REMEMBERED

ARSHAD HUSSAIN

Srinagar, Jan 2: It was a jam-packed room at Hotel Grand Mumtaz here where people from all hues had thronged on a winter Sunday afternoon to listen to intellectuals on their role in struggle for independence.Organised by Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front to commemorate the martyrdom anniversary More


‘Draft of SOP to check mob violence submitted to MHA’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Jammu, Jan 2: Aimed at effectively tackling mob violence in the country, the standard operating procedure (SOP), drafted by a panel of top police and security officials, has been submitted to the Union Home Ministry for implementation. “With a view to tackle the extreme law and order situations More


Academics drag Director to court

Challenge His Professorship; Shoot SOS To President, PM, MHRD

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Jan 2: Mess at the National Institute of Technology Srinagar just seems to be worsening with each passing day. The academics have now dragged the Institute’s director to a court, challenging his professorship apart from shooting SOS to the President of India - the Visitor of NITs, the Prime More


Move to 'displace' Faculty of Forestry from CM’s constituency

Academics Aghast As VC Office Circulates Memo

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Jan 2: What has triggered a major controversy at the Sher-I-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Kashmir (SKUAST-K), the varsity authorities have initiated the process to reverse its decision of establishing the Faculty of Forestry at Benihama Ganderbal, drawing flak More




  • Opinion

2011- How I see it

Kashmir will continue to hog the limelight

PUNCHLINE BY Z.G.MUHAMMAD

I love reading “this week for you” columns in Sunday newspapers and news magazines. I am an Aquarian- before scanning through the headlines or drowning myself in edit and OpEd pages I always love reading More



  • Op-Ed

Ensuring peace and justice in Kashmir

Easy to criticize and rubbish all efforts, difficult to construct and succeed. Easier said than done

GUEST COLUMN BY SEEMA MUSTAFA

Ever since we published the report of the Delegation of parliamentarians and civil society that visited Kashmir in December 2010, formulated a Committee for Promoting Dialogue With Jammu and Kashmir, and More




  • Letters

Entrepreneurship is all about intelligence

This refers to the column ‘Partnering Entrepreneurship’ by Sajjad Bazaz (GK Dec 26). The author has very clearly brought out various aspects of entrepreneurship in Kashmir. I completely agree with his More



  • Editorial

Srinagar: Chaotic Roads

How do you describe a normal day on the roads of Srinagar - traffic moving at a snail’s pace, squeezed road space because of the vendors occupying it, honking horns by frustrated drivers, and no space More



  • Kashmir

Showkat Guru gets heroes' welcome

ALTAF BABA

Dobgah (Sopore) Jan 2: Showkat Hussain Guru, released after serving 9-year term for his involvement in the 2001 Parliament attack, was accorded heroes welcome on Sunday at his native village here in north More




  • Jammu

Army soldiers under scanner

'FAKE' IEDs IN JK

SUMIR KAUL

Jammu/New Delhi, Jan 2: Planting of "fake" improvised explosive devices by some people allegedly in connivance with certain middle-rung Army officials is becoming a new way in Jammu and Kashmir to earn More



  • News

‘ULFA ready for peace talks without pre-conditions’

Sibsagar, Jan 2: ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa today said his outfit was ready to sit for peace talks without any preconditions for an "honourable" solution to relieve the people of Assam of their suffering More




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